Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors: salary in the UK
About £37,889 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +5.6% on last year
£3,978 a month About £3,157 a month after tax 62 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £35,250 in 2021 to £47,735 in 2026 (+35%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £23,390 | £29,455 | £35,250 | £42,555 | x |
| 2022 | £24,889 | £32,291 | £37,405 | £44,535 | x |
| 2023 | £28,546 | £34,057 | £40,048 | £46,893 | x |
| 2024 | £30,900 | £36,510 | £42,368 | £50,535 | x |
| 2025 | £32,616 | £38,005 | £45,217 | £54,072 | x |
| 2026 | £32,906 | £38,816 | £47,735 | £57,708 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £47,735 a year and half earn more. That is 17% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £38,816 and £57,708; one in ten earns less than £32,906.
Ranked by median, it is number 88 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,157 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,074 in Scotland.
The median for men is £48,854 and for women £38,637, a gap of 21% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £32,906 | £2,742 |
| 20th | £37,999 | £3,167 |
| 25th (P25) | £38,816 | £3,235 |
| 30th | £40,827 | £3,402 |
| 40th | £45,033 | £3,753 |
| Median (50th) | £47,735 | £3,978 |
| 60th | £50,953 | £4,246 |
| 70th | £54,815 | £4,568 |
| 75th (P75) | £57,708 | £4,809 |
| 80th | £60,256 | £5,021 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £48,854 | £51,024 | 55 |
| Women | £38,637 | £40,399 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £37,889 | £3,157 |
| Scotland | £36,891 | £3,074 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £48,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 91 job titles to SOC 5250 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Assistant engineer
- Auto shop foreman
- Body shop foreman
- Bodyshop foreman
- Cable foreman
- Casting shop foreman
- Charge engineer
- Chief electrician
- Chief electro mechanic
- Civils inspector
- Coach building foreman
- Colliery electrical engineer
- Colliery mechanical engineer
- Craft supervisor
- District electro mechanic
- Electrical foreman
- Electrical installation foreman
- Electrical maintenance foreman
- Electrical superintendent
- Electrical supervisor
- Electrical team leader
- Electronics foreman
- Engineering foreman
- Engineering inspector
- Engineering superintendent
- Engineering supervisor
- Engineering team leader
- Erecting shop foreman
- Factory foreman
- Field inspector
- Fitter-in-charge
- Foreman
- Foreman-ganger
- Forging foreman
- Foundry foreman
- Gaffer
- Garage foreman
- General foreman
- Head tuner
- Inspector
- Inspector of electrical fitters
- Inspector of electricians
- Inspector of fitters
- Inspector of mechanics
- Inspector of shipwrights
- Installation inspector
- Installation manager
- Instrument foreman
- Lime foreman
- Loco maintenance foreman
- Machine shop foreman
- Machine shop supervisor
- Mains foreman
- Maintenance coordinator
- Maintenance foreman
- Maintenance inspector
- Maintenance superintendent
- Maintenance supervisor
- Mechanic-in-charge
- Mechanical foreman
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- Mechanical supervisor
- Overhead lines foreman
- Panel shop foreman
- Piercing foreman
- Press foreman
- Press shop foreman
- Press tool foreman
- Senior chief supervisor
- Senior foreman
- Service manager
- Service supervisor
- Ship yard foreman
- Shop foreman
- Signal and telecommunications inspector
- Signal inspector
- Stamping foreman
- Superintendent
- Superintendent engineer
- Superintendent fitter
- Teeming observer
- Telephones inspector
- Tool room foreman
- Tool room manager
- Vehicle overhauling foreman
- Welding foreman
- Welding supervisor
- Works foreman
- Workshop controller
- Workshop foreman
- Workshop manager
- Workshops manager
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.