The Datum Report

Occupation 1171 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Health services and public health managers and directors

Managers and directors in this unit group plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the resources and activities of health care providers and purchasers at both district and unit levels.

How people enter it

Entrants require a degree or equivalent qualification, a professional qualification and/or relevant experience. Off and on-the-job training is provided through management training schemes. The nature of schemes varies between regions and occupational areas.

What the work involves

Also called

Clinical manager · Director of nursing · Health service manager · Information manager (health authority: hospital service)

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None None 2026-03 77,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None None 2026-03 80,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None None 2026-03 84,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None None 2026-03 1,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None None 2026-03 4,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None None 2026-03 86,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None None 2026-03 3,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 9,900.00 2026-03
East Midlands 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 3,500.00 2026-03
London 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 14,600.00 2026-03
North East 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 3,000.00 2026-03
North West 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 7,600.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 1,400.00 2026-03
Scotland 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 4,200.00 2026-03
South East 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 16,000.00 2026-03
South West 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 9,200.00 2026-03
Wales 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 3,600.00 2026-03
West Midlands 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 6,500.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 1171 : Health services and public health managers and directors None 6,800.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for health services and public health managers and directors vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Social services managers and directors