UK construction trades
Typical day rates, the cards and tickets each trade needs, and live jobs you can apply for. Rates are broad UK ranges; London and specialist work usually pay more.
General Labourer
£110 to £160 a day
Asbestos Removal Operative
£140 to £200 a day
Bricklayer
£200 to £280 a day
Carpenter & Joiner
£190 to £270 a day
Ceiling Fixer / Suspended Ceilings
£180 to £260 a day
Cladding / Facade Installer
£180 to £280 a day
Concrete Finisher
£160 to £230 a day
Demolition Operative
£130 to £190 a day
Dryliner / Partitions
£180 to £260 a day
Electrician
£220 to £320 a day
Fencer
£140 to £200 a day
Fire Stopper / Fire Protection
£160 to £240 a day
Floor Layer / Flooring Specialist
£170 to £250 a day
Gas Engineer
£220 to £320 a day
Glazier / Window Fitter
£160 to £240 a day
Groundworker
£140 to £200 a day
Hard Landscaper / Paving
£150 to £220 a day
Highway / Road Worker
£140 to £210 a day
HVAC Engineer
£220 to £320 a day
Insulation Engineer
£150 to £220 a day
Iron Worker
£180 to £260 a day
Kitchen Fitter / Shopfitter
£180 to £260 a day
Lift Engineer
£250 to £350 a day
Mastic Applicator
£160 to £240 a day
Mechanical Engineer
£220 to £320 a day
Painter & Decorator
£150 to £220 a day
Piling Operative
£170 to £250 a day
Pipe Fitter / Pipelayer
£200 to £290 a day
Plant Operator
£160 to £240 a day
Plasterer
£180 to £260 a day
Plumber
£210 to £300 a day
Repointing / Stone Repair
£170 to £250 a day
Roofer
£180 to £260 a day
Scaffolder
£180 to £260 a day
Steel Fixer
£190 to £270 a day
Stone Mason
£190 to £280 a day
Tiler (Wall & Floor)
£170 to £250 a day
Track Layer (Rail)
£180 to £280 a day
Welder / Fabricator
£190 to £280 a day