Highest Paid Jobs in Boston

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — East Midlands region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the East Midlands region, which includes Boston. The average salary across all jobs in Boston is £26,187 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£76,175	+£49,988 (190.9% above)
2. Information technology directors	£71,620	+£45,433 (173.5% above)
3. Head teachers and principals	£60,776	+£34,589 (132.1% above)
4. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£58,303	+£32,116 (122.6% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£55,331	+£29,144 (111.3% above)
6. Research and development (R&D) managers	£54,739	+£28,552 (109.0% above)
7. Business and financial project management professionals	£50,926	+£24,739 (94.5% above)
8. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,059	+£23,872 (91.2% above)
9. Production managers and directors in mining and energy	£50,015	+£23,828 (91.0% above)
10. IT network professionals	£49,974	+£23,787 (90.8% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£49,892	+£23,705 (90.5% above)
12. Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£49,634	+£23,447 (89.5% above)
13. Sales accounts and business development managers	£49,330	+£23,143 (88.4% above)
14. Taxation experts	£49,293	+£23,106 (88.2% above)
15. IT managers	£49,070	+£22,883 (87.4% above)
16. Programmers and software development professionals	£48,744	+£22,557 (86.1% above)
17. Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.	£48,099	+£21,912 (83.7% above)
18. Social services managers and directors	£47,940	+£21,753 (83.1% above)
19. Construction and building trades supervisors	£47,592	+£21,405 (81.7% above)
20. Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors	£47,546	+£21,359 (81.6% above)

About this data

Occupation salaries cover the East Midlands region. The local average salary is specific to Boston. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.