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Programmers and software development professionals vs. Secondary 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 PROGRAMMERS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS £56,914 SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHING PROFESSIONALS £47,632
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Secondary education teaching professionals against Programmers and software development professionals.

Programmers and software development professionalsSecondary education teaching professionalsΔ
Employment343,000358,000+4.4%
10th percentile£32,835£32,058−2.4%
25th percentile£42,289£39,059−7.6%
Median£56,914£47,632−16.3%
75th percentile£75,794£54,047−28.7%
90th percentile£102,860£62,402−39.3%
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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