2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Higher education teaching 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 HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS £52,835 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 Higher education teaching professionals.

Higher education teaching professionalsIT business analysts, architects and systems designersΔ
Employment188,000163,000−13.3%
10th percentile£32,871£35,504+8.0%
25th percentile£42,062£45,860+9.0%
Median£52,835£60,288+14.1%
75th percentile£66,191£81,932+23.8%
90th percentile£77,707£100,418+29.2%
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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