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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%