Drafter salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Drafter earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£38,000 per year, median
the midpoint of 68 advertised salaries from 32 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £3,200 a month
- Low
- £34,200
- Median
- £38,000
- Average
- £41,200
- High
- £52,500
Median
Average
Low £34,200
High £52,500
Half of the adverts fall between £35,000 and £50,000. “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
- 68 advertised salaries, from 32 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (68). 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 Drafter jobs
Junior / Assistant Joinery Draughtsperson
30–40k £/yr
Designer / Draughtsperson
Full-time
Junior / Assistant Joinery Draughtsperson
30–40k £/yrFull-time
Draughtsperson
Full-time
CAD Draughtsperson (AutoCAD)
Graduate Draughtsperson
30–35k £/yr
Draughtsperson (Material Handling OEM)
Full-time
CAD Draughtsperson
Draughtsperson
CAD Draughtsperson (Structural Steel)
Full-time
Draughtsperson (Material Handling OEM)
Full-time
Principal Draughtsperson
Senior Furniture & Joinery Draughtsperson
from 40k £/yrFull-time
Senior Furniture & Joinery Draughtsperson
Costs Draftsperson
Draughtsperson
Full-time
Costs Draftsperson
Full-time
Senior Furniture & Joinery Draughtsperson
CAD Draughtsperson
Costs Draftsperson / Costs Lawyer