Secretarial and related occupations

Typists and related keyboard occupations

Also called: Typist, Copy typist, Audio typist, Typist-clerk, Shorthand typist, Short hand typist, Typist-receptionist, Superintendent typist, Typist's superintendent, Wp operator, Text processor, Word processor

Typists and related keyboard occupations type letters, memos, reports and other documents from draft, handwritten or dictated matter, using appropriate software packages.

Main tasks

Types letters, memos, reports, presentations and other documents using the appropriate software
Inserts logos and other special features and formats as specified
Proof reads, edits and corrects errors to produce clean copy to specified layout
Adjusts settings of printer as necessary and monitors quality of printed document

How to become one

Entry is most common with GCSEs/S grades. Entrants are normally expected to have obtained minimum typing speeds and hold vocational certificates. Units in keyboarding skills and producing documents are included in NVQs/SVQs in Administration at levels 1 to 4.

Ways in

University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 27 universities in the UK
University: Arts & Humanities degrees, Offered by 27 universities in the UK

Pay · Outlook

Median full-time pay: £27,170 a year

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Annual Population Survey: employment by occupation (April 2025 to March 2026), OGL v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-03
Office for National Statistics: SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions (2026-08-27 edition), OGL v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-03
Office for National Statistics: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14 (2025 provisional), OGL v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-03

Updated 2026-10-03

Graduate outcomes: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (www.hesa.ac.uk), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Aggregated by subject and adapted by Peernovo.