Official pay data
Updated 12 October 2026
Salary guide
Official annual estimates for the whole country, mapped to the closest published occupation.
United Kingdom · gross annual earnings estimate
25th percentile
£25,664
Median
£28,539
75th percentile
£32,248
This ASHE benchmark covers full-time employee jobs, not self-employed income or part-time jobs. ASHE gross earnings include basic pay, overtime, incentive pay such as bonuses and commissions, shift premiums, and other cash pay. They are before deductions, exclude payments in kind, and are not take-home pay or the whole benefits package. Compare the benchmark with an offer on the same working-hours and annual-pay basis.
This is a country-level occupation benchmark, not a local offer estimate. Pay can differ by location, employer, duties, and working pattern.
Source: ONS, 2025-04-30. Mapped to Gardeners and landscape gardeners; the occupation is broader than the page role. Figures are estimates, not advertised salaries.
This national benchmark uses the broader occupation "Gardeners and landscape gardeners" for a landscaper role. That is a useful fit where the job involves preparing sites, planting, lawn work or building landscape features. It is less exact when an offer is mainly for design, management or a different kind of site support work. For construction site support, the [labourer salary guide](/uk/salaries/labourer) is a closer comparison.
Benchmark fit
The benchmark is a practical national comparison for landscaping because the mapped occupation includes gardeners and landscape gardeners, while the role can cover site preparation, planting and hard-landscaping work.
Treat the figure as a benchmark for operative landscaping work, not as a direct measure of landscape design or management roles. A landscaper may work from a plan prepared by a garden designer or landscape architect, and experienced workers may move into supervisor or manager roles.
Role scope
A landscaper can turn an agreed plan into a prepared and planted outdoor space, with the exact mix of soft and hard landscaping varying by job.
Prepare sites for landscaping with tools and machinery. · Plant flowers, shrubs and trees, and sow lawns. · Build paths, walls, water features or rock gardens where the job includes hard landscaping. · Work from a plan prepared by a garden designer or landscape architect.
Prepared sites and installed planting, lawns or landscape features.
A landscaper may carry out work from a plan made by these design roles. That does not make every landscaping post a design role.
Read the range
A useful comparison is between a job focused on preparing and planting a site and one that also includes hard-landscaping tasks such as building paths or walls. Both can sit within landscaping, but the offer should spell out the actual remit.
One quarter of employees earn below this figure.
Half of employees earn below this figure and half above it; it is not the arithmetic midpoint of the displayed range.
One quarter of employees earn above this figure.
Location
Supplementary regional medians are available for selected UK regions alongside the national occupation benchmark.
| Region | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| East | Not published | £29,266 | Not published |
| East Midlands | Not published | £24,893 | Not published |
| London | Not published | £34,406 | Not published |
| North East | Not published | £27,417 | Not published |
| North West | Not published | £28,387 | Not published |
| Scotland | Not published | £27,910 | Not published |
| South East | Not published | £28,487 | Not published |
| South West | Not published | £30,017 | Not published |
| Wales | Not published | £25,165 | Not published |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | Not published | £29,759 | Not published |
Use any regional figure as context, not as a local offer estimate: pay can differ by location, employer, duties and working pattern.
Beyond salary
Compare the offer on the same annual-pay and working-hours basis as the benchmark. Separate the fixed salary from overtime, bonuses, commissions, shift premiums and other cash payments, then assess benefits on their own terms.
Check the stated annual salary and contracted hours before comparing it with the benchmark.
Ask which overtime, bonus, commission or shift-premium payments are offered, how they are earned and whether they are guaranteed.
Ask separately about pension, health cover, leave and any other benefits, because payments in kind are not cash earnings in the benchmark.
Progression
With experience, a landscaper could move into landscape supervision or management, or choose a design, business or training path.
These are more senior roles than operative landscaping. Compare any new offer with the benchmark only after checking whether the role remains within the mapped occupation and uses the same pay and hours basis.
Offer review
Compare roles
A construction labourer supports practical construction work on site, including tasks such as supplying materials or excavation. Landscaping can instead include planting, lawns and landscape features. Labourer uses a different occupation benchmark from gardeners and landscape gardeners.
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Source
Source: ONS, 2025-04-30. The figures cover Gardeners and landscape gardeners (5113) and full time employee jobs. Updated 12 October 2026. This broad occupation benchmark may not match every Landscaping vacancy.
Put the benchmark to work
Use the salary range as context. Tailor your CV around the experience that supports your target level.
