Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. in Dudley

Official occupation group: Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.SOC 9139 · Updated through Q2 2026 · Dudley

Official definition

Job holders in this unit group assist the work of machine operatives and perform a variety of manual tasks in foundries, engineering and allied trades and in other process and plant operations not elsewhere classified in minor group 913: Elementary process plant occupations.

e.g. Ash plant attendant · Ash man · Fan man · Best boy · Box hand

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Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. market data for Dudley.

ONS recorded 25 new online adverts for elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. in Dudley in Q2 2026. The year-on-year comparison is unavailable for the aligned series. Typical advertised pay in Dudley for the broader elementary trades and related occupations is £27,300.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.
New adverts · Dudley25Q2 2026 · YoY comparison unavailable
Advertised salary · Dudley£27,300ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. hiring demand

New online job adverts for elementary process plant occupations n.e.c. in Dudley

New online job adverts have increased since Oct 2025.

25

Apr 2026 · Dudley

+47.1%change over period · from Oct 2025

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for elementary trades and related occupations in Dudley

Advertised pay is 3.8% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£27,300

Jan 2025 · Dudley

+3.8%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Dudley · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.6 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years74.7%
21 years8.8%
32 years8.2%
43 years4.5%
54+ years3.8%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

Dudley compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1Dudley25
2United Kingdom3,499

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Elementary trades and related occupations

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Wyre£35,400
2East Renfrewshire£34,800
3South Ayrshire£34,500
4Isle of Anglesey£33,500
5Great Yarmouth£33,300
6Adur£33,300
7North Ayrshire£33,300
8Havant£33,200
9Clackmannanshire£33,200
10Oxford£32,900

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 913) across the UK

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1Industrial cleaning process occupations

Cleaning machinist · Dry man · Jet man — 68.6% of group adverts

4,636+292.5%
2Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.You’re viewing this

Ash plant attendant · Ash man · Fan man — 18.6% of group adverts

1,257-11.8%
3Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers

Canner · Bag tier · Box hand — 12.8% of group adverts

868-15.6%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.