Highest Paid Jobs in Wakefield

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 Wakefield. The average salary across all jobs in Wakefield is £30,950 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£87,240	+£56,290 (181.9% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£82,282	+£51,332 (165.9% above)
3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,606	+£48,656 (157.2% above)
4. Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+£32,106 (103.7% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£61,026	+£30,076 (97.2% above)
6. Purchasing managers and directors	£60,189	+£29,239 (94.5% above)
7. Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+£25,637 (82.8% above)
8. Solicitors and lawyers	£54,992	+£24,042 (77.7% above)
9. Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+£23,914 (77.3% above)
10. Rail transport operatives	£54,167	+£23,217 (75.0% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£53,806	+£22,856 (73.8% above)
12. Health services and public health managers and directors	£52,783	+£21,833 (70.5% above)
13. Business and financial project management professionals	£52,022	+£21,072 (68.1% above)
14. IT project managers	£51,108	+£20,158 (65.1% above)
15. Financial managers and directors	£50,891	+£19,941 (64.4% above)
16. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,602	+£19,652 (63.5% above)
17. IT managers	£50,585	+£19,635 (63.4% above)
18. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£49,069	+£18,119 (58.5% above)
19. Sales accounts and business development managers	£48,877	+£17,927 (57.9% above)
20. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£48,838	+£17,888 (57.8% above)

About this data

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