Highest Paid Jobs in Kirklees

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 Kirklees. The average salary across all jobs in Kirklees is £28,821 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£87,240	+£58,419 (202.7% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£82,282	+£53,461 (185.5% above)
3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,606	+£50,785 (176.2% above)
4. Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+£34,235 (118.8% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£61,026	+£32,205 (111.7% above)
6. Purchasing managers and directors	£60,189	+£31,368 (108.8% above)
7. Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+£27,766 (96.3% above)
8. Solicitors and lawyers	£54,992	+£26,171 (90.8% above)
9. Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+£26,043 (90.4% above)
10. Rail transport operatives	£54,167	+£25,346 (87.9% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£53,806	+£24,985 (86.7% above)
12. Health services and public health managers and directors	£52,783	+£23,962 (83.1% above)
13. Business and financial project management professionals	£52,022	+£23,201 (80.5% above)
14. IT project managers	£51,108	+£22,287 (77.3% above)
15. Financial managers and directors	£50,891	+£22,070 (76.6% above)
16. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,602	+£21,781 (75.6% above)
17. IT managers	£50,585	+£21,764 (75.5% above)
18. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£49,069	+£20,248 (70.3% above)
19. Sales accounts and business development managers	£48,877	+£20,056 (69.6% above)
20. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£48,838	+£20,017 (69.5% above)

About this data

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