Global banking and software companies dominate the top ten league of the best-paying firms in the UK, according to recruitment website Glassdoor.
Social media giant Facebook, which is famed for its big bonuses to staff, ranked second with an average of £95,600 and starters on a median salary of £72,000.
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They were joined by banking groups Nomura International, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie, Royal Bank of Canada and Credit Suisse, software firms SAP and Microsoft and global consultancy McKinsey and Company.
Significantly, Google, which came ninth in 2015, did not feature in the top ten this year, says The Independent.
Also notable was the lack of UK-based companies: only Nomura International is headquartered here and even that is the UK arm of a Japanese banking group.
Overall, the ten companies pay an average of £80,000-£110,000, with a median base salary of £70,000-£83,400.
Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor, said: "This report shows that the big guns in tech and finance still dominate when it comes to large salaries in the UK."
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