Debt, rent and other cash collectors
£23,986
Average salary
42 hours
Average weekly hours
25.22%
Unemployment rate
Definition: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 7122
Debt, rent and other cash collectors collect payments due or overdue from households and businesses and empty cash from prepayment meters or machines.
Common tasks include:
- receives payment at centralised office or calls on household/business premises
- records details of transaction, issues receipt or annotates rent book
- reads gas, water and electricity meters
- cleans, services and fills vending machines and collects money from meters, vending machines and other cash operated machinery
- collects tolls from persons wishing to gain access to private roads, bridges, piers, etc. and operates tollgates to control entry
- remits cash, cheques or credit notes to cashier, supervisor or bank, building society or post office
- serves summonses and, on court authority, takes possession of goods to the value of outstanding debt
Qualifications
No academic qualifications are required. Training is typically provided on-the-job. This may be supplemented by specialised training courses within larger agencies. To become a bailiff, you will need to be certified, which includes an enhanced DBS check.
*Introduced in 1990, SOC is a multi-purpose common classification of occupations in UK. Jobs are defined in terms of skill level and skill content, including qualifications, training and work experience.
Employment status: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Regional employment: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Future employment: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Top 12 industries: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Alternative & related job titles: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Bailiff Collecting agent Debt collector Meter reader Pawn broker Vending operator
Equality focus: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Breaking down the official government big data sources by gender, age and region. Hours and pay data based on full time equlivalent roles.
Breakdown by gender
£27,114
Female average annual salary
£22,421
Male average annual salary
39
Female average weekly hours
43
Male average weekly hours
Average pay per hour: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Workforce gender: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Breakdown by region
£27,114
South East (England) - highest annual average salary
£21,900
North East (England) - lowest annual average salary
45
East of England - Highest average weekly hours
37
North West (England) - Lowest average weekly hours
Average pay per week (£): Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Average weekly hours by UK region/nation: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Breakdown by age
20 years
Lowest annual salary (£7,821)
years
Highest annual salary (£0) at this age