Occupation 4217 · Administrative and secretarial occupations
Typists and related keyboard occupations type letters, memos, reports and other documents from draft, handwritten or dictated matter, using appropriate software packages.
Entry is most common with GCSEs/S grades. Entrants are normally expected to have obtained minimum typing speeds and hold vocational certificates. Units in keyboarding skills and producing documents are included in NVQs/SVQs in Administration at levels 1 to 4.
Audio typist · Transcriber · Typist · Typist-clerk
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | None | 2026-03 | 4,400.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | None | 2026-03 | 4,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | None | 2026-03 | 5,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | 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) |
| 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | None | 2026-03 | 500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | None | 2026-03 | 5,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | None | 2026-03 | — | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate is less than 500 |
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 | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| London | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| North East | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| North West | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | 500.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | 2,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | 800.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 4217 : Typists and related keyboard occupations | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 3 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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