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Average pay among contractors (last year’s results in red, percentage below)
	Central London	Northern Home Counties	Southern Home Counties	South-west	Wales	West Midlands	East Midlands	East Anglia	North-west	Yorkshire	North-east	Scotland	Northern reland	Ireland	National average	Percentage change year on year
Buyer (age 27, 10 years exp)	30,000	29,000	28,500	24,000	23,000	24,000	25,000	29,000	25,000	28,000	22,000	26,500	24,000	22,100	25,720	4%
	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	8%
	7%	9%	4%	0%	4%	7%	4%	3%	4%	11%	–2%	11%	0%	–12%	4%
Estimator (age 30, 5-10 years exp)	36,500	32,000	33,500	26,000	25,500	30,000	31,000	30,000	27,500	26,500	24,000	26,500	28,000	25,230	28730	2%
	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	9%
	7%	3%	10%	–4%	–2%	0%	3%	0%	2%	6%	0%	13%	0%	–9%	2%
Contracts manager (age 45)	42,500	37,000	35,500	33,000	35,500	35,500	36,000	36,000	36,500	34,500	35,000	35,500	35,000	39,400	36,210	3%
	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%
	1%	5%	–1%	0%	1%	7%	11%	3%	—10%	7%	9%	1%	0%	9%	3%
Project manager (age 35)	37,500	33,000	35,000	32,000	31,500	34,000	33,000	33,000	33,500	34,500	33,000	33,500	31,000	33,100	33,400	2%
	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%
	1%	3%	6%	–9%	–2%	2%	6%	3%	1%	7%	6%	1%	–3%	0%	2%
Planner (age 30)	39,000	33,000	32,000	29,000	29,000	28,000	32,000	32,000	29,000	25,500	24,500	29,500	27,000	28,400	29,850	4%
	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	10%
	10%	6%	6%	–3%	2%	–5%	7%	6%	–3%	2%	–6%	7%	15%	8%	4%
Senior quantity surveyor (age 35)	40,000	38,000	38,500	31,000	32,000	33,000	32,000	36,500	32,000	32,500	33,500	32,500	30,000	31,500	33,790	7%
	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	7%
	5%	8%	9%	10%	9%	14%	13%	4%	0%	11%	3%	9%	–3%	5%	7%
Contract quantity surveyor (age 27)	32,000	31,000	31,500	27,000	26,000	30,000	27,000	32,000	26,000	29,750	25,500	27,000	24,000	24,600	28,095	5%
	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	7%
	0%	10%	8%	7%	8%	13%	0%	6%	–4%	13%	5%	6%	0%	–3%	5%
Assistant quantity surveyor (age 22, 2-3 years exp)	23,000	20,000	22,500	19,000	18,000	22,000	17,000	20,500	18,500	19,500	16,500	18,500	17,000	17,700	19,260	4%
	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	8%
	–9%	–5%	3%	5%	11%	25%	6%	2%	–11%	13%	6%	14%	–6%	–3%	4%
Site agent (age 40)	32,000	31,000	31,500	27,500	29,000	28,000	23,000	31,000	28,000	28,000	26,000	27,500	28,000	29,300	28,560	4%
	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	6%
	0%	13%	8%	–7%	10%	4%	–9%	10%	9%	11%	0%	5%	7%	–2%	4%
Sub agent (age 27)	27,000	25,000	25,000	23,000	22,000	24,500	20,000	24,000	23,000	24,000	20,000	24,000	21,000	22,000	23,180	1%
	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	5%
	2%	0%	4%	–7%	–5%	6%	–5%	13%	4%	8%	–5%	4%	–5%	–8%	1%
General foreman (age 45)	25,000	23,000	23,500	23,000	22,000	22,500	21,000	23,000	20,500	23,000	23,500	24,500	24,000	26,800	23,240	1%
	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%
	–4%	9%	–2%	–8%	0%	–2%	–5%	9%	2%	13%	15%	10%	8%	–25%	1%
Engineer (age 25)	26,000	25,500	25,000	21,000	24,000	23,000	24,000	25,500	24,000	24,500	20,500	20,000	20,000	20,500	23,110	7%
	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	5%
	–12%	6%	4%	–12%	4%	0%	4%	6%	6%	8%	5%	0%	–10%	–15%	7%