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Financial managers and directors salary in North East

Full-time average annual pay in North East

£53,264

Based on ~11,000 employees · 2025 · high suppression

Median

Not disclosed

Mean

£53,264

‘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 financial managers and directors earn £37,887£107,741. See full methodology →

Skilled Worker visa minimum

£75,100

Employment patterns

  • 82% of Financial managers work full-time
  • 13% are self-employed
  • 98.6% of employees have permanent contracts

Understanding Financial managers and directors pay in North East

To see what £53,264 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£53,264
Income tax£8,738
National Insurance£3,076
Take-home pay£41,451

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

How Financial managers and directors pay varies by region

London is the highest-paying region for financial managers and directors at £107,433 — 64% above the UK median. North East is lowest at £23,517.

UK median £65,336

Financial managers and directors median and mean salary by UK region, sorted highest to lowest.
RegionMedianvs UK
London
£107,433
£107,433Mean £177,813
+64%
North West
£58,206
£58,206Mean £70,883
-11%
South East
£56,396
£56,396Mean £79,307
-14%
Scotland
£55,044
£55,044Mean £68,127
-16%
East Midlands
£53,341
£53,341Mean £58,377
-18%
West Midlands
£52,149
£52,149Mean £66,342
-20%
Yorkshire and the Humber
£50,891
£50,891Mean £64,123
-22%
East of England
£50,540
£50,540Mean £65,123
-23%
South West
£48,756
£48,756
-25%
Wales
£25,122
£25,122Mean £26,911
-62%
North East (current region)
£23,517
£23,517Mean £23,029
-64%

Sorted highest median to lowest. The vertical line marks the UK median (£65,336); ‘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 financial managers and directors pay in North East has changed over time

Median annual pay for financial managers and directors in North East 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.

North East 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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