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Chief executive jobs in Leeds
The 2021 census counted 956 residents working as chief executives and senior officials living in Leeds.
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What the official data says about Leeds
The 2021 census counted, 956 people living in Leeds were in work as chief executives and senior officials. It was 0.26% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Leeds 2nd of 15 areas in the Yorkshire and The Humber, where the middle area recorded 272. North Yorkshire was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Leeds, every occupation counted together, had a median of £37,821. That is 2nd of 15 in the Yorkshire and The Humber, against a regional middle of £34,966.
Head offices are counted where they sit: Leeds had 18,250 employee jobs in head offices, management consultancy and scientific research in 2024, out of 503,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 3.63% of every job here, that ranks 2nd of 15 in the Yorkshire and The Humber, where the middle area sits at 1.58%.
For Leeds 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)
- 956
- Senior officials, share of everyone in work in the area
- 0.26%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £37,821
- Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
- 12,700
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 374,059
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 503,000
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.
Chief executive jobs in Leeds: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Leeds?
956 residents of Leeds were in work as senior officials at the 2021 census, which was 0.26% 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 Leeds?
In Leeds itself the median across all occupations together is £37,821. 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 Leeds?
18,250 of the 503,000 employee jobs in Leeds 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.