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Architects
£	Central London	North Home Counties	South Home Counties	South-west	Wales	West Midlands	East Midlands	East Anglia	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland	National average	% rise
Partner/director	50,000	45,000	45,000	36,000	45,000	45,000	44,000	45,000	39,000	40,000	37,000	45,000	44,000	43,077	5.71
Associate	39,000	36,000	38,000	34,000	35,000	36,000	38,000	35,000	34,000	36,000	35,000	35,000	35,000	35,846	3.48
Architect, 6 years exp	35,000	35,000	35,000	31,000	33,000	28,500	29,000	32,000	28,000	28,000	33,000	28,000	28,000	31,038	8.22
Newly qualified, CAD exp	28,000	28,000	27,500	19,000	25,000	23,500	22,000	24,000	23,000	22,000	20,000	17,000	21,000	23,077	4.39
Architectural assistant, Part II	23,500	22,000	21,500	15,000	20,000	18,500	19,000	20,000	18,000	18,500	15,000	15,000	17,000	18,692	3.54
Architectural assistant, Part I	20,000	16,000	15,000	13,000	15,000	14,500	15,000	17,500	16,000	15,000	12,000	10,000	14,000	14,846	5.49
Senior CAD technician	32,000	32,000	32,000	25,000	26,000	26,500	30,000	29,000	28,000	28,500	24,000	27,000	24,000	28,000	3.49
CAD technician, 3 years exp	26,000	25,000	24,000	19,000	18,000	21,500	19,500	22,000	20,000	19,000	15,000	18,000	18,000	20,385	9.03
Senior technologist, 10 years exp	33,000	32,000	33,000	26,000	30,000	28,500	31,000	28,500	29,000	28,500	27,000	26,000	26,000	29,115	7.83
Technologist, 3 years exp	25,000	25,000	25,000	18,000	18,000	23,000	25,000	24,000	23,000	21,000	19,000	17,000	18,000	21,615	3.02
Senior interior designer	35,000	30,000	32,250	29,000	28,000	27,000	27,000	30,000	26,000	27,000	24,000	25,000	26,000	28,173	3.24
Interior designer, 3 years exp	24,000	22,000	21,000	23,000	21,000	22,000	20,000	23,000	18,800	18,000	16,000	16,000	18,000	20,215	4.70
Space planner, 8-10 years exp	34,000	32,000	32,000	25,000	25,000	24,500	26,000	26,000	22,500	24,000	23,000	24,000	22,000	26,154	3.64
Landscape architect, 8-10 years exp	32,000	30,000	32,000	25,000	28,000	27,500	30,000	28,000	27,500	26,500	24,000	25,000	25,000	27,731	5.12

Building surveyors
£	Central London	North Home Counties	South Home Counties	South-west	Wales	West Midlands	East Midlands	East Anglia	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland	National average	% rise
Partner/director, 45	50,000	50,000	50,000	38,000	50,000	45,000	47,000	40,000	45,000	39,000	38,000	48,000	42,000	44,769	2.08
Associate, 32, 6 years PQE	40,000	40,000	40,000	34,000	35,000	35,000	37,000	38,000	35,000	32,000	32,000	36,000	32,000	35,846	3.58
Building surveyor, 28, MRICS	29,000	28,000	32,000	26,000	30,000	30,000	31,000	33,750	29,000	26,000	27,000	28,000	28,000	29,058	–0.59
Graduate building surveyor	20,000	18,000	20,000	16,000	15,000	17,000	16,000	17,000	18,000	16,000	18,000	16,000	14,000	17,000	7.45
Maintenance surveyor, 28, 8 yrs exp	30,000	25,000	26,000	24,000	23,000	24,000	26,000	27,000	25,000	24,000	24,000	18,000	22,000	24,462	1.74
Planning supervisor, 40, 10 yrs exp	42,000	32,000	40,000	25,000	30,000	35,000	35,000	33,000	30,000	34,000	30,000	30,000	28,000	32,615	6.79

