Salary insights

Salary in the United Kingdom

Market pay levels based on 22 358 offers with salary.

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Recalculated from open vacancies where the employer states pay.

Median48 492 £Half of offers pay more, half pay less
Average50 752 £Arithmetic mean of all offers
Lower quartile45 459 £25% of offers pay less
Upper quartile53 901 £25% of offers pay more

How pay is distributed

The band covers the middle half of the market (25th–75th percentile), the line marks the median.

Lower quartile45 459 £
Median48 492 £
Upper quartile53 901 £

What the numbers mean

  • Half of all offers fall between 45 459 £ and 53 901 £.
  • Every fourth offer pays more than 53 901 £.
  • The upper quartile is 19% above the lower one.
  • The average (50 752 £) is 5% above the median — a few high offers pull it up.
  • The estimate uses 22 358 vacancies with a stated salary.

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Vacancies with salary

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Bloomreach United Kingdom ·

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Personify team)

1 130 000 – 1 410 000 Kč

Bloomreach is building the world’s premier agentic platform for personalization.We’re revolutionizing how businesses connect with their customers, building and deploying AI agents to person…

Full time3–6 yearsRemoteUnited Kingdom
Be-IT Resourcing London ·

Technical Business Analyst

1 072 500 – 1 072 500 £

My client are currently hiring for a number of SC Cleared Technical Business Analysts to work on an exciting transformation projects. These roles sit at the heart of the organisation acting…

ContractOn-siteLondon
Insight Select Ltd Morden ·

Compliance Manager

975 000 – 975 000 £

Compliance Manager – Local Authority Contract: 3–6 months Day Rate: £500 per day Umbrella Location: Morden Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days from home This is a senior proper…

ContractOn-siteMorden
Executive Facilities London ·

Senior Data Analyst

975 000 – 975 000 £

Our client, a leading global SaaS organisation is looking for a Senior Data Analyst to work on exciting AI/ML user experience projects for a 12 month contract. Hybrid with 3 days on site. R…

ContractOn-siteLondon
Grafana Labs United Kingdom ·

Backend Engineer - Platform - Stacks | Sweden | Remote

609 985 – 762 481 kr

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, the fully managed observability platform trusted by more than 10,000 organizations to ensure reliability, resolve incidents faster, and opt…

Full time3–6 yearsRemoteUnited Kingdom
Morgan Law London ·

Interim HR Business Partner

62 000 – 700 000 £

We are working with a large and highly successful education organisation based in London and are seeking an experienced and strategic InterimPeople & Culture Business Partner to drive the d…

ContractOn-siteLondon

Frequently asked questions

Why show the median instead of the average?

The median (48 492 £) is the middle of the market: half of the offers pay more and half pay less. Unlike the average (50 752 £), it is not skewed by a handful of very high salaries.

What does the typical range mean?

From 45 459 £ to 53 901 £ is the middle half of all offers — the 25th to 75th percentile. A quarter of vacancies pay below 45 459 £ and a quarter above 53 901 £.

Where does the data come from?

From 22 358 open vacancies with a stated salary that Finder collects from public sources. Numbers are recalculated as the selection changes.

How do I tell whether I am paid fairly?

Compare your pay with the median and the quartiles: near 48 492 £ is the market level, above 53 901 £ is the strong quarter, below 45 459 £ is a reason to negotiate. Use the “Compare my salary” button on this page.

How we calculate salaries

Short methodology and the data behind these numbers.

  1. 1We collect offersOnly vacancies from open sources where the employer states pay are used.
  2. 2We normalise themA salary range is reduced to one comparable value per vacancy.
  3. 3We compute percentilesMedian, quartiles and the average are calculated from at least 5 offers; otherwise the wider country market is shown.
  4. 4We refresh the numbersStatistics are recomputed as new vacancies appear and closed ones drop out.

Figures are pay as published by employers: taxes, bonuses and seniority inside a grade are not accounted for.