Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants: salary in the UK
About £25,809 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.3% on last year
£2,580 a month About £2,151 a month after tax 29 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 £22,677 in 2021 to £30,957 in 2026 (+37%); 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 | x | £19,399 | £22,677 | x | x |
| 2022 | £19,092 | £21,410 | £24,389 | £28,248 | x |
| 2023 | £20,389 | £22,237 | £26,040 | £30,143 | x |
| 2024 | x | £24,406 | £27,490 | £31,540 | x |
| 2025 | £23,582 | £26,423 | £30,271 | £34,707 | x |
| 2026 | £24,456 | £27,015 | £30,957 | £36,422 | 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 £30,957 a year and half earn more. That is 24% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £27,015 and £36,422; one in ten earns less than £24,456.
Ranked by median, it is number 273 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,151 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,153 in Scotland.
The median for men is £31,642 and for women £29,916, a gap of 5% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £24,456 | £2,038 |
| 20th | £26,097 | £2,175 |
| 25th (P25) | £27,015 | £2,251 |
| 30th | £27,663 | £2,305 |
| 40th | £29,425 | £2,452 |
| Median (50th) | £30,957 | £2,580 |
| 60th | £31,925 | £2,660 |
| 70th | £34,588 | £2,882 |
| 75th (P75) | £36,422 | £3,035 |
| 80th | £38,318 | £3,193 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £31,642 | £34,159 | 15 |
| Women | £29,916 | £31,466 | 14 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £25,809 | £2,151 |
| Scotland | £25,834 | £2,153 |
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 £31,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 73 job titles to SOC 4132 Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Admin assistant
- Admin clerk
- Admin officer
- Administration assistant
- Administration clerk
- Administration officer
- Administrative assistant
- Administrative officer
- Administrative superintendent
- Administrator
- Assurance clerk
- Auditor
- Average adjuster's clerk
- Chief clerk
- Claim administrator
- Claim adviser
- Claim handler
- Claims administrator
- Claims adviser
- Claims assistant
- Claims clerk
- Claims correspondent
- Claims handler
- Claims processor
- Claims supervisor
- Claims technician
- Clerical assistant
- Clerical officer
- Clerical worker
- Clerk
- Customer adviser
- Customer service adviser
- Customer service agent
- Customer service assistant
- Customer service representative
- Divisional assistant
- Estimating clerk
- Executive assistant
- Executive officer
- Insurance administrator
- Insurance adviser
- Insurance assistant
- Insurance claims handler
- Insurance clerk
- Insurance office clerk
- Insurance officer
- Insurance official
- Insurance technician
- Life administrator
- Motor claims handler
- Motor technician
- Office clerk
- Officer
- Pension administrator
- Pension officer
- Pensions administrator
- Pensions assistant
- Pensions clerk
- Pensions negotiator
- Pensions officer
Show all 73 titles
- Pensions review technician
- Pensions technician
- Personal adviser
- Personal claims adviser
- Policy examiner
- Registration assistant
- Sipp administrator
- Superannuation officer
- Supervisor
- Surrenders administrator
- Technician
- Underwriter's assistant
- Underwriting assistant
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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.