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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
OccupationMedian Salaryvs 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.