7123 Roundspersons and van salespersons
Unit group 7123 in the ONS Standard Occupational Classification 2020, with the line the Appendix Skilled Occupations gives it. Not immigration advice.
In short
- ONS unit group 7123, in minor group 712 (Sales related occupations) and major group 7 (Sales and customer service 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
Roundspersons and van salespersons deliver and sell food, drink and other goods by calling on householders or by selling from a mobile shop or van and call on households to collect and receive payment for laundered or similarly serviced articles.
Typical entry routes
No academic qualifications are required but candidates should hold a clean driving licence. Off and on-the-job training is provided.
Tasks
- loads vehicle with food, drink, or articles that have been laundered, etc.
- drives vehicle over established route and parks at recognised stopping places or households
- calls at customers’ premises and delivers ordered goods
- calls out, rings bell or otherwise attracts attention to the items on sale
- sells goods, records deliveries, takes further orders or articles requiring servicing and collects cash or prepares bill
- returns to depot and hands in unsold goods and cash
Related job titles
- Dairyman (retail trade: delivery round)
- Ice-cream salesman
- Milkman (milk retailing)
- Roundsman
- Van salesman
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
- 7123 Roundspersons and van salespersons
- Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive)
- Dairyman (retail trade: delivery round)
- Ice-cream salesman
- Milkman (milk retailing)
- Roundsman
- Van salesman
Other unit groups in minor group 712
- 7121 Collector salespersons and credit agents
- 7122 Debt, rent and other cash collectors
- 7124 Market and street traders and assistants
- 7125 Visual merchandisers and related occupations
- 7129 Sales related occupations n.e.c.
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.
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