Occupation 4214 · Administrative and secretarial occupations
Company secretaries (excluding professional/chartered company secretaries) file and maintain company records, translate notes and dictation into typewritten form and perform other clerical tasks within commercial organisations.
There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants to professional secretarial courses typically require GCSEs/S grades. NVQs/SVQs in Administration are available at levels 2, 3 and 4.
Assistant secretary · Club secretary · Company administrator · Company secretary
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | None | 2026-03 | 22,600.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | None | 2026-03 | 23,900.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | None | 2026-03 | 24,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | None | 2026-03 | — | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate is less than 500 |
| 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | None | 2026-03 | 600.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | None | 2026-03 | 24,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | None | 2026-03 | 1,400.00 | 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 | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 2,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 1,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 1,500.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| North West | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 2,500.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 600.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 4,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 3,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 1,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 3,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 4214 : Company secretaries and administrators | None | 2,800.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 10 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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