Finance manager: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Financial managers and directors (SOC 1131)
About £56,957 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +4.5% on last year
£6,667 a month About £4,746 a month after tax 343 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £60,140 in 2021 to £80,000 in 2026 (+33%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £28,435 | £39,776 | £60,140 | £90,000 | £136,537 |
| 2022 | £28,775 | £42,163 | £64,742 | £97,382 | x |
| 2023 | £30,810 | £45,104 | £70,290 | £108,820 | £169,657 |
| 2024 | £34,540 | £49,774 | £75,832 | £112,174 | £184,387 |
| 2025 | £34,568 | £50,210 | £76,533 | £120,212 | £196,889 |
| 2026 | £35,570 | £52,043 | £80,000 | £133,539 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £80,000 a year and half earn more. That is 96% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £52,043 and £133,539; one in ten earns less than £35,570.
Ranked by median, it is number 8 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£138,044) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £4,746 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £4,555 in Scotland.
The median for men is £92,586 and for women £67,246, a gap of 27% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £35,570 | £2,964 |
| 20th | £46,735 | £3,895 |
| 25th (P25) | £52,043 | £4,337 |
| 30th | £57,665 | £4,805 |
| 40th | £67,558 | £5,630 |
| Median (50th) | £80,000 | £6,667 |
| 60th | £95,122 | £7,927 |
| 70th | £118,874 | £9,906 |
| 75th (P75) | £133,539 | £11,128 |
| 80th | £150,029 | £12,502 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £92,586 | £166,569 | 202 |
| Women | £67,246 | £97,273 | 141 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £56,957 | £4,746 |
| Scotland | £54,657 | £4,555 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £80,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 94 job titles to SOC 1131 Financial managers and directors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Agency development manager
- Bank director
- Bank manager
- Bank operations manager
- Banker
- Banking manager
- Branch manager
- Broking manager
- Building society manager
- Burgh chamberlain
- Business banker
- Capital planning manager
- CFO
- Chief finance officer
- Chief financial officer
- Chief operating officer
- City chamberlain
- Collateral manager
- Collection manager
- Collections manager
- Commercial finance manager
- Company registrar
- Company secretary
- Company secretary and director
- Company treasurer
- COO
- Corporate finance manager
- Corporate manager
- Cost manager
- Costing manager
- County treasurer
- Credit assessment manager
- Credit card manager
- Director
- Director and company secretary
- Director and secretary
- Director of finance
- Director-company secretary
- District manager
- Divisional manager
- Equity manager
- Finance and administration manager
- Finance director
- Finance manager
- Finance services manager
- Financial director
- Financial manager
- Financial reporting manager
- Financial systems manager
- Foreign exchange manager
- Friendly society manager
- Group finance director
- Group finance manager
- Head of commercial finance
- Head of corporate finance
- Head of finance
- Head of lending
- Head of operations
- Hire purchase manager
- Insolvency practice manager
Show all 94 titles
- Insurance company manager
- Insurance manager
- International banker
- Investment banker
- Investment director
- Lending manager
- Manager
- Markets manager
- Merchant banker
- Money market manager
- Operations manager
- Owner
- Pension fund manager
- Post office manager
- Principal
- Product manager
- Registrar
- Registrar of stock
- Registrar of stocks and bonds
- Relationship director
- Retail banker
- Sales manager
- Secretary and company director
- Secretary and legal adviser
- Secretary of health authority
- Secretary of health board
- Secretary-accountant
- Secretary-director
- Settlements manager
- Technical manager
- Transaction manager
- Treasurer
- Treasury manager
- Vice president
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.