Other skilled trades n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £26,306 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +8.6% on last year
£2,637 a month About £2,192 a month after tax 11 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 £26,673 in 2021 to £31,648 in 2026 (+19%); 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 | x | £22,024 | £26,673 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | £27,979 | £31,384 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £22,452 | £30,903 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £25,778 | £31,002 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £24,547 | £29,155 | £38,746 | x |
| 2026 | x | £27,165 | £31,648 | x | 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 £31,648 a year and half earn more. That is 23% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 259 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,192 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,194 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £25,726 | £2,144 |
| 25th (P25) | £27,165 | £2,264 |
| 30th | £28,289 | £2,357 |
| 40th | £29,591 | £2,466 |
| Median (50th) | £31,648 | £2,637 |
| 60th | £33,830 | £2,819 |
| 70th | £38,905 | £3,242 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £33,283 | £36,755 | 8 |
| Women | x | £29,727 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £26,306 | £2,192 |
| Scotland | £26,324 | £2,194 |
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 £32,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 363 job titles to SOC 5449 Other skilled trades n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Abrasive moulder
- Abrasive wheel moulder
- Action maker
- Artificial flower maker
- Artificial limb maker
- Artificial stone maker
- Artificial stone presser
- Artificial stone worker
- Artist
- Artist colourman
- Asbestos mattress maker
- Asbestos turner
- Assembler
- Badge maker
- Badge manufacturer
- Bait maker
- Balancer
- Basket maker
- Basket worker
- Belly maker
- Besom maker
- Billiard table fitter
- Billiard table maker
- Binder
- Black ornament worker
- Blind maker
- Blind repairer
- Borer
- Bow maker
- Bracelet maker
- Braider
- Brass engraver
- Bright smith
- Brooch maker
- Broom maker
- Broom manufacturer
- Brush borer
- Brush drawer
- Brush driller
- Brush filler
- Brush hand
- Brush maker
- Brush manufacturer
- Brush worker
- Candle maker
- Cane weaver
- Cane worker
- Caner
- Cap primer
- Capper
- Carbon worker
- Carborundum moulder
- Cartridge charger
- Cartridge filler
- Cartridge loader
- Cartridge maker
- Case repairer
- Chain linker
- Chain maker
- Charger
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- Chaser
- Checker
- Cigarette case maker
- Cleaver
- Coil taper
- Cord finisher
- Cordite charger
- Cork cutter
- Cork docker
- Cork turner
- Cotton cutter
- Craft worker
- Craftsman
- Cross roller
- Cutter
- Cutter and booker
- Depositor's fitter
- Detonator filler
- Detonator maker
- Detonator worker
- Diamond cleaver
- Diamond cutter
- Diamond die driller
- Diamond dresser
- Diamond miller
- Diamond mounter
- Diamond polisher
- Diamond sawyer
- Diamond setter
- Diamond wire driller
- Disc grinder
- Display hand
- Display model maker
- Doll dresser
- Drum maker
- Edge grinder
- Electrode machine setter
- Embosser
- Engine turner
- Engineer's pattern maker
- Engraver
- Engraver's painter
- Engraver-etcher
- Etcher
- Exhauster
- Fancy goods maker
- Felt maker
- Felter
- Filler
- Film repairer
- Finisher
- Fireproof door maker
- Firework maker
- Fireworks maker
- Fishing reel maker
- Fishing rod finisher
- Fitter
- Fitter-up
- Fluter
- Fly dresser
- Fly maker
- Foreman
- Fountain pen repairer
- Gasket maker
- Gem setter
- Glass writer
- Glockenspiel maker
- Gold beater
- Gold carver
- Gold chaser
- Gold engraver
- Gold flatter
- Gold mounter
- Gold smith
- Goldsmith
