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Other nursing professionals 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 OTHER NURSING PROFESSIONALS £42,300 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 Other nursing professionals.

Other nursing professionalsProgrammers and software development professionalsΔ
Employment461,000343,000−25.6%
10th percentile£29,688£32,835+10.6%
25th percentile£36,192£42,289+16.8%
Median£42,300£56,914+34.5%
75th percentile£49,866£75,794+52.0%
90th percentile£57,736£102,860+78.2%
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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