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Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.

SOC 2020 9269

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of elementary services occupations not elsewhere classified in minor group 926: Other elementary services occupations.

Also calledHotel porterGripPorterLift operatorBaths attendantBath attendantand 119 more titles
Typical full-time pay£25,3002025 Provisional
People in the job45,000across the UK
New adverts a month607↓ 0.8%on last year · 246th of 412

Pay

ONS · ASHE 2025
What full-time other elementary services occupations n.e.c. earn, 2025
£25,300 typical£21,100lowest 20%£23,40025%n/ptop 10%
n/p: top 10% not published by ONS
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Lowest 10% earn less thanNot published
Lowest 20% earn less than£21,100
25%£23,400
Median£25,300
75%Not published
Top 20% earn more thanNot published
Top 10% earn more thanNot published
Typical pay by regionUK median £25,300
London!£27,500
North West!£24,900
Yorkshire and The Humber!£23,900
South West!£23,400
North EastNot published by ONS–
East MidlandsNot published by ONS–
West MidlandsNot published by ONS–
East of EnglandNot published by ONS–
South EastNot published by ONS–
ScotlandNot published by ONS–
WalesNot published by ONS–
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UK median, £25,300
London£27,500 (small sample)
North West£24,900 (small sample)
Yorkshire and The Humber£23,900 (small sample)
South West£23,400 (small sample)
North EastNot published by ONS
East MidlandsNot published by ONS
West MidlandsNot published by ONS
East of EnglandNot published by ONS
South EastNot published by ONS
ScotlandNot published by ONS
WalesNot published by ONS
Typical pay over 2 years
  • 2023 £22,000
  • 2025 Provisional£25,300
↑ 15% since 2023Provisional figures are revised when ONS publishes the next year’s survey.

Jobs and demand

ONS · Textkernel adverts · DfE

About 607 jobs for other elementary services occupations n.e.c. are advertised each month.

New job adverts a month, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026
New advertsMonth not published by ONS (1 in all)
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Aug 2026573
Jul 2026648
Jun 2026554
May 2026615
Apr 2026699
Mar 2026Not published
Feb 2026612
Jan 2026653
Dec 2025301
Nov 2025616
Oct 2025704
Sept 2025704
Aug 2025674
Jul 2025660
Jun 2025705
May 2025739
Apr 2025646
Mar 2025698
Feb 2025622
Jan 2025508
Dec 2024291
Nov 2024522
Oct 2024677
Sept 2024686
Aug 2024756
Jul 2024787
Jun 2024810
May 2024859
Apr 2024833
Mar 2024692
Feb 2024624
Jan 2024622
Dec 2023527
Nov 2023520
Oct 2023520
Sept 2023509
Aug 2023678
Jul 2023599
Jun 20231,072
May 20231,020
Apr 2023810
Mar 2023940
Feb 2023889
Jan 2023973
Dec 2022779
Nov 2022931
Oct 20221,044
Sept 20221,077
Aug 20221,040
Jul 20221,072
Jun 2022978
May 20221,151
Apr 20221,000
Mar 20221,150
Feb 20221,061
Jan 2022966
Dec 2021773
Nov 2021968
Oct 20211,007
Sept 20211,039
Aug 2021940
Jul 20211,028
Jun 2021910
May 2021907
Apr 2021588
Mar 2021883
Feb 2021301
Jan 2021315
Dec 2020295
Nov 2020304
Oct 2020409
Sept 2020493
Aug 2020396
Jul 2020359
Jun 2020223
May 2020257
Apr 2020340
Mar 2020567
Feb 2020861
Jan 2020867
Dec 2019624
Nov 2019802
Oct 2019802
Sept 2019852
Aug 2019862
Jul 2019962
Jun 2019978
May 2019972
Apr 2019826
Mar 2019833
Feb 2019742
Jan 2019936
Dec 2018503
Nov 2018922
Oct 2018953
Sept 2018883
Aug 2018804
Jul 2018863
Jun 2018901
May 2018724
Apr 2018748
Mar 2018930
Feb 2018880
Jan 2018828
Dec 2017556
Nov 20172,205
Oct 20172,569
Sept 20172,205
Aug 20171,199
Jul 2017929
Jun 20171,005
May 20171,106
Apr 20171,137
Mar 20171,108
Feb 2017821
Jan 2017973
Vacancies hard to fill because of skills
31%against 27% for all jobs
DfE Employer Skills Survey 2024.
Where the most jobs are advertisedadverts a quarter
London296
City of Edinburgh37
Birmingham33
North Yorkshire31
Manchester30
Bristol, City of28
Cornwall25
Highland25
Glasgow City24
Leeds21
London is published as one area. Averages leave out quarters ONS withheld.
Where other elementary services occupations n.e.c. are most concentratedShare of local job adverts, compared with the UK.

