Chimney sweep salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Chimney sweep earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£37,000 per year, median
the midpoint of 62 advertised salaries from 26 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £3,100 a month
- Low
- £28,300
- Median
- £37,000
- Average
- £36,500
- High
- £41,000
Median
Average
Low £28,300
High £41,000
Half of the adverts fall between £31,700 and £41,000. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 62 advertised salaries, from 26 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (36), a yearly figure (26). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
Open Chimney sweep jobs
Road Sweeper Operative
16–19 £/hrApprenticeship
Sweeper Driver (up to 3.5 tonne)
from 27k £/yrPart-time
HGV Class 2 Road Sweeper Driver
Road Sweeper Driver
Road Sweeper Driver
Full-time
HGV Class 2 Driver Road Sweeper
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Class 2 Road Sweeper Driver – Full Training Provided
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Class 2 Road Sweeper Driver – Full Training Provided
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Sweeper Driver-7.5T
Full-time
Sweeper Driver-7.5T
Full-time
HGV 2 Road Sweeper Driver
Sweeper Driver TLNT1_NI
HGV 2 Road Sweeper Driver
HGV Class 2 Driver Road Sweeper
from 41k £/yr
HGV Class 2 Driver Road Sweeper