Dispatches (Cashing In on Degrees) found that the average earnings of a University Vice-Chancellor amount to around £254,000.
York University – Professor Brian Cantor; up to £255,000
Imperial College – Sir Keith O'Nions; £367,000
Leeds University – Michael Arthur; £312,000
Sheffield University – Keith Burnett; £291,000
Bath University – Glynis Breakwell; £342,000
Exeter University – Professor Steve Smith; £314.000 in 2010, plus performance bonus of £27,000
University College, London – Malcolm Grant; over £365,000
Liverpool University – Sir Howard Newby; £372,000
Birmingham University – Professor David Eastwood; £392,000
Oxford Univesity – Professor Andrew Hamilton; £422,400