Learning and Development Manager Salary in Wales

What a typical learning and development manager takes home

On the median of £32,310, 2026/27 tax year, England, Wales and Northern Ireland rates, no pension or student loan.

What most learning and development managers actually earn

Half of learning and development managers in Wales earn between £24,141 and £36,189. Earning above £36,189 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “HR, Training and Other Vocational Associate Guidance Professionals” group in Wales.

Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group

Other vocational and industrial trainers

SOC 2020 code

3574

Measure

Gross annual pay, all employees

Edition

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS publishes a sampling error of 13.7% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank Wales against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.

ONS doesn't measure “learning and development manager” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Other vocational and industrial trainers”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS measures a residual group - vocational and industrial trainers it does not name separately.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.