Highest Paid Jobs in South Cambridgeshire

Based on ONS ASHE 2025 data — East region

These are the 20 highest-paying occupations in the East region, which includes South Cambridgeshire. The average salary across all jobs in South Cambridgeshire is £41,348 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers	£83,444	+£42,096 (101.8% above)
2. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£81,143	+£39,795 (96.2% above)
3. Specialist medical practitioners	£79,305	+£37,957 (91.8% above)
4. Train and tram drivers	£75,608	+£34,260 (82.9% above)
5. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£69,486	+£28,138 (68.1% above)
6. Head teachers and principals	£66,126	+£24,778 (59.9% above)
7. Senior police officers	£65,326	+£23,978 (58.0% above)
8. Marketing and commercial managers	£62,752	+£21,404 (51.8% above)
9. Electrical engineers	£61,766	+£20,418 (49.4% above)
10. Programmers and software development professionals	£60,203	+£18,855 (45.6% above)
11. Public relations and communications directors	£60,131	+£18,783 (45.4% above)
12. Electronics engineers	£58,657	+£17,309 (41.9% above)
13. Production and process engineers	£56,302	+£14,954 (36.2% above)
14. Business and financial project management professionals	£55,820	+£14,472 (35.0% above)
15. Research and development (R&D) managers	£55,128	+£13,780 (33.3% above)
16. Human resource managers and directors	£54,912	+£13,564 (32.8% above)
17. Management consultants and business analysts	£54,867	+£13,519 (32.7% above)
18. Biochemists and biomedical scientists	£54,211	+£12,863 (31.1% above)
19. Rail construction and maintenance operatives	£54,210	+£12,862 (31.1% above)
20. Production managers and directors in construction	£53,874	+£12,526 (30.3% above)

About this data

Occupation salaries cover the East region. The local average salary is specific to South Cambridgeshire. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.