Salary guide

University management salaries in the UK

The 155 university manager jobs with a salary advertised on UniJobs in the last 12 months typically paid £47,400 to £56,500. Half of them had a mid-point between £43,200 and £61,800.

Typical mid-point

£52,000

a year · from 155 adverts

By pay grade

	Typical salary	Middle half	Jobs
Grade 6	£45,700 to £51,900	–	3
Level 3	£53,500 to £60,900	£53,000 to £59,200	4

By subject

	Typical salary	Middle half	Jobs
Business & Management	£71,300 to £80,500	–	3
Computer Science	£58,200 to £67,500	–	3
Education & Teacher Training	£56,500 to £64,400	£56,100 to £68,100	4
Sport & Exercise Science	£47,400 to £56,500	–	3
Medicine & Dentistry	£41,100 to £48,800	£40,700 to £132,100	5

By region

	Typical salary	Middle half	Jobs
West Midlands	£47,900 to £57,700	£48,200 to £64,600	32
North West England	£42,000 to £48,300	£39,500 to £52,300	23
South West England	£47,400 to £57,700	£44,900 to £73,700	21
Greater London	£52,500 to £60,100	£48,900 to £70,800	19
South East England	£37,400 to £45,600	£40,700 to £52,300	19
Yorkshire and the Humber	£48,900 to £56,500	£44,900 to £55,900	13
East Midlands	£51,800 to £64,800	£51,500 to £80,300	10
Wales	£46,000 to £46,000	£31,200 to £48,900	5
North East England	£47,400 to £56,500	£44,300 to £53,000	5
Scotland	£50,800 to £58,800	£54,200 to £57,700	4
East of England	£49,500 to £57,200	£42,600 to £66,600	4

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Development Manager, ChalleNGe NottinghamThe Nottingham Trent University · Nottingham £40,000–£45,000 Knowledge Exchange Manager (WMCISL)University of Warwick · Coventry £48,300–£57,700 Accreditations ManagerUniversity of Derby · Derby £39,100–£46,700 Senior Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement ManagerThe University of Birmingham · Birmingham £47,400–£56,500 Business Development Manager x2University of Warwick · Coventry £59,400–£68,800 SGSAH Head of Strategy and OperationsUniversity of Glasgow · Glasgow £61,200–£68,800 RIG Strategy ManagerUniversity of Glasgow · Glasgow £51,300–£59,400 Senior Research Analytics ManagerUniversity of Durham · Durham £48,300–£57,700 Assistant Director of UK Student Recruitment and Widening AccessAnglia Ruskin University · Chelmsford £70,900–£77,400 Strategic Programme Development ManagerThe University of Birmingham · Birmingham £47,400–£63,600

Questions

How much does a university manager earn in the UK?

Based on 155 adverts on UniJobs in the last 12 months, a typical university manager job paid £47,400 to £56,500 a year, with a typical mid-point of £52,000.

What grade is a university manager?

Universities set their own grades. In adverts on UniJobs, university manager jobs were most often advertised at Grade 6 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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