The Datum Report

Occupation 7129 · Sales and customer service occupations

Sales related occupations n.e.c.

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of sales occupations not elsewhere classified in minor group 712: Sales Related Occupations.

How people enter it

There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically received on-the-job, supplemented by short courses covering practical skills and details of the product or service being sold. NVQs/SVQs in sales are available at levels 2 and 3.

What the work involves

Also called

Demonstrator · Hire controller · Insurance salesman · Promoter (wholesale, retail trade) · Sales representative (retail trade)

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 54,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 56,000.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 59,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 5,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 3,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 64,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 1,800.00 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 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 4,800.00 2026-03
East Midlands 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 5,000.00 2026-03
London 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 6,000.00 2026-03
North East 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 1,700.00 2026-03
North West 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 9,000.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 5,300.00 2026-03
Scotland 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 3,700.00 2026-03
South East 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 14,600.00 2026-03
South West 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 3,800.00 2026-03
Wales 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 1,800.00 2026-03
West Midlands 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 5,400.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 7129 : Sales related occupations n.e.c. None 3,800.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for sales related occupations n.e.c. 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

Collector salespersons and credit agents · Debt, rent and other cash collectors · Market and street traders and assistants · Roundspersons and van salespersons · Visual merchandisers and related occupations