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Finance manager jobs in Leicester
The 2021 census counted 2,133 residents working as functional managers and directors living in Leicester.
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Published figures for Leicester
What the official data says about Leicester
When the 2021 census counted occupations, 2,133 people living in Leicester were in work as functional managers and directors. It was 1.38% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Leicester 9th of 10 areas in the East Midlands, where the middle area recorded 6,372. Nottingham was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Leicester, every occupation counted together, had a median of £34,096. That is 8th of 10 in the East Midlands, against a regional middle of £35,878. Work of this kind pays £60,708 across the region, which is £26,612 more than the typical Leicester job, about 78% above it.
Where the finance work itself is based is a separate question: Leicester had 3,755 employee jobs in financial services, insurance and related activities in 2024, out of 173,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 2.17% of every job here, that ranks 3rd of 10 in the East Midlands, where the middle area sits at 1%.
- Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
- 2,133
- Median full-time pay for functional directors across the East Midlands
- £60,708
- Employee jobs in the area in financial services, insurance and related activities
- 3,755
- Financial services, insurance and related activities, share of all employee jobs in the area
- 2.17%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £34,096
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 154,939
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 173,000
The finance manager role
A finance manager owns the monthly cycle and the people who produce it: the close, the management accounts, the budget, the forecast and the explanation of why the numbers moved.
Finance manager jobs in Leicester: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Leicester?
2,133 residents of Leicester were in work as functional directors at the 2021 census, which was 1.38% 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 Leicester?
Across the East Midlands, £60,708 is the median for functional directors. In Leicester itself the median across all occupations together is £34,096. 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 Leicester?
3,755 of the 173,000 employee jobs in Leicester 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.