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# Working as a plumber in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes plumbers, earns ≈ 3,471 EUR/month (gross, 2025). Plumber is a regulated profession in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, plumbers are listed on the Temporary Shortage List — Appendix Skilled Worker SW 6.1A.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers": ≈ 3,471 EUR/month (gross, 2025)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition authority: No single UK-wide foreign-qualification authority for every plumbing job is identified in the UK regulated-professions list. HSE and Gas Safe apply to the narrower gas-work activity.
- Shortage list: Temporary Shortage List — Appendix Skilled Worker SW 6.1A

## Sources

The official register names registered nurses, midwives and nursing associates under the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Frozen ISCO codes span registered nursing/midwifery and associate groups; registration scope and national remit vary by exact title. — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/professions-regulated-by-law-in-the-uk-and-their-regulators/uk-regulated-professions-and-their-regulators
Appendix Skilled Worker SW 6.1A heading and Temporary Shortage List table; 52 SOC 2020 entries parsed — https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-skilled-worker
ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_plumber-in-the-united-kingdom-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_450e0a82867d,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Plumber in the United Kingdom: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {76b518a6c4e62745606649a3f11d7b46},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/united-kingdom/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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