Company secretaries and administrators: average salary and pay in the UK
The ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) puts median weekly pay for full-time company secretaries and administrators at £677.90 in April 2025; no reliable annual figure is published.
What the figures show
A full-time median is published for women only; the sample of men is too small.
From £529.60 in 2021, the median is up 28.0%, close to the 25.7% for all jobs.
The Annual Population Survey counts 24,800 people in this line of work across the UK.
Pay distribution, 2025 provisional
| Gross pay | Full-time, weekly | Full-time, hourly | All, weekly | All, hourly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | – | – | – | £12.21 |
| 20th percentile | – | – | £177.50* | £13.20 |
| 25th percentile | – | – | £193.50 | £13.81 |
| 30th percentile | £610.60* | £15.39* | £215.90 | £14.51 |
| 40th percentile | £632.40* | £16.15* | £239.60 | £15.01 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £677.90* | £18.14* | £240.90* | £15.93 |
| 60th percentile | – | – | – | £18.04* |
| 70th percentile | – | – | – | £20.44* |
| Mean | £882.40* | £23.29* | £416.60 | £20.37 |
Pay since 2021
| ASHE year | Full-time, annual median | Full-time, weekly median | Full-time, hourly median | All, annual median | All, weekly median | Jobs (thousands, indicative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 revised | £30,258* | £529.60 | £14.23* | £10,000* | £191.60 | 17* |
| 2022 revised | – | £545.50* | £14.09* | £11,415 | £227.60 | 13* |
| 2023 revised | – | £617.70* | £16.43* | £11,845* | £240.90* | 13* |
| 2024 revised | – | £688.50* | £18.89* | – | £240.90* | 12* |
| 2025 provisional | – | £677.90* | £18.14* | – | £240.90* | 15* |
Company secretaries and administrators by region
UK: 24,800 (± 6,100), April 2025 to March 2026.
Annual Population Survey (Nomis)
What company secretaries and administrators do
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. (ONS SOC 2020, 4214)
Also covers: assistant secretary, club secretary, company administrator, company secretary, corporation secretary, resident secretary and sports secretary.
- Opens, sorts, distributes and files correspondence (both hard copy and electronic)
- Uses appropriate software to produce correspondence, memoranda, reports, presentations and other documents from drafts, handwritten copy or by transcribing dictation
- Deals directly with routine correspondence
- Files and retrieves documents, sets up and maintains filing systems and reproduces copies of documentation as required
- Keeps appointments diary, makes travel arrangements and arranges conference and other functions
- Arranges meetings, circulates agenda and other meeting documents, attends meetings, and takes and prepares minutes
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.
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ASHE Table 14: 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 · coding index · notes · 15 October 2026