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Hourly rates
	Median £s per hour
	Principal, partner, director	Associate	Senior surveyor	Surveyor	Postgraduate/junior surveyor
London	78	65	55	48	32
South-east	55	55	50	45	38
Midlands / East Anglia	59	45	47	43	30
North	60	50	40	25	20
South West / Wales NB: small sample	50	35	35	28	23
Scotland	64	64	42	34	25
Ulster NB: small sample	40	34	30	25	17

National averages Median £s per hour
	Median £s per hour
	2004	2002	% increase
Principal, partner, director	60	55	9.1
Associate	60	45	33.3
Senior surveyor	45	40	12.5
Surveyor	40	33	21.2
Postgraduate/junior surveyor	30	25	20

Average fees as percentage of project cost
Sector (new-build JCT only)	Project value	%	%
		2004	2002	change
private housing	£1m	2.5	2.5	0
	£5m	1.8	1.8	0
leisure	£1m	2.6	2.7	–0.1
	£5m	1.7	1.8	–0.1
industrial	£1m	2.8	2.6	0.2
	£5m	1.7	1.7	0
offices	£1m	1.9	2.5	–0.6
	£5m	1.6	2.0	–0.4
retail	£1m	1.7	2.3	–0.6
	£5m	1.6	2.1	–0.5
public housing	£1m	2.5	2.4	0.1
	£5m	2.1	2.2	–0.1
education	£1m	2.8	2.8	0
	£5m	2.1	2.3	–0.2
health	£1m	2.9	2.5	0.4
	£5m	1.7	1.9	–0.2