Scotland

Scotland, United Kingdom. Median gross annual pay for 35 occupations, full-time employee jobs.

Data released ASHE 2025 (provisional) ONS ASHE · 35 occupations

Table 1 — By occupation

What Scotland pays

Regional medians exactly as released; each occupation links to its full national distribution — regional distributions are not published at this detail.

Occupation	Median	Employment
Specialist medical practitioners	£121,827	22,000
Business and financial project management professionals	£60,838	19,000
Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£59,348	33,000
Sales accounts and business development managers	£56,564	20,000
IT managers	£54,160	19,000
Higher education teaching professionals	£51,816	21,000
Secondary education teaching professionals	£49,898	29,000
Primary education teaching professionals	£49,898	38,000
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£49,626	11,000
Programmers and software development professionals	£48,930	20,000
Other nursing professionals	£45,024	48,000
Management consultants and business analysts	£44,873	21,000
Metal working production and maintenance fitters	£41,905	16,000
Large goods vehicle drivers	£38,764	15,000
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.	£38,531	14,000
Electricians and electrical fitters	£38,017	7,000
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians	£37,509	6,000
Office managers	£37,467	12,000
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	£35,942	26,000
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants	£32,978	27,000
Security guards and related occupations	£32,534	6,000
National government administrative occupations	£32,527	8,000
Road transport drivers n.e.c.	£31,731	7,000
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers	£30,943	8,000
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks	£30,263	12,000
Care workers and home carers	£30,181	30,000
Other administrative occupations n.e.c.	£29,164	42,000
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives	£28,507	11,000
Warehouse operatives	£28,115	21,000
Customer service occupations n.e.c.	£28,092	18,000
Delivery drivers and couriers	£27,104	5,000
Sales and retail assistants	£25,245	19,000
Cleaners and domestics	£24,530	12,000
Receptionists	£24,111	6,000
Teaching assistants	£22,021	—

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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