Highest Paid Jobs in York UA

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 York UA. The average salary across all jobs in York UA is £32,151 per year.

Source: ONS ASHE 2025
Occupation	Median Salary	vs Local Average
1. Specialist medical practitioners	£87,240	+£55,089 (171.3% above)
2. Head teachers and principals	£82,282	+£50,131 (155.9% above)
3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors	£79,606	+£47,455 (147.6% above)
4. Financial and accounting technicians	£63,056	+£30,905 (96.1% above)
5. Generalist medical practitioners	£61,026	+£28,875 (89.8% above)
6. Purchasing managers and directors	£60,189	+£28,038 (87.2% above)
7. Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.	£56,587	+£24,436 (76.0% above)
8. Solicitors and lawyers	£54,992	+£22,841 (71.0% above)
9. Cyber security professionals	£54,864	+£22,713 (70.6% above)
10. Rail transport operatives	£54,167	+£22,016 (68.5% above)
11. IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	£53,806	+£21,655 (67.4% above)
12. Health services and public health managers and directors	£52,783	+£20,632 (64.2% above)
13. Business and financial project management professionals	£52,022	+£19,871 (61.8% above)
14. IT project managers	£51,108	+£18,957 (59.0% above)
15. Financial managers and directors	£50,891	+£18,740 (58.3% above)
16. Production managers and directors in construction	£50,602	+£18,451 (57.4% above)
17. IT managers	£50,585	+£18,434 (57.3% above)
18. Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	£49,069	+£16,918 (52.6% above)
19. Sales accounts and business development managers	£48,877	+£16,726 (52.0% above)
20. Engineering project managers and project engineers	£48,838	+£16,687 (51.9% above)

About this data

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