Call handler pay in Bristol May 2026

How much do call handlers in Bristol get paid?

call handlers in Bristol earn

£11.15-13.59 per hour

Based on 11 employee reviews

call handler salaries can range between £11.15-13.59 per hour in the Bristol area. This data is based on quiz results from 11 employees who live in and around Bristol.

What do top employers pay call handlers?

Yorkshire Water
£12.75-22.32
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Who are the top call handler employers?

  1. People's Partnership
    9.5
  2. Lifeplus
    9.1
  3. Yorkshire Water
    9.1

Who are the worst call handler employers?

  1. Woven
    2.9
  2. Cromwell Tools
    3.8
  3. Past Due Credit Solutions
    4.1

Recent call handler Jobs in Bristol

  1. Helpdesk Consultant (Full-Time) at Hargreaves Lansdown posted 3 days ago
  2. Customer Services Advisor - Mind Legal at Maximus posted 7 days ago
  3. Customer Service Advisor (Upselling) at Dojo posted 11 days ago
  4. Customer Hub Advisor at Sopra Steria posted 1 month ago
  5. Customer Hub Advisor at Sopra Steria posted 1 month ago
  6. Customer Service Representative - Fluent German at Computershare posted 3 months ago
See all call handler jobs in the Bristol area

How are people paid?

27%
by the hour
73%
an annual salary

Based on 11 employees

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What do call handlers do?

Call and contact centre staff handle customer questions and/or sell products to customers via calls or text messages.

Other names for call centre staff are:

  • Call centre operative/ operator/ assistant/ officer
  • Call handler
  • Customer service assistant/ advisor
  • Contact centre agent
  • Customer experience specialist

They can work in offices, call centres or virtual contact centres.

These can either be:

  • Inbound contact centres - where people contact the company
  • Outbound contact centres - where the company contacts people

Some companies have their own in-house contact centres, and some contact centres are outsourced to other companies.

Many different industries have contact centres. These include:

  • Insurance
  • Retail
  • Banks
  • Energy
  • Charities
  • Broadband, TV and phone

If working at an inbound contact centre, your job may include:

  • Talking to customers on the phone, web chat or email
  • Helping customers buy a service, fix a problem, solve a complaint and answer general questions
  • Meeting call targets

If working at an outbound contact centre, your job may include:

  • Calling up people on the phone
  • Selling products, services or asking for donations
  • Asking people to answer questionnaires
  • Meeting sales targets

These jobs can often be done sitting down.

You may have to work early mornings, late nights, on weekends or bank holidays.

This is an entry level job.

If you want to apply for a call centre job, you might need the following:

Read our guide to the best call centres to work at.

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