Car valet | Average UK Salary & Outlook

Car valets clean the inside and outside of motor vehicles.

  • Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.  
  • Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.  
  • Greet customers and open their car doors.  
  • Issue ticket stubs or place numbered tags on windshields, log tags or attach tag to customers' keys, and give customers matching tags for
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Car valets typically work around 43 to 45 hours per week.

As a Car valet you will typically work evenings / weekends / bank holidays.

This occupation tends to be:

  • Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely
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    * from ONETonline
    Average salary
    20,850 GBP *
    per year
    14,000 GBP
    16,500 GBP
    Starting
    5+ Experience
    * data taken from the Office of National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
    Average salary for Car valet
    • 20,812 GBP
    Average salary for part-time Car valet
    Average salary for full-time Car valet

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    • 7,470 GBP
    • 7,470 GBP
    • 20,850 GBP
    • 20,812 GBP
    Salary over time for Car valet

    Salary for this role has increased over time
    • 15,481 GBP
    • 16,253 GBP
    • 17,368 GBP
    • 17,516 GBP
    • 18,247 GBP
    • 19,248 GBP
    • 20,850 GBP
    • 19,526 GBP
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    Future outlook for Car valets

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    Balanced outlook
    13 000+ jobs available
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    Balanced outlook
    3% yearly wage growth (on average)
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    Fair outlook
    68% chance of automation in the future

    Car valet - Your future job?


    Which qualifications do I need?

    Find out what you need to know in order to become a Car valet and the highest average level of education for people in this role.

    In terms of people already doing this job:

    • 61% of people in this role have GCSEs or equivalent
    • 38% of people in this role have do not have GCSEs or equivalent qualifications
    • 1% of people in this role have a Bachelor's degree

    You can apply directly to work as a car valet. There are no set requirements, but it may be useful if you've got some experience in the motor trade, or in a related area like industrial or office cleaning.


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    Things to highlight for your Car valet interview

    Integrity Job requires being honest and ethical. Self Control Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. Dependability Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Stress Tolerance Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. Independence Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.

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