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Contractors management
ÌýManaging director, 45, degree, charteredOperations director, 45, HNC/degreeCommercial director, 45, HNC/degreeProject director, 40, HNC/degreeOperations manager, 40, HNCCommercial manager, 40, chartered
RegionTypical (£)Minimum Maximum TypicalMinimumMaximumTypical MinimumMaximumTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximum
Central London65,00055,00075,00052,00045,00058,00052,00048,00058,00050,00043,00056,00046,00039,00049,00046,00039,00049,000
North Home Counties65,00055,00075,00052,00046,00058,00052,00048,00060,00047,00043,00052,00044,00041,00047,00044,00042,00048,000
South Home Counties64,00051,00069,00052,00046,00060,00052,00048,00060,00048,00045,00055,00045,00042,00048,00045,00040,00050,000
South West59,00054,00069,00050,00045,00055,00049,00047,00051,00044,00042,00048,00036,00032,00040,00040,00038,00043,000
Wales59,00054,00069,00047,00042,00052,00047,00042,00050,50043,00038,00048,00038,00032,00040,00037,00032,00041,000
West Midlands57,00052,00067,50049,00039,50052,00049,00046,00056,50045,00043,00054,00039,00035,00043,00042,00040,00050,000
East Midlands55,00050,00065,00050,00040,00053,00048,00045,00055,00043,00041,00053,00038,00036,00042,00040,00038,00050,000
East Anglia57,00053,00062,00045,00042,00048,00047,00040,00055,00046,00044,00049,00040,00037,00045,00039,00036,00044,000
North West59,00049,00069,00049,00039,00059,00049,00044,00054,00044,00039,00049,00040,00035,00045,00040,00035,00045,000
Yorkshire52,50046,50061,50049,00041,50059,00049,00044,00054,00044,00039,00049,00040,00035,00045,00040,00035,00045,000
North East50,00045,00060,00048,00040,50058,00045,00040,00050,00039,50034,50044,50040,00035,00045,00039,00034,00044,000
Scotland56,50052,50060,50046,00040,00048,00048,00043,00053,00036,50032,50042,50035,50031,50039,50039,50033,50045,500
Northern Ireland50,00042,00055,00043,00038,00050,00042,00039,00044,00038,00034,00040,00035,00030,00038,50036,00031,00041,000
National average57,615ÌýÌý48,615ÌýÌý48,385ÌýÌý43,692ÌýÌý39,731ÌýÌý40,577
Increase from 2004 survey5.7%ÌýÌý6.2%ÌýÌý8.1%ÌýÌý10.0%ÌýÌý6.8%ÌýÌý8.2%
Consulting engineers
ÌýPartner, 45, charteredAssociate, 40, charteredPrincipal design engineer, 35, degree, charteredSenior design engineer, 30, working for chartershipIntermediate design engineer, 26, HNCJunior engineer, 22, ONC, five years’ experienceGraduate trainee, 21Clerk of works, 35, C&G, 10 years’ experienceResident engineer, 40, degree, 15 years’ experience
RegionTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximum
Central London53,00044,00067,00047,00039,00056,00038,00035,00042,00035,00031,00040,00028,00025,00033,00022,00020,00025,00020,00018,00022,00030,00028,00035,00040,00037,00044,000
North Home Counties52,00044,00066,00045,00040,00050,00042,00038,00045,00038,00034,00040,00028,00025,00033,00022,00020,00025,00020,00018,00022,00030,00026,00035,00038,00034,00042,000
South Home Counties54,00046,00068,00045,00042,00050,00040,00038,00042,00035,00032,00038,00028,00024,00032,00025,00023,00027,00020,00018,00022,00030,00026,00034,00036,00034,00040,000
South West55,00045,00075,00044,00041,00047,00035,00032,00038,00033,00031,00035,00028,00026,00030,00020,00019,00022,00018,00017,50019,00028,00023,00033,00030,00028,00035,000
Wales48,00044,00052,00040,00038,00044,00034,00031,00036,00031,00027,00034,00027,50024,50029,00021,00018,00022,00018,00016,00021,00029,00027,00031,00029,00027,00033,000
West Midlands43,00038,00057,00041,00038,00045,00035,00033,00039,00036,00031,00038,00030,00028,00032,00024,00022,00027,00019,00017,00021,00029,00026,00033,00033,00029,00036,000
East Midlands45,00040,00065,00040,00038,00045,00035,00033,00038,00035,00030,00037,00028,00026,00030,00023,00021,00026,00018,00016,00020,00028,00026,00031,00032,00028,00035,000
East Anglia47,00042,00050,00041,00038,00045,00035,00032,00040,00032,00027,00035,00027,00024,00030,00022,00020,00025,00018,00016,00021,00029,00026,50031,00035,00032,00037,000
