Construction operatives n.e.c. in Woking

Official occupation group: Construction operatives n.e.c.SOC 8159 · Updated through Q2 2026 · Woking

Official definition

Job holders in this unit group operate insulating equipment, fix plasterboard to ceilings and walls, help construct, maintain, repair and demolish buildings and clean and resurface eroded stonework, lay, join and examine pipe sections for drainage, gas, water or similar piping systems, install lighting systems in roads, domestic and commercial settings and carry out a variety of other construction operative tasks not elsewhere classified in minor group 815: Construction operatives.

e.g. Construction operative · Ames taper · Hard corer · Main layer · Pipe layer

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Construction operatives n.e.c. market data for Woking.

ONS recorded 26 new online adverts for construction operatives n.e.c. in Woking in Q2 2026. The year-on-year comparison is unavailable for the aligned series. Typical advertised pay in Woking for the broader process, plant and machine operatives is £33,500.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.
New adverts · Woking26Q2 2026 · YoY comparison unavailable
Advertised salary · Woking£33,500ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Construction operatives n.e.c. hiring demand

New online job adverts for construction operatives n.e.c. in Woking

New online job adverts are broadly unchanged since Oct 2025.

26

Apr 2026 · Woking

0.0%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 process, plant and machine operatives in Woking

Advertised pay is 7.4% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£33,500

Jan 2025 · Woking

+7.4%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Woking · 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: 0.7 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years68.9%
21 years10.2%
32 years9.2%
43 years6.0%
54+ years5.8%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

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

Woking compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1Woking26
2United Kingdom7,286

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Process, plant and machine operatives

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Shetland Islands£44,300
2Three Rivers£44,000
3Stevenage£40,000
4Barrow-in-Furness£39,500
5Slough£37,000
6London£36,100
7Guildford£35,400
8Spelthorne£35,400
9Dartford£35,000
10Epsom and Ewell£35,000

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 815) across the UK

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1Construction operatives n.e.c.You’re viewing this

Construction operative · Ames taper · Hard corer — 69.9% of group adverts

2,777-7.0%
2Road construction operatives

Road man · Tar man · Tar layer — 17.3% of group adverts

686+3.0%
3Scaffolders, stagers and riggers

Rigger · Rope smith · Bell hanger — 10.1% of group adverts

401-13.9%
4Rail construction and maintenance operatives

Rail track maintenance worker · Road man · Rail layer — 2.8% of group adverts

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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.