Highest Paid Jobs in Sheffield

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 Sheffield. The average salary across all jobs in Sheffield is £31,829 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£87,240	+£55,411 (174.1% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£82,282	+£50,453 (158.5% above)
3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,606	+£47,777 (150.1% above)
4. Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+£31,227 (98.1% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£61,026	+£29,197 (91.7% above)
6. Purchasing managers and directors	£60,189	+£28,360 (89.1% above)
7. Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+£24,758 (77.8% above)
8. Solicitors and lawyers	£54,992	+£23,163 (72.8% above)
9. Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+£23,035 (72.4% above)
10. Rail transport operatives	£54,167	+£22,338 (70.2% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£53,806	+£21,977 (69.0% above)
12. Health services and public health managers and directors	£52,783	+£20,954 (65.8% above)
13. Business and financial project management professionals	£52,022	+£20,193 (63.4% above)
14. IT project managers	£51,108	+£19,279 (60.6% above)
15. Financial managers and directors	£50,891	+£19,062 (59.9% above)
16. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,602	+£18,773 (59.0% above)
17. IT managers	£50,585	+£18,756 (58.9% above)
18. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£49,069	+£17,240 (54.2% above)
19. Sales accounts and business development managers	£48,877	+£17,048 (53.6% above)
20. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£48,838	+£17,009 (53.4% above)

About this data

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