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% rise average pay
graduate geotechnical engineer 19 £16,208
graduate transportation planner 19 £16,500
building surveyor, age 22, two years’ experience 16.6 £17,833
bridge engineer, two years’ experience 15.7 £20,500
graduate bridge engineer 15.4 £16,292
infrastructure graduate engineer 14.6 £15,959
geotechnical engineer, two years’ experience 14.3 £20,167
infrastructure engineer, two years’ experience 14 £20,250
chartered building surveyor, age 25 13.9 £23,958
assistant project quantity surveyor, age 22, one or two years’ experience 13.9 £17,958
graduate structural engineer 13.4 £16,083
structural engineer, two years’ experience 13 £21,000
graduate water engineer 12.9 £15,333
CAD architectural technician, three years’ experience 12.1 £19,000
senior architectural technologist 11.6 £25,667
graduate project quantity surveyor 11.5 £14,833
graduate building surveyor/trainee, age 22 11.5 £14,917
senior traffic planner, four years’ experience 10.4 £24,542
Architects
London
and South		 % rise Wales
and West		 % rise Midlands % rise North and
Scotland		 % rise Ireland % rise national
rise*
partner/director 44,750 2.5 40,000 8.8 39,000 3.5 37,000 2.8 48,500 24.4 4.6
associate 39,667 7.7 35,000 21.7 29,833 0.6 30,000 7.1 34,500 6.2 7.1
six years’ experience 32,667 8.9 29,500 20.4 27,000 3.9 25,875 10.1 30,000 13.2 8.0
newly qualified, CAD experience 25,333 8.6 21,000 15.1 20,667 14.8 18,000 14.3 20,000 21.2 7.9
architectural assistant, part II 20,000 9.1 17,000 13.3 16,167 7.8 15,250 10.9 18,250 14.1 8.9
CAD technician, 10 years’ experience 28,333 11.1 21,500 0 23,333 6.1 22,000 6.0 22,000 (12.0) 7.9
CAD technician, three years’ experience 24,000 16.1 17,000 3.0 19,000 16.3 16,667 12.1 20,500 10.8 12.6
senior technologist, 10 years’ experience 29,000 9.4 25,000 22.0 26,333 14.5 23,000 6.4 28,500 9.6 11.6
technologist, three years’ experience 23,667 9.2 18,000 16.1 21,000 16.7 16,250 4.8 20,800 6.7 9.2
junior technologist 14,667 2.3 13,000 6.1 14,000 17.5 12,750 6.3 15,500 10.7 6.7
senior interior designer 34,000 5.2 27,000 5.9 29,667 14.8 24,000 4.1 26,000 0.0 7.6
graduate interior designer 15,667 9.3 13,000 4.0 12,667 (1.3) 12,250 4.3 13,000 (10.3) 2.6
space planner, eight to 10 years’ experience 32,000 3.2 24,500 8.9 24,000 2.9 21,750 4.8 n/a n/a 4.5
landscape architect, eight to 10 years’ experience 28,000 (1.2) 25,000 6.4 26,000 11.4 22,750 2.3 n/a n/a 4.1
Quantity surveyors
London
and South		 % rise Wales
and West		 % rise Midlands % rise North and
Scotland		 % rise Ireland % rise national
rise*
partner/director, age 45 46,333 1.5 42,500 3.7 43,333 6.6 39,750 (0.3) 52,500 31.3 2.8
associate, age 35-40, ARICS 39,833 6.7 35,500 4.4 34,000 (1.9) 33,125 3.9 38,500 20.3 2.4
senior surveyor, age 32, six years’ experience 34,333 2.5 28,000 (0.9) 29,667 3.5 30,500 13.5 33,500 28.9 6.5
surveyor, 27-30, ARICS 29,333 4.1 26,000 4.0 25,666 4.1 26,250 11.7 28,500 29.6 7.5
newly qualified surveyor, aged 25 26,167 1.3 22,000 8.6 22,000 6.5 21,250 11.1 21,750 27.9 8.5
assistant surveyor, aged 22, 1-2 years’ experience 21,167 13.4 18,500 15.6 17,000 9.7 16,500 16.8 17,000 21.4 13.9
graduate surveyor 17,333 9.5 14,000 3.7 13,333 3.9 14,500 19.6 15,000 30.4 11.5
claims surveyor, age 35, five years’ experience 45,000 18.9 34,000 3.0 31,333 (4.1) 30,000 2.1 n/a n/a 3.0
project manager, age 38, five years’ experience 39,000 5.9 32,000 (3.0) 34,000 2.0 32,750 (0.4) n/a n/a 1.5
Engineers
London
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West		 % rise Midlands % rise North and
Scotland		 % rise Ireland % rise national
rise*
structural engineers                      
associate 36,667 10.0 32,500 6.6 33,000 5.3 32,750 4.4 38,500 22.2 6.5
senior, more than five years’ experience 29,333 11.4 27,000 9.1 27,000 8.0 25,375 2.0 28,500 9.6 6.6
graduate 17,000 14.6 17,500 25.0 15,667 6.8 15,000 10.1 15,500 14.8 13.4
infrastructure engineers                      
principal, 11 years’ experience 32,583 7.4 30,000 3.5 33,667 17.5 30,250 6.6 36,000 18.0 8.2
graduate, more than two years’ experience 16,500 10.0 17,250 32.7 15,333 8.2 15,375 16.0 15,000 5.3 14.6
bridge engineer                      
associate, more than 13 years’ experience 34,000 4.6 31,500 0.8 32,333 5.4 32,000 4.5 37,500 25.0 4.7
geotech engineer                      
principal, 11 years’ experience 32,833 4.2 35,000 15.7 31,000 11.4 30,500 6.6 n/a n/a 9.3
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ surveyors
London
and South		 % rise Wales
and West		 % rise Midlands % rise North and
Scotland		 % rise Ireland % rise national
rise*
partner/director, age 40-45 46,667 1.1 42,000 0.6 41,333 (2.4) 41,250 4.4 n/a n/a 0.8
associate, age 32, six years’ experience 38,000 8.6 33,000 10.0 32,000 1.1 32,625 12.5 n/a n/a 7.6
chartered building surveyor, age 25, 28,333 16.4 23,500 20.5 22,500 9.8 22,000 11.4 21,500 26.5 13.9
one year’s experience                      
maintenance surveyor, age 28, eight years’ trade, 28,000 18.3 19,000 (2.6) 19,667 (1.7) 19,750 3.6 n/a n/a 6.8
two years’ experience                      
planning supervisor, age 40, 10 years’ experience 33,167 3.7 24,500 (3.0) 27,333 6.5 24,750 1.5 n/a n/a 2.6