Roundspersons and van salespersons: average salary and pay in the UK
Full-time roundspersons and van salespersons in the UK earned a median £27,401 in the year to 5 April 2025, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE): 30% less than the £39,039 median for all full-time jobs.
What the figures show
It is in the lowest-paid third of the 382 occupations (53rd from the bottom).
A full-time median is published for men only; the sample of women is too small.
From £21,506 in 2021, the median is up 27.4%, close to the 25.0% for all jobs.
The Annual Population Survey counts 10,700 people in this line of work across the UK.
Pay distribution, 2025 provisional
| Gross pay | Full-time, annual | Full-time, weekly | Full-time, hourly | All, annual | All, weekly | All, hourly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40th percentile | – | – | £12.50 | – | £473.80* | £13.06 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £27,401* | £559.10 | £13.77 | £26,984* | £516.50* | £14.22 |
| 60th percentile | – | £604.30* | £15.16* | – | £559.10* | £15.32* |
| Mean | £28,560 | £578.70 | £15.10 | £27,438 | £557.00 | £15.24 |
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 | £21,506* | £441.30 | £10.57 | £21,300* | £406.10 | 4* |
| 2022 revised | £22,657* | £459.20 | £11.13 | £22,028* | £421.90* | – |
| 2023 revised | £26,252* | £504.00 | £11.63 | £22,531* | £453.20* | 4* |
| 2024 revised | £28,916* | £548.00 | £12.00 | £25,525* | £540.00* | – |
| 2025 provisional | £27,401* | £559.10 | £13.77 | £26,984* | £516.50* | – |
Roundspersons and van salespersons by region
UK: 10,700 (± 4,000), April 2025 to March 2026.
Annual Population Survey (Nomis)
What roundspersons and van salespersons do
Roundspersons and van salespersons deliver and sell food, drink and other goods by calling on householders or by selling from a mobile shop or van and call on households to collect and receive payment for laundered or similarly serviced articles. (ONS SOC 2020, 7123)
Also covers: dairyman (retail trade: delivery round), ice-cream salesman, milkman (milk retailing), roundsman, van salesman, baker's deliveryman, bread salesman, delivery boy, grocer (travelling), grocers traveller, ice-cream vendor, milk deliverer, milk man, milk retailer, milk salesman, milk vendor, milkman (roundsman) and round supervisor (36 titles in the ONS coding index).
- Loads vehicle with food, drink, or articles that have been laundered, etc.
- Drives vehicle over established route and parks at recognised stopping places or households
- Calls at customers’ premises and delivers ordered goods
- Calls out, rings bell or otherwise attracts attention to the items on sale
- Sells goods, records deliveries, takes further orders or articles requiring servicing and collects cash or prepares bill
- Returns to depot and hands in unsold goods and cash
No academic qualifications are required but candidates should hold a clean driving licence. Off and on-the-job training is provided.
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ASHE Table 14: 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 · coding index · notes · 15 October 2026