Occupation 5236 · Skilled trades occupations
Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers erect, fit, assemble and repair rolling stock parts and sub-assemblies, and test and adjust new engines for trains.
Entrants usually possess GCSEs/S grades or a BTEC/SQA award. Apprenticeships at level 3 and other vocational qualifications at level 2 and 3 are available.
Coach repairer (railways) · Mechanical fitter (railway and rolling stock) · Railway engineer · Rolling stock technician · Service engineer (railway, rolling stock maintenance)
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | None | 2026-03 | 16,400.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | None | 2026-03 | 16,600.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | None | 2026-03 | 16,600.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | None | 2026-03 | — | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate is less than 500 |
| 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | None | 2026-03 | — | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate and confidence interval not available since the group sample size is zero or disclosive (0-2) |
| 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | None | 2026-03 | 16,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | None | 2026-03 | — | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate is less than 500 |
ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.
| Region | Measure | Hours | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | 2,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | 1,800.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | 4,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| North West | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | 1,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| South East | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | 1,800.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | 900.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | 2,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 5236 : Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 7 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.
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