Built Environment Industry Recruitment, salary and benefit insights

February 2017

Report contents: Overview of built environment recruitment – key trends

and issues Average salaries by region Benefits received by permanent candidates Average annual bonuses by region Average salaries by job role – permanent candidates Average salaries by job role – contract candidates Permanent salaries versus years of experience Built Environment recruitment specialists

£47,957

£46,904

£40,500

£42,484

£45,033

£44,856

London

£55,743 | £37

South East

£53,528 | £29

Despite post-brexit fears, the UK’s built environment and construction sectors have remained strong despite concerns over the

growing skills shortage across the industry.

Although construction activity is expected to remain broadly flat in 2017 and 2018, the industry is expected to see growth in

infrastructure and education projects which will offset falls in commercial offices and industrial factories.

Major projects such as HS2, Hinkley Point C and the Thames Tideway Tunnel will be the key drivers of construction activity within

the infrastructure sector and the government’s 2017 Autumn Statement could signal further investment boosts across the

industry.

For built environment candidates and clients, the following information will enable you to benchmark the salaries and benefits you

are offering or receiving. The data is from our in house salary survey, My Salary Tool, which contains salary and benefit information

from over 15,000 candidates currently working in the engineering and construction industries.

The data in this report is from salary data from surveys completed by built environment and construction candidates.

