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Consulting engineers
ÌýPartner (45, chartered)Associate (40, chartered)Principal design engineer (35, degree, chartered)Senior design engineer (30, working for chartership)Intermediate design engineer (26, HNC)
ÌýTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum Maximum
Central London45,00043,00054,00042,00040,00045,00037,00035,00040,00035,00033,00040,00027,00025,00033,000
North Home Counties45,00040,00048,00040,00038,00048,00037,00034,00040,00032,00032,00038,00026,50025,00030,000
South Home Counties46,50043,00053,00043,00040,00048,00038,00036,00041,00033,50030,00036,50026,50024,50029,000
South West 43,00040,00060,00035,00031,00039,00032,00030,00032,00029,00027,00031,00025,00023,00026,000
Wales40,00036,00050,00038,00034,00042,00030,00028,00034,00025,00023,00027,00020,00017,00024,000
West Midlands43,00038,00048,00036,00034,00040,00034,00032,00037,00030,00028,00032,00026,00024,00028,000
East Midlands45,00040,00048,00038,00036,00042,00033,00030,00034,00030,00029,00032,00023,00021,00023,000
East Anglia43,00039,00048,00038,00034,00042,00034,00032,00035,00029,00026,00032,00026,00024,00027,000
North West43,00038,00045,00040,00037,00048,00031,50030,00038,00030,00028,00035,00026,00024,00028,000
Yorkshire41,00040,00045,00035,00033,00038,00032,00030,00035,00030,00028,00030,00025,00021,00027,000
North East43,00035,00049,00033,00031,00040,00030,00025,00033,00027,00023,00030,00025,00023,00026,000
Scotland48,00045,00052,00035,00035,00045,00030,00028,00037,00026,50025,00032,00023,50022,00028,000
Ireland48,00051,00054,00045,40040,60050,40034,00030,60037,40028,20023,80030,60020,36019,00025,400
Northern Ireland38,00036,00045,00032,00028,00036,00029,00027,00032,00024,00023,00023,00024,00021,00026,000
National averageÌýÌý43,679ÌýÌý37,886ÌýÌý32,964ÌýÌý29,229ÌýÌý24,561
Increase from 2002 surveyÌýÌý2·2%ÌýÌý2·3%ÌýÌý4·0%ÌýÌý3·8%ÌýÌý4·3%
Consulting engineers - cad
ÌýCAD manager (35, C&G, 8 yrs cad exp)CAD operator (30, C&G, 5 yrs cad exp)Junior cad operator (21, C&G, 1 yrs cad exp)
ÌýTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum Maximum
Central London32,00028,00035,00027,00025,00030,00018,00016,00020,000
North Home Counties31,00028,00034,00026,00024,00030,00017,50015,00020,000
South Home Counties28,50026,50031,00024,50022,00027,50016,50013,50018,500
South West 25,00020,00027,00020,00018,00023,00014,00013,00015,000
Wales22,00018,00025,00016,50014,50018,00014,00012,00016,000
West Midlands24,00020,00027,00018,75016,00022,00014,00012,00016,000
East Midlands24,00022,00026,00022,00020,00024,00016,00014,00018,000
East Anglia28,00025,00033,00022,00020,00025,00016,00012,00016,000
North West28,00025,00032,00019,00016,00021,00015,50012,00018,000
Yorkshire26,50023,00025,00020,00018,00022,00016,00015,00018,000
North East27,00025,00030,00024,00018,00025,00016,50014,00020,000
Scotland24,00020,00025,00021,00018,00020,00015,00014,00018,000
Ireland24,76020,40028,80018,68016,32019,04014,96013,60016,320
Northern Ireland26,00024,00030,00018,00016,00022,00014,00012,00018,000
National averageÌýÌý26,482ÌýÌý21,245ÌýÌý15,569
Increase from 2002 surveyÌýÌý5·4%ÌýÌý5·1%ÌýÌý-2·4%
Consulting engineers II