- Grid machine setter
- Hair matcher
- Hair preparer
- Hair weaver
- Hammer maker
- Hammerer
- Hammerman
- Hand engraver
- Hand presser
- Handle maker
- Harp maker
- Hilt embosser
- Hollow-ware maker
- Hone maker
- House furnisher
- Instrument engraver
- Instrument maker
- Instrument repairer
- Ivory carver
- Ivory polisher
- Ivory sawyer
- Ivory turner
- Jet worker
- Jewel setter
- Jeweller
- Jeweller's maker-up
- Jewellery and plate repairer
- Jewellery maker
- Jewellery manufacturer
- Jewellery model maker
- Jobber
- Jobbing jeweller
- Jobbing man
- Jump ring maker
- Key maker
- Key polisher
- Knotter
- Lamp shade maker
- Lamp shade puncher
- Lapidary
- Leaf cutter
- Lens fixer
- Letter carver
- Letter writer
- Letterer
- Life belt maker
- Loader
- Locket maker
- Loom hand
- Luthier
- Machine engraver
- Machine filler
- Machine setter
- Machinist
- Maker
- Maker-up
- Manufacturer
- Manufacturing jeweller
- Marker
- Mask maker
- Masonic jeweller
- Mechanic
- Metal engraver
- Metal mounter
- Metalising machine setter
- Micrometer engraver
- Model maker
- Modeller
- Mop maker
- Mould maker
- Mould man
- Moulder
- Mounter
- Musical instrument fitter
- Musical instrument maker
- Musical instrument manufacturer
- Musical instrument repairer
- Musical instrument technician
- Musical instrument tester-rectifier
- Organ builder
- Organ fitter
- Organ voicer
- Orthopaedic appliance maker
- Orthopaedic mechanic
- Pad maker
- Paint sprayer
- Painter
- Pallet feeder
- Pallet puller
- Pan hand
- Pantograph engraving setter-operator
- Parachute packer
- Patent stone maker
- Patent stone moulder
- Pattern maker
- Pattern shop foreman
- Pen mechanic
- Piano action assembler
- Piano bellyman
- Piano fitter
- Piano maker
- Piano marker-off
- Piano technician
- Piano tuner
- Pianoforte assembler
- Picture mounter
- Pierce worker
- Piercer
- Plate cutter
- Plate engraver
- Plate maker
- Platework chaser
- Platinum smith
- Pleater
- Poppy maker
- Poster writer
- Posticheur
- Precious metal worker
- Precious stone worker
- Primer
- Prop maker
- Prop technician
- Props maker
- Pumicer
- Pyrotechnician
- Pyrotechnist
- Quartz crystal worker
- Racquet finisher
- Racquet stringer
- Reed finisher
- Reed maker
- Reed repairer
- Reed setter
- Regulator
- Repairer
- Research and development craftsman
- Restorer
- Ring maker
- Rocket filler
- Rocket maker
- Rocking horse restorer
- Roller maker
- Roller painter
- Rose engine turner
- Rosette manufacturer
- Rubbing stone maker
- Sand paperer
- Saw piercer
- Sawyer
- Sealing machine setter
- Setter
- Setter-up
- Shaper
- Sheathing operator
- Shuttlecock maker
- Sign fabricator
- Sign maker
- Sign manufacturer
- Sign writer
- Signmaker
- Signwriter
- Silver beater
- Silver chaser
- Silver cutler
- Silver engraver
- Silver finisher
- Silver flatter
- Silver mounter
- Silver smith
- Silver worker
- Silversmith
- Sinnet mat maker
- Skep maker
- Skip maker
- Soap trimmer
- Spectacle case maker
- Spoon and fork finisher
- Spray lacquerer
- Spray painter
- Spray printer
- Spray varnisher
- Stamping pad maker
- Steel shot surfacer
- Stone setter
- String maker
- Stringer
- Styling modeller
- Superintendent
- Surgical appliance maker
- Surgical belt maker
- Taper girl
- Teddy bear maker
- Tester
- Thimble maker
- Ticket writer
- Tin painter
- Tooth moulder
- Tooth trimmer
- Toy maker
- Toy manufacturer
- Toy repairer
- Tray maker
- Trimmer
- Trophy maker
- Truss maker
- Tuner
- Turner
- Violin maker
- Voicer
- Wax assembler
- Wax figure maker
- Wax modeller
- Wax ring maker
- Weaver
- Wheel balancer
- Wheel moulder
- Wheel turner
- Whip braider
- White metal worker
- Wig maker
- Willow worker
- Wire overlooker
- Wire worker
- Wirer
- Withy weaver
- Wood pattern maker
- Writer
- Writer to the trade
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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.