Plodder operator salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Plodder operator earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£31,300 per year, median
the midpoint of 32 advertised salaries from 17 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
about £2,600 a month
- Low
- £26,700
- Median
- £31,300
- Average
- £31,100
- High
- £39,700
Median
Average
Low £26,700
High £39,700
Half of the adverts fall between £27,600 and £32,300. “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
- 32 advertised salaries, from 17 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 18 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (29), a yearly figure (3). 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 Plodder operator jobs
Machine Minder - Days - Northampton
Machine Minder - Night Shifts
from 16 £/hr
Machine Minder - Night Shifts
from 16 £/hr
Machine Minder - Night Shifts
from 14 £/hr
Machine Minder - Night Shifts
from 14 £/hr
Machine Minder
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Machine Minder
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Machine Minder
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Machine Minder / tech
16–25 £/hr
Machine Minder / tech
16–25 £/hr
Machine Minder
Machine Minder (4x12 hour shifts weekly, days/nights rotating)