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Plastics process operatives market data for East Midlands.
ONS recorded 17 new online adverts for plastics process operatives in East Midlands in Jul 2026. The year-on-year comparison is unavailable for the aligned series. Advertised salary for the UK benchmark is £33,800.
Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.Plastics process operatives hiring demand
New online job adverts for plastics process operatives in East Midlands
New online job adverts have decreased since Aug 2025.
17
Jul 2026 · East Midlands
Median advertised salary
Annualised asking salary for plastics process operatives across the UK
Advertised pay is 4.0% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.
£33,800
May 2025 · UK
Skills in demand
Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation
| # | Skill | Share of adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Operations, Process and Program Management | 81.4% | |
| 2 | Manufacturing and Fabrication | 81.3% | |
| 3 | Professional and Interpersonal Competencies | 75.5% | |
| 4 | Engineering and Manufacturing | 54.8% | |
| 5 | Risk and Safety | 53.4% | |
| 6 | Information Technology and Programming | 49.4% | |
| 7 | Recruitment, Payroll and Employee Performance | 38.8% | |
| 8 | Construction and Built Environment | 34.9% | |
| 9 | Agriculture and Horticulture | 33.7% | |
| 10 | Printing and Publishing | 32.4% |
Experience employers ask for
Typical minimum: 0.9 years · UK live adverts
| # | Minimum experience | Share of adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 years | 66.1% | |
| 2 | 1 years | 10.3% | |
| 3 | 2 years | 8.0% | |
| 4 | 3 years | 6.3% | |
| 5 | 4+ years | 9.4% |
East Midlands compared with the UK
New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period
| # | Area | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Midlands | 17 | |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 177 |
Where hiring is strongest
New online job adverts by local authority
| # | Location | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Northamptonshire | 33 | |
| 2 | Stevenage | 25 | |
| 3 | Cherwell | 21 | |
| 4 | London | 20 | |
| 5 | Birmingham | 20 | |
| 6 | Leicester | 15 | |
| 7 | Maldon | 13 | |
| 8 | Manchester | 13 | |
| 9 | Telford and Wrekin | 13 | |
| 10 | West Oxfordshire | 12 |
Where advertised pay is highest
Broader occupation group: Process, plant and machine operatives
| # | Location | Annual salary | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland Islands | £44,300 | |
| 2 | Three Rivers | £44,000 | |
| 3 | Stevenage | £40,000 | |
| 4 | Barrow-in-Furness | £39,500 | |
| 5 | Slough | £37,000 | |
| 6 | London | £36,100 | |
| 7 | Guildford | £35,400 | |
| 8 | Spelthorne | £35,400 | |
| 9 | Dartford | £35,000 | |
| 10 | Epsom and Ewell | £35,000 |
Explore related occupations
Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 811) across the UK
| # | View | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food, drink and tobacco process operatives Food process operative · Pan man · Acid man — 40.2% of group adverts | 3,797 | -2.2% | |
| 2 | Metal making and treating process operatives Metal mixer · Fan man · Pit man — 32.0% of group adverts | 3,024 | — | |
| 3 | Textile process operatives Textile operative · Back man · Burr man — 14.0% of group adverts | 1,326 | -10.2% | |
| 4 | Chemical and related process operatives Chemical process operator · Pan man · Tar man — 8.6% of group adverts | 815 | +2.9% | |
| 5 | Process operatives n.e.c. Clay operative · Dry man · Pan man — 3.3% of group adverts | 314 | +9.8% | |
| 6 | Plastics process operativesYou’re viewing this Plastic mixer · Die man · Mill man — 1.9% of group adverts | 177 | — |
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.