Covid-19 has been a driving force behind major business decisions for 12 months now. Firms have had to make tough choices over whether to cut jobs or put staff on furlough, the latter now being an option the government has extended until September. And the construction industry, while allowed to operate during lockdown unlike hospitality or retail, has not dodged the pain entirely. Take consultants: in August last year Aecom axed 500 jobs, Arup cut 350 the month before, while Cundall, Gardiner & Theobald, RLB and BDP all reduced their workforces by between 6% and 7%.

With all this in mind it is perhaps unsurprising that the latest Consultant Salary Survey, produced by recruitment specialist Hays on behalf of Building, found that even staff with secure jobs were weighing up their options. 

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