ÌýJunior engineer (22, ONC, 5 yrs exp)Graduate trainee (21)Clerk of works (35, C&G, 10yrs exp)Resident engineer (40, degree, 15 yrs exp)
ÌýTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypicalMinimumMaximum
Central London20,50020,00023,00018,00017,00022,00028,00025,00030,00035,00035,00040,000
North Home Counties21,00020,00025,00016,50015,00018,00027,00024,00030,00034,50030,00040,000
South Home Counties22,75021,00025,00018,00015,50020,00026,00023,00028,00030,00026,00040,000
South West 20,00021,00024,00016,50016,00019,00025,00024,00028,00026,00024,00032,000
Wales18,00014,00022,00015,00012,00016,00025,00022,00028,00025,00022,00028,000
West Midlands20,00017,00023,00017,50015,00020,00027,00025,00035,00028,00025,00033,000
East Midlands21,00020,00024,00017,50016,00020,00026,00025,00033,00028,00025,00029,000
East Anglia21,00019,00022,00017,50016,00020,00027,50025,00032,00031,00028,00033,000
North West20,00019,00024,00016,00012,00018,00027,50025,00030,00031,00028,00035,000
Yorkshire23,00020,00024,00018,00018,00020,00025,00024,00026,00032,00028,00036,000
North East20,00016,00022,00016,50014,00018,00024,00016,00025,00028,50025,00032,000
Scotland21,00018,00025,00017,00016,00018,00026,00025,00030,00028,00025,00035,000
Ireland18,64015,28020,00014,96013,60016,32023,80020,40027,20034,00030,60037,400
Northern Ireland18,00015,00020,00014,00012,00016,00024,00023,00028,00031,00027,00035,000
National averageÌýÌý20,350ÌýÌý16,640ÌýÌý25,843ÌýÌý30,143
Increase from 2002 surveyÌýÌý11·9%ÌýÌý2·6%ÌýÌý5·7%ÌýÌý11·1%
Surveyors & estimators
ÌýSenior m&e qs (40, HNC)M&E qs (28, HNC)Junior m&e qs (20, ONC)Senior estimator (38, HNC, 20 yrs exp)Estimator (30, ONC, 8 yrs exp)Junior estimator (20, ONC, 2 yrs exp)
ÌýTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum Maximum
Central London43,00035,00047,00035,00030,00040,00025,00022,00027,50042,00035,00048,00035,00028,00042,00024,00020,00027,500
North Home Counties35,50031,00040,00030,00025,00034,00020,50018,00022,00037,00035,00042,00028,00025,00033,00020,00016,00018,000
South Home Counties36,50033,00040,00030,00028,00034,00019,75016,50021,50034,50031,00038,50029,00026,50033,00020,00017,00023,000
South West 32,00028,00035,00027,00025,00029,00024,00022,00026,00028,00026,00032,00025,00024,00029,00016,00015,00018,000
Wales28,00026,00030,00028,00024,00031,00018,75015,00020,00026,00023,00028,00022,00020,00025,00015,50013,00018,000
West Midlands33,00029,00037,00029,00026,00033,00020,00017,00023,00030,00027,00035,00028,00025,00033,00020,00017,00025,000
East Midlands35,00032,00038,00030,00028,00032,00022,00020,00026,00030,00029,00032,00030,00028,00032,00022,00019,00025,000
East Anglia37,75034,00043,00030,00028,00035,00022,00021,00025,00036,50032,00039,00031,00027,00033,50022,00020,00025,000
North West32,00027,00040,00028,00026,00032,00020,50019,00022,50033,00030,00041,00028,00025,00035,00022,00020,00025,000
Yorkshire32,00027,00042,00027,00024,00030,00022,00018,00025,00033,00029,00035,00027,00023,00029,00021,00018,00023,000
North East30,00027,00035,00025,00022,00032,00018,00016,00023,00033,00030,00035,00027,00024,00033,00018,00016,00023,000
Scotland34,00031,00037,00025,00022,00027,00019,00018,00022,00035,00032,00037,00025,00023,00028,00021,00019,00022,000
