Salaries in London, United Kingdom
Reference period April 2026 (provisional) · Data updated
London has a published median for 18 of the 19 occupations we track from this source.
The best-paid is physician at £88,246; the lowest of the tracked roles is graphic designer at £43,835.
16 of these roles pay more than 3% above the national median here, 0 pay more than 3% below it and 2 are within 3%.
The largest gap is for lawyer: 41% above the national figure.
London is part of England.
Pay by role in London
| Role | Median Observed | vs United Kingdom Derived |
|---|---|---|
| PhysicianMedical Practitioners | £88,246 | 0% |
| LawyerSolicitors and lawyers | £80,788 | +41% |
| Software EngineerProgrammers and software development professionals | £78,629 | +31% |
| Project ManagerBusiness and financial project management professionals | £75,983 | +21% |
| Electrical EngineerElectrical engineers | £73,659 | +17% |
| HR ManagerHuman resource managers and directors | £72,776 | +18% |
| Financial AnalystFinance and investment analysts and advisers | £71,471 | +33% |
| Management ConsultantManagement consultants and business analysts | £67,279 | +20% |
| Marketing ManagerMarketing and commercial managers | £64,382 | +17% |
| PharmacistPharmacists | £63,360 | +14% |
| Cybersecurity AnalystCyber security professionals | £62,058 | +12% |
| Mechanical EngineerMechanical engineers | £58,776 | +12% |
| Civil EngineerCivil engineers | £57,927 | +10% |
| TeacherTeaching Professionals | £54,505 | +12% |
| Registered NurseNursing Professionals | £51,615 | +15% |
| Physical TherapistPhysiotherapists | £46,313 | +0% |
| Data AnalystData analysts | £46,053 | +12% |
| Graphic DesignerGraphic and multimedia designers | £43,835 | +23% |
Roles without a link have too few reliable published figures, or differ too little from the national figure, for a separate page; their figure is shown here instead.
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Source, method and data quality
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2026 provisional, Tables 14 and 15 (full-time employee jobs, place of work) (Open Government Licence v3.0). Reference period: April 2026 (provisional). Updates: Yearly (provisional each autumn, revised a year later).
- Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
- ONS publishes a coefficient of variation (CV) per estimate and suppresses estimates with CV above 20%.
- Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
- Full method: methodology.