North West47,00037,00057,00041,00036,00046,00038,00035,00042,00032,00028,00035,00027,00024,00030,00022,00020,00025,00018,00014,00020,00028,00025,00032,00035,00028,00040,000
Yorkshire50,00043,00061,50040,00035,00045,00038,00035,00042,00032,00028,00035,00027,00024,00030,00022,00019,00025,00018,00014,00020,00028,00025,00032,00035,00027,50040,000
North East48,00041,00059,50039,00034,00044,00035,00032,00039,00032,00028,00035,00027,00024,00030,00022,00019,00025,00018,00014,00020,00028,00025,00032,00033,00025,50038,000
Scotland51,50045,50053,50039,50034,50043,50032,00030,00034,00027,00025,00029,00023,00020,00025,00022,50024,50020,50017,50016,50018,00027,00025,00031,00032,00030,00034,000
Northern Ireland45,00042,00047,00034,00030,00035,00030,00028,00034,00025,00023,00027,00025,00023,50028,00019,50018,00021,00016,00014,00017,50025,50024,50030,00032,00028,00035,000
National average49,115ÌýÌý41,269ÌýÌý35,923ÌýÌý32,538ÌýÌý27,192ÌýÌý22,077ÌýÌý18,346ÌýÌý28,423ÌýÌý33,846
Increase from 2004 survey6.6%ÌýÌý7.9%ÌýÌý5.9%ÌýÌý5.3%ÌýÌý4.5%ÌýÌý5.5%ÌýÌý4.6%ÌýÌý4.1%ÌýÌý7.1%
Consulting engineers cad
ÌýCAD manager, 35, C&G, eight years’ CAD experienceCAD operator, 30, C&G, five years’ CAD experienceJunior CAD operator, 21, C&G, one year’s CAD experience
RegionTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximum
Central London32,00027,00034,00028,00023,00030,00021,00018,00023,000
North Home Counties32,00029,00036,00028,00024,00030,00018,00016,00020,000
South Home Counties30,00024,00034,00025,00022,00028,00018,00014,00022,000
South West25,00022,00028,00018,00017,00020,00017,00015,00018,000
Wales24,50022,00027,00019,00017,00022,00017,00015,00018,000
West Midlands28,00026,00034,00024,00022,00026,00016,50015,00018,000
East Midlands27,00025,00032,00023,00021,00025,00016,00014,00017,500
East Anglia30,00027,50032,00025,00021,00027,00016,00013,00018,000
North West30,00025,00032,00025,00023,00027,00016,00013,00018,000
Yorkshire28,00023,00030,00025,00023,00027,00017,00014,00019,000
North East30,00025,00032,00025,00023,00027,00017,00014,00019,000
Scotland24,00020,00030,00022,00016,00026,00015,00013,00017,000
Northern Ireland26,50024,50028,50020,00017,00022,00014,00012,00015,000
National average28,231ÌýÌý23,615ÌýÌý16,808
Increase from 2004 survey3.1%ÌýÌý8.9%ÌýÌý5.0%
Commissioning engineers
ÌýSenior commissioning engineer, 40, HNCCommissioning engineer, 32, ONCSite supervisor, 35, C&G
RegionTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximum
Central London36,00033,00038,00033,00029,00036,00032,00025,00034,000
North Home Counties35,00032,00038,00032,00030,00034,00029,00026,00031,000
South Home Counties35,00033,00039,00030,00028,00034,00028,00024,00030,000
South West33,00031,00034,00032,00025,00034,00025,00023,00028,000
Wales31,00029,00033,00028,00026,00030,00025,00024,00028,000
West Midlands30,00028,00032,00027,00026,00031,00025,00023,00028,000
East Midlands30,00028,00032,00026,00024,00027,00026,50024,50029,500
East Anglia32,00029,00035,00030,00027,00032,00029,00027,00030,000
North West32,00030,00035,00028,00025,00030,00026,00023,00028,000
Yorkshire32,00030,00038,00028,00025,50030,00028,00025,00030,000
North East32,00030,00038,00028,00025,50030,00028,00025,00030,000
Scotland32,00028,00033,50027,50025,00030,00024,50020,50027,000
Northern Ireland28,50026,00031,00028,00025,00030,00026,00024,00028,000
National average32,192ÌýÌý29,038ÌýÌý27,077
Increase from 2004 survey4.6%ÌýÌý3.7%ÌýÌý6.7%
Electrical engineers
ÌýSenior electrical contracts manager 40, HNCElectrical contracts engineer, 35, HNCJunior electrical contracts engineer, 24, ONC
RegionTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximum
Central London40,00035,00045,00035,00030,00038,00027,00025,00031,000
North Home Counties40,00038,00045,00035,00032,00038,00025,00022,00030,000
South Home Counties38,00034,00042,00034,00030,00038,00025,00020,00030,000
South West34,00033,00037,00028,00026,00031,00022,00019,00025,000
Wales33,00031,00035,00032,00029,00034,00020,00017,00023,000
