How much do electricians in Belfast get paid?

Electricians in Belfast earn

£9.60-20.10 per hour

Based on 24 employee reviews

Electrician salaries can range between £9.60-20.10 per hour in the Belfast area. This data is based on quiz results from 24 employees who live in and around Belfast.

What do top employers pay electricians?

Who are the top electrician employers?

  1. SSE
    8.4
  2. Babcock
    8.1
  3. FES Group
    8.0

Who are the worst electrician employers?

  1. Clarkson Evans
    5.2
  2. Sodexo
    5.7
  3. Wysepower
    5.8

Recent electrician Jobs in Belfast

  1. Site-Based Maintenance Electrician at Randstad posted 18 days ago
  2. Electrician at Mears posted 6 months ago
See all electrician jobs in the Belfast area

How are people paid?

By the hour 92% of people report they get paid by the hour.

Based on 25 employees

What contracts are people on?

Full time 100% report having full time contracts. (more than 35 hours)

Based on 22 employees

What do electricians do?

Electricians have the job of testing, installing and repairing electrical systems.

These can be lighting, security, power and fire systems.

There are different types of electricians. These include:

  • Installation engineers/ technicians. These are electricians that install electrical systems
  • Maintenance electricians/ technicians. These are electricians that repair and make sure electrical systems keep working.

Other names for electricians also include:

  • Electrical engineers
  • Electrical technicians
  • Electrical fitters
  • Electrotechnical panel builders
  • Machine repair and rewind electricians
  • Highway systems electricians
  • Sparks or sparkies

What you do in this type of job depends on what type of area you work in. Some jobs include:

  • Testing and installing wiring, circuits, machines and other electrical systems
  • Fixing and maintaining electrical systems
  • Making sure street lighting and electrical signs are working properly
  • Making sure electrical motors and transformers are working properly
  • Making and installing electrical control panels

You may have to work in a business, in a client’s home or outdoors during all types of weather.

You also might be called out early in the morning, late in the evening, over the weekend or on bank holidays.

If you want to apply for an electrician job, you might need the following:

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