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Professional/Chartered company secretaries

SOC 2020 2435

Chartered company secretaries and governance professionals ensure companies conform to relevant legal, statutory and financial requirements and monitors standards of corporate governance.

Also calledAssistant company secretaryChartered secretaryCompany secretaryCompany secretarial assistantACISFCISand 2 more titles
Demand for workersNot high
New adverts a month23↑ 5.3%on last year · 409th of 412

Pay

ONS · ASHE 2025
Typical pay by regionUK median —
North EastNot published by ONS–
North WestNot published by ONS–
Yorkshire and The HumberNot published by ONS–
East MidlandsNot published by ONS–
West MidlandsNot published by ONS–
East of EnglandNot published by ONS–
LondonNot published by ONS–
South EastNot published by ONS–
South WestNot published by ONS–
ScotlandNot published by ONS–
WalesNot published by ONS–
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UK median, —
North EastNot published by ONS
North WestNot published by ONS
Yorkshire and The HumberNot published by ONS
East MidlandsNot published by ONS
West MidlandsNot published by ONS
East of EnglandNot published by ONS
LondonNot published by ONS
South EastNot published by ONS
South WestNot published by ONS
ScotlandNot published by ONS
WalesNot published by ONS

Jobs and demand

ONS · Textkernel adverts · DfE

About 23 jobs for professional/Chartered company secretaries are advertised each month. The Department for Education rates demand for workers as not high.

New job adverts a month, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026
New advertsMonth not published by ONS (4 in all)
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Aug 2026Not published
Jul 2026Not published
Jun 2026Not published
May 202625
Apr 202619
Mar 2026Not published
Feb 202625
Jan 202627
Dec 20256
Nov 202522
Oct 202528
Sept 202528
Aug 202534
Jul 202529
Jun 202531
May 202532
Apr 202522
Mar 202533
Feb 202523
Jan 202522
Dec 202416
Nov 202415
Oct 202421
Sept 202420
Aug 202416
Jul 202426
Jun 202422
May 202431
Apr 202427
Mar 202430
Feb 202450
Jan 202436
Dec 202334
Nov 202329
Oct 202329
Sept 202313
Aug 202341
Jul 202331
Jun 202340
May 202337
Apr 202335
Mar 202353
Feb 202349
Jan 202365
Dec 202237
Nov 202240
Oct 202238
Sept 202246
Aug 202242
Jul 202250
Jun 202242
May 202268
Apr 202254
Mar 202254
Feb 202242
Jan 202235
Dec 202141
Nov 202137
Oct 202143
Sept 202136
Aug 202131
Jul 202144
Jun 202131
May 202132
Apr 202132
Mar 202177
Feb 202127
Jan 202136
Dec 202027
Nov 202036
Oct 202050
Sept 202035
Aug 202018
Jul 202032
Jun 202017
May 202018
Apr 202031
Mar 202054
Feb 202049
Jan 202048
Dec 201927
Nov 201939
Oct 201940
Sept 201935
Aug 201938
Jul 201956
Jun 201962
May 201942
Apr 201946
Mar 201956
Feb 201948
Jan 201951
Dec 201836
Nov 201834
Oct 201838
Sept 201839
Aug 201829
Jul 201844
Jun 201844
May 201851
Apr 201847
Mar 201851
Feb 201832
Jan 201858
Dec 201736
Nov 201735
Oct 201751
Sept 201746
Aug 201730
Jul 201744
Jun 201747
May 201754
Apr 201761
Mar 201763
Feb 201760
Jan 201778
Is there a shortage of professional/Chartered company secretaries?
Not high

The Department for Education rates demand as not high, elevated or critical, using five indicators. This is its 2025 assessment.

  • Visas grantedUsual
  • Online job advertsUsual
  • Wage growthAbove usual
  • Pay against similar jobsUsual
  • Hours workedUsual
Vacancies hard to fill because of skills
6.1%against 27% for all jobs
Broader groupFigure for business, research and administrative professionals, which includes professional/Chartered company secretaries. DfE Employer Skills Survey 2024.
Where the most jobs are advertisedadverts a quarter
London40
Belfast3
Bristol, City of2
Glasgow City2
Mole Valley2
Birmingham2
Oxford2
Brighton and Hove1
Cardiff1
Chelmsford1
London is published as one area. Averages leave out quarters ONS withheld.
Where professional/Chartered company secretaries are most concentratedShare of local job adverts, compared with the UK.

Recruitment from abroad. Fewer than 10 sponsored work visas were granted for this job from July 2025 to June 2026. Home Office

Who does it

ONS · Annual Population Survey · April 2025 to March 2026
WomenToo few in the survey to give a reliable figure
Age of professional/Chartered company secretaries
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n/p: too few in the survey to publish
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25–34Not published
45–54Not published
55–64Not published
Highest qualification
Degree or equivalent!–
Not published
A levels or equivalent–
Not published
!Small sample: treat with caution
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Degree or equivalentNot published
A levels or equivalentNot published

How to get in

Apprenticeships
None
none leads directly into this work

The work

ONS · ESCO · O*NET

Typical tasks

  • coordinates governances meetings, such as board and annual general meetings, writes minutes and resolutions
  • analyses internal processes and systems, recommends and implements procedural and policy changes
  • advises on the company's legal responsibilities and relevant regulations and liaises with external regulators, auditors, lawyers and other professionals
  • produces registers of shareholders, annual company reports
  • submits companies information to Companies House and the Stock Exchange
  • maintains registers of shareholders and administers share options schemes and payment of dividends
  • oversees various administrative functions such as the pensions and insurance cover of employees, health and safety, auditing and estate management

Skills

  • advise on financial matters
  • analyse financial performance of a company
  • analyse market financial trends
  • create a financial plan
  • enforce financial policies
  • follow company standards
  • liaise with managers
  • plan health and safety procedures
  • strive for company growth
  • abide by business ethical code of conducts
  • advise on bank account
  • advise on bankruptcy proceedings
  • advise on communication strategies
  • advise on credit rating

Knowledge

  • financial analysis
  • financial management
  • financial statements
  • accounting
  • accounting department processes
  • accounting entries
  • accounting techniques
  • actuarial science

Suits people who like

  • Organising and following procedures
  • Leading and persuading

Outlook

DfE · Skills Imperative 2035
Broader groupThese projections are for business, media and public service professionals, a group of 32 jobs that includes professional/Chartered company secretaries.
Change in jobs, 2020 to 2035↑ 26%about 670,000 more jobs
Workers needed by 20352.1 millionincluding people replacing those who retire or leave

Sources

Pay
ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional
People in the job, who does it
ONS, Annual Population Survey, April 2025 to March 2026
Job adverts
ONS, online job adverts (Textkernel), to Aug 2026
Demand, skill shortages
Department for Education and Skills England, Occupations in demand and the Employer Skills Survey
Outlook
The Skills Imperative 2035 (2024), NFER/Nuffield/DfE/IER/CE
Routes in
National Careers Service job profiles
Apprenticeships, qualifications
Skills England occupational maps
Skills, interests
ESCO classification of the European Commission; O*NET data, U.S. Department of Labor (CC BY 4.0, modified)
Visas
Home Office, immigration system statistics

Figures as of 10 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Occupations in demand and the Employer Skills Survey: Department for Education and Skills England. Immigration system statistics: Home Office. Contains public sector information from the National Careers Service licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

© Skills England 2025. This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source: The Skills Imperative 2035 (2024), NFER/Nuffield/DfE/IER/CE.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

This service includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. This service has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. CC BY 4.0 licence.

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