Functional managers and directors n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £59,532 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +8.3% on last year
£7,037 a month About £4,961 a month after tax 119 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 £60,527 in 2021 to £84,439 in 2026 (+40%); 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 | £28,768 | £42,132 | £60,527 | £81,524 | x |
| 2022 | £35,962 | £46,486 | £61,409 | £84,063 | x |
| 2023 | £36,831 | £50,345 | £72,623 | £95,050 | x |
| 2024 | £40,115 | £52,379 | £74,676 | £97,740 | x |
| 2025 | £42,218 | £55,509 | £77,951 | £109,620 | x |
| 2026 | £42,969 | £57,795 | £84,439 | £119,577 | 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 £84,439 a year and half earn more. That is 106% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £57,795 and £119,577; one in ten earns less than £42,969.
Ranked by median, it is number 7 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£101,001) 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 £4,961 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £4,751 in Scotland.
The median for men is £90,913 and for women £75,687, a gap of 17% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £42,969 | £3,581 |
| 20th | £52,544 | £4,379 |
| 25th (P25) | £57,795 | £4,816 |
| 30th | £62,502 | £5,209 |
| 40th | £73,615 | £6,135 |
| Median (50th) | £84,439 | £7,037 |
| 60th | £96,609 | £8,051 |
| 70th | £109,073 | £9,089 |
| 75th (P75) | £119,577 | £9,965 |
| 80th | £130,365 | £10,864 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £90,913 | £109,381 | 69 |
| Women | £75,687 | £89,539 | 50 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £59,532 | £4,961 |
| Scotland | £57,010 | £4,751 |
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 £84,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 66 job titles to SOC 1139 Functional managers and directors n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Accounts director
- Admin director
- Administration director
- Area secretary
- Audit director
- Branch manager
- Chief clerk
- Chief of staff
- Chief officer
- Chief rate collector
- Clerk of the council
- Clerk to the board
- Clerk to the corporation
- Clerk to the council
- Clerk to the county council
- Clerk to the district council
- Clerk to the parish council
- Customer experience director
- Customer service director
- Customer services director
- Deputy clerk
- Diocesan secretary
- Director
- Director of administration
- Director of corporate services
- Director of events
- Director of research and development
- Event director
- Events director
- General secretary
- Head of accounts
- Head of audit
- Head of complaints
- Head of events
- Head of intellectual property
- Head of internal audit
- Head of legal
- Head of portfolio management
- Head of programmes
- Head of strategy
- Intellectual property manager
- Internal audit director
- Legal director
- Manager
- Managing secretary
- National organiser
- National secretary
- Ombudsman
- Operations manager
- Planning manager
- President
- Principal clerk
- Programme delivery manager
- Programme director
- Programme executive
- Programme manager
- Programmes manager
- Project director
- Quality director
- Registration service manager
Show all 66 titles
- Research director
- Scientific director
- Staff clerk
- Technical director
- Town clerk
- Union 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.