Shunter salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Shunter earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£36,100 per year, median
the midpoint of 788 advertised salaries from 189 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £3,000 a month
- Low
- £31,800
- Median
- £36,100
- Average
- £37,900
- High
- £48,800
Median
Average
Low £31,800
High £48,800
Half of the adverts fall between £33,900 and £39,200. “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
- 788 advertised salaries, from 189 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (601), a yearly figure (186), a monthly figure (1). 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.
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Transport Administrator/Shunter
Full-time
HGV Class 1 Shunter
from 15 £/hrFull-time
VAN Yard Shunter
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Shunter Driver
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Foreman
Full-time
VAN Yard Shunter
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Foreman - Structural Alterations
Full-time
Working Foreman
Full-time
Foreman
Full-time
Shunter
20–30 £/hrFull-time
Driver / Shunter
from 22 £/hrFull-time
Working Foreman
Full-time
Class 1 shunter barnsley
Full-time
Shunter
Full-time
Shunter Driver
from 18 £/hrFull-time
Foreman
Full-time
HGV Class 1 Shunter
from 17 £/hrFull-time
PCV Shunter (General Service Operative)
Full-time
Back Hat/ Foreman
from 26 £/hrFull-time
Working Foreman
Full-time