Site Manager salary in the United Kingdom
£116,075
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £60,000 and £88,000
From 204 live site manager listings with advertised pay · newest 16 Oct 2026
What site managers are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £60,000
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £72,500
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £88,000
- a quarter pay more
Site Manager 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 site manager salary range
The middle half of site manager adverts sits between £60,000 and £88,000 — the top of that band is 1.5× 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 Lagos pays most for the role at £7,704,000 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 site managers
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for site managers
Live site manager roles
Senior IT Audit Manager
SRGSite ManagerviaReedEdinburghPermanentHybrid£90,000 - £110,000 per annumNewConstruction Manager
Carmichael UKSite ManagerJobsbyAdzunaGlasgowContract£143,000–£156,000 a yearNewSenior Pre-Construction Manager
Cityscape RecruitmentSite ManagerJobsbyAdzunaLondonPermanent£90,000–£110,000 a yearNewTechnical AI Consultant, Claude, Cloud Technologies, Consulting Background, Big 4, London
Carrington Recruitment Solutions LtdSite ManagerviaReedLondonPermanent£65,000 - £80,000 per annumNewAI Advisory Manager, Technical AI Consultant, Claude, Consulting Background, Big 4
Carrington Recruitment Solutions LtdSite ManagerviaReedLondonPermanent£65,000 - £80,000 per annum, negotiableNewSite Manager
Talent GuardianSite ManagerviaReedBirminghamPermanent£70,000 per annumNewSite Manager salary: common questions
- How much does a site manager earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised site manager salary is £72,500 a year, from 204 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £60,000 and £88,000. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a site manager?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £26,936 to £7,704,000. The middle half sits between £60,000 and £88,000 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay site managers the most?
- Lagos leads at £7,704,000 on average, against £116,075 across the whole sample. Taunton follows at £177,658.
- What is a site manager salary per hour?
- About £59.53 an hour, or £446.44 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay site managers the most?
- From current listings, Sigma Consulting Group advertises the highest at £7,704,000 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