Roundspersons and van salespersons: salary in the UK
About £24,590 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +7.8% on last year
£2,439 a month About £2,049 a month after tax
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 £21,506 in 2021 to £29,264 in 2026 (+36%); 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 | x | £21,506 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £22,657 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £26,252 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £28,916 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £27,137 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | £29,264 | x | 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 £29,264 a year and half earn more. That is 28% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 313 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£33,767) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,049 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,052 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | x | x |
| 30th | x | x |
| 40th | x | x |
| Median (50th) | £29,264 | £2,439 |
| 60th | £33,434 | £2,786 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £29,209 | £33,439 | x |
| Women | x | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £24,590 | £2,049 |
| Scotland | £24,629 | £2,052 |
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 £29,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 36 job titles to SOC 7123 Roundspersons and van salespersons. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Baker's deliveryman
- Bread salesman
- Dairyman
- Delivery boy
- Deliveryman
- Driver and collector
- Driver-salesman
- Greengrocer
- Grocer
- Grocer's assistant
- Grocers traveller
- Ice cream salesman
- Ice cream vendor
- Ice-cream salesman
- Ice-cream vendor
- Milk deliverer
- Milk man
- Milk retailer
- Milk salesman
- Milk vendor
- Milkman
- Mobile shop manager
- Retailer
- Round supervisor
- Rounds supervisor
- Roundsman
- Salesman
- Salesman-driver
- Seller
- Shop manager
- Shop salesman
- Soft drinks salesman
- Trader
- Van man
- Van salesman
- Van traveller
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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.