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Average pay among contractors (last year’s results in light type, percentage change in italics)
Central London Northern Home Counties Southern Home Counties South-west Wales West Midlands East Midlands East Anglia North-west Yorkshire North-east Scotland Northern Ireland Ireland National average Year on year % change
Buyer (age 27, 10 yrs exp) 28,000 26,500 27,250 24,000 22,000 22,250 24,000 28,000 24,000 25,000 22,500 23,500 24,000 24,850 24,700 7.2%
27,000 24,000 25,000 23,000 21,000 21,250 20,750 24,000 22,500 22,000 21,750 24,000 22,000 25,000 22,942 3.5%
4% 10% 9% 4% 5% 5% 16% 17% 7% 14% 3% -2% 9% -1% 8%  
Estimator (age 30, 5-10 yrs exp) 34,000 31,000 30,000 27,000 26,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 27,000 25,000 24,000 23,000 28,000 27,600 28,050 8.4%
28,750 28,500 28,500 25,000 25,000 25,500 26,000 26,000 24,750 25,000 23,500 23,500 24,000 32,000 25,692 6.6%
18% 9% 5% 8% 4% 18% 15% 15% 9% 0% 2% -2% 17% -14% 9%  
Contracts manager (age 45) 42,000 35,000 35,750 33,000 35,000 33,000 32,000 35,000 40,000 32,000 32,000 35,250 35,000 35,900 35,065 7%
38,500 34,000 33,750 33,500 32,000 30,750 28,750 29,000 32,000 32,000 31,000 34,000 35,000 50,000 32,635 5.3%
8% 3% 6% -2% 9% 7% 10% 17% 20% 0% 3% 4% 0% -39% 7%  
Project manager (age 35) 37,000 32,000 33,000 35,000 32,000 33,250 31,000 32,000 33,000 32,000 31,000 33,000 32,000 33,150 32,815 7.2%
35,000 31,000 32,000 30,000 28,250 29,000 28,500 30,500 31,000 31,500 30,750 30,000 30,000 38,000 30,577 4.8%
6% 3% 3% 17% 13% 15% 9% 5% 6% 2% 1% 10% 7% -13% 7%  
Planner (age 30) 35,000 31,000 30,000 30,000 28,500 29,500 29,750 30,000 30,000 25,000 26,000 27,500 23,000 26,050 28,660 8.2%
30,000 27,750 28,750 25,000 25,000 25,750 25,250 26,250 30,000 24,000 23,000 28,000 25,000 40,000 26,135 1.9%
17% 12% 4% 20% 14% 15% 18% 14% 0% 4% 13% -2% -8% -35% 10%  
Senior quantity surveyor (age 35) 38,000 35,000 35,000 28,000 29,000 28,500 28,000 35,000 32,000 29,000 32,500 29,500 31,000 30,000 31,460 6.5%
35,000 33,000 33,000 28,000 26,500 28,500 29,000 29,500 32,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 42,000 29,423 5.1%
9% 6% 6% 0% 9% 0% -3% 19% 0% 4% 16% 5% 11% -29% 7%  
Contract quantity surveyor (age 27) 32,000 28,000 29,000 25,000 24,000 26,000 27,000 30,000 27,000 26,000 24,250 25,500 24,000 25,250 26,640 6.8%
27,000 27,000 27,000 24,000 22,000 25,000 25,000 26,000 28,000 24,000 23,500 24,000 24,000 32,000 24,808 5.9%
19% 4% 7% 4% 9% 4% 8% 15% -4% 8% 3% 6% 0% -21% 7%  
Assistant quantity surveyor (age 22, 2-3 yrs exp) 25,000 21,000 21,750 18,000 16,000 16,500 16,000 20,000 20,500 17,000 15,500 16,000 18,000 18,150 18,530 7%
20,000 17,000 19,500 16,750 15,500 16,000 16,000 17,500 20,000 16,000 15,750 20,000 18,000 25,000 17,231 3.5%
25% 24% 12% 7% 3% 3% 0% 14% 3% 6% -2% -20% 0% -27% 8%  
Site agent (age 40) 32,000 27,000 29,000 29,500 26,000 27,000 25,000 28,000 25,500 25,000 26,000 26,000 26,000 30,000 27,285 5.9%
30,000 27,000 28,500 25,000 24,000 25,000 20,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 23,750 27,000 26,000 38,000 25,673 4.8%
7% 0% 2% 18% 8% 8% 25% 17% 6% 4% 9% -4% 0% -21% 6%  
Sub agent (age 27) 26,500 25,000 24,000 24,500 23,000 23,000 21,000 21,000 22,000 22,000 21,000 23,000 22,000 23,650 22,975 4.7%
24,000 23,000 24,000 16,000 18,000 21,500 20,750 20,750 20,250 21,000 20,250 27,000 21,000 35,000 21,885 5.7%
10% 9% 0% 53% 28% 7% 1% 1% 9% 5% 4% -15% 5% -32% 5%  
General foreman (age 45) 26,000 21,000 24,000 24,750 22,000 23,000 22,000 21,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 22,000 22,000 33,550 22,950 6.1%
25,000 25,000 22,000 22,000 19,000 20,000 19,750 22,000 18,000 20,750 20,000 22,000 22,000 28,000 21,558 8.3%
4% -16% 9% 13% 16% 15% 11% -5% 11% -4% 0% 0% 0% 20% 6%  
Engineer (age 25) 29,000 24,000 24,000 23,500 23,000 23,000 23,000 24,000 22,500 22,500 19,500 20,000 22,000 23,650 21,550 4.4%
24,500 23,250 22,500 19,250 20,000 19,750 20,000 21,000 19,500 20,000 19,250 22,000 17,000 26,000 20,615 7.3%
18% 3% 7% 22% 15% 16% 15% 14% 15% 13% 1% -9% 29% -9% 5%