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Salary guide

UK university salaries

The 1,705 university jobs with a salary advertised on UniJobs in the last 12 months typically paid £37,400 to £43,500. Half of them had a mid-point between £31,300 and £47,400.

Typical mid-point
£41,100
a year · from 1,705 adverts

By type of job

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
Professor / Reader£61,200 to £70,600£62,800 to £76,50033
Management / Leadership£47,400 to £56,500£43,200 to £61,800155
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer£42,700 to £51,200£43,300 to £53,100228
Teaching (other)£39,900 to £47,700£40,000 to £52,50062
Human Resources£40,700 to £47,000£34,500 to £58,40030
IT / Information Services£39,900 to £46,200£37,300 to £51,30071
Research (other)£40,000 to £45,700£37,400 to £48,400129
Postdoctoral / Research Fellow£38,800 to £46,000£40,700 to £44,900191
Other£33,400 to £38,800£31,900 to £43,00022
Marketing & Communications£32,700 to £37,400£30,400 to £42,60047
Student Services£31,900 to £35,300£29,600 to £37,90097
Finance£32,100 to £36,500£29,200 to £55,70038
Technical / Laboratory£31,200 to £34,600£31,000 to £37,400100
Administrative£29,600 to £32,700£28,800 to £35,300241
Estates & Facilities£29,300 to £33,000£25,500 to £37,200108
Library / Archives£26,900 to £27,500£25,600 to £37,10022
Support & Operations£25,500 to £26,100£24,600 to £28,20099
PhD / Doctoral£21,800 to £22,000£21,800 to £27,70032

By pay grade

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
Grade 5£40,000 to £46,600£41,600 to £43,70025
Grade 6£45,700 to £51,900£42,700 to £49,80029
Grade 7£45,100 to £56,500£46,600 to £58,30017
Grade 8£47,900 to £58,400£28,800 to £55,6008
Grade 9£48,300 to £61,200–3
Level 1£26,300 to £26,700–3
Level 2£31,900 to £35,800£25,400 to £40,00018
Level 3£32,100 to £40,300£28,700 to £44,60020
Level 4£25,000 to £25,600£25,000 to £29,6005
Level 5£36,300 to £47,000£40,700 to £41,6009
Level 6£35,100 to £39,300£35,800 to £38,8004
Level 12£41,900 to £47,000–3

By region

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
North West England£35,600 to £39,900£28,500 to £43,300292
West Midlands£36,600 to £46,000£33,600 to £48,200290
Greater London£40,800 to £46,600£37,300 to £51,500258
South East England£36,600 to £41,900£33,400 to £44,100170
South West England£35,600 to £40,700£29,100 to £44,900158
Yorkshire and the Humber£35,600 to £39,900£31,300 to £44,900146
East Midlands£33,300 to £37,700£31,200 to £43,300116
Wales£37,700 to £38,800£33,100 to £42,900105
Scotland£35,700 to £41,100£28,100 to £45,50073
East of England£35,600 to £41,300£29,400 to £53,70057
North East England£27,900 to £31,000£25,300 to £48,10035

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How these figures work. They come only from salaries stated in job adverts on UniJobs over the last 12 months, per year, in pounds. "Typical salary" is the middle of the advertised starting points to the middle of the advertised top points. "Middle half" is the range of mid-points that half of the adverts fell within. Pay grades are set by each university, so the same grade can pay differently from place to place, and figures update as new jobs are posted.

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