Estimators, valuers and assessors: salary in the UK
About £33,308 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +4.2% on last year
£3,448 a month About £2,776 a month after tax 44 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £31,454 in 2021 to £41,372 in 2026 (+32%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £23,242 | £26,002 | £31,454 | £40,992 | x |
| 2022 | £25,093 | £27,933 | £34,729 | £43,152 | x |
| 2023 | £22,713 | £28,051 | £34,309 | x | x |
| 2024 | £23,080 | £28,571 | £35,138 | £45,579 | x |
| 2025 | £27,044 | £32,299 | £39,689 | £51,251 | x |
| 2026 | £28,377 | £33,518 | £41,372 | £54,763 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £41,372 a year and half earn more. That is 1% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £33,518 and £54,763; one in ten earns less than £28,377.
Ranked by median, it is number 140 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£49,129) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,776 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,769 in Scotland.
The median for men is £42,594 and for women £38,981, a gap of 8% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £28,377 | £2,365 |
| 20th | £31,485 | £2,624 |
| 25th (P25) | £33,518 | £2,793 |
| 30th | £34,993 | £2,916 |
| 40th | £38,566 | £3,214 |
| Median (50th) | £41,372 | £3,448 |
| 60th | £46,274 | £3,856 |
| 70th | £51,557 | £4,296 |
| 75th (P75) | £54,763 | £4,564 |
| 80th | £59,784 | £4,982 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £42,594 | £51,748 | 31 |
| Women | £38,981 | £43,058 | 13 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £33,308 | £2,776 |
| Scotland | £33,229 | £2,769 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £41,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 92 job titles to SOC 3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Adjudicator
- Appraiser and valuer
- Arbitrator
- Art expert
- Assessing engineer
- Assessor
- Average adjuster
- Boiler and engine surveyor
- Branch superintendent
- Building estimator
- Chief estimator
- Claims adjudicator
- Claims adjuster
- Claims assessor
- Claims consultant
- Claims executive
- Claims inspector
- Claims investigator
- Claims negotiator
- Claims officer
- Claims superintendent
- Commercial estimator
- Cost engineer
- Cost estimator
- Cost manager
- Costing engineer
- Costing manager
- Credit scoring analyst
- District superintendent
- Domestic energy assessor
- Electrical estimator
- Energy adviser
- Energy assessor
- Energy auditor
- Engineer-estimator
- Engineer-surveyor
- Engineering surveyor
- Estimating engineer
- Estimator
- Estimator-engineer
- Examiner
- Fire superintendent
- Fire surveyor
- Fire systems designer
- HIP assessor
- Home inspector
- Inspection engineer
- Insulation surveyor
- Insurance assessor
- Insurance claims adjuster
- Insurance claims controller
- Insurance claims representative
- Insurance claims settler
- Insurance engineer
- Insurance investigator
- Insurance superintendent
- Insurance surveyor
- Loss adjuster
- Marine claims official
- Marine surveyor
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- Mechanical estimator
- Motor superintendent
- Nautical surveyor
- Naval surveyor
- Negotiator
- Planner-estimator
- Planning estimator
- Ppi case handler
- Print estimator
- Printing estimator
- Rates and charges officer
- Rating and valuation officer
- Rating officer
- Rating surveyor
- Rent officer
- Risk assessor
- Sales estimator
- Staff engineer
- Superintendent
- Surveyor
- Surveyor and valuer
- Technical costs officer
- Technical estimator
- Valuation manager
- Valuation officer
- Valuation referencer
- Valuation surveyor
- Valuation technician
- Valuer
- Valuer and auctioneer
- Vehicle damage assessor
- Window surveyor
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.