2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Business and financial project management professionals vs. Higher education teaching professionals

Two occupations, one country. Gross annual pay for full-time employee jobs, ASHE 2025 (provisional).

Data released ASHE 2025 (provisional) ONS ASHE · SOC 2020 4-digit
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
40k60k80k100k BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS £59,834 HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS £52,835
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Higher education teaching professionals against Business and financial project management professionals.

Business and financial project management professionalsHigher education teaching professionalsΔ
Employment271,000188,000−30.6%
10th percentile£35,097£32,871−6.3%
25th percentile£46,399£42,062−9.3%
Median£59,834£52,835−11.7%
75th percentile£77,568£66,191−14.7%
90th percentile£98,923£77,707−21.4%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 (provisional). Gross annual pay, full-time employee jobs.
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