Occupation 4132 · Administrative and secretarial occupations
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants provide general clerical support to senior colleagues and perform specialist clerical tasks in relation to the administration of pensions and insurance policies.
There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants usually possess GCSEs/S grades. Training is usually provided on-the-job. NVQs/ SVQs, apprenticeships and professional qualifications are available in some areas.
Administrator (insurance) · Claims handler · Clerical assistant (insurance) · Insurance clerk · Pensions administrator
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | None | 2026-03 | 53,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | None | 2026-03 | 57,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | None | 2026-03 | 65,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | None | 2026-03 | — | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate is less than 500 |
| 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | None | 2026-03 | 7,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | None | 2026-03 | 65,200.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | None | 2026-03 | 4,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
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.
| Region | Measure | Hours | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 10,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 4,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 3,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 4,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 6,800.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 7,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 5,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 7,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 4,800.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 5,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 4132 : Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants | None | 5,000.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 11 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.
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.
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