Contractors up salaries as competition for staff grows

By Jordan Marshall2018-11-14T07:00:00

Site managers among those benefiting from tug-of-war with housebuilders eager to poach talent

Contractors are being forced to dig deep to stop their site managers from being poached by predatory housebuilders, with those in London now commanding pay packets in excess of £60,000.

Salaries for senior site managers jumped 5%, with those in London picking up an average of £66,000, according to Building’s 2018 contractors’ salary survey which was carried out over the summer by Hays.

Site managers in the capital pocketed £54,000, with the national average for the role jumping 4% to just over £45,500.

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