Recruitment from abroad. 91 sponsored work visas were granted for this job from July 2025 to June 2026, most to people from India, Germany, Brazil, ranking it 103rd of 313. Home Office

Who does it

ONS · Annual Population Survey · April 2025 to March 2026
Age of other elementary services occupations n.e.c.
23%!
25%!
12%!
17%!
16%!
6.6%!
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16–2423% (small sample)
25–3425% (small sample)
35–4412% (small sample)
45–5417% (small sample)
55–6416% (small sample)
65+6.6% (small sample)
Highest qualification
Degree or equivalent!23%
Higher education below degree!7.2%
A levels or equivalent!17%
GCSEs or equivalent26%
Other qualifications!17%
No qualifications!6%
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Degree or equivalent23% (small sample)
Higher education below degree7.2% (small sample)
A levels or equivalent17% (small sample)
GCSEs or equivalent26%
Other qualifications17% (small sample)
No qualifications6% (small sample)

Main employers: hotels and similar accommodation (12%), gambling and betting activities (8.6%), event catering activities (7.4%), other personal service activities nec (6.9%).

How to get in

Hold a degree
23%
as their highest qualification
Most common qualification
GCSEs or equivalent
held by 26%
Apprenticeships
None
none leads directly into this work

Routes in

You can get into this job through:

College

You can take a college course before you look for work, like:

  • introduction to the hospitality industry
  • customer service
Entry requirements

Entry requirements for these courses vary.

Apprenticeship

You can apply to do a Hospitality Accommodation Team Member Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship, with a hotel.

This usually takes 1 year to complete and combines on-the-job training and study with a learning provider.

Entry requirements

You'll usually need:

  • some GCSEs, usually including English and maths, or equivalent, for an intermediate apprenticeship

Other ways in

Work your way up

You could start work as a kitchen assistant, cleaner or part of the bar staff in a hotel and switch to become a porter once you have some experience in the hospitality industry.

Apply directly

You can apply directly to hotel companies for jobs. Experience in customer service will be very useful though not always essential, as you will get training once you start.

Employers will be interested in your personal qualities and will expect you to be hardworking, honest and a reliable timekeeper.

Routes in are from the National Careers Service job profile for hotel porter. Contains public sector information from the National Careers Service licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The work

ONS · ESCO · O*NET

Typical tasks

  • assists hotel guests with luggage etc. on arrival and departure, keeps entrance lobby tidy, deals with guests’ enquiries
  • assists in the movement of scenery and other stage equipment
  • divines and tells fortunes by various means
  • loads numbered balls into bingo machine, starts machine, removes balls and reads numbers, and checks winning bingo cards against numbers drawn
  • examines and collects tickets at harbours, piers and similar thoroughfares or establishments not elsewhere classified
  • collects payment, issues tickets and monitors the use of bathing huts, changing rooms, bath houses and deck chairs
  • receives clothing, luggage and other articles, collects fee and issues ticket and returns item to deposit or on presentation of receipt
  • dances in adult entertainment establishments

Skills

  • maintain customer service
  • communicate with customers
  • greet guests
  • manage lost and found articles
  • handle linen in stock
  • handle surveillance equipment
  • manage emergency evacuation plans
  • announce amusement park attractions
  • assist amusement park visitors
  • clean amusement park facilities
  • direct amusement park clients
  • hang advertising posters
  • maintain cleaning equipment
  • monitor amusement park safety

Knowledge

  • fire safety regulations
  • amusement park emergency procedures
  • cleaning techniques

Suits people who like

  • Organising and following procedures
  • Practical, hands-on work

Outlook

DfE · Skills Imperative 2035
Broader groupThese projections are for elementary administration and service occupations, a group of 26 jobs that includes other elementary services occupations n.e.c..
Change in jobs, 2020 to 2035↓ 1.5%about 48,000 fewer jobs
Workers needed by 20351.5 millionincluding people replacing those who retire or leave

Sources

Pay
ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional
People in the job, who does it
ONS, Annual Population Survey, April 2025 to March 2026
Job adverts
ONS, online job adverts (Textkernel), to Aug 2026
Demand, skill shortages
Department for Education and Skills England, Occupations in demand and the Employer Skills Survey
Outlook
The Skills Imperative 2035 (2024), NFER/Nuffield/DfE/IER/CE
Routes in
National Careers Service job profiles
Apprenticeships, qualifications
Skills England occupational maps
Skills, interests
ESCO classification of the European Commission; O*NET data, U.S. Department of Labor (CC BY 4.0, modified)
Visas
Home Office, immigration system statistics

Figures as of 10 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Occupations in demand and the Employer Skills Survey: Department for Education and Skills England. Immigration system statistics: Home Office. Contains public sector information from the National Careers Service licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

© Skills England 2025. This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source: The Skills Imperative 2035 (2024), NFER/Nuffield/DfE/IER/CE.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

This service includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. This service has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. CC BY 4.0 licence.

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