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Business and financial project management professionals vs. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

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 IT BUSINESS ANALYSTS, ARCHITECTS AND SYSTEMS DESIGNERS £60,288
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is IT business analysts, architects and systems designers against Business and financial project management professionals.

Business and financial project management professionalsIT business analysts, architects and systems designersΔ
Employment271,000163,000−39.9%
10th percentile£35,097£35,504+1.2%
25th percentile£46,399£45,860−1.2%
Median£59,834£60,288+0.8%
75th percentile£77,568£81,932+5.6%
90th percentile£98,923£100,418+1.5%
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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Business and financial project management professionals · IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

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