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Average business & management salaries in the UK 
(data from PayScale)

Chief executives and senior officials

£89,073

Marketing directors

£64,948

Financial managers

£40,049

Human resource managers

£35,607

Purchasing managers

£33,788

Business development managers

£33,126

Project management director

£72,684

Management consultants

£47,975

Business analysts

£35,341

Senior sales executives

£24,808

Sales administrators

£18,372

Average business & management salaries in the US 
(data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018)

Management analysts

$83,610

Logisticians

$74,600

Budget analysts

$76,220

Operations research analysts

$83,390

Market research analysts

$63,120

Human resources specialists

$60,880

Training and development specialists

$60,870

Average computer science & IT salaries in the UK 
(data from PayScale)

Information technology directors

£78,189

IT specialist

£35,766

IT project managers

£41,545

IT business analysts

£35,341

Telecommunications specialist

£26,351

Programmers

£30,326

Software development managers

£54,347

Telecommunications engineers

£26,351

Average computer science & IT salaries in the US 
(data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018)

Computer and information research scientists

$118,370

Software developers

$105,590

Information security analysts

$98,350

Computer systems analysts

$88,740

Computer network architects

$109,020

Computer programmers

$84,280

Web developers

$69,430

Computer support specialists

$53,470

Average engineering salaries in the UK 
(data from PayScale)

Aircraft engineers

£34,356

Design engineering manager

£50,375

Production managers in manufacturing

£34,965

Electrical engineers

£31,308

Mechanical engineers

£30,630

Electronics engineers

£29,287

Product development engineers

£30,003

Civil engineers

£31,046

Mining engineers

£40,695

Quality control engineers

£27,519

Engineering technicians

£23,093

Average engineering salaries in the US 
(data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018)

Computer hardware engineers

$114,600

Aerospace engineers

$115,220

Chemical engineers

$104,910

Electronics engineers (except computer)

$99,070

Mining and geological engineers

$92,250

Nuclear engineers

$107,600

Petroleum engineers

$137,170

Marine engineers and naval architects

$92,560

Biomedical engineers

$88,550

Materials engineers

$92,390

Mechanical engineers

$87,370

Civil engineers

$86,640

Environmental engineers

$87,620

Industrial engineers

$87,040

Agricultural engineers

$77,110

Drafters

$55,550

Average legal salaries in the UK 
(data from PayScale)

Attorney/lawyer

£45,920

Solicitors

£35,876

Barristers

£50,987

Law firm partner

£72,138

Average legal salaries in the US 
(data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018)

Lawyers

$120,910

Judges and hearing officers

$117,190

Arbitrators, mediators and conciliators

$62,270

Court reporters

$57,150

Paralegals and legal assistants

$50,940

Average media & communications salaries in the UK 
(data from PayScale)

Public relations directors

£71,483

Advertising accounts managers

£26,423

Creative directors

£48,930

Journalists

£23,552

Public relations managers

£32,648

Author/writer

£36,100

Average media & communications salaries in the US 
(data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018)

Writers and editors

$62,170

Public relations specialists

$60,000

News analysts, reporters and correspondents

$43,490

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians

$43,660

Announcers

$31,990

Average medical & life sciences salaries in the UK 
(data from PayScale)

General Practice Doctors

£50,731

Midwifes

£27,010

Dentists

£49,949

Biochemists

£30,167

Veterinarians

£31,091

Pharmacists

£34,910

Paramedics

£25,553

Psychologists

£31,341

Average medical & life sciences salaries in the US 
(data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018)

Physicians and surgeons

$208,000

Dentists

$156,240

Veterinarians

$93,830

Medical scientists

$84,810

Biological technicians

$44,500

Psychologists

$79,010

Conservation scientists and foresters

$61,340

Average natural sciences salaries in the UK 
(data from PayScale)

Research scientists

£30,966

Research chemists

£29,062

Environmental scientists

£26,592

Geoscientists (but not hydrologists or geographers)

£32,712

Average natural sciences salaries in the US 
(data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018)

Biological Technicians

$44,500

Environmental scientists

$71,130

Chemists and materials scientists

$78,330

Geoscientists

$91,130