Building Surveyor career guide

Live building surveyor roles plus reconciled 2026 salary data by region.

1808 live building surveyor roles

Building Surveyor

Southampton

£40,000–£50,000

Conrad Consulting is delighted to be working with a well-established claims management and loss adjusting business seeking an experienced Building…

Remote Construction Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Graduate Building Surveyor

London

£30,000–£35,000

1st Select are working with a well-established and growing property consultancy based in South London who are looking to appoint a Graduate Building…

Construction Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Building Surveyor

Hampshire

£35,000–£45,000

Our client is seeking a Building Surveyor to support the delivery of a facilities and infrastructure account within the defence and security sector.

Security, Emergency & Defence Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Senior Building Surveyor

Liverpool

£60,000–£65,000

I'm currently working with a well-established, award-winning multi-disciplinary building consultancy that is looking to appoint a Senior Chartered…

Hybrid Construction Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Building Surveyor

Manchester

£32,000–£37,000

You will part of a team of building surveyors covering all aspects of professional and project-related building surveying across a wide range of…

Construction Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Building Surveyor

Oxfordshire

£80,000–£85,000

Are you an experienced Building Surveyor / Stock Condition Surveyor with a strong background working across Social Housing or Local Authority…

Property, Facilities & Estate Agency Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Building Surveyor

Worcester

£50,000–£60,000

We are working with a leading property consultancy to recruit an experienced Senior Building Surveyor to join their established team based in…

Property, Facilities & Estate Agency Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Associate Building Surveyor

West Midlands (County)

£70,000–£85,000

Our client is the UK's largest independent commercial property management and building consultancy specialist with more than 40 years of experience…

Hybrid Property, Facilities & Estate Agency Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Building Surveyor

Derbyshire

See advert for pay

We are recruiting on behalf of a local authority seeking an experienced Chartered Building Surveyor to support the management and improvement of a…

Construction Contract
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Building Surveyor

London

£45,000–£55,000

A multi-disciplinary construction consultancy is looking for a Building Surveyor to join their Kent office, taking on a varied role across projects…

Construction Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Building Surveyor

West Yorkshire

£35,000–£45,000

Opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary team including Architects, Building Surveyors, Highways Engineers, Drainage Engineers, M&E Engineers…

Construction Permanent
6 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Building Surveyor salary by region (2026)

RegionSalary range (median)
Midlands (indicative)
2 live adverts
£36,000 – £75,000 (midpoint £64,500)
South West (indicative)
5 live adverts
£35,000 – £80,000 (midpoint £60,000)
London (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£45,000 – £65,000 (midpoint £55,000)
South East (indicative)
1 live advert
£40,000 – £58,000 (midpoint £52,500)
East of England (indicative)
5 live adverts
£31,500 – £60,000 (midpoint £49,287)
North West (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£36,000 – £52,000 (midpoint £44,000)
Scotland (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£36,000 – £52,000 (midpoint £44,000)
Yorkshire (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£35,000 – £50,000 (midpoint £42,500)
North East (indicative)
6 live adverts
£34,000 – £65,000 (midpoint £38,750)
Wales (indicative)
10 live adverts
£34,000 – £70,000 (midpoint £35,000)

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. MRICS chartership is the decisive lever, as it is across the surveying professions. Consultancy dilapidations/professional work and client-side asset roles both pay well; contract demand is strong around compliance-driven work (fire safety, decarbonisation retrofit).
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FAQs

What does a building surveyor earn in the UK?

Indicatively £35,000–£65,000 permanent, with chartered senior surveyors in London at the top.

How much is MRICS worth to a building surveyor?

Chartership typically moves a surveyor up a full grade (commonly £6,000–£12,000 like-for-like) and unlocks associate/partner tracks.

Where is building-surveying demand strongest?

Fire-safety remediation, dilapidations and retrofit/decarbonisation programmes across the major cities.

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