Highest Paid Jobs in City of London

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — London region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the London region, which includes City of London. The average salary across all jobs in City of London is £67,064 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers	£123,796	+£56,732 (84.6% above)
2. Chief executives and senior officials	£119,981	+£52,917 (78.9% above)
3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£111,935	+£44,871 (66.9% above)
4. Financial managers and directors	£107,433	+£40,369 (60.2% above)
5. Information technology directors	£105,290	+£38,226 (57.0% above)
6. Specialist medical practitioners	£86,528	+£19,464 (29.0% above)
7. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£85,735	+£18,671 (27.8% above)
8. Public relations and communications directors	£81,699	+£14,635 (21.8% above)
9. Train and tram drivers	£77,889	+£10,825 (16.1% above)
10. Production managers and directors in manufacturing	£76,710	+£9,646 (14.4% above)
11. Solicitors and lawyers	£75,537	+£8,473 (12.6% above)
12. Programmers and software development professionals	£74,284	+£7,220 (10.8% above)
13. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£73,857	+£6,793 (10.1% above)
14. Head teachers and principals	£71,111	+£4,047 (6.0% above)
15. Purchasing managers and directors	£71,098	+£4,034 (6.0% above)
16. IT project managers	£68,827	+£1,763 (2.6% above)
17. Business and financial project management professionals	£67,915	+£851 (1.3% above)
18. Health services and public health managers and directors	£67,220	+£156 (0.2% above)
19. Human resource managers and directors	£66,725	-£339 (0.5% below)
20. Actuaries, economists and statisticians	£66,364	-£700 (1.0% below)

About this data

Occupation salaries cover the London region. The local average salary is specific to City of London. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.