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Finance manager jobs in Birmingham
The 2021 census counted 10,301 residents working as functional managers and directors living in Birmingham.
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What the official data says about Birmingham
When the 2021 census counted occupations, 10,301 people living in Birmingham were in work as functional managers and directors. It was 2.33% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Birmingham 3rd of 14 areas in the West Midlands, where the middle area recorded 3,282. Warwickshire was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Birmingham, every occupation counted together, had a median of £38,556. That is 4th 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 £25,091 more than the typical Birmingham job, about 65% above it.
Where the finance work itself is based is a separate question: Birmingham had 24,000 employee jobs in financial services, insurance and related activities in 2024, out of 560,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 4.29% of every job here, that ranks 1st of 14 in the West Midlands, where the middle area sits at 1%.
- Residents in work as functional directors (SOC 113)
- 10,301
- 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
- 24,000
- Financial services, insurance and related activities, share of all employee jobs in the area
- 4.29%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £38,556
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 442,408
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 560,000
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.
Finance manager jobs in Birmingham: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Birmingham?
10,301 residents of Birmingham were in work as functional directors at the 2021 census, which was 2.33% 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 Birmingham?
Across the West Midlands, £63,647 is the median for functional directors. In Birmingham itself the median across all occupations together is £38,556. 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 Birmingham?
24,000 of the 560,000 employee jobs in Birmingham 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.