West Midlands36,00034,00038,00034,00032,00038,00026,00022,00028,000
East Midlands35,00033,00038,00033,00031,00036,00025,00021,00027,000
East Anglia37,00034,00039,00033,00030,00035,00026,00024,00029,000
North West38,00035,00040,00032,00030,00035,00027,00024,00030,000
Yorkshire38,00035,00040,00032,00030,00035,00026,00023,00030,000
North East37,00034,00039,00031,50029,50034,50026,00023,00030,000
Scotland36,50032,50040,50028,00022,00032,00022,00017,00026,000
Northern Ireland30,00027,00034,00027,00024,00030,00018,00016,00021,000
National average36,346ÌýÌý31,885ÌýÌý24,231
Increase from 2004 survey7.8%ÌýÌý5.7%ÌýÌý8.3%
Mechanical engineers
ÌýSenior mechanical contracts manager, 40, HNCMechanical contracts engineer, 35, HNCJunior mechanical contracts engineer, 24, ONC
RegionTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximum
Central London38,00035,00041,00035,00033,00038,00027,00025,00032,000
North Home Counties40,00038,00045,00035,00032,00038,00025,00022,00028,000
South Home Counties38,00034,00042,00034,00030,00038,00025,00020,00028,000
South West34,00033,00038,00032,00030,00034,00022,00020,00025,000
Wales33,00031,00035,00031,00029,00033,00020,00018,00023,000
West Midlands36,00034,00042,00035,00032,00038,00026,00024,00029,000
East Midlands35,00033,00042,00035,00032,00038,00025,00023,00028,000
East Anglia35,00032,00037,00033,00030,00036,00025,00023,50028,000
North West35,00032,00038,00033,00030,00038,00025,00022,00028,000
Yorkshire34,00031,00037,50032,00029,00037,00025,00022,00028,000
North East34,00031,00037,50031,00028,00036,00025,00022,00028,000
Scotland32,00028,00035,00029,00025,00032,00022,00018,00025,000
Northern Ireland33,50027,50034,50030,00025,00032,00021,00018,00023,500
National average35,192ÌýÌý32,692ÌýÌý24,077
Increase from 2004 survey4.7%ÌýÌý9.8%ÌýÌý6.5%
Surveyors & estimators
ÌýSenior M&E quantity surveyor, 40, HNCM&E quantity surveyor, 28, HNCJunior M&E quantity surveyor, 20, ONCSenior estimator, 38, HNC, 20 years’ experienceEstimator, 30, ONC, eight years’ experienceJunior estimator, 20, ONC, two years’ experience
RegionTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypical (£)MinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximumTypicalMinimumMaximum
Central London46,00040,00048,00037,00035,00040,00026,00024,00027,00044,00037,00046,00037,00031,00042,00026,00023,00029,000
North Home Counties43,00038,00048,00035,00032,00038,00024,00020,00028,00040,00035,00045,00035,00030,00038,00025,00021,00027,000
South Home Counties42,00040,00046,00035,00032,00038,00024,00020,00028,00038,00034,00042,00032,00028,00036,00024,00022,00028,000
South West39,00037,00041,00033,00031,00037,00025,00024,00027,00035,00032,00038,00030,00028,00034,00022,00018,00024,000
Wales36,00034,00038,00033,00031,00036,00022,00019,00024,00034,00030,00037,00030,00028,00034,00022,00018,00024,000
West Midlands39,00035,00041,50035,00032,00038,00022,00019,00025,00036,00031,00039,00031,00029,50035,00023,00020,00026,000
East Midlands39,00035,00041,00035,00032,00038,00022,00020,00026,00036,00030,00038,00031,00030,00034,00022,00019,00025,000
East Anglia39,00037,00044,00033,00030,50035,00024,00022,00027,00040,00033,00043,00031,00028,00033,00024,00020,00027,000
North West39,00037,00042,00035,00030,00038,00024,00021,00027,00036,00031,00038,00032,00028,00035,00024,00020,00028,000
Yorkshire39,00037,00042,00034,00028,00036,00024,00020,00027,00039,00033,00041,00030,00026,00033,00024,00020,00028,000
North East38,00036,00041,00032,00026,00034,00024,00020,00027,00039,00033,00041,00030,00026,00033,00024,00020,00028,000
Scotland38,50036,50040,50029,00027,00031,00022,50019,50024,50038,50034,50042,50029,00025,00033,00023,50021,50025,500
Northern Ireland34,00029,00036,00028,00026,00030,00018,00015,00022,00035,00030,00039,00026,00025,00028,00018,50016,50023,000
National average39,346ÌýÌý33,385ÌýÌý23,192ÌýÌý37,731ÌýÌý31,077ÌýÌý23,231
Increase from 2004 survey10.2%ÌýÌý9.0%ÌýÌý5.1%ÌýÌý8.0%ÌýÌý5.2%ÌýÌý8.6%