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Chief executives and senior officials salary in East of England

Full-time average annual pay in East of England

£102,841

Based on ~12,000 employees · 2025 · high suppression

Median

Not disclosed

Mean

£102,841

‘Not disclosed’ means the source withheld this value because the sample was too small to publish without risking identification. See full methodology →

Region-level range withheld by ONS — UK-wide, the middle half of chief executives and senior officials earn £48,429£141,253. See full methodology →

Skilled Worker visa minimum

£88,100

Employment patterns

  • 85% of Chief executives work full-time
  • 18% are self-employed
  • 98.0% of employees have permanent contracts

Understanding Chief executives and senior officials pay in East of England

To see what £102,841 means after income tax and National Insurance, use the take-home pay calculator below — it also factors in student loan repayments.

Take-home pay estimate

Tax year 2025/26
£
Annual
Gross salary£102,841
Income tax£28,568
National Insurance£4,067
Take-home pay£70,205

Estimate only · 2025/26 HMRC rates · Standard tax code · No pension contribution · Not financial or tax advice

How Chief executives and senior officials pay varies by region

London is the highest-paying region for chief executives and senior officials at £119,981 — 34% above the UK median. Yorkshire and the Humber is lowest at £12,778.

UK median £89,835

Chief executives and senior officials median and mean salary by UK region, sorted highest to lowest.
RegionMedianvs UK
London
£119,981
£119,981Mean £204,603
+34%
Scotland
£87,808
£87,808Mean £107,381
-2%
North West
£67,396
£67,396
-25%
North East
£56,565
£56,565Mean £65,194
-37%
South East
£55,636
£55,636Mean £52,818
-38%
East Midlands
£55,542
£55,542Mean £58,271
-38%
West Midlands
£53,963
£53,963Mean £63,898
-40%
East of England (current region)
£52,763
£52,763Mean £53,969
-41%
South West
£52,511
£52,511Mean £54,545
-42%
Wales
£44,674
£44,674Mean £47,784
-50%
Yorkshire and the Humber
£12,778
£12,778Mean £13,555
-86%

Sorted highest median to lowest. The vertical line marks the UK median (£89,835); ‘Vs UK median’ compares each region’s median to it. Suppressed values mean ONS withheld this figure because the sample was too small to publish.

How chief executives and senior officials pay in East of England has changed over time

Median annual pay for chief executives and senior officials in East of England by year, shown against the UK-wide median (Source: ONS ASHE). The shaded band is the UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range — ONS does not publish percentile ranges at region level.

East of England median

UK median

UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range

Pre-2021 figures mapped from SOC 2010 via ONS concordance table

How the figures are sourced

Data sources: Official UK earnings data (2025 provisional)(opens in new tab)

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