Construction Labourer career guide

Live construction labourer roles plus reconciled 2026 salary data by region.

1663 live construction labourer roles

Labourer

East Sussex

£175/day

General site support on a waste water treatment site. Assisting fitters, testing water, movement of equipment and materials. CSCS Card - required.

Engineering Part-time
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Labourer

Cheshire

£16–£17/hr

As the site Labourer you will be responsible for assisting with site clearance, moving materials, cleaning various areas and assisting traders where…

Construction
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Labourer

Wallingford

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Competitive Hours: Monday- Friday 07:00am-16:45pm Are you looking for an exciting opportunity where your skills will shine and your ideas will shape…

Construction
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CSCS Labourer

Tewkesbury

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This is a fantastic opportunity to secure a temporary to permanent position with a business specialising in retail installation projects across the…

Construction
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Senior Labour Relations Manager

Remote

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In this role, you will steward GitHub’s labor relations across Germany, the Netherlands, France, the UK, and beyond, aligning dialogue with business…

Remote HR & Recruitment
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Labourer

Edinburgh

£17 per hour

to start ASAP on a project at a Sports Bar in Edinburgh city centre. This is a temporary role , carrying out general labouring duties on site. PPE .

Construction
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Labourer

Newton Abbot

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Newton Abbot, Torquay, Exeter and the surrounding areas . with or without a CSCS card , depending on the individual project.

Construction
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Labourer

Booker

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of high-quality home improvement products spanning contemporary extensions, conservatories, orangeries, replacement roofs, windows and doors in both…

Construction
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Labourer

Andover

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We are currently recruiting for a reliable Labourer to support an established maintenance contractor with general labouring duties and an upcoming…

Construction
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Labourer

Penrith

£13 per hour ??

for immediate starts in Penrith, working on roadworks and traffic management projects.

Construction
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Construction Labourer salary by region (2026)

RegionSalary range (median)
South West
22 live adverts
£29,784 – £35,360 (£34,595 · 25th–75th pct)
East of England
40 live adverts
£28,000 – £34,512 (£30,926 · 25th–75th pct)
Wales (indicative)
6 live adverts
£28,000 – £34,320 (midpoint £30,545)
London (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£26,000 – £34,000 (midpoint £30,000)
South East (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£25,000 – £31,000 (midpoint £28,000)
Northern Ireland (indicative)
5 live adverts
£27,000 – £39,780 (midpoint £27,258)
Scotland (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£24,000 – £30,000 (midpoint £27,000)
Midlands (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£23,000 – £29,000 (midpoint £26,000)
North West (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£23,000 – £29,000 (midpoint £26,000)
Yorkshire (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£23,000 – £28,000 (midpoint £25,500)

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. A CSCS green card (with the CITB health, safety and environment test behind it) is the near-universal site-entry requirement. Extra tickets move pay quickly: a dumper or roller ticket, an SSSTS, or confined-space training each step a labourer toward skilled rates.
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FAQs

What does a construction labourer earn?

Indicatively £23,000–£34,000 full-time equivalent; London sites and long weeks push real earnings higher.

Do I need a CSCS card to labour on site?

In practice yes. The CSCS green labourer card is the standard entry requirement on managed sites.

How does a labourer move up the pay scale?

Add tickets: dumper/roller (CPCS/NPORS), SSSTS, or a trade NVQ started through site experience.

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