Sheet metal worker salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Sheet metal worker earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£34,900 per year, median
the midpoint of 660 advertised salaries from 261 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £2,900 a month
- Low
- £28,300
- Median
- £34,900
- Average
- £35,600
- High
- £45,000
Median
Average
Low £28,300
High £45,000
Half of the adverts fall between £31,200 and £38,700. “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
- 660 advertised salaries, from 261 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (440), a yearly figure (220). 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 Sheet metal worker jobs
See all
Fabricator Welder
Full-time
Experienced Sheet Metal Worker / Ductwork Fabricator
Full-time
Pipework Fabricator
Full-time
Fabricator
32–44 £/hrFull-time
Fabricator / Welder
Apprenticeship
Weld Fabricator
Full-time
Fabricator/Welder
18–18 £/hrApprenticeship
Fabricator / Welder
28–35k £/yrFull-time
Plate fabricator
from 16 £/hrApprenticeship
Sheet Metal Worker
Apprenticeship
Fabricator Welder
from 18 £/hrFull-time
Window Fabricator
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Sheet Metal Worker / Fabricator / Welder
Apprenticeship
Aluminium Fabricator Production Manager
Full-time
Fabricator Welder
from 25 £/hrFull-time
Fabricator
Full-time
Fabricator
Apprenticeship
Window Fabricator
from 13 £/hrFull-time
Fabricator Welder
from 18 £/hrApprenticeship
Fabricator Welder
16–18 £/hrFull-time