Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £24,841 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.5% on last year
£2,468 a month About £2,070 a month after tax 62 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £22,740 in 2021 to £29,614 in 2026 (+30%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £16,766 | £19,505 | £22,740 | £27,994 | x |
| 2022 | £17,155 | £20,005 | £23,454 | £27,966 | x |
| 2023 | £19,057 | £22,206 | £26,134 | £30,192 | x |
| 2024 | £20,984 | £23,895 | £27,440 | £32,101 | x |
| 2025 | £22,848 | £25,471 | £28,895 | £34,446 | x |
| 2026 | x | £26,201 | £29,614 | £35,340 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £29,614 a year and half earn more. That is 28% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £26,201 and £35,340.
Ranked by median, it is number 301 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,070 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,073 in Scotland.
The median for men is £30,058 and for women £29,499, a gap of 2% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £25,720 | £2,143 |
| 25th (P25) | £26,201 | £2,183 |
| 30th | £26,826 | £2,235 |
| 40th | £28,054 | £2,338 |
| Median (50th) | £29,614 | £2,468 |
| 60th | £31,027 | £2,586 |
| 70th | £33,662 | £2,805 |
| 75th (P75) | £35,340 | £2,945 |
| 80th | £37,429 | £3,119 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £30,058 | £32,895 | 22 |
| Women | £29,499 | £31,899 | 39 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,841 | £2,070 |
| Scotland | £24,880 | £2,073 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £30,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 153 job titles to SOC 4129 Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Account administrator
- Account coordinator
- Accounts coordinator
- Administrator
- Audit assistant
- Bank reconciliation clerk
- Banker's representative
- Banking clerk
- Betting assistant
- Betting shop assistant
- Betting shop cashier
- Bill clerk
- Billing analyst
- Billing clerk
- Bonus administrator
- Bonus assessor
- Bonus clerk
- Bookmaker's clerk
- Box office assistant
- Box office clerk
- Budget assistant
- Budget control officer
- Budget controller
- Budget officer
- Bursar's assistant
- Cash allocation clerk
- Cash clerk
- Cash controller
- Cash handler
- Cash office administrator
- Cash office assistant
- Cash office clerk
- Cashier
- Cashier's assistant
- Cashier's clerk
- Cashier-receptionist
- Chief cashier
- Claims administrator
- Claims clerk
- Clerk
- Clerk-cashier
- Client service administrator
- Client service adviser
- Client services administrator
- Collector
- Commission agent's assistant
- Compensation officer
- Control assistant
- Corporate banking officer
- Cost administrator
- Cost analyst
- Cost assistant
- Cost clerk
- Cost consultant
- Cost controller
- Costing assistant
- Costing clerk
- Counter assistant
- Counter clerk
- Counterhand
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- Counterman
- Course clerk
- Customer adviser
- Customer assistant
- Customer experience assistant
- Customer service adviser
- Customer service assistant
- Dealer’s assistant
- Estimating assistant
- Estimator's assistant
- Exchequer assistant
- Fees clerk
- Finance administration officer
- Finance administrator
- Finance assistant
- Finance clerk
- Financial administrator
- Financial assessor
- Financial assistant
- Financial clerk
- Financial planning assistant
- Financial services administrator
- Foreign exchange cashier
- Foreign exchange clerk
- Foreign exchange sales consultant
- Foreign exchange settlements clerk
- Fund assistant
- Fund holding assistant
- Grants administrator
- Grants officer
- Hospital cashier
- Income assistant
- Income officer
- Income team leader
- Legal cashier
- Manager's assistant
- Measurer
- Mortgage administrator
- Mortgage assistant
- Mortgage clerk
- Mortgage controller
- Mortgage officer
- Mortgage processor
- Office cashier
- Payments assistant
- Payments clerk
- Payments officer
- Price controller
- Pricing officer
- Receptionist-cashier
- Representative
- Revenue assistant
- Revenue inspector
- Revenue officer
- Rights assistant
- Rights officer
- Sales consultant
- School cashier
- Security clerk
- Seller
- Settlement assistant
- Settlements clerk
- Settler
- Shop worker
- Stamping officer
- Stock verifier
- Stockbroker's clerk
- Student finance assessor
- Student loans officer
- Tax assistant
- Taxation assistant
- Ticket agent
- Ticket office assistant
- Ticket office clerk
- Ticket salesman
- Ticket seller
- Time checker
- Time clerk
- Time keeper
- Time recorder
- Timekeeper
- Timekeeper's assistant
- Totalisator operator
- Tote operator
- Travel money adviser
- Treasurer
- Treasurer's assistant
- Treasury assistant
- Turf accountant's assistant
- Turf accountant's clerk
- Valuation assistant
- Valuation clerk
- Wrap administrator
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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.