Scaffolder salary in the United Kingdom
£64,580
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £45,500 and £62,400
From 36 live scaffolder listings with advertised pay · newest 16 Oct 2026
What scaffolders are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £45,500
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £55,000
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £62,400
- a quarter pay more
How to read a scaffolder salary range
The middle half of scaffolder adverts sits between £45,500 and £62,400 — the top of that band is 1.4× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Chelmsford pays most for the role at £370,500 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for scaffolders
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for scaffolders
Live scaffolder roles
General Manager
Energise Energy SolutionsScaffolderJobsbyAdzunaLutonPermanent£80,000–£100,000 a yearNewReception Teacher
SANZA Teaching AgencyScaffolderviaReedLondonContract£220.00 - £260.00 per dayNewScaffolder
Interaction ConstructionScaffolderJobsbyAdzunaSouthamptonContract£54,080 a yearNewScaffolder
FortemScaffolderJobsbyAdzunaSouthamptonPermanent£54,080 a yearNewPainter
Just Does It LtdScaffolderviaReedLondonContract£175.00 per dayScaffolder
Fusion People LtdScaffolderJobsbyAdzunaIpswichContract£62,400 a yearScaffolder salary: common questions
- How much does a scaffolder earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised scaffolder salary is £55,000 a year, from 36 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £45,500 and £62,400. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a scaffolder?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £33,443 to £370,500. The middle half sits between £45,500 and £62,400 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay scaffolders the most?
- Chelmsford leads at £370,500 on average, against £64,580 across the whole sample. Manchester follows at £95,000.
- What is a scaffolder salary per hour?
- About £33.12 an hour, or £248.38 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay scaffolders the most?
- From current listings, Humres advertises the highest at £95,000 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
Similar roles
Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below £28,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in the UK. How the figures are worked out