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Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors

SOC 2020 1253

Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities and resources of hairdressing and nail salons, beauty treatment, pet grooming and similar establishments.

Also calledManagerHairdresser's managerBarber's managerOwnerDirectorHairdressing salon ownerand 16 more titles
Typical full-time pay£29,7002025 Provisional
People in the job20,000across the UK
Demand for workersElevated
New adverts a month137↓ 1.1%on last year · 372nd of 412

Pay

ONS · ASHE 2025
What full-time hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors earn, 2025
£29,700 typicaln/ptop 10%
n/p: top 10% not published by ONS
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Lowest 10% earn less thanNot published
Lowest 20% earn less thanNot published
25%Not published
Median£29,700
75%Not published
Top 20% earn more thanNot published
Top 10% earn more thanNot published
More than half (64%) of hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors work for themselves. These pay figures only cover employees, so they may not reflect what self-employed hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors earn.
Typical pay by regionUK median £29,700
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, £29,700
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
Typical pay over 3 years
  • 2023 £27,300
  • 2024 £28,200
  • 2025 Provisional£29,700
↑ 8.7% since 2023Provisional figures are revised when ONS publishes the next year’s survey.

Jobs and demand

ONS · Textkernel adverts · DfE

About 137 jobs for hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors are advertised each month. The Department for Education rates demand for workers as elevated.

New job adverts a month, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026
New advertsMonth not published by ONS (1 in all)
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Aug 2026119
Jul 2026151
Jun 2026142
May 2026148
Apr 2026144
Mar 2026Not published
Feb 2026133
Jan 2026161
Dec 202575
Nov 2025129
Oct 2025158
Sept 2025145
Aug 2025137
Jul 2025189
Jun 2025139
May 2025154
Apr 2025123
Mar 2025153
Feb 2025165
Jan 2025123
Dec 202468
Nov 2024116
Oct 2024158
Sept 2024149
Aug 2024181
Jul 2024170
Jun 2024202
May 2024211
Apr 2024189
Mar 2024134
Feb 2024156
Jan 2024122
Dec 2023138
Nov 202387
Oct 2023106
Sept 2023105
Aug 2023173
Jul 2023125
Jun 2023189
May 2023172
Apr 2023165
Mar 2023179
Feb 2023171
Jan 2023235
Dec 2022151
Nov 2022240
Oct 2022270
Sept 2022191
Aug 2022290
Jul 2022340
Jun 2022312
May 2022310
Apr 2022238
Mar 2022253
Feb 2022212
Jan 2022202
Dec 2021221
Nov 2021219
Oct 2021214
Sept 2021226
Aug 2021219
Jul 2021227
Jun 2021197
May 2021192
Apr 2021126
Mar 2021199
Feb 202178
Jan 202198
Dec 202077
Nov 202086
Oct 2020121
Sept 2020105
Aug 202088
Jul 2020117
Jun 202080
May 202053
Apr 202065
Mar 2020171
Feb 2020213
Jan 2020247
Dec 2019152
Nov 2019209
Oct 2019221
Sept 2019253
Aug 2019223
Jul 2019302
Jun 2019264
May 2019252
Apr 2019228
Mar 2019271
Feb 2019190
Jan 2019207
Dec 2018134
Nov 2018294
Oct 2018294
Sept 2018396
Aug 2018262
Jul 2018288
Jun 2018302
May 2018321
Apr 2018325
Mar 2018310
Feb 2018336
Jan 2018410
Dec 2017168
Nov 2017294
Oct 2017316
Sept 2017397
Aug 2017283
Jul 2017292
Jun 2017340
May 2017358
Apr 2017429
Mar 2017408
Feb 2017279
Jan 2017325
Is there a shortage of hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors?
Elevated

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 grantedAbove usual
  • Online job advertsUsual
  • Wage growthAbove usual
  • Pay against similar jobsAbove usual
  • Hours workedAbove usual
Vacancies hard to fill because of skills
15%against 27% for all jobs
Broader groupFigure for managers and proprietors in other services, which includes hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors. DfE Employer Skills Survey 2024.
Where the most jobs are advertisedadverts a quarter
London106
Glasgow City9
Birmingham9
Buckinghamshire9
Manchester8
Tewkesbury8
City of Edinburgh8
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6
Bristol, City of6
West Oxfordshire6
London is published as one area. Averages leave out quarters ONS withheld.
Where hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors are most concentratedShare of local job adverts, compared with the UK.

Recruitment from abroad. 10 sponsored work visas were granted for this job from July 2025 to June 2026, most to people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Italy, ranking it 213th of 313. Home Office

Who does it

ONS · Annual Population Survey · April 2025 to March 2026
Age of hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors
39%!
27%!
n/p
n/p
!Small sample: treat with cautionn/p: too few in the survey to publish
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25–3439% (small sample)
35–4427% (small sample)
45–54Not published
55–64Not published
Highest qualification
Degree or equivalent!18%
Higher education below degree!8.7%
A levels or equivalent53%
GCSEs or equivalent!20%
Other qualifications–
Not published
No qualifications–
Not published
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Degree or equivalent18% (small sample)
Higher education below degree8.7% (small sample)
A levels or equivalent53%
GCSEs or equivalent20% (small sample)
Other qualificationsNot published
No qualificationsNot published

Main employers: hairdressing and other beauty treatment (94%).

How to get in

Hold a degree
18%
as their highest qualification
Most common qualification
A levels or equivalent
held by 53%
Apprenticeships
None
none leads directly into this work
Self-employed
64%
of people in the job

The work

ONS · ESCO · O*NET

Typical tasks

  • determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs
  • controls the allocation, training and remuneration of staff
  • provides clients with information and advice on styles and treatments, and resolves any complaints or problems
  • ensures clients’ records are maintained
  • undertakes and/or directs hair treatments and/or beauty therapy
  • checks and maintains any equipment, and ensures that all safety requirements are met
  • demonstrates, advises on and sells hair and/or beauty products
  • ensures financial accounts for the business are maintained

Skills

  • manage staff
  • train employees
  • create solutions to problems
  • handle customer complaints
  • manage budgets
  • recruit employees
  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • coordinate operational activities
  • follow company standards
  • identify customer's needs
  • implement marketing strategies
  • implement sales strategies
  • maintain customer service
  • plan health and safety procedures

Knowledge

  • corporate social responsibility
  • customer relationship management
  • communication principles
  • customer service
  • geographical areas relevant to tourism
  • local area tourism industry
  • product comprehension

Suits people who like

  • Leading and persuading
  • Organising and following procedures

Outlook

DfE · Skills Imperative 2035
Broader groupThese projections are for other managers and proprietors, a group of 22 jobs that includes hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors.
Change in jobs, 2020 to 2035↑ 43%about 494,000 more jobs
Workers needed by 20351.3 millionincluding 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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