Job salaries and take-home pay 2026/27
Typical advertised salary ranges for common UK roles, with take-home pay computed for the 2026/27 tax year. NHS and teacher figures come from published pay scales; other figures are indicative ranges from job boards and should be checked against live adverts.
Roles
- Nurse (Band 5)nhs
- Senior nurse / nurse specialist (Band 6)nhs
- Clinical nurse specialist (Band 7)nhs
- Paramedicnhs
- Midwifenhs
- Teacher (main scale)education
- Teaching assistanteducation
- Police constablepublic
- Firefighterpublic
- Civil servant (EO / HEO)public
- Social workerpublic
- Software developerprivate
- Senior software engineerprivate
- Data analystprivate
- Accountantprivate
- Management accountantprivate
- Solicitorprivate
- Project managerprivate
- Marketing managerprivate
- HR managerprivate
- Electricianprivate
- Plumberprivate
- Carpenterprivate
- Quantity surveyorprivate
- Construction site managerprivate
- HGV driverprivate
- Retail managerprivate
- Office managerprivate
- Administrative assistantprivate
- Customer service advisorprivate
- Chefprivate
- Graphic designerprivate
- Recruitment consultantprivate