These are the 10 highest paying companies in the UK

At Facebook, staff in the UK can look forward to a package approaching £100,000 ( Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Tech and finance companies dominate a list of the top 10 highest payers in the UK.

The UK’s best paying companies are offering staff between £80,000 and £110,000 as an overall package – which would include a basic salary, plus bonuses.

The likes of Facebook, Microsoft, Deutsche Bank and the Royal Bank of Canada feature in the list but only one firm, Japanese investment bank Nomura International, has its global headquarters in the UK.

Last month, the Office for National Statistics revealed the average salary in the UK was £27,000, so the research from jobs platform Glassdoor provides a stark illustration of the gap between the highest earners and the rest of the labour market.

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Top of the list, which was compiled using anonymous feedback from employees of each company, is cloud computing group Salesforce.

“This report shows that the big guns in tech and finance still dominate when it comes to large salaries in the UK.

“Companies like Salesforce, Facebook and SAP are all fighting for the best talent and they are prepared to pay top dollar to get it,” said Dr. Andrew Chamberlain, Glassdoor’s chief economist.

“Bankers tend to get pretty hefty bonuses since successful traders can bring huge company returns and tech salaries in particular tend to be high because of a shortage in specialist skills such as data science and software engineering.”

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These are the top 10 best-paying companies:

1. Salesforce

• Median total compensation: £110,000

• Median base salary: £75,000

• Industry: Tech

1. Facebook

• Median total compensation: £95,600

• Median base salary: £72,000

• Industry: Tech

1. McKinsey & Company

• Median total compensation: £92,800

• Median base salary: £83,400

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1. Deutsche Bank

• Median total compensation: £90,000

• Median base salary: £80,000

• Industry: Finance

Finance and tech industries dominate the pay league, with Deutsche Bank employees picking up a total package of £90,000 (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

1. SAP

• Median total compensation: £90,000

• Median base salary: £70,000

• Industry: Tech

1. Royal Bank of Canada

• Median total compensation: £85,000

• Median base salary: £75,000

• Industry: Finance

The Royal Bank of Canada is among the best payers in the UK (Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)

1. Macquarie Group

• Median total compensation: £83,000

• Median base salary: £70,000

• Industry: Finance

1. Microsoft

• Median total compensation: £81,010

• Median base salary: £70,000

• Industry: Tech

1. Nomura International

• Median total compensation: £80,000

• Median base salary: £75,000

• Industry: Finance

Worklers at Credit Suisse in the UK will realise a package of about £80,000 (Classen/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

1. Credit Suisse

• Median total compensation: £80,000

• Median base salary: £73,500

• Industry: Finance