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Quantity surveyors
	Central London £	North Home Counties £	South Home Counties £	South-west £	Wales £	West Midlands £	East Midlands £	East Anglia £
Partner/director, 45	55,000	55,000	54,000	44,000	48,000	52,000	47,500	42,000
Associate, 38, ARICS	47,000	45,000	47,000	39,000	38,000	40,000	40,000	39,500
Senior surveyor, 2-6 years’ exp	40,000	40,000	40,000	37,000	35,000	35,000	33,500	36,000
Newly qualified surveyor, 25	29,000	28,000	30,000	28,000	26,000	27,000	26,500	25,000
Assistant surveyor, 22	24,000	20,000	24,000	23,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	21,000
Graduate surveyor	21,000	18,000	20,000	17,000	17,000	18,000	17,000	19,000
Claims surveyor, 35, 5 years’ exp	45,000	35,000	43,000	37,000	35,000	35,000	34,000	35,500
Project manager, 35, 5 years’ exp	45,000	40,000	43,000	38,000	40,000	38,000	39,000	38,500
Procurement manager, 40, 6 yrs’ exp	45,000	40,000	43,000	37,000	36,000	38,000	34,000	37,500
Surveyor, 29, ARICS	31,000	30,000	32,000	31,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
Measurement surveyor, 22, 2 yrs’ exp	23,000	20,000	21,000	22,500	20,000	20,000	19,000	23,000
	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland	National average	% rise
Partner/director, 45	50,000	50,000	46,000	56,000	46,000	49,654	3%
Associate, 38, ARICS	40,000	39,000	39,000	40,000	35,000	40,654	5%
Senior surveyor, 2-6 years’ exp	35,000	35,000	34,000	32,000	32,000	35,731	4%
Newly qualified surveyor, 25	25,000	26,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	26,577	3%
Assistant surveyor, 22	18,000	20,000	21,000	20,000	19,000	20,769	3%
Graduate surveyor	17,000	18,000	17,000	18,500	15,000	17,885	4%
Claims surveyor, 35, 5 years’ exp	34,000	37,000	37,000	44,000	32,000	37,192	2%
Project manager, 35, 5 years’ exp	37,000	38,000	36,000	35,000	35,000	38,808	3%
Procurement manager, 40, 6 yrs’ exp	34,000	35,000	34,000	35,000	33,000	37,038	2%
Surveyor, 29, ARICS	29,000	29,000	27,000	30,000	27,000	29,692	6%
Measurement surveyor, 22, 2 yrs exp	22,000	22,000	20,000	18,000	18,000	20,808	5%

How the regions are catching up: Three examples of % salary change (2004-2005)
	Central London	North Home Counties	South Home Counties	South-west	Wales	West Midlands	East Midlands	East Anglia
Associate, 38, ARICS	4%	0%	4%	8%	9%	5%	8%	1%
Surveyor, 29, ARICS	0%	9%	7%	11%	5%	7%	9%	3%
Measurement surveyor, 22, 2 yrs’ exp	–4%	0%	11%	0%	11%	8%	6%	5%
	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland
Associate, 38, ARICS	5%	8%	8%	8%	0%
Surveyor, 29, ARICS	10%	9%	2%	3%	4%
Measurement surveyor, 22, 2 yrs’ exp	5%	7%	5%	6%	6%

Architects
	Central London £	North Home Counties £	South Home Counties £	South-west £	Wales £	West Midlands £	East Midlands £	East Anglia £
Partner/director	55,000	45,000	45,000	40,000	45,000	47,000	45,000	45,000
Associate	45,000	38,000	38,000	37,000	38,000	38,000	38,000	35,000
Architect, 6 years’ exp	35,000	35,000	35,000	32,000	34,000	30,000	30,000	32,000
Newly qualified, CAD exp	29,000	28,000	27,500	22,000	23,000	24,000	22,000	24,000
Architectural assistant, Part II	24,000	23,000	22,000	19,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	21,000
Architectural assistant, Part I	20,000	15,000	15,000	14,000	15,000	15,000	16,000	17,000
Senior CAD technician	33,000	32,000	32,000	30,000	28,000	30,000	27,000	30,000
CAD technician, 3 years’ exp	26,000	24,000	24,000	21,000	21,000	22,000	20,000	22,000
Senior technologist, 10 years’ exp	36,000	35,000	35,000	30,000	30,000	32,000	31,000	29,000
Technologist, 3 years’ exp	26,000	25,000	25,000	21,000	20,000	25,000	26,000	25,000
Senior interior designer	35,000	32,000	32,500	31,500	30,000	27,000	27,000	30,000
Interior designer, 3 years’ exp	24,000	21,000	21,000	20,000	21,000	20,000	20,000	23,500
Space planner, 8-10 years’ exp	35,000	32,000	32,000	29,000	28,000	26,000	26,000	26,500
Landscape architect, 8-10 years’ exp	32,000	30,000	32,000	29,000	31,000	30,000	31,000	28,500
	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland	National average	% rise
Partner/director	45,000	45,000	45,000	40,000	44,000	45,077	5%
Associate	35,000	37,000	39,000	35,000	37,000	37,692	5%
Architect, 6 years’ exp	28,000	32,000	35,000	30,000	31,000	32,231	3%
Newly qualified, CAD exp	24,000	24,000	18,000	16,000	23,000	23,423	1%
Architectural assistant, Part II	19,000	20,000	18,000	18,000	19,500	20,269	8%
Architectural assistant, Part I	16,000	15,000	13,000	13,000	15,500	15,346	3%
Senior CAD technician	30,000	30,000	27,000	23,000	26,000	29,077	4%
CAD technician, 3 years’ exp	20,000	20,000	18,000	20,000	18,000	21,231	4%
Senior technologist, 10 years’ exp	30,000	30,000	27,000	30,000	28,000	31,000	6%
Technologist, 3 years’ exp	23,000	22,000	18,000	25,000	19,000	23,077	7%
Senior interior designer	25,000	27,000	28,000	28,000	27,000	29,231	4%
Interior designer, 3 years’ exp	18,500	18,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,538	2%
Space planner, 8-10 years’ exp	22,000	20,000	18,000	22,000	22,000	26,038	0%
Landscape architect, 8-10 years’ exp	27,500	27,000	25,000	25,000	26,000	28,769	4%

