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What Research and development (R&D) managers are paid in the UK

ONS figures, 2025 provisional: 25th percentile £44,101, median £55,519, 75th percentile £75,207.

ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional), Table 14.7a, Annual pay - Gross (£) - For full-time employee jobs, UK. Figures ONS marks as less reliable are flagged, and blank cells are ones ONS does not publish.

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