Highest Paid Jobs in Ceredigion / Ceredigion

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — Wales region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the Wales region, which includes Ceredigion / Ceredigion. The average salary across all jobs in Ceredigion / Ceredigion is £27,868 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£86,152	+£58,284 (209.1% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£76,119	+£48,251 (173.1% above)
3. Business and financial project management professionals	£53,924	+£26,056 (93.5% above)
4. Quantity surveyors	£53,752	+£25,884 (92.9% above)
5. Sales accounts and business development managers	£52,223	+£24,355 (87.4% above)
6. Social services managers and directors	£51,651	+£23,783 (85.3% above)
7. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£49,827	+£21,959 (78.8% above)
8. Higher education teaching professionals	£48,809	+£20,941 (75.1% above)
9. Secondary education teaching professionals	£48,006	+£20,138 (72.3% above)
10. Purchasing managers and directors	£47,971	+£20,103 (72.1% above)
11. Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£47,944	+£20,076 (72.0% above)
12. Production and process engineers	£47,056	+£19,188 (68.9% above)
13. Police officers (sergeant and below)	£46,768	+£18,900 (67.8% above)
14. Paramedics	£46,767	+£18,899 (67.8% above)
15. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£46,626	+£18,758 (67.3% above)
16. Primary education teaching professionals	£46,291	+£18,423 (66.1% above)
17. IT managers	£45,970	+£18,102 (65.0% above)
18. Programmers and software development professionals	£45,942	+£18,074 (64.9% above)
19. Special needs education teaching professionals	£45,462	+£17,594 (63.1% above)
20. Rail travel assistants	£45,125	+£17,257 (61.9% above)

About this data

Occupation salaries cover the Wales region. The local average salary is specific to Ceredigion / Ceredigion. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.