Ireland37,40034,00040,80027,48023,12029,20018,32014,96020,68030,20025,80033,60020,40018,36023,80016,32014,96017,680
Northern Ireland33,00030,00036,00027,00024,00030,00018,00014,00022,00034,00030,00040,00026,00024,00032,00017,00014,00022,000
National averageÌýÌý34,225ÌýÌý26,320ÌýÌý20,559ÌýÌý33,014ÌýÌý25,100ÌýÌý19,630
Increase from 2002 surveyÌýÌý6·2%ÌýÌý6·0%ÌýÌý7·5%ÌýÌý9·5%ÌýÌý5·2%ÌýÌý4·3%
Electrical engineers
ÌýSenior electrical contracts manager (40, HNC)Electrical contracts engineer (35, HNC)Junior electrical contracts engineer (24, ONC)
ÌýTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum Maximum
Central London37,00030,00040,00032,00028,00038,00026,00024,00030,000
North Home Counties36,00032,50039,00033,00031,00034,00021,00020,00025,000
South Home Counties36,00032,50039,00032,00030,00035,00022,00020,00025,000
South West 31,00029,00035,00027,50025,00030,00017,00016,00018,000
Wales29,00026,00032,00026,00024,00030,00017,00015,00020,000
West Midlands32,00028,00035,00030,00025,00032,00022,00017,00025,000
East Midlands32,00030,00035,00030,00028,00032,00023,00022,00026,000
East Anglia34,00033,00037,00030,00028,00033,00022,00021,00026,000
North West32,00035,00039,00028,00024,00034,00023,00022,00026,000
Yorkshire33,00030,00035,00028,00025,00030,00022,00020,00025,000
North East32,00025,00035,00025,00022,00028,00022,00018,00025,000
Scotland34,00028,00038,00025,75024,00030,00020,00018,00022,000
Ireland37,40034,00040,80030,60027,20034,00020,40018,36021,760
Northern Ireland29,00026,00032,00026,00023,00029,00017,00014,00020,000
National averageÌýÌý31,029ÌýÌý28,847ÌýÌý21,029
Increase from 2002 surveyÌýÌý13·4%ÌýÌý9·5%ÌýÌý18·2%
Mechanical engineers
ÌýSenior mechanical contracts manager (40, HNC)Mechanical contracts engineer (35, HNC)Junior mechanical contracts engineer (24, ONC)
ÌýTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum Maximum
Central London36,00030,00040,00031,50028,00038,00026,00024,00030,000
North Home Counties35,50032,50039,00031,50028,00033,00024,00021,00026,000
South Home Counties35,50031,00038,00032,00030,00035,00022,00020,00025,000
South West 31,00029,00035,00028,00026,00030,00017,50016,00018,500
Wales29,00027,00033,00026,00022,00030,00017,00015,00020,000
West Midlands33,00030,00040,00030,00025,00033,00022,00017,00025,000
East Midlands32,00030,00035,00030,00028,00032,00024,00022,00026,000
East Anglia34,50030,00037,00030,00028,00033,00023,00021,00026,000
North West34,75030,00040,00031,50028,00038,00022,00020,00026,000
Yorkshire33,00030,00035,00028,00025,00030,00022,00020,00025,000
North East32,00025,00035,00025,00022,00028,00022,00018,00025,000
Scotland33,00031,00034,00025,00022,00027,00020,00018,00022,000
Ireland34,00030,60037,40027,20023,80030,60018,36017,00020,400
Northern Ireland29,00026,00032,00026,00023,00029,00017,00014,00020,000
National averageÌýÌý30,482ÌýÌý28,693ÌýÌý21,204
Increase from 2002 surveyÌýÌý10·3%ÌýÌý7·4%ÌýÌý14·9%
Contractors - management
ÌýManaging director (45, degree chartered)Operations director (45, HNC/degree)Commercial director (45, HNC/degree)Project director (40, HNC, degree)Operations manager (40, HNC)Commercial manager (40, chartered)
ÌýTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum Maximum
Central London60,00050,00070,00048,00040,00055,00046,00040,00052,00041,00035,00046,00038,50034,00043,00038,50033,00043,000
North Home Counties57,00050,00065,00047,00042,00050,00043,50040,00049,00039,00036,00040,00038,00033,00039,00038,00033,00041,000
South Home Counties58,00048,00065,00046,50045,50051,00047,00040,00051,00040,00038,00046,00039,00034,00044,00039,00034,00044,000
South West 55,00045,00058,00045,00040,00045,000 40,00039,00045,00038,00035,00040,00036,00033,00039,00035,00035,00040,000
Wales50,00047,00055,00041,00037,00048,00038,00032,00042,00037,00034,00041,00036,00033,00040,00033,00031,00040,000
West Midlands55,00050,00060,00045,00040,00050,00045,00040,00050,00040,00035,00045,00035,00030,00040,00038,00033,00045,000
East Midlands56,00050,00060,00046,50040,00050,00043,00040,00045,00040,00035,00040,00038,00036,00040,00039,00038,00042,000
East Anglia58,00050,00065,00047,00040,00055,00045,00040,00050,00042,00038,00046,00038,00035,00042,00035,00033,00037,000
North West50,00045,00060,00045,00040,00050,00045,00040,00055,00040,00035,00042,00035,00032,00040,00035,00032,00040,000
Yorkshire50,00040,00045,00046,00042,00052,00046,00042,00052,00040,00036,00045,00037,00033,00040,00037,00033,00040,000
North East45,00040,00065,00040,00035,00038,00037,00032,00040,00031,50028,00035,00032,00028,00035,00032,00028,00035,000
Scotland50,00045,00055,00043,00037,00047,00043,00037,00047,00035,00030,00040,00033,00030,00037,00035,00032,00040,000
Ireland54,40051,00057,80047,60044,20051,00047,60044,20051,00040,80037,40044,20034,00030,60037,40034,00045,00055,000
Northern Ireland50,00040,00060,00043,00038,00050,00042,50038,00050,00038,00035,00045,00035,00030,00040,00035,00030,00040,000
National averageÌýÌý53,457ÌýÌý45,043ÌýÌý43,471ÌýÌý38,736ÌýÌý33,893ÌýÌý33,821
Increase from 2002 surveyÌýÌý2·9%ÌýÌý4·1%ÌýÌý1·1%ÌýÌý5·1%ÌýÌý3·9%ÌýÌý0·6%
Commissioning engineers
ÌýSenior commissioning engineer (40, HNC)Commissioning engineer (32, ONC)Site supervisor (35, C&G)
ÌýTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum MaximumTypical Minimum Maximum
Central London34,00028,00036,00031,50028,00035,00028,50024,00032,000
North Home Counties32,00029,00035,00030,50027,00033,00027,50026,50030,000
South Home Counties33,50028,00035,00029,00026,00032,00025,00022,00028,000
South West 29,00026,00032,00025,00024,00027,00021,50021,00024,000
Wales26,00022,00032,00024,00018,00028,00022,00018,00026,000
West Midlands30,00026,00033,00027,00024,00030,00025,00022,00026,000
East Midlands29,00025,00030,00026,00025,00028,00026,00025,00027,000
East Anglia30,00027,00033,00027,50023,00029,50028,00025,00030,000
North West31,00028,00034,00027,50025,00030,00023,00020,00025,000
Yorkshire30,00028,00034,00027,00025,00030,00023,00020,00025,000
North East30,00025,00033,00026,00023,00030,00022,00020,00025,000
Scotland26,00024,00030,00024,00022,00027,00022,00019,00025,000
Ireland34,00030,60037,40030,60027,20034,00025,80020,40027,200
Northern Ireland31,00027,00032,00027,00024,00030,00027,00025,00034,000
National averageÌýÌý30,393ÌýÌý27,329ÌýÌý24,736
Increase from 2002 surveyÌýÌý1·1%ÌýÌý2·9%ÌýÌý3·0%