Customer service supervisors salary in the UK

The median full-time salary for customer service supervisors in the UK is £35,723 (ONS, 2025). After tax and National Insurance at 2026/27 rates that is about £2,437 a month.

Median salary
£35,723
Take-home a month
£2,437
Rank for median pay
182nd of 362
SOC 2020 code
7220

Pay range for customer service supervisors

This is the ONS occupation group "Customer service supervisors" (SOC 2020 code 7220). ONS figures for 2025 show that one in ten earn less than £25,280, a quarter earn less than £30,001 and half earn less than £35,723.

Point in the pay rangeGross a yearGross a monthTake-home a yearTake-home a month
10th percentile£25,280£2,107£21,721£1,810
25th percentile£30,001£2,500£25,120£2,093
Median (50th percentile)£35,723£2,977£29,240£2,437
75th percentileNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
90th percentileNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published

Take-home at England, Wales and Northern Ireland rates. Not published means ONS did not publish that figure because the estimate is not reliable enough. ONS rates the median for customer service supervisors as acceptable, so use it with caution: its sampling error (coefficient of variation) is 15%. ONS estimates about 17,000 full-time employee jobs in this occupation. ONS says job counts like this are indicative only.

Where customer service supervisors rank

The median for customer service supervisors ranks 182nd of 362 occupations on this site, in the lower half, and 3rd of 15 in sales and customer service occupations. It is £3,316 (8.5%) lower than the UK median of £39,039 for all full-time employee jobs. ONS change on the previous year: the median for customer service supervisors rose 4.5%, more than the 4.3% rise in the UK median for all full-time jobs.

Jobs with the nearest medians: Steel erectors (£35,824), Project support officers (£35,751), Police community support officers (£35,748), Metal machining setters and setter-operators (£35,718), Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c. (£35,670) and Legal professionals n.e.c. (£35,507).

How spread out pay is

ONS published the 25th percentile (£30,001) but not the 75th, so we cannot show the middle half of the range for customer service supervisors.

The mean for customer service supervisors (total pay divided by the number of employees) is £38,206, which is £2,483 (7.0%) higher than the median. When the mean is above the median, a smaller number of higher salaries are pulling the average up. For all UK full-time jobs the mean is 24.3% above the median, so the gap for customer service supervisors is smaller.

Among these 4 jobs in the same or nearby ONS occupation groups, this one has the 2nd highest median. The highest median among them is £36,415 (communication operators) and the lowest £27,848 (customer service occupations n.e.c.).

JobSOC codeMedian salaryTake-home a month
Communication operators7213£36,415£2,478
Customer service supervisors7220£35,723£2,437
Telephonists7212£31,568£2,187
Customer service occupations n.e.c.7219£27,848£1,964

Take-home pay against all jobs

At the median, customer service supervisors take home about £2,437 a month, against £2,636 on the UK median for all jobs. Scotland has its own income tax bands, so take-home pay on the same salary is different there.

GroupMedian a yearTake-home a monthTake-home a month in Scotland
Customer service supervisors£35,723£2,437£2,435
All full-time employee jobs, UK£39,039£2,636£2,631

How this is worked out

Pay: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), 2025 provisional, SOC 2020 unit group 7220. Take-home: 2026/27 rates, tax code 1257L, no pension or student loan. How to read these figures.

Sources

Figures checked on 12 October 2026. ONS plans to publish its next ASHE figures on 22 October 2026. Read how we calculate or tell us about a mistake.

Frequently asked questions

On the median full-time salary of £35,723, take-home pay is about £2,437 a month (£29,240 a year) after 2026/27 income tax and National Insurance, with tax code 1257L and no pension or student loan. In Scotland, where income tax is different, it is about £2,435 a month.

ONS figures for full-time jobs (2025) show that one in ten earn less than £25,280, a quarter earn less than £30,001 and half earn less than £35,723. ONS did not publish every point in the range because some estimates are not reliable enough.

No. The median for customer service supervisors is £35,723, which is £3,316 (8.5%) lower than the UK median of £39,039 for all full-time employee jobs (ONS, 2025). It ranks 182nd of 362 occupations on this site.