Construction project managers and related professionals salary in the UK
SOC 2020 code 2455 · full-time employees · reference year 2025Provisional
Median annual pay (gross)
£47,665
Mean annual pay (gross)
£51,956
The median for this occupation is 1.2× the UK median for all employees (£39,039) in the same 2025 release.
Pay range
| 10th percentile | £32,112 |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | £37,847 |
| Median (50th) | £47,665 |
| 75th percentile | £57,511 |
| 90th percentile | Not published |
"Not published" means the statistics office withheld the estimate because the sample was too small to be reliable. We do not estimate a replacement figure.
About this occupation
Construction project managers and related professionals plan and deliver building and infrastructure projects, coordinating budgets, contractors and schedules.
Project size and contract type have a large effect on pay, and London and the South East typically sit above the national figure. The 90th percentile is suppressed by ONS.
Source and notes
- Office for National Statistics, ASHE Table 14.7a (full-time, gross annual pay), 2025 provisional.
- Gross annual pay for full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence. Figures for 2025 are provisional and are revised by ONS the following year.
- ISCO-08 group 2: Professionals — a broad grouping for loose cross-country orientation only, not an exact match to other countries' job titles.
- Official figures above are gross (before tax). The optional Net view is an estimate: it uses the OECD Taxing Wages model for a single person without children. The percentile range always shows gross pay.
- No official breakdown by experience level exists for this data, so none is shown.
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