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At the end of 2021, job site Indeed compiled a list of the UK's highest-paid professionals - and one role had an average salary of £124,000 a year.
Senior healthcare jobs dominated the rankings while engineering and tech sectors made up a majority. Tax partners topped the list, while chief financial officers, who are responsible for managing a company’s financial planning and reporting typically earn a six-figure salary of £112,500 on average.
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Consultant dermatologists, who specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of skin, hair and nail conditions, are the highest paid professionals in the healthcare sector this year, reports WalesOnline.
The highest paying jobs in UK
1. Tax partner - average salary £124,000
2. Head of sales - average salary £116,000
3. Chief financial officer - average salary £112,500
4. Consultant dermatologist - average salary £100,000
5. Vice president of engineering - average salary £99,300
6. Ophthalmologist - average salary £98,000
7. Vascular surgeon - average salary £97,000
8. Nephrologist - average salary £96,700
9. Consultant paediatrician - average salary £96,100
10. Neonatologist - average salary £96,000
11. Locum consultant - average salary £95,700
12. Anesthesiologist - average salary £95,600
13. Consultant oncologist - average salary £95,300
14. Rheumatologist - average salary £94,700
15. Chief technology officer - average salary £93,400
16. Litigation partner - average salary £93,300
17. Plastic surgeon - average salary £93,000
18. Orthodontist - average salary £92,800
19. Director of analytics - £92,700
20. Director of product management - average salary of £91,900
Jack Kennedy, an economist at the global job site Indeed, said: “Salary is one way of recognising the value and importance of a role to an organisation or to society as a whole and it’s interesting that many of the very highest paid jobs are specialist healthcare ones.
“Although healthcare dominates the very highest paying jobs, the roles commanding the biggest salaries in the country – tax partner, head of sales and chief financial officer – reflect high pay for those steering organisations’ financial performance, navigating through a pandemic in which some businesses have flourished."
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