SOC 2020 · 4215
Personal assistants and other secretaries
Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations from
Skilled Worker
Not eligible
No Skilled Worker route through this code.
Salary floor
£41,700
The general threshold, £41,700, is the higher of the two.
Shortage lists
Not listed
This code is on neither the Immigration Salary List nor the Temporary Shortage List.
What this occupation actually pays
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, full-time gross annual pay.
- UK pay for this occupation
View these figures as a table
| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £24,382 |
| 25th | £28,565 |
| 50th | £34,954 |
| 75th | £43,903 |
| Region | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK 2025 | £24,382 | £28,565 | £34,954 | £43,903 | — |
| East 2025 | — | — | £34,752 | — | — |
| East Midlands 2025 | — | — | £27,124 | — | — |
| London 2025 | — | — | £47,852 | — | — |
| North East 2025 | — | — | £29,996 |
Job titles in this code
What the work involves
Personal assistants and other secretaries provide administrative and secretarial support to individuals, departmental or management teams within organisations.
Typical tasks
acts as a first point of contact for a manager or team with colleagues and people from outside organisations, fields telephone enquiries, takes and passes on messages
arranges appointments, keeps business diary, organises travel arrangements, makes reservations and organises a variety of functions
opens, sorts, distributes and files correspondence (in hard copy and electronic) and deals directly with routine correspondence
uses appropriate software to produce correspondence, memoranda, reports, presentations and other documents from drafts, handwritten copy or by transcribing dictation
arranges and attends meetings, takes minutes and prepares records of proceedings
translates documents and liaises with overseas clients and suppliers
Entry routes and qualifications
There are no minimum academic requirements, although entry to professional secretarial courses typically requires GCSEs/S grades. NVQs/SVQs are available in Administration at levels 2, 3 and 4.