Quantity surveyors
£	Central London	North Home Counties	South Home Counties	South-west	Wales	West Midlands	East Midlands	East Anglia	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland	National average	% rise
Partner/director, 45	55,000	55,000	50,000	40,000	45,000	50,000	47,000	40,000	50,000	46,000	46,000	56,000	46,000	48,154	8.38
Associate, 38, ARICS	45,000	45,000	45,000	36,000	35,000	38,000	37,000	39,000	38,000	36,000	36,000	37,000	35,000	38,615	6.11
Senior surveyor, 2-6 years exp	40,000	40,000	39,000	34,000	32,000	32,000	33,000	35,000	35,000	32,000	34,000	29,000	30,000	34,231	7.81
Newly qualified surveyor, 25	28,000	28,000	28,000	25,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	25,000	24,000	24,500	25,000	25,000	24,000	25,731	6.03
Assistant surveyor, 22	23,000	20,000	22,500	21,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	17,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	18,000	20,115	7.08
Graduate surveyor	19,500	18,000	20,000	16,000	16,000	18,000	16,000	18,000	16,000	17,500	16,000	18,500	15,000	17,269	8.78
Claims surveyor, 35, 5 years exp	45,000	35,000	43,000	34,000	34,000	34,000	34,000	35,000	34,000	37,000	37,000	40,000	31,000	36,385	7.24
Project manager, 35, 5 years exp	45,000	38,000	44,000	36,500	40,000	36,000	36,000	38,000	36,000	35,000	36,000	35,000	32,000	37,500	4.37
Procurement manager, 40, 6 yrs exp	45,000	40,000	43,000	34,000	34,000	38,000	34,000	37,000	34,000	33,000	33,000	32,000	33,000	36,154	6.06

Engineers
£	Central London	North Home Counties	South Home Counties	South-west	Wales	West Midlands	East Midlands	East Anglia	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland	National average	% rise
Water engineer												56,000	46,000	48,154	8.38
Principal engineer, 11 years exp	39,000	38,500	33,000	34,000	34,000	32,000	37,500	36,000	32,000	32,000	31,000	32,000	30,000	33,923	–0.33
Senior engineer, 6 years exp	30,000	31,500	30,000	28,000	28,000	27,000	28,000	29,000	30,000	28,000	27,000	30,000	24500	28,538	2.84
Bridge engineer												18,500	15,000	17,269	8.78
Associate, 13 years exp	45,000	38,000	38,000	38,000	35,000	38,000	39,000	37,000	42,000	36,000	36,000	35,000	35,000	37,846	22.08
Senior engineer, 6 years exp	32,500	32,000	31,000	29,000	29,000	30,000	26,000	28,000	30,000	28,000	30,000	26,000	27,000	29,115	11.98
Engineer, 2 years exp	23,000	24,000	21500	24,000	25,000	23,000	26,000	23,000	23,000	24,000	25,000	22,000	22,000	23,500	11.90
Geotechnical engineer
Principal engineer, 11 years exp	40,000	38,000	33,000	34,000	36,000	32,000	37,000	34,000	37,000	34,000	34,000	34,000	35,000	35,231	5.17
Senior engineer, 5 years exp	29,000	30,000	26,000	28,000	29,000	24,000	27,000	28,000	24,000	28,000	26,000	26,000	25,000	26,923	–0.28
Structural engineer
Associate, 15 years exp	44,500	44,000	35,000	38,000	38,000	40,000	41,500	38,000	40,000	37,000	34,000	36,500	36,000	38,654	4.47
Senior engineer, 5 years exp	33,500	32,000	32,000	29,000	29,000	30,000	27,000	33,000	30,000	28,000	30,000	27,500	25,000	29,692	–7.21
Graduate engineer	20,500	20,000	20,000	18,000	18,000	20,000	19,000	18,000	21,000	20,000	20,000	17,500	16,000	19,077	12.22
Infrastructure engineer
Principal, 11 years exp	40,000	37,000	33,000	38,000	35,000	34,000	37,000	36,000	34,000	36,000	35,000	35,000	32,000	35,538	1.54
Senior engineer, 5 years exp	33,000	30,000	28,500	30,000	28,000	28,000	29,000	29,500	28,000	28,000	27,000	26,000	25,000	28,462	–1.86
Graduate engineer	20,000	19,000	19,000	18,000	18,000	20,000	18,000	18,000	20,000	18,000	18,000	17,500	16,000	18,423	5.27