United Kingdom Academic Jobs, the higher education salary benchmark, based on 227,099 university job posts since January 1, 2026, drawn from millions of historical job posts.
Universität Länder Professor median Lecturer median Live jobs University of Oxford United Kingdom £43,602 £43,602 223 University of Cambridge United Kingdom £41,294 £41,294 187 Imperial College London United Kingdom £88,899 £54,776 59 University College London United Kingdom £48,284 £59,788 34 The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom £56,006 £55,233 75 University of Manchester United Kingdom £44,152 £52,079 361 King’s College London United Kingdom £58,649 £53,389 36 University of Glasgow United Kingdom £43,557 £46,601 43 University of Warwick United Kingdom £51,962 £40,829 155 University of Bristol United Kingdom £46,868 £47,500 76 University of Sheffield United Kingdom £48,822 £48,822 64 University of Birmingham United Kingdom — £41,343 115 University of Southampton United Kingdom £22,858 £31,000 189 University of St Andrews United Kingdom — £47,612 36 University of Leeds United Kingdom £50,401 £55,860 45 Nottingham University United Kingdom — £39,735 0 University of Exeter United Kingdom £45,817 £43,482 34 University of York United Kingdom £58,094 £41,583 69 University of Liverpool United Kingdom £48,328 £49,798 30 University of Leicester United Kingdom — £51,292 73 University of Dundee United Kingdom — £50,436 106 University of Stirling United Kingdom — £52,035 8 University of Bath United Kingdom — £51,962 55 University of Essex United Kingdom — £51,962 33
