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UK salary report · 2026

Finance Manager Salary in South East

Official ONS earnings for South East, covering 17,000 jobs.

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Grouped occupation Imprecise estimate Where this comes from →

Median salary — South East

£41,620

gross, per year, all employees

▲ 0.9% change on the previous year

Mean

£47,381

Jobs measured

17,000

What most finance managers actually earn

Half of finance managers in South East earn between £30,136 and £60,370. Earning above £60,370 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Finance Associate Professionals” group in South East.

The full pay range

Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of finance managers earn less than this.

10th
£21,710
20th
£28,392
25th
£30,136
30th
£35,334
40th
£38,690
50th
£43,496
60th
£49,834
70th
£58,055
75th
£60,370
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Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group
Financial accounts managers
SOC 2020 code
3534
Measure
Gross annual pay, all employees
Edition
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS publishes a sampling error of 13.6% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank South East against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.

ONS doesn't measure “finance manager” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Financial accounts managers”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS measures financial accounts managers.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.

Finance Manager salary FAQs

What is the average Finance Manager salary in South East?

The median is £41,620 a year and the mean is £47,381, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; ASHE publishes no full-time split at regional level.

What is a good Finance Manager salary?

Half of finance managers earn between £30,136 and £60,370. Anything above £60,370 is in the top quarter for the role.

Is this figure official?

Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records, covering 17,000 jobs in this occupation.

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