Joiner and Joinery Jobs in the UK

In short: Joiners make and fit the timber parts of a building: doors, windows, staircases, fitted furniture and mouldings. Jobs split between workshop (bench or architectural joinery) and site joinery. Employers typically ask for a Level 2 or Level 3 carpentry and joinery qualification - in England, the Level 2 apprenticeship standard has a dedicated architectural joiner option (Skills England, ST0264, accessed 01-Oct-2026). Below are the joinery vacancies open on WoodUWork today and the firms that advertise them.

Joiner and joinery vacancies open today

There are 13 joiner and joinery vacancies open on WoodUWork today.

What the job involves

• Making doors, windows, frames, stairs and bespoke fitted furniture from drawings or cutting lists.
• Operating workshop machinery - saws, planers, spindle moulders and, increasingly, CNC machines - safely.
• Fitting finished joinery on site, including hanging doors and installing staircases.
• Repair and replacement joinery on older or listed buildings.

Skills England describes the architectural joiner as working in a workshop, setting out, marking out and making architectural products, including doors, windows and straight staircases with their ironmongery (Skills England, ST0264, accessed 01-Oct-2026).

Skills and qualifications employers ask for

• Reading technical drawings and producing cutting lists.
• Hand-tool skills for jointing and finishing.
• Safe machine operation. Employers must make sure anyone using work equipment has adequate training, and HSE's Approved Code of Practice for woodworking machinery (L114) sets specific training requirements for machine operators (HSE, training and competence; HSE L114, accessed 01-Oct-2026). Ask any employer what machine training they provide.
• A Level 2 or Level 3 joinery qualification. The Level 3 Craft carpentry and joinery standard (ST0263) has an architectural joinery pathway covering bespoke products and CNC machinery (Find apprenticeship training, accessed 01-Oct-2026).
• For site joinery, a CSCS card: Blue at NVQ/SVQ Level 2, Gold at Level 3 (CSCS Blue, CSCS Gold, accessed 01-Oct-2026).

Who advertises these jobs

Employers and agencies that advertised joiner and joinery vacancies on WoodUWork in the last 12 months:

• Niyaa People Ltd - 17 adverts
• TipTopJob - 6 adverts
• MEARS GROUP PLC - 5 adverts
• Rise Technical Recruitment Limited - 5 adverts
• Ernest Gordon Recruitment - 4 adverts
• CBW Staffing Solutions Ltd - 3 adverts
• Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited - 3 adverts
• Thorn Baker Construction - 3 adverts

Pay

ONS reports carpenters and joiners as one group (SOC 2020 code 5316). In April 2025 the median for full-time employees was £34,014 a year, £678.70 a week, or £17.04 an hour, before tax (ONS, ASHE 2025 provisional, Table 14, accessed 01-Oct-2026). These figures cover employees only, not the self-employed.

Where an employer uses the CIJC Working Rule Agreement (negotiated between employers and the Unite and GMB unions), the minimum craft rate is £16.40 an hour from 20 July 2026 (CISRS; GMB, accessed 01-Oct-2026). Workshop joiners on shifts and site joiners on day rates are paid differently; check each advert.

How to get in and move up

• Joinery apprenticeship - see joinery apprenticeships.
• A college course in bench joinery is another recognised route (National Careers Service, accessed 01-Oct-2026).
• Move from general joinery into bench joinery, stair making or heritage work.
• Progress to workshop supervisor, estimator or joinery manager - see joinery estimator jobs.

Questions people ask

Is a joiner the same as a carpenter? The trades overlap, and they share one qualification. The official standard separates them as options: architectural joiners make components such as doors, windows and staircases in a workshop; site carpenters install building components and erect structural carpentry and roofs on site (Skills England, ST0264, accessed 01-Oct-2026). See carpenter jobs.

What qualifications do joiners need? A Level 2 or Level 3 carpentry and joinery qualification is standard. In England that means the Level 2 Carpentry and joinery apprenticeship (architectural joiner option) and the Level 3 Craft carpentry and joinery apprenticeship (Skills England; Find apprenticeship training, accessed 01-Oct-2026), or the equivalent NVQ.

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WoodUWork Editorial | Last updated: 1 October 2026 | Vacancy data: live WoodUWork feed | Pay and qualification facts: ONS, HSE, CSCS, Skills England, CIJC (sources accessed 01-Oct-2026). This page was created by a human, written with some help from AI and edited by a human.