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Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors

SOC 2020 6240

Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors manage and supervise cleaning and other housekeeping tasks within private households, hotels, schools, hostels and other non-private households, and in offices and other premises.

Also calledButlerManagerLinen room supervisorValeting managerCleaner supervisorHousekeeping managerand 26 more titles
Typical full-time pay£28,6002025 Provisional
People in the job75,000across the UK
Demand for workersCritical
New adverts a month2,300↑ 2.8%on last year · 79th of 412

Pay

ONS · ASHE 2025

Half of full-time cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors earn between £25,000 and £34,500 a year.

What full-time cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors earn, 2025
£28,600 typical£22,900lowest 10%£36,800top 20%n/ptop 10%
Middle half (£25,000–£34,500)n/p: top 10% not published by ONS
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Lowest 10% earn less than£22,900
Lowest 20% earn less than£24,400
25%£25,000
Median£28,600
75%£34,500
Top 20% earn more than£36,800
Top 10% earn more thanNot published
Typical pay by regionUK median £28,600
Wales!£30,200
Scotland!£28,400
South East£28,100
South West!£27,200
Yorkshire and The Humber!£26,400
West Midlands!£26,200
East Midlands!£25,900
North East!£24,000
North WestNot published by ONS–
East of EnglandNot published by ONS–
LondonNot published by ONS–
!Small sample: treat with caution
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UK median, £28,600
Wales£30,200 (small sample)
Scotland£28,400 (small sample)
South East£28,100
South West£27,200 (small sample)
Yorkshire and The Humber£26,400 (small sample)
West Midlands£26,200 (small sample)
East Midlands£25,900 (small sample)
North East£24,000 (small sample)
North WestNot published by ONS
East of EnglandNot published by ONS
LondonNot published by ONS
Typical pay over 3 years
  • 2023 £25,000
  • 2024 £27,700
  • 2025 Provisional£28,600
↑ 14% since 2023Provisional figures are revised when ONS publishes the next year’s survey.

Jobs and demand

ONS · Textkernel adverts · DfE

About 2,300 jobs for cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors are advertised each month. The Department for Education rates demand for workers as critical.

New job adverts a month, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026
New advertsMonth not published by ONS (1 in all)
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Aug 20262,373
Jul 20262,751
Jun 20262,207
May 20262,486
Apr 20262,631
Mar 2026Not published
Feb 20262,109
Jan 20262,399
Dec 2025991
Nov 20252,243
Oct 20252,337
Sept 20252,332
Aug 20252,343
Jul 20252,391
Jun 20252,536
May 20252,639
Apr 20252,277
Mar 20252,467
Feb 20252,184
Jan 20252,120
Dec 20241,149
Nov 20241,875
Oct 20242,209
Sept 20242,450
Aug 20242,497
Jul 20242,731
Jun 20242,678
May 20242,824
Apr 20242,635
Mar 20241,847
Feb 20241,840
Jan 20242,006
Dec 20231,387
Nov 20231,408
Oct 20231,475
Sept 20231,565
Aug 20232,034
Jul 20231,713
Jun 20232,780
May 20232,896
Apr 20232,261
Mar 20232,645
Feb 20232,352
Jan 20232,724
Dec 20222,189
Nov 20222,578
Oct 20222,893
Sept 20222,816
Aug 20223,038
Jul 20223,299
Jun 20223,040
May 20223,477
Apr 20223,175
Mar 20223,334
Feb 20222,965
Jan 20222,932
Dec 20212,239
Nov 20212,699
Oct 20212,932
Sept 20212,898
Aug 20212,784
Jul 20213,099
Jun 20212,988
May 20212,636
Apr 20211,982
Mar 20212,146
Feb 2021924
Jan 2021842
Dec 2020938
Nov 2020901
Oct 20201,347
Sept 20201,575
Aug 20201,160
Jul 20201,037
Jun 2020820
May 2020745
Apr 2020938
Mar 20201,372
Feb 20202,046
Jan 20201,716
Dec 20191,162
Nov 20191,660
Oct 20191,800
Sept 20191,748
Aug 20191,946
Jul 20191,859
Jun 20191,981
May 20192,019
Apr 20191,664
Mar 20191,468
Feb 20191,402
Jan 20191,611
Dec 20181,124
Nov 20181,486
Oct 20181,922
Sept 20181,827
Aug 20181,846
Jul 20181,747
Jun 20181,868
May 20181,441
Apr 20181,539
Mar 20181,857
Feb 20181,722
Jan 20182,121
Dec 20171,227
Nov 20171,537
Oct 20171,374
Sept 20171,816
Aug 20171,881
Jul 20172,945
Jun 20172,218
May 20172,013
Apr 20171,991
Mar 20172,103
Feb 20171,672
Jan 20171,547
Is there a shortage of cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors?
Critical

