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IT business analysts, architects and systems designers vs. Programmers and software development 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 IT BUSINESS ANALYSTS, ARCHITECTS AND SYSTEMS DESIGNERS £60,288 PROGRAMMERS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS £56,914
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Programmers and software development professionals against IT business analysts, architects and systems designers.

IT business analysts, architects and systems designersProgrammers and software development professionalsΔ
Employment163,000343,000+110.4%
10th percentile£35,504£32,835−7.5%
25th percentile£45,860£42,289−7.8%
Median£60,288£56,914−5.6%
75th percentile£81,932£75,794−7.5%
90th percentile£100,418£102,860+2.4%
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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