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Office supervisors

SOC 2020 4142

Office supervisors oversee operations and directly supervise and coordinate the activities of those carrying out general administrative and clerical work and performing specialist administrative and clerical duties in relation to finance, records, sales and other services to a variety of commercial, industrial and other non-governmental organisations and public agencies.

Also calledSupervisorExecutive officerOffice controllerAdministration team leaderOffice supervisorData preparation team leaderand 53 more titles
Typical full-time pay£33,2002025 Provisional
People in the job53,000across the UK
Demand for workersElevated
New adverts a month2,900↓ 0.1%on last year · 60th of 412

Pay

ONS · ASHE 2025

Half of full-time office supervisors earn between £29,100 and £39,900 a year.

What full-time office supervisors earn, 2025
£33,200 typical£25,700lowest 10%£29,10025%£42,400top 20%n/ptop 10%
Middle half (£29,100–£39,900)n/p: top 10% not published by ONS
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Lowest 10% earn less than£25,700
Lowest 20% earn less than£28,300
25%£29,100
Median£33,200
75%£39,900
Top 20% earn more than£42,400
Top 10% earn more thanNot published
Typical pay by regionUK median £33,200
London£38,400
South East£35,900
Scotland!£34,700
Wales!£34,000
East Midlands£33,500
East of England£32,900
South West£32,200
North West!£31,500
Yorkshire and The Humber!£31,300
West Midlands!£31,200
North East!£30,500
!Small sample: treat with caution
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UK median, £33,200
London£38,400
South East£35,900
Scotland£34,700 (small sample)
Wales£34,000 (small sample)
East Midlands£33,500
East of England£32,900
South West£32,200
North West£31,500 (small sample)
Yorkshire and The Humber£31,300 (small sample)
West Midlands£31,200 (small sample)
North East£30,500 (small sample)
Typical pay over 3 years
  • 2023 £30,000
  • 2024 £33,800
  • 2025 Provisional£33,200
↑ 11% since 2023Provisional figures are revised when ONS publishes the next year’s survey.

Jobs and demand

ONS · Textkernel adverts · DfE

About 2,900 jobs for office supervisors 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 (2 in all)
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Aug 20263,528
Jul 20263,161
Jun 2026Not published
May 20263,054
Apr 20262,969
Mar 2026Not published
Feb 20262,664
Jan 20263,018
Dec 20251,546
Nov 20253,031
Oct 20253,072
Sept 20253,131
Aug 20253,120
Jul 20253,017
Jun 20253,129
May 20253,178
Apr 20252,674
Mar 20253,082
Feb 20253,105
Jan 20253,227
Dec 20241,853
Nov 20242,678
Oct 20243,063
Sept 20243,301
Aug 20243,322
Jul 20243,605
Jun 20243,385
May 20243,749
Apr 20243,748
Mar 20243,007
Feb 20243,204
Jan 20243,699
Dec 20232,603
Nov 20233,066
Oct 20233,364
Sept 20233,217
Aug 20233,655
Jul 20233,656
Jun 20234,872
May 20234,658
Apr 20234,271
Mar 20234,664
Feb 20235,003
Jan 20234,970
Dec 20224,287
Nov 20225,249
Oct 20226,021
Sept 20225,322
Aug 20225,555
Jul 20225,650
Jun 20225,499
May 20225,892
Apr 20224,914
Mar 20225,770
Feb 20224,838
Jan 20225,235
Dec 20214,200
Nov 20214,535
Oct 20214,685
Sept 20214,834
Aug 20214,169
Jul 20214,557
Jun 20213,771
May 20213,648
Apr 20212,845
Mar 20213,652
Feb 20212,272
Jan 20212,602
Dec 20202,035
Nov 20202,709
Oct 20202,361
Sept 20202,183
Aug 20201,855
Jul 20201,761
Jun 20201,371
May 20201,190
Apr 20201,664
Mar 20203,377
Feb 20204,342
Jan 20203,818
Dec 20192,647
Nov 20193,772
Oct 20193,854
Sept 20193,612
Aug 20193,777
Jul 20194,691
Jun 20194,436
May 20194,246
Apr 20193,122
Mar 20193,704
Feb 20193,264
Jan 20193,773
Dec 20182,443
Nov 20183,348
Oct 20183,730
Sept 20183,441
Aug 20183,457
Jul 20183,412
Jun 20183,503
May 20183,352
Apr 20183,217
Mar 20183,531
Feb 20183,221
Jan 20183,762
Dec 20172,355
Nov 20173,031
Oct 20173,176
Sept 20173,131
Aug 20173,124
Jul 20173,318
Jun 20174,120
May 20173,649
Apr 20173,271
Mar 20174,639
Feb 20173,127
Jan 20173,877
Is there a shortage of office supervisors?
Elevated

