Signalman Salary

The average salary for a Signalman in the UK is:

£38,150

Job profile for a Signalman

Grade 2 manual signal box. The job entails the signaling of trains safely, using and old lever frame to change the points and pulling off signals, granting work to the P-way etc and an extensive rule book of which you have to be fully knowledgeable. The training if accepted for this post is about 9 weeks at the signalling school and then a further 6 weeks in the signal box at the end of which you have to pass a rules exam.

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Signalman Salary Comparison

In 2008, the average salary for this job was £28,000.

The average salary in 2009 was £42,000, based on 3 respondents (a difference of 50% from the 2008 figure.

The average salary in 2010 was £36,000, based on 1 respondents (a difference of -17% from the 2009 figure.

The average salary in 2011 was £42,500, based on 2 respondents (a difference of 18% from the 2010 figure.

The median salary for a Signalman based on all salary survey responses is: £33,000

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About the Salary Survey Data in this survey is based on over 368,000 individual salary records. The date period for which job information was gathered varies, but is usually between 2008 - 2012. For precise date related information, custom reports may be ordered with greater granularity. Working 8 hours a day, 250 days of the year, the data suggests the hourly rate for Signalman is £19.08.


Signalman Salary By UK Region

These figures use non-job specific statistical weighting from our salary data pool and also include for comparison the salaries for a Signalman job in US Dollars based on a recent exchante rate (last rate update 02/05/2013 with a pound to dollar exchange rate 1.56) for comparisons for our international visitors
Salary US Dollars Region
£33572 $52372.32 North West
£41584 $64871.04 London
£30520 $47611.2 Yorkshire and North East
£33191 $51777.96 South West
£39295 $61300.2 South East
£32428 $50587.68 Scotland
£34335 $53562.6 Northern Ireland
£32046 $49991.76 Wales
£35480 $55348.8 Midlands
£31665 $49397.4 East of England

With regard to age and impact on salary for a Signalman, a statistical average weighting (that is based on how salary varies by age and not for a specific job which may vary considerably) suggests these figures: £28,613 for a worker in their 20s, £37,387 (30s), £44,254 (40s) and £44,254 (50s).
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The average salary figure above for a Signalman is considered highly likely to be representative of the UK market average due to the high number of respondents who had this exact job title.

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