How much does a plumber earn in the UK?
Advertised plumbing pay currently averages £42.9k a year across 8,097 live UK job listings — full breakdown by region, day rate and official benchmark below.
Plumbing
Average UK pay
£42.9k
from 8,097 job listings
ONS official median £37.9k· 2025, employees
JIB-PMES agreed £16.71–£21.61/hr· from 5 Jan 2026
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Where the money lands
Annual salary spread across 4,494 listings that advertised a salary
Plumbing pay — league table
1London£45,043
2Wales£43,949
3East Midlands£43,922
4South East£43,232
5North East£42,675
6South West£42,358
7Scotland£42,086
8North West£42,005
9West Midlands£41,855
10East of England£40,774
11Yorkshire£40,544
12N. Ireland£38,091
Mean advertised salary by region · thousands of listings · via Adzuna
Employed
£42.9k
a year, salary
Going subbie
£55.2k
gross · £240/day
The £240/day is our estimate of a typical subbie day rate, not a feed figure. Subbie total is gross at that rate, 5 days × 46 weeks — before holiday, sick, pension and quiet weeks. More per day, less safety net.