The Datum Report

Occupation 4136 · Administrative and secretarial occupations

Human resources administrative occupations

Human resources administrative occupations provide administrative support for the human resources (HR) operations within organisations.

How people enter it

There are no formal academic entry requirements, although some employers may require degree level qualifications and most entrants possess GCSE/S grades. Certification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is available, along with relevant NVQs/SVQs at various levels.

What the work involves

Also called

Course administrator · Human resources administrator · Personnel administrator · Personnel clerk · Training administrator

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None None 2026-03 50,000.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None None 2026-03 52,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None None 2026-03 57,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None None 2026-03 2,500.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None None 2026-03 5,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None None 2026-03 60,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None None 2026-03 2,300.00 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 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 5,300.00 2026-03
East Midlands 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 4,900.00 2026-03
London 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 6,400.00 2026-03
North East 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 2,100.00 2026-03
North West 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 7,400.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 2,500.00 2026-03
Scotland 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 5,600.00 2026-03
South East 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 12,300.00 2026-03
South West 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 3,500.00 2026-03
Wales 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 2,300.00 2026-03
West Midlands 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 5,100.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 4136 : Human resources administrative occupations None 2,800.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for human resources administrative occupations 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

Library clerks and assistants · Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants · Records clerks and assistants · Stock control clerks and assistants · Transport and distribution clerks and assistants