The Datum Report

Occupation 1221 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors

Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities and resources of halls of residence, hotels, hostels, caravan sites, holiday camps, holiday flats and chalets, and organise the domestic, catering, and entertainment facilities on passenger ships.

How people enter it

Entry is possible with a variety of academic qualifications and/or relevant experience. Candidates for these usually require a BTEC/SQA award, a degree or equivalent qualification, or a professional qualification. Off and on-the-job training is provided, and large hotel chains normally offer management trainee schemes. NVQs/SVQs in management for hospitality, leisure and tourism are available at levels 3 and 4 and apprenticeships at level 3.

What the work involves

Also called

Caravan park owner · Hotel manager · Manager (passenger ships) · Service flats manager

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 32,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 36,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 40,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 3,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 41,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 4,000.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 3,100.00 2026-03
East Midlands 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 2,200.00 2026-03
London 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 1,800.00 2026-03
North East 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 1,700.00 2026-03
North West 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 3,800.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 600.00 2026-03
Scotland 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 3,800.00 2026-03
South East 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 5,000.00 2026-03
South West 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 10,100.00 2026-03
Wales 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 4,000.00 2026-03
West Midlands 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 2,500.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 1221 : Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors None 2,700.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Leisure and sports managers and proprietors · Publicans and managers of licensed premises · Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors · Travel agency managers and proprietors