4123 Bank and post office clerks: SOC 2020 occupation code

In short

ONS unit group 4123, in minor group 412 (Administrative occupations: finance) and major group 4 (Administrative and secretarial occupations).
Appendix Skilled Occupations (figures as at 3 August 2026, re-checked 26 October 2026): Not on the list: Table 6.
Going rate as the tables print it:

What the ONS says

Description

Bank and post office clerks deal with the payment and receipt of money, cheques and other routine financial transactions and open and close accounts. They advise upon financial products and services offered by banks, building societies and post offices.

Typical entry routes

There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants usually possess GCSEs/S grades, A levels/H grades or an Advanced GNVQ/GSVQ level III. On-the-job training is provided. NVQs/SVQs in relevant areas are available at levels 2, 3 and 4.

Tasks

deals with enquiries from customers, other banks and other authorised enquirers
maintains records of transactions and compiles information
advises customers on financial services and products available
manages the operations of a sub-post office
receives and pays out cash, cheques, money orders, credit notes, foreign currency or travellers cheques
provides postal services, pays state pensions, unemployment and other state benefits to claimants, supplies official forms and documentation to the public, and performs other tasks specific to the activities of a post office

Related job titles

Bank clerk
Cashier (banking)
Customer service adviser (building society)
Customer service officer (banking)
Post office clerk

What the Appendix Skilled Occupations says

The Appendix lists this code in the table below, with the table’s own caption and the row as printed. Read the full table, and any condition in it, on GOV.UK.

Table 6: SOC 2020 occupation codes which are not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes

SOC 2020 occupation code

4123 Bank and post office clerks

Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive)

Bank clerk
Cashier (banking)
Customer service adviser (building society)
Customer service officer (banking)
Post office clerk

Other unit groups in minor group 412

Sources

Occupation text: Office for National Statistics, SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions of unit groups (file dated 27 August 2026, version V13). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Tables: Home Office, Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations on GOV.UK, page updated 3 August 2026; re-checked against the page updated 8 October 2026 on 26 October 2026, tables unchanged.

All 412 occupation codes

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