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Finance manager jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

The 2021 census counted 1,427 residents working as functional managers and directors living in Stoke-on-Trent.

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Published figures for Stoke-on-Trent

What the official data says about Stoke-on-Trent

When the 2021 census counted occupations, 1,427 people living in Stoke-on-Trent were in work as functional managers and directors. It was 1.27% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Stoke-on-Trent 14th of 14 areas in the West Midlands, where the middle area recorded 3,282. Wolverhampton was the next area up.

Full-time pay across all jobs in Stoke-on-Trent, every occupation counted together, had a median of £34,744. That is 10th of 14 in the West Midlands, against a regional middle of £35,511. Work of this kind pays £63,647 across the region, which is £28,903 more than the typical Stoke-on-Trent job, about 83% above it.

Where the finance work itself is based is a separate question: Stoke-on-Trent had 665 employee jobs in financial services, insurance and related activities in 2024, out of 124,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 0.54% of every job here, that ranks 14th of 14 in the West Midlands, where the middle area sits at 1%.

Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
1,427
Median full-time pay for functional directors across the West Midlands
£63,647
Employee jobs in the area in financial services, insurance and related activities
665
Financial services, insurance and related activities, share of all employee jobs in the area
0.54%
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£34,744
Residents of the area in work at the census
112,573
Employee jobs in the area, all industries
124,000

The finance manager role

A finance manager owns the monthly cycle and the people who produce it: the close, the management accounts, the budget, the forecast and the explanation of why the numbers moved.

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Finance manager jobs in Stoke-on-Trent: common questions

How many people do this kind of work in Stoke-on-Trent?

1,427 residents of Stoke-on-Trent were in work as functional directors at the 2021 census, which was 1.27% 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 Stoke-on-Trent?

Across the West Midlands, £63,647 is the median for functional directors. In Stoke-on-Trent itself the median across all occupations together is £34,744. 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 Stoke-on-Trent?

665 of the 124,000 employee jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 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.