Scotland

North East

North West

Wales

South West

Midlands

London

South East

Anglia

Average salaries and hourly rates by region

£46,300

£36

Built environment recruitment – key trends

Pension 37%

Mobile phone 34%

Private health insurance 22%

Car allowance 21%

Car 21%

Company paid training 21%

Life assurance 18%

Paid for professional membership 15%

Car park 12%

Additional annual leave 9%

Home working options 9%

Flexible working options 8%

Overtime payments 7%

Permanent health insurance 7%

Ride to work schemes 5%

Share options 5%

Gym/health club membership 2%

Child daycare 2%

Social club/membership 1%

£8,391

£3,243 £3,737

£3,632

Average annual

bonuses by region

Benefits received by

permanent candidates

£2,931

£3,800

London

£7,204

South East

£6,623

Scotland

North East

North West

Wales

South West

Midlands

London

South East

Anglia

£1,340

Benefits and bonuses

360 Excavator Operator £20

Assistant Engineer £42

Assistant Project Manager £22

Assistant Quantity Surveyor £20

Assistant Site Manager £20

Associate Director £50

Banksman/Slinger £18

Bricklayer £23

Building Surveyor £24

Carpenter £21

Civil Engineer £27

Commercial Director £50

Commercial Manager £49

Commissioning Engineer £32

Construction Director £45

Construction Foreman £23

Construction Manager £29

Crane Operator £21

Design Manager £45

Document Controller £20

Electrical Engineer £25

Electrician £22

Electrician’s Mate £16

Estimator £41

Fabricator Welder £22

Fitter £21

Foreman £22

Forklift Operator £15

Health and Safety Manager £35

Installation Engineer/Fitter £22

Groundworker £16

Ganger £17

General Labourer £12

M&E Labourer £15

Mechanical Engineer £25

NRSWA Supervisor £25

Pipefitter £23

Planner £40

Planning Engineer £35

Planning Manager £30

Plant Operator £15

Project Controls Manager £78

Project Controls Engineer £28

Project Director £58

Project Engineer £43

Project Manager £45

Quantity Surveyor £38

Quality Manager £36

Section Engineer £30

Senior Buyer £45

Senior Commercial Manager £48

Senior Electrical Engineer £35

Senior Engineer £28

Senior Estimator £40

Senior Health and Safety Advisor £30

Senior Planner £45

Senior Planning Engineer £25

Senior Project Engineer £33

Senior Project Manager £35

Senior Quantity Surveyor £39

Setting Out Engineer £24

Shuttering Joiner £22

Site Engineer £24

Site Manager £25

Site Supervisor £23

Slinger £17

Steel Erector £24

Steel Fixer £22

Structural Engineer £25

Sub Agent £28

Substation Engineer £31

Telehandler £18

Tunnel Agent £30

Welder £22

Average hourly rate by job role—contract candidates

Architect £45,000

Architectural Drafter £40,500

Assistant CAD Manager £36,000

Assistant Design Engineer £35,000

Assistant Project Engineer £25,000

Assistant Project Manager £30,000

Assistant Quantity Surveyor £32,630

Assistant Site Manager £35,000

Associate Director £72,229

Auditor £45,000

Bid Manager £54,375

BIM Manager £49,500

Buyer £42,000

CAD Technician £25,000

Civil Engineer £40,000

Commercial Director £113,200

Commercial Manager £65,000

Construction Manager £71,062

Contract Manager £49,481

Cost Manager £45,000

Design Director £82,000

Design Engineer £47,334

Design Manager £63,167

Document Controller £40,500

Electrical Design Engineer £44,000

Electrical Engineer £37,917

Electrical Supervisor £42,000

Environmental Advisor £35,000

Environmental Manager £67,333

Estimator £55,659

Foreman £43,375

Geotechnical Engineer £35,750

Graduate Engineer £25,500

Graduate Quantity Surveyor £26,750

Graduate Structural Engineer £25,000

Health and Safety Manager £43,328

Health and Safety Advisor £31,600

Health and Safety Director £70,000

Mechanical Engineer £41,250

Planning Engineer £61,759

Planning Manager £70,701

Programme Manager £96,854

Project Controls Engineer £42,000

Project Controls Manager £75,000

Project Director £107,400

Project Engineer £40,389

Project Manager £52,955

Project Surveyor £42,625

Quality Manager £45,000

Quantity Surveyor £50,499

Resident Engineer £65,000

Risk Manager £75,000

Section Engineer £35,583

Section Manager £46,500

Senior Building Surveyor £50,500

Senior Buyer £50,667

Senior Commercial Manager £78,600

Senior Contracts Manager £81,125

Senior Cost Manager £55,000

Senior Design Engineer £50,000

Senior Electrical Engineer £50,500

Senior Estimator £65,000

Senior Planning Engineer £65,000

Senior Planning Manager £75,000

Senior Project Manager £56,875

Senior Quantity Surveyor £60,000

Senior Site Manager £48,500

Senior Structural Engineer £50,000

Site Agent £42,650

Site Engineer £32,511

Site Manager £40,474

Structural Engineer £35,000

Sub Agent £44,500

Temporary Works Coordinator £51,250

Average salaries by job role—permanent candidates

Resourcing Solutions is a permanent, contract and temporary recruitment consultancy specialising in engineering and construction disciplines for Rail, Power

and the Built Environment. Our team of sector specialists focus on key industries and disciplines in order to provide the most expert recruitment consultancy

service to clients and candidates.

Built Environment recruitment specialists

kburton@resourcing-solutions.com

0208 1020080

07873 281724

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kennyburtonrsl

Kenny Burton (contract recruitment)

Kenny is Associate Director with over 11 years experience in Engineering & Construction recruitment. He

is head of our Site Services team who support the Built Environment & Power industries and supply

resource across the entire lifecycle of a project. They offer project support which includes Project

Management, Site Engineering, Design, Planning, M&E, Structural & Architectural Steel, Construction and

Trades & Labour.

Nigel Hunt (permanent recruitment)

Nigel has been in technical recruitment for over twenty years and is our Head of Permanent Recruitment.

His team cover a wide variety of disciplines across the infrastructure industry and has over 40 years

combined experience working in technical recruitment with each individual responsible for their own

specialist market. They use their extensive networks to identify suitable candidates for roles and to

introduce good quality individuals to suitable businesses.

nhunt@resourcing-solutions.com

0118 924 1160

07930 107310

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nigelhuntrsl

Permanent salaries versus years of experience