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Salary guide

Lecturer salaries in the UK

The 228 lecturer jobs with a salary advertised on UniJobs in the last 12 months typically paid £42,700 to £51,200. Half of them had a mid-point between £43,300 and £53,100.

Typical mid-point
£47,700
a year · from 228 adverts

By pay grade

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
Grade 8£49,200 to £65,300£54,600 to £59,6004
Level 3£37,800 to £47,700£40,000 to £45,8004

By subject

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
Agriculture, Food & Veterinary Science£48,100 to £63,100£43,300 to £60,30010
Medicine & Dentistry£50,300 to £59,400£46,500 to £62,40019
Politics & International Relations£47,900 to £58,500£53,000 to £53,7006
Pharmacy & Pharmacology£47,400 to £59,400£52,000 to £54,6005
History & Archaeology£47,000 to £60,000–3
Engineering£47,400 to £56,500£47,600 to £54,60016
Architecture, Building & Planning£46,000 to £51,800£48,300 to £48,9006
Computer Science£42,600 to £52,300£43,100 to £50,70012
Business & Management£40,000 to £56,500£42,400 to £49,3009
Economics£39,900 to £53,400£44,400 to £50,3005
Education & Teacher Training£44,700 to £49,700£42,400 to £51,60013
Biological Sciences£41,100 to £49,800£43,300 to £53,6009

By region

Typical salaryMiddle halfJobs
North West England£40,700 to £48,100£42,500 to £50,60057
West Midlands£41,900 to £56,500£45,100 to £52,00037
Greater London£45,900 to £54,700£47,000 to £53,20029
East Midlands£39,600 to £47,000£42,400 to £49,30023
Yorkshire and the Humber£51,800 to £60,000£44,900 to £55,90017
Scotland£42,300 to £48,800£45,500 to £46,40017
South West England£47,400 to £56,500£50,400 to £53,00012
Wales£47,400 to £60,000£48,900 to £57,10011
South East England£48,800 to £48,800£41,100 to £52,30011
East of England£47,400 to £60,000£52,300 to £58,6009

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Lecturer in Gemmology - Permanent, part-time role for 29.6 hours per weekBirmingham City University · Birmingham £45,200–£51,200 Lecturer in Cybersecurity ManagementAston University · Birmingham £38,800–£56,500 Senior Lecturer in Social WorkAnglia Ruskin University · Peterborough £47,000–£57,700 Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Law (Teaching Track)The University of Surrey · Guildford £48,300–£63,000 LecturerThe University of Bath · Bath £38,800–£46,000 Lecturer in Mental Health NursingMiddlesex University £43,800–£50,100 Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) in English for Academic Purposes (EAP)The University of Leeds · Leeds £41,100–£48,800 Lecturer in Sport & Exercise TherapySouthampton Solent University · Southampton £38,200–£44,100 Lecturer in Creative Writing (Research & Teaching)University of Glasgow · Glasgow · Level 12 £41,900–£59,400 Lecturer in Scottish Literature (Research & Teaching)University of Glasgow · Glasgow · Level 12 £41,900–£47,000

Questions

How much does a lecturer earn in the UK?

Based on 228 adverts on UniJobs in the last 12 months, a typical lecturer job paid £42,700 to £51,200 a year, with a typical mid-point of £47,700.

What grade is a lecturer?

Universities set their own grades. In adverts on UniJobs, lecturer jobs were most often advertised at Grade 8 or Level 3.

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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