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Office Managers

Office managers plan, organise and co-ordinate the activities and resources of offices within commercial, industrial and other non-governmental organisations and public agencies. (National and local government office managers are classified to unit group 3561: Public services associate professionals.)

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£12,681
£32,544
£52,704

New workers start around £12,681. Normal pay is £32,544 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £52,704.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 207,249 vacancies for this type of job

4.80%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Plans, organises and co-ordinates the activities and resources of other offices not elsewhere classified including box offices, other ticket offices and accommodation bureaux.

  • Ensures that procedures for considering, issuing, amending and endorsing insurance policies are adhered to.

  • Advises on the handling of all correspondence and enquiries relating to accounts, sales, statistical and vacancy records.

  • Plans work schedules, assigns tasks and delegates responsibilities.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Office Management

  • Invoicing

  • Administrative Support

  • Office Supply Management

  • Data Entry

  • Finance

  • Office Administration

  • Marketing

  • Accounting

  • Customer Relationship Management

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Detail Oriented

  • Management

  • Administrative Functions

  • Customer Service

  • Organizational Skills

  • Microsoft Office

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Filing

  • Operations

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Business and Management

Nottingham College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 56/56

Business and Management

University Centre Colchester at Colchester Institute

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Colchester · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Business Management

University of Southampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Business Administration (Top-up)

University of Central Lancashire

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Preston · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Business (Top-up)

South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College)

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Kingston upon Thames · 09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Business Management and Enterprise

Sheffield Hallam University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Sheffield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

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