Building Surveyor salary in the United Kingdom
£71,253
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £60,000 and £75,000
From 152 live building surveyor listings with advertised pay · newest 16 Oct 2026
What building surveyors are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £60,000
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £70,000
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £75,000
- a quarter pay more
Building Surveyor salary by seniority
Median advertised pay at each level, with the middle half of adverts beside it. The step between levels is usually the number worth negotiating over.
How to read a building surveyor salary range
The middle half of building surveyor adverts sits between £60,000 and £75,000 — the top of that band is 1.3× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Norwich pays most for the role at £110,000 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for building surveyors
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for building surveyors
Live building surveyor roles
RICS Surveyor
BD GroupBuilding SurveyorviaReedRomfordPermanent£65,000 - £70,000 per annumNewChartered Building Surveyor (Outside IR35)
TSA Surveying LtdBuilding SurveyorJobsbyAdzunaChelmsfordContract£91,000–£104,000 a yearNewSenior Surveyor
Ian WilliamsBuilding SurveyorviaReedExeterPermanent£57,594 - £62,457 per annumNewChartered Building Surveyor
Brandon James LtdBuilding SurveyorviaReedLondonPermanentHybrid£56,000 - £65,000 per annumNewRegional Director Project Manager
Ernest Gordon Recruitment LimitedBuilding SurveyorviaReedManchesterPermanentHybrid£100,000 - £110,000 per annumNewBuilding Surveyor / Employer's Agent - Development Monitoring / Recovery & Special Situations
Essential EmploymentBuilding SurveyorJobsbyAdzunaLondonContractHybrid£85,000 a yearBuilding Surveyor salary: common questions
- How much does a building surveyor earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised building surveyor salary is £70,000 a year, from 152 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £60,000 and £75,000. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a building surveyor?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £50,000 to £121,528. The middle half sits between £60,000 and £75,000 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay building surveyors the most?
- Norwich leads at £110,000 on average, against £71,253 across the whole sample. Sheffield follows at £91,000.
- What is a building surveyor salary per hour?
- About £36.54 an hour, or £274.05 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay building surveyors the most?
- From current listings, Insight Executive Group Limited advertises the highest at £121,528 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
Similar roles
Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below £28,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in the UK. How the figures are worked out