Construction and building trades supervisors: salary in the UK
About £36,287 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +1% on last year
£3,793 a month About £3,024 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 £37,464 in 2021 to £45,510 in 2026 (+21%); 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 | £26,881 | £31,381 | £37,464 | £46,182 | x |
| 2022 | £26,971 | £32,356 | £38,922 | x | x |
| 2023 | £26,215 | £31,943 | £39,335 | £48,643 | x |
| 2024 | £28,627 | £34,653 | £41,752 | £50,530 | x |
| 2025 | £30,693 | £37,035 | £45,062 | £54,906 | x |
| 2026 | £29,821 | £37,742 | £45,510 | £55,252 | 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 £45,510 a year and half earn more. That is 11% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £37,742 and £55,252; one in ten earns less than £29,821.
Ranked by median, it is number 105 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,024 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,982 in Scotland.
The median for men is £47,507 and for women £32,660, a gap of 31% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £29,821 | £2,485 |
| 20th | £34,762 | £2,897 |
| 25th (P25) | £37,742 | £3,145 |
| 30th | £39,346 | £3,279 |
| 40th | £42,095 | £3,508 |
| Median (50th) | £45,510 | £3,793 |
| 60th | £48,870 | £4,072 |
| 70th | £52,866 | £4,406 |
| 75th (P75) | £55,252 | £4,604 |
| 80th | £59,314 | £4,943 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £47,507 | £49,662 | 38 |
| Women | £32,660 | £35,386 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £36,287 | £3,024 |
| Scotland | £35,779 | £2,982 |
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 £46,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 95 job titles to SOC 5330 Construction and building trades supervisors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Area supervisor
- Asbestos supervisor
- Ballast inspector
- Bridge foreman
- Bridge inspector
- Builder's foreman
- Building foreman
- Building services supervisor
- Building supervisor
- Carpenter foreman
- Carpenter's supervisor
- Carpentry foreman
- Carpentry supervisor
- Civil engineering foreman
- Civilian foreman
- Concrete foreman
- Construction foreman
- Construction site supervisor
- Construction supervisor
- Constructional engineering foreman
- Contract supervisor
- Contractor's foreman
- Contracts supervisor
- Demolition foreman
- Demolition supervisor
- Distribution foreman
- Distribution superintendent
- Distribution supervisor
- District foreman
- District inspector
- District superintendent
- District works inspector
- Drain inspector
- Drainage foreman
- Drainage inspector
- Erection supervisor
- Estate foreman
- Estates foreman
- Excavating inspector
- Fire protection supervisor
- Fittings foreman
- Foreman
- Foreman of works
- Foreman-ganger
- Gang master
- Ganger
- Gas board superintendent
- General foreman
- Highways foreman
- Highways ganger
- Highways inspector
- Inspector
- Leading hand
- Line inspector
- Main pipe foreman
- Mains inspector
- Mains superintendent
- Maintenance coordinator
- Maintenance foreman
- Maintenance inspector
Show all 95 titles
- Maintenance officer
- Maintenance superintendent
- Maintenance supervisor
- Navvy ganger
- New works inspector
- Painting foreman
- Painting supervisor
- Paving and extension inspector
- Permanent way foreman
- Permanent way inspector
- Pipe line inspector
- Plumbing foreman
- Plumbing supervisor
- Repairs superintendent
- Road foreman
- Roofing foreman
- Roofing supervisor
- Scaffold supervisor
- Scaffolding foreman
- Scaffolding supervisor
- Service supervisor
- Site foreman
- Site supervisor
- Skipper
- Superintendent
- Superintendent of works
- Supervisor
- Track chargeman
- Track section manager
- Traffic management foreman
- Trench inspector
- Tunnel inspector
- Woodwork foreman
- Works inspector
- Works superintendent
Similar occupations
All jobs in Skilled trades occupations
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.