Highest Paid Jobs in Leeds

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 Leeds. The average salary across all jobs in Leeds is £32,953 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£87,240	+£54,287 (164.7% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£82,282	+£49,329 (149.7% above)
3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,606	+£46,653 (141.6% above)
4. Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+£30,103 (91.4% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£61,026	+£28,073 (85.2% above)
6. Purchasing managers and directors	£60,189	+£27,236 (82.7% above)
7. Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+£23,634 (71.7% above)
8. Solicitors and lawyers	£54,992	+£22,039 (66.9% above)
9. Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+£21,911 (66.5% above)
10. Rail transport operatives	£54,167	+£21,214 (64.4% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£53,806	+£20,853 (63.3% above)
12. Health services and public health managers and directors	£52,783	+£19,830 (60.2% above)
13. Business and financial project management professionals	£52,022	+£19,069 (57.9% above)
14. IT project managers	£51,108	+£18,155 (55.1% above)
15. Financial managers and directors	£50,891	+£17,938 (54.4% above)
16. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,602	+£17,649 (53.6% above)
17. IT managers	£50,585	+£17,632 (53.5% above)
18. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£49,069	+£16,116 (48.9% above)
19. Sales accounts and business development managers	£48,877	+£15,924 (48.3% above)
20. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£48,838	+£15,885 (48.2% above)

About this data

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