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

  • Visas grantedUsual
  • Online job advertsWell above usual
  • Wage growthAbove usual
  • Pay against similar jobsAbove usual
  • Hours workedUsual
Note: uncertain in multiple indicators: change in hourly wage, visa density.
Vacancies hard to fill because of skills
21%against 27% for all jobs
Broader groupFigure for administrative occupations, which includes office supervisors. DfE Employer Skills Survey 2024.
Where the most jobs are advertisedadverts a quarter
London1,448
Manchester210
Birmingham185
Leeds147
Bristol, City of131
Glasgow City113
North Yorkshire90
Belfast82
City of Edinburgh81
Nottingham76
London is published as one area. Averages leave out quarters ONS withheld.
Where office 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 office supervisors
3.1%!
27%!
28%!
21%!
19%!
n/p
!Small sample: treat with cautionn/p: too few in the survey to publish
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16–243.1% (small sample)
25–3427% (small sample)
35–4428% (small sample)
45–5421% (small sample)
55–6419% (small sample)
65+Not published
Highest qualification
Degree or equivalent40%
Higher education below degree!5.4%
A levels or equivalent24%
GCSEs or equivalent23%
Other qualifications!3.2%
No qualifications!3.4%
!Small sample: treat with caution
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Degree or equivalent40%
Higher education below degree5.4% (small sample)
A levels or equivalent24%
GCSEs or equivalent23%
Other qualifications3.2% (small sample)
No qualifications3.4% (small sample)

Main employers: regulation of the activities of providing health care, education, cultural services and other social services, excluding social security (7.8%), general public administration activities (5.1%), tertiary education (4.3%), other human health activities (4.1%).

How to get in

Hold a degree
40%
as their highest qualification
Apprenticeships
1
from level 3
Apprenticeships take
15 months
typically
T Levels
1
college courses for 16 to 19 year olds

Apprenticeships

1 for this job

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Other qualifications

QualificationTypeLevel
Management and administrationT Level3

The work

ONS · ESCO · O*NET

Typical tasks

  • directly supervises and coordinates the activities of office staff
  • establishes and monitors work schedules to meet the organisation’s requirements
  • liaises with managers and other senior staff to resolve operational problems
  • determines or recommends staffing and other needs to meet the organisation’s requirements
  • reports as required to managerial staff on work-related matters

Skills

  • recruit employees
  • analyse staff capacity
  • present reports
  • train employees
  • analyse call performance trends
  • create solutions to problems
  • manage staff
  • perform data analysis
  • apply information security policies
  • create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement
  • forecast workload
  • measure call quality
  • measure customer feedback
  • supervise work

Knowledge

  • call quality assurance management
  • information confidentiality
  • call-centre technologies
  • call routing
  • customer service
  • accounting techniques
  • teamwork principles
  • characteristics of products

Suits people who like

  • Organising and following procedures
  • Leading and persuading

Outlook

DfE · Skills Imperative 2035
Broader groupThese projections are for administrative occupations, a group of 20 jobs that includes office supervisors.
Change in jobs, 2020 to 2035↓ 12%about 381,000 fewer jobs
Workers needed by 20351 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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