Welding Jobs in UK

Overview

Welding is quite possibly one of the most important, yet abundant careers in manufacturing. Practically every major industry from aeroplanes to medical equipment relies on this precise and cost-effective method of fusing two materials. Once qualified, it's an extremely transferrable skill with seemingly no end to its demand - It's estimated that the UK energy industry alone employees around 20,000 welders.

There are various training courses available in the UK to award qualification in methods such as MIG, TIG, ARC and Stick. Roles can vary from basic production line welding, to experienced welding engineers overseeing an entire operation. An intricate and potentially dangerous role, companies require qualification and/or engineering knowledge for most roles beforehand to ensure high quality work.


Typical Jobs Available


A welder is often an hourly waged role, and will work with anything from steel bars to sheets of aluminium, with often quite a lot of heavy lifting involved. A more physical role, but still requiring a high level of craftsmanship and awareness of safety. A fabricator will at times overlap or work closely with welding as they will cut and assemble metal in preparation. Welding Engineers are often high salaried and require M.E/M. Tech Welding Engineering qualifications. Management of a team is a huge part of the role, while working with clients and all areas of manufacturing to ensure all needs are met in the safest, most efficient way possible.

The average salary for open Welding jobs is currently £30,529, 16% lower than the national average salary for all jobs which is £36,255.

There are 975 Welding job vacancies in UK available immediately, compared to 153 in South East England.

81% of current opportunities are permanent, whereas 19% are contract jobs.