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Programmers and software development professionals vs. Specialist medical practitioners

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
50k100k150k PROGRAMMERS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS £56,914 SPECIALIST MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS £92,847
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Specialist medical practitioners against Programmers and software development professionals.

Programmers and software development professionalsSpecialist medical practitionersΔ
Employment343,000142,000−58.6%
10th percentile£32,835£49,574+51.0%
25th percentile£42,289£67,335+59.2%
Median£56,914£92,847+63.1%
75th percentile£75,794£136,100+79.6%
90th percentile£102,860£168,980+64.3%
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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