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Chief executive jobs in Leicestershire

The 2021 census counted 1,065 residents working as chief executives and senior officials living in Leicestershire.

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Published figures for Leicestershire

What the official data says about Leicestershire

The 2021 census counted, 1,065 people living in Leicestershire were in work as chief executives and senior officials. It was 0.31% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Leicestershire 3rd of 10 areas in the East Midlands, where the middle area recorded 622. Derbyshire was the next area up.

Full-time pay across all jobs in Leicestershire, every occupation counted together, had a median of £36,208. That is 4th of 10 in the East Midlands, against a regional middle of £35,878.

Head offices are counted where they sit: Leicestershire had 27,250 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 345,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 7.9% of every job here, that ranks 1st of 10 in the East Midlands, where the middle area sits at 2%.

For Leicestershire the publishers did not release a regional pay figure for the occupation group. That is disclosure control on a small count or a thin sample, not a zero, and this page leaves the row out rather than filling it with a national figure.

Residents in work as senior officials (SOC 111)
1,065
Senior officials, share of everyone in work in the area
0.31%
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£36,208
Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
12,202
Residents of the area in work at the census
344,318
Employee jobs in the area, all industries
345,000

The chief executive role

Running the whole organisation and answering to a board, owners or trustees for what it does. Strategy, capital, the executive team and the culture underneath them.

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Chief executive jobs in Leicestershire: common questions

How many people do this kind of work in Leicestershire?

1,065 residents of Leicestershire were in work as senior officials at the 2021 census, which was 0.31% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.

What does this work pay around Leicestershire?

In Leicestershire itself the median across all occupations together is £36,208. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.

Is there much of this work based in Leicestershire?

27,250 of the 345,000 employee jobs in Leicestershire are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.