UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Skilled Trades

Understanding how your annual salary is calculated and how it compares to the average salary in the UK is essential if you wish to ensure you are paid the right amount for the work you do. This page contains the average salaries for Skilled trades in the United Kingdom in .

The list below details the average salary in 2019 all occupations listed in the Skilled trades occupation category as defined by the UK Office of National Statistics. Click on the occupation to see a salary example for that occupation for the 2019 tax year.

Skilled trade occupations

• Horticultural trades earned an average of £19,987.00
• Gardeners landscape gardeners earned an average of £20,688.00
• Groundsmen greenkeepers earned an average of £20,091.00
• Metal working production maintenance fitters earned an average of £32,091.00
• Precision instrument makers repairers earned an average of £26,553.00
• Vehicle technicians, mechanics electricians earned an average of £27,363.00
• Electricians electrical fitters earned an average of £32,315.00
• Electrical electronic trades n.e.c. earned an average of £32,478.00
• Skilled metal, electrical electronic trades supervisors earned an average of £35,629.00
• Plumbers heating ventilating engineers earned an average of £31,055.00
• Construction building trades n.e.c. earned an average of £26,000.00
• Painters decorators earned an average of £24,214.00
• Construction building trades supervisors earned an average of £36,542.00
• Upholsterers earned an average of £25,238.00
• Footwear leather working trades earned an average of £20,791.00
• Printers earned an average of £25,640.00
• Print finishing binding workers earned an average of £21,930.00
• Butchers earned an average of £21,421.00
• Bakers flour confectioners earned an average of £19,972.00
• Fishmongers poultry dressers earned an average of £18,144.00
• Chefs earned an average of £21,403.00
• Cooks earned an average of £16,154.00
• Catering bar managers earned an average of £20,740.00
• Glass ceramics makers, decorators finishers earned an average of £19,838.00
• Other skilled trades n.e.c. earned an average of £25,258.00

UK Average Salary in 2019

The links below contain the 2019 average salaries for each occupation defined within the occupation group specified by the Office of National Statistics. If you are not sure which occupation group your occupation is listed in pleave view our list of occupations allocated to each group by the Office of National Statistics.

• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Managers, Directors & Senior Officials
• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Professional Occupations
• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Associate Professional & Technical
• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Administrative & Secretarial
• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Skilled Trades
• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Caring, Leisure & Other Services
• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Sales & Customer Services
• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Process, Plant & Machine Operatives
• UK Average Earnings in 2019 for Elementary Occupations

UK Average Salary in 2018

If you are interested to see how the average earnings for Skilled Trades have changed, you can compare the 2018 average earnings to 2019.

• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Managers, Directors & Senior Officials
• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Professional Occupations
• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Associate Professional & Technical
• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Administrative & Secretarial
• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Skilled Trades
• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Caring, Leisure & Other Services
• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Sales & Customer Services
• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Process, Plant & Machine Operatives
• UK Average Earnings in 2018 for Elementary Occupations