The Department for Education rates demand as not high, elevated or critical, using five indicators. This is its 2025 assessment; in 2024 it was not high.

  • Visas grantedUsual
  • Online job advertsAbove usual
  • Wage growthWell above usual
  • Pay against similar jobsUsual
  • Hours workedWell above usual
Note: uncertain in multiple indicators: change in hourly wage, visa density.
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 cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors. DfE Employer Skills Survey 2024.
Where the most jobs are advertisedadverts a quarter
London924
City of Edinburgh121
Manchester106
North Yorkshire99
Birmingham93
Bristol, City of90
Leeds90
Cornwall88
Glasgow City84
Somerset76
London is published as one area. Averages leave out quarters ONS withheld.
Where cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors are most concentratedShare of local job adverts, compared with the UK.

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
Age of cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors
n/p
20%!
22%!
25%!
24%
8%!
!Small sample: treat with cautionn/p: too few in the survey to publish
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16–24Not published
25–3420% (small sample)
35–4422% (small sample)
45–5425% (small sample)
55–6424%
65+8% (small sample)
Highest qualification
Degree or equivalent16%
Higher education below degree!11%
A levels or equivalent16%
GCSEs or equivalent22%
Other qualifications18%
No qualifications14%
!Small sample: treat with caution
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Degree or equivalent16%
Higher education below degree11% (small sample)
A levels or equivalent16%
GCSEs or equivalent22%
Other qualifications18%
No qualifications14%

Main employers: general cleaning of buildings (23%), hotels and similar accommodation (22%), holiday and other short-stay accommodation (7.3%), hospital activities (4.3%).

How to get in

Hold a degree
16%
as their highest qualification
Most common qualification
GCSEs or equivalent
held by 22%
Apprenticeships
1
from level 3
Apprenticeships take
1 year
typically

Apprenticeships

1 for this job

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The work

ONS · ESCO · O*NET

Typical tasks

  • recruits or participates in the selection process for cleaning and housekeeping staff and takes charge of staff training
  • assigns duties and responsibilities to staff and oversees working rotas
  • supervises the activities of cleaners and other housekeeping staff and inspects work undertaken
  • oversees the provision of cleaning and housekeeping supplies
  • arranges for replacement of broken, defective tools and handles arrangements for repairs to fixtures and fittings
  • manages budget for cleaning and housekeeping supplies and keeps record of expenditure

Skills

  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • greet guests
  • handle customer complaints
  • identify customer's needs
  • maintain customer service
  • assess cleanliness of areas
  • coordinate redecoration of hospitality establishment
  • ensure cross-department cooperation
  • explain features in accommodation venue
  • handle guest luggage
  • maintain relationship with customers
  • manage budgets
  • manage budgets for social services programs
  • manage cleaning activities

Suits people who like

  • Organising and following procedures
  • Leading and persuading

Outlook

DfE · Skills Imperative 2035
Broader groupThese projections are for leisure, travel and related personal service occupations, a group of 11 jobs that includes cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors.
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.

This service includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. This service has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. CC BY 4.0 licence.

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