Sales and customer service occupations

Median full-time salary in this group: £28,276 a year. 19 occupations, highest median first.

Sales occupations

Median £27,532

• Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale 7131
  £35,335
• Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers 7115
  £33,907
• Sales related occupations n.e.c. 7129
  £33,718
• Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale 7132
  £31,397
• Telephone salespersons 7113
  £31,309
• Debt, rent and other cash collectors 7122
  £30,038
• Roundspersons and van salespersons 7123
  £29,264
• Sales and retail assistants 7111
  £26,124
• Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants 7114
  £25,380
• Retail cashiers and check-out operators 7112
  £25,013
• Collector salespersons and credit agents 7121
  x
• Market and street traders and assistants 7124
  x
• Visual merchandisers and related occupations 7125
  x

Customer service occupations

Median £29,445

• Communication operators 7213
  £38,696
• Customer service supervisors 7220
  £36,440
• Telephonists 7212
  £33,701
• Call and contact centre occupations 7211
  £28,912
• Customer service occupations n.e.c. 7219
  £28,761
• Market research interviewers 7214
  x

Other groups

• Managers, directors and senior officials£60,000
• Professional occupations£50,683
• Associate professional occupations£40,000
• Administrative and secretarial occupations£31,918
• Skilled trades occupations£37,419
• Caring, leisure and other service occupations£28,497
• Process, plant and machine operatives£34,936
• Elementary occupations£29,135

Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.