The Datum Report

Occupation 9251 · Elementary occupations

Elementary storage supervisors

Elementary storage supervisors oversee operations and directly supervise and coordinate the activities of those working in warehouses, docks and other storage facilities.

How people enter it

There are no formal academic entry requirements. Entrants will normally have significant relevant work experience. NVQs/ in Warehousing and Storage are available at levels 1, 2 and 3.

What the work involves

Also called

Despatch supervisor · Foreman (docks) · Warehouse supervisor · Yard foreman (auctioneers)

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None None 2026-03 25,500.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None None 2026-03 25,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None None 2026-03 28,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None None 2026-03 1,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None None 2026-03 2,500.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None None 2026-03 30,000.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None None 2026-03 — ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
Not published: Estimate is less than 500

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 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 3,300.00 2026-03
East Midlands 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 4,100.00 2026-03
London 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None withheld 2026-03
North East 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 800.00 2026-03
North West 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 5,900.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 1,600.00 2026-03
Scotland 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 2,500.00 2026-03
South East 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 2,400.00 2026-03
South West 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 2,900.00 2026-03
Wales 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None withheld 2026-03
West Midlands 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 4,200.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 9251 : Elementary storage supervisors None 1,900.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for elementary storage supervisors vary by region?

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.

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

Delivery operatives · Elementary storage occupations n.e.c. · Warehouse operatives