Highest Paid Jobs in Bradford

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — Yorkshire and The Humber region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the Yorkshire and The Humber region, which includes Bradford. The average salary across all jobs in Bradford is £29,745 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£87,240	+£57,495 (193.3% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£82,282	+£52,537 (176.6% above)
3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,606	+£49,861 (167.6% above)
4. Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+£33,311 (112.0% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£61,026	+£31,281 (105.2% above)
6. Purchasing managers and directors	£60,189	+£30,444 (102.3% above)
7. Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+£26,842 (90.2% above)
8. Solicitors and lawyers	£54,992	+£25,247 (84.9% above)
9. Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+£25,119 (84.4% above)
10. Rail transport operatives	£54,167	+£24,422 (82.1% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£53,806	+£24,061 (80.9% above)
12. Health services and public health managers and directors	£52,783	+£23,038 (77.5% above)
13. Business and financial project management professionals	£52,022	+£22,277 (74.9% above)
14. IT project managers	£51,108	+£21,363 (71.8% above)
15. Financial managers and directors	£50,891	+£21,146 (71.1% above)
16. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,602	+£20,857 (70.1% above)
17. IT managers	£50,585	+£20,840 (70.1% above)
18. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£49,069	+£19,324 (65.0% above)
19. Sales accounts and business development managers	£48,877	+£19,132 (64.3% above)
20. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£48,838	+£19,093 (64.2% above)

About this data

Occupation salaries cover the Yorkshire and The Humber region. The local average salary is specific to Bradford. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.