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UK pay and jobs statistics 2026

Updated · Pay: ONS ASHE 2025 · Vacancies: live, refreshed daily

Key takeaways

  • Typical full-time pay in the UK is £39,039 a year (ONS ASHE 2025).
  • Pay rose 4.3% in a year.
  • London pays most (£49,692); North East least (£34,403).
  • Full-time women's median annual pay is 14.7% below men's.
  • Teacher has the most live vacancies among the roles we track (13,768).

31 statistics

  1. The median gross annual pay for full-time employees in the UK was £39,039 in 2025. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  2. That was a 4.3% rise on the year before. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  3. The lowest-paid 10% of full-time employees earned under £23,990 a year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  4. The top 20% of full-time employees earned over £59,083 a year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  5. Median hourly pay for full-time employees was £19.74. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  6. Full-time men had median annual pay of £41,832. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  7. Full-time women had median annual pay of £35,670. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  8. On annual pay, full-time women's median was 14.7% below men's (our calculation from the two medians). Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  9. Median full-time pay for women rose 4.9% on the year, against 4.4% for men. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  10. London had the highest full-time median pay at £49,692; North East had the lowest at £34,403. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  11. Full-time median pay in London was £49,692, up 4.7% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  12. Full-time median pay in South East was £39,983, up 2.4% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  13. Full-time median pay in Scotland was £39,719, up 3.7% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  14. Full-time median pay in East was £38,597, up 4.4% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  15. Full-time median pay in North West was £37,361, up 6.2% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  16. Full-time median pay in South West was £37,195, up 4.6% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  17. Full-time median pay in West Midlands was £37,064, up 6.1% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  18. Full-time median pay in Northern Ireland was £37,052, up 8.2% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  19. Full-time median pay in Wales was £35,796, up 4.5% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  20. Full-time median pay in Yorkshire and The Humber was £35,682, up 3.7% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  21. Full-time median pay in East Midlands was £35,600, up 5% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  22. Full-time median pay in North East was £34,403, up 4.2% on the year. Source: ONS ASHE 2025.
  23. Across 8 popular roles, Reed listed 48,254 live UK vacancies. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.
  24. Teacher: 13,768 live UK vacancies on Reed. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.
  25. Administrator: 13,505 live UK vacancies on Reed. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.
  26. Project Manager: 8,822 live UK vacancies on Reed. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.
  27. Accountant: 5,084 live UK vacancies on Reed. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.
  28. Software Engineer: 2,583 live UK vacancies on Reed. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.
  29. Data Analyst: 2,127 live UK vacancies on Reed. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.
  30. Warehouse Operative: 1,416 live UK vacancies on Reed. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.
  31. Nurse: 949 live UK vacancies on Reed. Source: Core Careers analysis of the Reed.co.uk jobs API, 6 November 2026.

Methodology

Pay figures are the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (2025, provisional where ONS says so), workplace analysis, gross pay for full-time employees, taken from Nomis on 2026-10-23. Download our extract as CSV (Open Government Licence v3.0). Vacancy counts are live totals from the Reed.co.uk API for each role title, cached for 24 hours; they count one board, not the whole market. More on how we calculate.

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