You asked
Could you please let me know the current average UK annual salary? I have seen that the median has been published, however I would also like the mode.
We said
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request regarding the mode annual salary in the UK.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom, which is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs taken from HM Revenue and Customs' Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records. Data for the median and mean of annual earnings in the UK are available in the ASHE Table 1.7a, which can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/allemployeesashetable1
We do not have data on annual earnings produced using the mode. However, this data can be created via the ASHE ad-hoc service, which is chargeable and falls outside of the Freedom of Information regime. If you have any questions about making a request, or require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at earnings@ons.gov.uk.
As this information is already available to you via this route, we consider that s.21(1) applies to this request and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. S.21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.