Importers and exporters in West Midlands

Official occupation group: Importers and exportersSOC 3542 · Updated through Jul 2026 · West Midlands

Official definition

Importers and exporters buy commodities from overseas for the home market and sell home-produced commodities to overseas markets.

e.g. Exporter · Export agent · Import agent · Export officer · Import executive

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Importers and exporters demand is falling in West Midlands.

ONS recorded 11 new online adverts for importers and exporters in West Midlands in Jul 2026. That is 21.4% lower than a year earlier. Advertised salary for the UK benchmark is £31,000.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.
New adverts · West Midlands11Jul 2026 · -21.4% YoY
Advertised salary · UK£31,000ONS · May 2025 · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Importers and exporters hiring demand

New online job adverts for importers and exporters in West Midlands

New online job adverts have decreased since Jul 2025.

11

Jul 2026 · West Midlands

-21.4%change over period · from Jul 2025
ONS · West MidlandsSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for importers and exporters across the UK

Advertised pay is 1.6% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£31,000

May 2025 · UK

+1.6%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · UK · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.9 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years63.1%
21 years9.3%
32 years14.5%
43 years5.1%
54+ years7.9%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

West Midlands compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1West Midlands11
2United Kingdom147

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Business and public service associate professionals

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Copeland£43,200
2Inverclyde£42,500
3London£41,600
4Barrow-in-Furness£41,400
5Woking£40,300
6Reading£40,000
7Oxford£40,000
8Stevenage£40,000
9Birmingham£40,000
10Southend-on-Sea£39,000

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 354) across the UK

#View
1Estimators, valuers and assessors

Valuer · Art expert · Cost manager — 37.6% of group adverts

4,155
2Business associate professionals n.e.c.

Business planner · Rate fixer · Gis analyst — 31.9% of group adverts

3,517+3.0%
3Data analysts

Data analyst · Mi analyst · Data officer — 15.5% of group adverts

1,708-2.8%
4Project support officers

Project support officer · PMO analyst · Team leader — 13.7% of group adverts

1,513-9.1%
5Importers and exportersYou’re viewing this

Exporter · Export agent · Import agent — 1.3% of group adverts

147-14.0%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.