Quantity Surveyor salary in the United Kingdom
£91,398
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £70,000 and £95,000
From 200 live quantity surveyor listings with advertised pay · newest 16 Oct 2026
What quantity surveyors are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £70,000
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £82,500
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £95,000
- a quarter pay more
Quantity 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 quantity surveyor salary range
The middle half of quantity surveyor adverts sits between £70,000 and £95,000 — the top of that band is 1.4× 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 Taunton pays most for the role at £430,000 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 quantity surveyors
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for quantity surveyors
Live quantity surveyor roles
Senior Quantity Surveyor
MCR Property GroupQuantity SurveyorviaReedCoventryPermanent£60,000 - £70,000 per annumNewDirector of Cost (Construction)
Ernest Gordon RecruitmentQuantity SurveyorJobsbyAdzunaManchesterContractHybrid£110,000 a yearNewSenior Quantity Surveyor(Drylining and Interiors)
PPM RecruitmentQuantity SurveyorJobsbyAdzunaNorthamptonPermanent£60,000–£70,000 a yearNewDirector of Cost (Construction)
Ernest Gordon Recruitment LimitedQuantity SurveyorviaReedManchesterPermanentHybrid£100,000 - £110,000 per annumNewCommercial Manager
Ernest Gordon Recruitment LimitedQuantity SurveyorviaReedDartfordPermanentHybrid£50,000 - £60,000 per annumNewCommercial Director
RGB RecruitmentQuantity SurveyorviaReedBathContractHybrid£85,000 - £95,000 per annumQuantity Surveyor salary: common questions
- How much does a quantity surveyor earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised quantity surveyor salary is £82,500 a year, from 200 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £70,000 and £95,000. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a quantity surveyor?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £25,084 to £630,000. The middle half sits between £70,000 and £95,000 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay quantity surveyors the most?
- Taunton leads at £430,000 on average, against £91,398 across the whole sample. Brighton follows at £261,000.
- What is a quantity surveyor salary per hour?
- About £46.87 an hour, or £351.53 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay quantity surveyors the most?
- From current listings, Rise Technical Recruitment Limited advertises the highest at £273,750 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