The Datum Report

Occupation 1225 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Travel agency managers and proprietors

Travel agency managers and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the resources and activities of travel agencies and booking offices.

How people enter it

Entry is most common with GCSEs/S grades but is possible with other academic qualifications and/or relevant experience. Off and on-the-job training is available. BTEC/SQA awards and NVQs/SVQs at level 3 are available.

What the work involves

Also called

Branch manager (travel agents) · Tourist information manager · Travel agency owner · Travel manager

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 8,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 8,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 9,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 — ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
Not published: Estimate is less than 500
1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 1,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 10,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None None 2026-03 — ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
Not published: Estimate and confidence interval not available since the group sample size is zero or disclosive (0-2)

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 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None 1,200.00 2026-03
East Midlands 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None withheld 2026-03
London 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None 2,300.00 2026-03
North East 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None 800.00 2026-03
North West 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None withheld 2026-03
Northern Ireland 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None withheld 2026-03
Scotland 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None 1,100.00 2026-03
South East 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None 2,000.00 2026-03
South West 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None 900.00 2026-03
Wales 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None withheld 2026-03
West Midlands 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None withheld 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 1225 : Travel agency managers and proprietors None 700.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for travel agency managers and proprietors vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 7 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

Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors · Leisure and sports managers and proprietors · Publicans and managers of licensed premises · Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors