Highest Paid Jobs in Cambridge

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — East region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the East region, which includes Cambridge. The average salary across all jobs in Cambridge is £40,266 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers	£83,444	+£43,178 (107.2% above)
2. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£81,143	+£40,877 (101.5% above)
3. Specialist medical practitioners	£79,305	+£39,039 (97.0% above)
4. Train and tram drivers	£75,608	+£35,342 (87.8% above)
5. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£69,486	+£29,220 (72.6% above)
6. Head teachers and principals	£66,126	+£25,860 (64.2% above)
7. Senior police officers	£65,326	+£25,060 (62.2% above)
8. Marketing and commercial managers	£62,752	+£22,486 (55.8% above)
9. Electrical engineers	£61,766	+£21,500 (53.4% above)
10. Programmers and software development professionals	£60,203	+£19,937 (49.5% above)
11. Public relations and communications directors	£60,131	+£19,865 (49.3% above)
12. Electronics engineers	£58,657	+£18,391 (45.7% above)
13. Production and process engineers	£56,302	+£16,036 (39.8% above)
14. Business and financial project management professionals	£55,820	+£15,554 (38.6% above)
15. Research and development (R&D) managers	£55,128	+£14,862 (36.9% above)
16. Human resource managers and directors	£54,912	+£14,646 (36.4% above)
17. Management consultants and business analysts	£54,867	+£14,601 (36.3% above)
18. Biochemists and biomedical scientists	£54,211	+£13,945 (34.6% above)
19. Rail construction and maintenance operatives	£54,210	+£13,944 (34.6% above)
20. Production managers and directors in construction	£53,874	+£13,608 (33.8% above)

About this data

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