Highest Paid Jobs in Chesterfield

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — East Midlands region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the East Midlands region, which includes Chesterfield. The average salary across all jobs in Chesterfield is £30,962 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£76,175	+£45,213 (146.0% above)
2. Information technology directors	£71,620	+£40,658 (131.3% above)
3. Head teachers and principals	£60,776	+£29,814 (96.3% above)
4. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£58,303	+£27,341 (88.3% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£55,331	+£24,369 (78.7% above)
6. Research and development (R&D) managers	£54,739	+£23,777 (76.8% above)
7. Business and financial project management professionals	£50,926	+£19,964 (64.5% above)
8. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,059	+£19,097 (61.7% above)
9. Production managers and directors in mining and energy	£50,015	+£19,053 (61.5% above)
10. IT network professionals	£49,974	+£19,012 (61.4% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£49,892	+£18,930 (61.1% above)
12. Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£49,634	+£18,672 (60.3% above)
13. Sales accounts and business development managers	£49,330	+£18,368 (59.3% above)
14. Taxation experts	£49,293	+£18,331 (59.2% above)
15. IT managers	£49,070	+£18,108 (58.5% above)
16. Programmers and software development professionals	£48,744	+£17,782 (57.4% above)
17. Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.	£48,099	+£17,137 (55.3% above)
18. Social services managers and directors	£47,940	+£16,978 (54.8% above)
19. Construction and building trades supervisors	£47,592	+£16,630 (53.7% above)
20. Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors	£47,546	+£16,584 (53.6% above)

About this data

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