Building surveyors
	Central London £	North Home Counties £	South Home Counties £	South-west £	Wales £	West Midlands £	East Midlands £	East Anglia £
Partner/director, 45	50,000	50,000	50,000	43,000	50,000	45,000	47,000	42,000
Associate, 32, 6 years PQE	41,000	40,000	40,000	38,000	39,000	39,000	37,000	38,000
Building surveyor, 28, MRICS	33,000	28,000	32,000	30,000	30,000	32,000	31,000	36,000
Graduate building surveyor	20,000	18,000	19,000	17,500	17,000	19,000	17,500	18,000
Maintenance surveyor, 28, 8 yrs’ exp	30,000	25,000	26,000	26,000	23,000	26,000	26,000	27,500
Planning supervisor, 40, 10 yrs’ exp	38,000	32,000	38,000	29,000	33,000	37,000	35,500	34,000
	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland	National average	% rise
Partner/director, 45	45,000	43,000	40,000	50,000	42,000	45,923	3%
Associate, 32, 6 years PQE	38,000	36,000	35,000	36,500	34,000	37,808	5%
Building surveyor, 28, MRICS	29,000	30,000	29,000	29,000	29,000	30,462	5%
Graduate building surveyor	19,000	17,000	18,000	16,000	15,000	17,923	5%
Maintenance surveyor, 28, 8 yrs’ exp	25,000	26,000	25,000	18,000	23,000	25,115	3%
Planning supervisor, 40, 10 yrs’ exp	32,000	34,000	33,000	32,000	28,000	33,654	3%

Engineers
	Central London £	North Home Counties £	South Home Counties £	South-west £	Wales £	West Midlands £	East Midlands £	East Anglia £
Water engineer
Principal engineer, 11 years’ exp	42,000	39,000	38,000	34,000	37,000	34,500	38,000	37,000
Senior engineer, 6 years’ exp	30,000	32,000	30,000	28,000	31,000	30,000	29,000	29,500
Bridge engineer
Associate, 13 years’ exp	47,000	43,000	40,000	38,000	37,000	38,000	40,000	40,000
Senior engineer, 6 years’ exp	34,000	32,000	32,000	33,000	30,000	30,000	28,000	31,000
Engineer, 2 years’ exp	25,000	23,000	22,500	25,000	26,000	23,000	26,000	25,000
Geotechnical engineer
Principal engineer, 11 years’ exp	43,000	40,000	39,000	34,000	38,000	35,000	38,000	36,000
Senior engineer, 5 years’ exp	32,000	30,000	28,500	28,000	30,000	27,000	29,000	29,000
Structural engineer
Associate, 15 years’ exp	52,000	45,000	42,000	38,000	40,000	40,000	42,000	40,000
Senior engineer, 5 years’ exp	37,000	30,000	34,000	32,000	32,000	30,000	29,500	34,000
Graduate engineer	23,000	20,500	21,500	18,000	19,000	20,000	19,000	19,000
Infrastructure engineer
Principal, 11 years’ exp	43,000	40,000	38,000	39,000	36,000	37,000	37,500	37,000
Senior engineer, 5 years’ exp	33,000	31,000	31,000	30,000	30,000	31,000	30,000	30,500
Graduate engineer	22,000	20,000	20,000	18,000	19,000	20,000	18,000	19,000

	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern Ireland	National average	% rise
Water engineer
Principal engineer, 11 years’ exp	35,500	35,000	33,500	34,500	31,000	35,692	5%
Senior engineer, 6 years’ exp	32,000	31,000	28,000	32,000	26,000	29,885	5%
Bridge engineer
Associate, 13 years’ exp	42,000	40,000	36,000	36,000	36,000	38,923	3%
Senior engineer, 6 years’ exp	32,000	32,000	31,000	29,000	28,000	30,885	6%
Engineer, 2 years’ exp	23,000	24,000	27,000	24,000	22,500	24,308	3%
Geotechnical engineer
Principal engineer, 11 years’ exp	38,000	37,000	35,000	36,000	35,000	36,615	4%
Senior engineer, 5 years’ exp	27,000	30,000	28,000	28,000	26,000	28,346	5%
Structural engineer
Associate, 15 years’ exp	42,000	40,000	37,000	37,000	37,000	40,154	4%
Senior engineer, 5 years’ exp	32,000	31,000	30,000	28,000	26,000	31,269	5%
Graduate engineer	21,000	20,000	21,000	18,000	17,000	19,577	3%
Infrastructure engineer
Principal, 11 years’ exp	37,000	38,000	35,000	36,000	34,000	36,885	4%
Senior engineer, 5 years’ exp	28,000	28,000	30,000	28,000	27,000	29,808	5%
Graduate engineer	20,000	19,000	18,000	18,500	17,000	18,923	3%