Salary guide

UK university salaries

The 775 university jobs with a salary advertised on UniJobs in the last 12 months typically paid £36,600 to £41,400. Half of them had a mid-point between £30,600 and £47,000.

Typical mid-point
£40,000
a year · from 775 adverts

By type of job

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
Professor / Reader£62,400 to £74,000£62,800 to £85,80015
Management / Leadership£49,500 to £56,500£44,900 to £57,50069
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer£43,800 to £51,800£42,400 to £54,200105
Teaching (other)£39,300 to £49,300£40,200 to £52,50026
Research (other)£41,000 to £45,700£41,000 to £48,80048
Postdoctoral / Research Fellow£38,800 to £46,000£40,700 to £44,90077
IT / Information Services£39,900 to £46,000£36,300 to £47,20035
Human Resources£35,900 to £43,000£28,500 to £51,20012
Other£34,500 to £39,200£34,900 to £38,60010
Library / Archives£31,200 to £37,700£25,700 to £37,20011
Marketing & Communications£33,100 to £37,400£29,300 to £43,70027
Student Services£31,500 to £34,700£30,100 to £37,10047
Finance£31,200 to £34,000£29,200 to £60,30015
Technical / Laboratory£31,200 to £34,600£29,500 to £37,80053
Administrative£29,600 to £33,000£28,800 to £35,000122
Estates & Facilities£27,100 to £33,800£25,500 to £42,40040
Support & Operations£25,300 to £25,800£24,500 to £27,50052
PhD / Doctoral£21,800 to £21,800£21,800 to £22,80011

By pay grade

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
Grade 5£40,000 to £45,700£42,900 to £42,9005
Grade 6£45,700 to £51,900£42,400 to £48,80015
Grade 7£46,100 to £56,500£46,900 to £55,9006
Grade 8£50,000 to £61,800–3
Level 1£26,300 to £26,700–3
Level 2£29,400 to £35,900£25,600 to £40,7004
Level 3£33,400 to £45,700£31,500 to £44,70010
Level 5£38,800 to £56,500–3
Level 6£35,600 to £38,800–3

By region

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
North West England£32,100 to £35,200£26,500 to £42,300127
Greater London£40,000 to £45,700£36,000 to £50,800119
South East England£36,600 to £43,500£33,700 to £45,000100
South West England£31,500 to £38,100£28,800 to £44,90094
West Midlands£38,800 to £44,100£33,700 to £50,60081
Yorkshire and the Humber£39,900 to £44,800£30,800 to £53,50076
Wales£37,700 to £38,800£33,300 to £48,90069
East Midlands£33,700 to £37,000£31,500 to £42,70052
Scotland£42,300 to £44,700£28,400 to £45,50039
East of England£36,000 to £41,300£32,100 to £46,90014

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Lecturer in Paramedic PracticeUniversity of Lancashire · Preston £43,100–£49,800 Business AnalystThe University of Lancaster · Lancaster £39,900–£46,000 Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Geospatial Analysis and Environmental ModellingThe University of Greenwich · Greenwich £38,800–£56,500 Internal Communications Manager (Staff) (Maternity Cover)The University of East London · London £47,400–£52,600 Assistant Director – International Partnerships and Global MobilityThe University of Brighton · Brighton £71,600–£75,900 Technical Instructor (Fine Art) (30 Hours per week) - Internal onlyThe University of Brighton · Brighton £31,200–£34,600 Technical Instructor (Electronic Music and Sound) (7.5 Hours per week) - Internal OnlyThe University of Brighton · Brighton £31,200–£34,600 Food & Beverage Assistant (Full Time)The University of Bath · Bath £25,500 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Gene TherapyThe Royal Veterinary College · London £41,300–£52,500 Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Associate (AKT)Royal Holloway and Bedford New College · Egham £41,400
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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