The Datum Report

Occupation 7219 · Sales and customer service occupations

Customer service occupations n.e.c.

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of customer service occupations not elsewhere classified in minor group 721: Customer service occupations.

How people enter it

There are no formal academic entry requirements, although many employers expect candidates to possess GCSEs/S grades. Training is typically provided on-the-job, supplemented by specialist short courses.

What the work involves

Also called

Complaints officer · Customer adviser · Customer service administrator · Customer service adviser · Customer service assistant · Customer services representative

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 236,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 251,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 276,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 7,000.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 25,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 283,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None None 2026-03 14,300.00 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 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 23,200.00 2026-03
East Midlands 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 31,500.00 2026-03
London 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 37,500.00 2026-03
North East 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 12,100.00 2026-03
North West 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 38,500.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 7,000.00 2026-03
Scotland 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 25,200.00 2026-03
South East 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 35,900.00 2026-03
South West 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 15,700.00 2026-03
Wales 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 14,300.00 2026-03
West Midlands 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 22,900.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 7219 : Customer service occupations n.e.c. None 19,700.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for customer service 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

Call and contact centre occupations · Communication operators · Market research interviewers · Telephonists