National Trends in Earnings

Using data from the Office of National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, the most recent being October 2016, and excluding self-employed workers or bonuses, the BBC has looked at income for various jobs. They used 'Gross annual pay' and 'Hourly pay, excluding overtime', and selected the median figure rather than the mean, as per ONS advice.

Overall, by May 2017, average weekly pay in the UK was 0.5% lower than the same time a year earlier, after inflation was taken into account. They said that privatisation, unionisation, skills shortages and supply and demand are major factors in determining how pay fluctuates.

Biggest winners 2011-2016	PLUS
Air traffic controllers	54%
Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs	44%
Rubber process operatives	39%
Electronics engineers	35%
Publicans	31%
Tailors and dressmakers	31%
Energy plant operatives	29%
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	26%
Childminders and related occupations	24%
Crane drivers	22%
Biggest losers	MINUS
Health associate professionals, other	22%
Probation officers	20%
Coal miners	15%
Advertising accounts managers	14%
Precision instrument makers	14%
School inspectors	11%
Shelf fillers	10%
Museum archivists and curators	9%
Hotel/caravan managers and owners	8%
Radiographers	8%