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Chief executive jobs in Cambridgeshire

The 2021 census counted 2,003 residents working as chief executives and senior officials living in Cambridgeshire.

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Published figures for Cambridgeshire

What the official data says about Cambridgeshire

The 2021 census counted, 2,003 people living in Cambridgeshire were in work as chief executives and senior officials. It was 0.6% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Cambridgeshire 3rd of 11 areas in the East of England, where the middle area recorded 597. Essex was the next area up.

Full-time pay across all jobs in Cambridgeshire, every occupation counted together, had a median of £42,323. That is 2nd of 11 in the East of England, against a regional middle of £37,704.

Head offices are counted where they sit: Cambridgeshire had 27,000 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 359,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 7.52% of every job here, that ranks 1st of 11 in the East of England, where the middle area sits at 2.41%.

For Cambridgeshire the publishers did not release a regional pay figure for the occupation group. That is disclosure control on a small count or a thin sample, not a zero, and this page leaves the row out rather than filling it with a national figure.

Residents in work as senior officials (SOC 111)
2,003
Senior officials, share of everyone in work in the area
0.6%
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£42,323
Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
13,269
Residents of the area in work at the census
336,052
Employee jobs in the area, all industries
359,000

The chief executive role

Running the whole organisation and answering to a board, owners or trustees for what it does. Strategy, capital, the executive team and the culture underneath them.

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Chief executive jobs in Cambridgeshire: common questions

How many people do this kind of work in Cambridgeshire?

2,003 residents of Cambridgeshire were in work as senior officials at the 2021 census, which was 0.6% 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 Cambridgeshire?

In Cambridgeshire itself the median across all occupations together is £42,323. 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 Cambridgeshire?

27,000 of the 359,000 employee jobs in Cambridgeshire 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.