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Hire services managers and proprietors

SOC 2020 1257

Managers and proprietors in hire services plan, organise and direct the activities of businesses which hire goods and services, such as tools, heavy machinery and vehicles.

Also calledRental managerManagerHire managerCab service ownerPlant hire managerEquipment hire managerand 32 more titles
Typical full-time pay£31,6002025 Provisional
Demand for workersElevated
New adverts a month328↑ 1.7%on last year · 308th of 412

Pay

ONS · ASHE 2025
What full-time hire services managers and proprietors earn, 2025
£31,600 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£31,600
75%Not published
Top 20% earn more thanNot published
Top 10% earn more thanNot published
Typical pay by regionUK median £31,600
East Midlands!£31,000
North EastNot published by ONS–
North WestNot published by ONS–
Yorkshire and The HumberNot 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–
!Small sample: treat with caution
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UK median, £31,600
East Midlands£31,000 (small sample)
North EastNot published by ONS
North WestNot published by ONS
Yorkshire and The HumberNot 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 £36,700
  • 2024 £29,300
  • 2025 Provisional£31,600
↓ 14% since 2023Provisional figures are revised when ONS publishes the next year’s survey.

Jobs and demand

ONS · Textkernel adverts · DfE

About 328 jobs for hire services 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 2026352
Jul 2026367
Jun 2026379
May 2026368
Apr 2026356
Mar 2026Not published
Feb 2026305
Jan 2026322
Dec 2025190
Nov 2025314
Oct 2025338
Sept 2025315
Aug 2025270
Jul 2025359
Jun 2025347
May 2025387
Apr 2025310
Mar 2025460
Feb 2025405
Jan 2025347
Dec 2024180
Nov 2024300
Oct 2024314
Sept 2024328
Aug 2024388
Jul 2024386
Jun 2024380
May 2024417
Apr 2024316
Mar 2024282
Feb 2024296
Jan 2024321
Dec 2023212
Nov 2023289
Oct 2023281
Sept 2023259
Aug 2023360
Jul 2023385
Jun 2023456
May 2023466
Apr 2023396
Mar 2023624
Feb 2023769
Jan 2023562
Dec 2022399
Nov 2022503
Oct 2022558
Sept 2022609
Aug 2022604
Jul 2022536
Jun 2022560
May 2022634
Apr 2022417
Mar 2022465
Feb 2022436
Jan 2022507
Dec 2021443
Nov 2021451
Oct 2021461
Sept 2021475
Aug 2021450
Jul 2021503
Jun 2021436
May 2021387
Apr 2021349
Mar 2021423
Feb 2021237
Jan 2021243
Dec 2020316
Nov 2020288
Oct 2020303
Sept 2020315
Aug 2020281
Jul 2020270
Jun 2020209
May 2020157
Apr 2020175
Mar 2020316
Feb 2020431
Jan 2020355
Dec 2019317
Nov 2019331
Oct 2019368
Sept 2019322
Aug 2019402
Jul 2019461
Jun 2019491
May 2019447
Apr 2019376
Mar 2019458
Feb 2019360
Jan 2019478
Dec 2018324
Nov 2018354
Oct 2018454
Sept 2018386
Aug 2018350
Jul 2018374
Jun 2018456
May 2018506
Apr 2018376
Mar 2018446
Feb 2018512
Jan 2018432
Dec 2017312
Nov 2017396
Oct 2017405
Sept 2017426
Aug 2017442
Jul 2017409
Jun 2017556
May 2017438
Apr 2017501
Mar 2017523
Feb 2017390
Jan 2017492
Is there a shortage of hire services 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 advertsAbove usual
  • Wage growthWell above usual
  • Pay against similar jobsUsual
  • Hours workedUsual
Vacancies hard to fill because of skills
15%against 27% for all jobs
Broader groupFigure for managers and proprietors in other services, which includes hire services managers and proprietors. DfE Employer Skills Survey 2024.
Where the most jobs are advertisedadverts a quarter
London119
Birmingham22
Wiltshire21
Bristol, City of16
Leeds15
Manchester14
North Northamptonshire14
Reading13
Glasgow City12
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole11
London is published as one area. Averages leave out quarters ONS withheld.
Where hire services managers and proprietors 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
WomenToo few in the survey to give a reliable figure
Age of hire services managers and proprietors
n/p
n/p
42%!
n/p
27%!
n/p
!Small sample: treat with cautionn/p: too few in the survey to publish
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16–24Not published
25–34Not published
35–4442% (small sample)
45–54Not published
55–6427% (small sample)
65+Not published
Highest qualification
Degree or equivalent!70%
A levels or equivalent!34%
GCSEs or equivalent–
Not published
Other qualifications–
Not published
No qualifications!15%
!Small sample: treat with caution
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Degree or equivalent70% (small sample)
A levels or equivalent34% (small sample)
GCSEs or equivalentNot published
Other qualificationsNot published
No qualifications15% (small sample)

Main employers: renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles (29%).

How to get in

Hold a degree
70%
as their highest qualification
Apprenticeships
None
none leads directly into this work

The work

ONS · ESCO · O*NET

Typical tasks

  • plans the optimum utilisation of staff and operating equipment, and co-ordinates maintenance activities to ensure least possible disruption to services.
  • ensures that necessary spare parts, materials and equipment are available or obtainable at short notice
  • liaises with clients, generates new business and negotiates contracts with suppliers and clients
  • determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements
  • ensures compliance with safety and other statutory regulations
  • provides information about machinery, tools and other goods for hire to staff and customers
  • ensures the business accounts 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 hire services 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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