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Salary checker
To check what a UK role pays, read what employers are advertising for the same job title in the same area right now — not last year's benchmark. This checker does that: it reads live adverts, throws away the figures the job board predicted rather than the employer stating, and gives you the middle half of the market with the number of adverts behind it. Across the leading role in each of our thirteen sectors the published medians run from £28,000 for a Paralegal to £65,000 for a Mechanical Estimator, and only 57% of the adverts we read stated a salary at all.
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What the leading role in each sector is advertised at
Read from live UK adverts, stated salaries only, nationwide. The count is how many advertisers stated a figure — where too few did, there is no band, and that is a finding about the role rather than a gap in the table.
| Sector | Leading role | Middle half of the market | Median | Adverts stating pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales engineering | Field Sales Engineer | £38,000 – £54,000 | £45,000 | 42 of 100 (42%) |
| Engineering & manufacturing | Design Engineer | £45,000 – £68,000 | £55,000 | 64 of 100 (64%) |
| Accountancy & finance | Management Accountant | £42,000 – £54,000 | £48,000 | 52 of 100 (52%) |
| Care & social care | Registered Manager | £45,000 – £62,000 | £55,000 | 82 of 100 (82%) |
| Legal | Paralegal | £27,000 – £35,000 | £28,000 | 44 of 100 (44%) |
| Construction & property | Quantity Surveyor | £55,000 – £70,000 | £60,000 | 64 of 100 (64%) |
| Building services & trades | Mechanical Estimator | £55,000 – £75,000 | £65,000 | 82 of 100 (82%) |
| Charity & community | Support Worker | under the reporting floor (n=4) | — | 4 of 100 (4%) |
| Insurance & financial services | Account Handler | £35,000 – £42,000 | £40,000 | 27 of 100 (27%) |
| IT & technology | IT Support Analyst | £30,000 – £40,000 | £33,000 | 70 of 100 (70%) |
| Precision machining & maintenance | Production Manager | £48,000 – £60,000 | £53,000 | 60 of 100 (60%) |
| Transport & logistics | Transport Manager | £45,000 – £55,000 | £50,000 | 76 of 100 (76%) |
| Utilities & infrastructure | Site Supervisor | £45,000 – £75,000 | £57,000 | 74 of 100 (74%) |
Pay figures read from live job adverts on Adzuna (adzuna.co.uk). Live UK adverts posted in the last 60 days, up to 100 per role, searched on the role title. Only adverts where the employer stated a salary are counted; Adzuna's own predicted figures are discarded. The band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the midpoint of each stated range, rounded to the nearest £1,000. Fewer than 8 stated salaries and no band is published.
· last verified 10 September 2026 · source: Adzuna · regenerated from live adverts
Pay is one reason a role stays open. It is not the only one.
A role advertised under the local band takes longer to fill, and time to fill has a price of its own: at £65,000 and our median of 42 days, an empty seat nets out at about £5,100. The cost of vacancy calculator works that out for any salary, and shows every step of the sum.
| Package | Price | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | £399 +VAT | Multi-board distribution · 28-day live listing · Employer dashboard access |
| Premium | £499 +VAT | Everything in Standard · Featured listing badge · Social media promotion |
| Premium Plus | £599 +VAT | Everything in Premium · Dedicated account manager · Bespoke advert copywriting |
If you would rather see the advert before you decide anything, the generator writes it free and shows the local band beside it.
Fair questions
How do I check what a job should pay in the UK?
Search live adverts for the same job title in the same area and read the middle of the range rather than the top of it. That is what this tool does: it reads what employers are advertising right now, discards the figures the board predicted rather than the employer stating, and shows the 25th to 75th percentile with the number of adverts behind it. Across the thirteen roles on this page, 57% of adverts stated a salary at all.
Why do some roles show no salary band?
Because too few employers stated a figure. Under 8 stated salaries we publish nothing rather than a median resting on four adverts. A blank row is a finding about that role — in Support Worker the pay is mostly not advertised at all.
Is a predicted salary the same as an advertised one?
No, and the difference matters. A predicted salary is the board's own estimate from the job title and the location — it is a model's output, not an offer anybody made. This tool counts only salaries an employer stated in their own advert.
Does stating the salary in an advert make a difference?
It is the first thing most candidates look for, and an advert without one is competing against adverts that have one. We do not publish a percentage for it here because we would be quoting our own account back at you as a national fact; what we can tell you is how many of the live adverts for your role state a figure, which is on the page above.
How current are these figures?
They are read from adverts posted in the last 60 days and regenerated by a script rather than typed. The date they were read is printed beside every table on this page.