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Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors

SOC 2020 6250

Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities and resources bed and breakfasts and guest houses.

Also calledHotelierGuest house managerOwnerGuest house ownerBed and breakfast providerLandladyand 4 more titles
Demand for workersNot high
New adverts a month15↑ 28%on last year · 411th 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 15 jobs for bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors 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 (1 in all)
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Aug 202613
Jul 202617
Jun 202613
May 202627
Apr 20266
Mar 2026Not published
Feb 202623
Jan 202619
Dec 20255
Nov 202510
Oct 202518
Sept 20259
Aug 202515
Jul 202512
Jun 202515
May 202514
Apr 202511
Mar 202514
Feb 202517
Jan 20257
Dec 20244
Nov 20249
Oct 202411
Sept 202410
Aug 202418
Jul 202413
Jun 202416
May 202418
Apr 202419
Mar 202415
Feb 202418
Jan 202412
Dec 202314
Nov 202311
Oct 20236
Sept 20238
Aug 202311
Jul 202311
Jun 202320
May 202321
Apr 202313
Mar 202326
Feb 202328
Jan 202330
Dec 202215
Nov 202220
Oct 202229
Sept 202231
Aug 202224
Jul 202225
Jun 202214
May 202212
Apr 202223
Mar 202226
Feb 202214
Jan 202228
Dec 202119
Nov 202120
Oct 202120
Sept 202123
Aug 202121
Jul 202137
Jun 202121
May 202121
Apr 202122
Mar 202112
Feb 20216
Jan 20219
Dec 20202
Nov 20203
Oct 202011
Sept 202012
Aug 202016
Jul 202010
Jun 20208
May 202014
Apr 202020
Mar 202014
Feb 202028
Jan 202018
Dec 201919
Nov 201915
Oct 201920
Sept 201913
Aug 201930
Jul 201924
Jun 201921
May 201929
Apr 201923
Mar 201916
Feb 201915
Jan 201913
Dec 201812
Nov 20188
Oct 201812
Sept 20189
Aug 201814
Jul 201816
Jun 20188
May 201814
Apr 201813
Mar 201829
Feb 201814
Jan 201815
Dec 201713
Nov 20177
Oct 201711
Sept 201710
Aug 201717
Jul 201715
Jun 201720
May 201721
Apr 201719
Mar 201721
Feb 20178
Jan 201718
Is there a shortage of bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors?
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 growthUsual
  • Pay against similar jobsUsual
  • Hours workedUsual
Vacancies hard to fill because of skills
34%against 27% for all jobs
Broader groupFigure for leisure, travel and related personal service occupations, which includes bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors. DfE Employer Skills Survey 2024.
Where the most jobs are advertisedadverts a quarter
London8
Stoke-on-Trent2
Bracknell Forest1
Cornwall1
Cotswold1
Derbyshire Dales1
Glasgow City1
Gwynedd1
Hart1
Leeds1
London is published as one area. Averages leave out quarters ONS withheld.

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 bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors
n/p
n/p
29%!
61%!
!Small sample: treat with cautionn/p: too few in the survey to publish
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35–44Not published
45–54Not published
55–6429% (small sample)
65+61% (small sample)
Highest qualification
Degree or equivalent!37%
Higher education below degree!17%
A levels or equivalent!40%
GCSEs or equivalent!24%
Other qualifications–
Not published
No qualifications!9.7%
!Small sample: treat with caution
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Degree or equivalent37% (small sample)
Higher education below degree17% (small sample)
A levels or equivalent40% (small sample)
GCSEs or equivalent24% (small sample)
Other qualificationsNot published
No qualifications9.7% (small sample)

Main employers: holiday and other short-stay accommodation (70%), hotels and similar accommodation (15%), event catering activities (8.4%).

How to get in

Hold a degree
37%
as their highest qualification
Most common qualification
A levels or equivalent
held by 40%
Apprenticeships
None
none leads directly into this work

The work

ONS · ESCO · O*NET

Typical tasks

  • welcomes and ensures physical comfort of residents/guests and makes special arrangements for children, the elderly and the infirm if required
  • provides certain meals for guests
  • maintains and cleans establishment
  • determines financial, staffing, material and other short- and long-term needs
  • markets business and finds new business
  • arranges for payment of bills, keeps accounts and ensures adherence to licensing and other statutory regulations

Skills

  • develop working procedures
  • forecast occupancy demand
  • handle customer complaints
  • maintain customer service
  • manage budgets
  • manage health and safety standards
  • manage hospitality revenue
  • manage inspections of equipment
  • manage staff
  • monitor financial accounts
  • schedule shifts
  • greet guests
  • think analytically
  • assess cleanliness of areas

Knowledge

  • local area tourism industry

Suits people who like

  • Leading and persuading
  • Organising and following procedures

Outlook

DfE · Skills Imperative 2035
Broader groupThese projections are for leisure, travel and related personal service occupations, a group of 11 jobs that includes bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors.
Change in jobs, 2020 to 2035↑ 5.6%about 41,000 more jobs
Workers needed by 2035421,000including 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.

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