| HAYS SALARY SURVEY CAREERS in a very good place on both the hiring and the attrition side at the moment, says Lewis. This slight cooling in labour-market churn perhaps explains why the level of salary increases reported in this years survey is lower than 12 months ago. Overall, construction and property saw a 2.9% average salary increase over the past year, compared with 4.4% in 2022. The drop was even sharper for building services engineers: 2.5% compared with 5%. Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority (81%) of construction and property employers increased salaries for their staff in 2023, the same percentage that did so in the previous year, according to Hays. Cundall awarded an average pay rise last year of 7%. Our pay rises were really good because a key thing for us is making sure that were buying best in class, Neeson says. Just more than a quarter (26%) of building services engineers say they have received a specific cost-of-living payment over the past 12 months. Cundall, however, chose instead to increase salaries, says Neeson: Weve put it on salary, not cost of living, because people benefit from it in the long term, rather than just a one-off payment. While Whitecode awarded a 5% increase, employees expectations have tempered, says Hill: Across the company, we havent seen a massive jump in what people are demanding. If youre good, you can walk out of a job in this industry and walk in anywhere you want. The difference is, those people who are not that good are not quite as demanding. Greater caution on pay is being seen more broadly across the industry, says Jackson: Although theres still a huge demand for people, companies are having to watch the pennies. Theyre not necessarily prepared to break the bank like they were a year 84% 47% of building services engineers say an organisations purpose is important to them of firms say skills shortages have affected their ability to deliver projects Consultants: Revit/BIM technician Consultants: Senior design engineer (M&E) Consultants: Sustainability consultant Region Typical Min Max salary 2024 salary 2024 salary 2024 Region Typical Min Max salary 2024 salary 2024 salary 2024 Region Typical Min Max salary 2024 salary 2024 salary 2024 East Midlands 40,000 35,000 45,000 East Midlands 55,000 45,000 58,000 East Midlands 48,000 42,000 55,000 East of England 43,000 32,000 49,000 East of England 55,000 48,000 62,000 East of England 54,000 43,000 62,000 London 55,000 40,000 65,000 London 60,000 50,000 70,000 London 60,000 45,000 75,000 North East England 39,500 31,000 41,000 North East England 49,500 41,000 51,000 North East England 46,000 38,000 48,000 North West England 42,000 35,000 45,000 North West England 55,000 45,000 58,000 North West England 50,000 30,000 60,000 Northern Ireland 38,000 34,000 40,000 Northern Ireland 52,000 45,000 58,000 Northern Ireland 50,000 45,000 55,000 Scotland 37,000 26,000 42,000 Scotland 52,000 43,000 58,000 Scotland 48,000 38,000 53,000 South East England 50,000 44,000 56,000 South East England 58,000 55,000 63,000 South East England 46,500 43,000 48,000 South West England 44,000 41,000 49,000 South West England 55,000 51,000 58,000 South West England 50,000 46,000 54,000 Wales 42,000 41,000 49,000 Wales 53,000 51,000 58,000 Wales 48,000 46,000 54,000 West Midlands 42,000 35,000 45,000 West Midlands 54,000 45,000 60,000 West Midlands 50,000 42,000 55,000 Yorkshire and the Humber 40,000 31,000 44,000 Yorkshire and the Humber 49,000 40,000 50,000 Yorkshire and the Humber 50,000 45,000 55,000 National average 35,417 47,500 National average 46,583 58,667 National average 41,917 56,167 42,708 53,958 50,042 % increase year on year: 1.5% % increase year on year: 1.6% % increase year on year: 2.6% Contractors: CAD technician Contractors: Contract quantity surveyor Contractors: Directors Region Typical Min Max salary 2024 salary 2024 salary 2024 Region Typical Min Max salary 2024 salary 2024 salary 2024 Region Typical Min Max salary 2024 salary 2024 salary 2024 East Midlands 33,000 27,000 35,000 East Midlands 60,000 50,000 65,000 East Midlands 75,000 65,000 85,000 East of England 31,000 28,000 35,000 East of England 62,000 48,000 70,000 East of England 85,000 70,000 90,000 London 50,000 40,000 60,000 London 70,000 65,000 95,000 London 110,000 90,000 130,000 North East England 29,000 23,500 29,500 North East England 48,500 43,000 53,000 North East England 58,500 52,000 64,000 North West England 31,000 25,000 35,000 North West England 57,000 42,000 58,000 North West England 80,000 70,000 80,000 Northern Ireland 40,000 38,000 45,000 Northern Ireland 60,000 55,000 65,000 Northern Ireland 85,000 80,000 90,000 Scotland 26,500 23,500 28,000 Scotland 48,500 40,000 50,000 Scotland 64,000 54,000 68,000 South East England 43,000 37,000 45,000 South East England 70,000 65,000 73,000 South East England 80,000 75,000 83,000 South West England 34,000 33,000 37,000 South West England 58,000 56,000 64,000 South West England 75,000 70,000 80,000 Wales 32,000 30,000 36,000 Wales 53,000 50,000 62,000 Wales 73,000 68,000 77,000 West Midlands 32,000 26,000 34,000 West Midlands 55,000 45,000 62,000 West Midlands 77,000 65,000 85,000 Yorkshire and the Humber 28,500 24,000 29,500 Yorkshire and the Humber 46,000 42,000 52,000 Yorkshire and the Humber 63,000 62,000 68,000 National average 29,583 37,417 National average 50,083 64,083 National average 68,417 83,333 34,167 % increase year on year: 1.1% 57,333 % increase year on year: 3.8% 77,125 % increase year on year: 2.2% 18 February 2024 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Feb 24 pp16-19 Salary survey.indd 18 26/01/2024 15:21