Quantity Surveyor Contract Job Trends

Quantity Surveyor
UK

The median Quantity Surveyor daily rate in the UK is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 545 601
Rank change year-on-year -40 +56 +197
Contract jobs requiring a Quantity Surveyor 2 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.020% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.022% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £531 £346 £385
25th Percentile £559 £348 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -12.50% -1.23%
75th Percentile £659 £421 £475
90th Percentile £684 £461 £520
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £413 £388
% change year-on-year +27.27% +6.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £66.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,474 31,919 40,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.77% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,192 19,646 27,547
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,966 1,020 1,459
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.53 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Quantity Surveyor
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Quantity Surveyor' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Quantity Surveyor job vacancy trend in the UK

Quantity Surveyor
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quantity Surveyor job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quantity Surveyor job vacancies in the UK

Quantity Surveyor
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantity Surveyor over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quantity Surveyor in the UK

Quantity Surveyor
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Quantity Surveyor job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Quantity Surveyor job vacancies in the UK

Quantity Surveyor
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quantity Surveyor within the UK over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -43 2 £613 +75.00% 3
North of England -47 1 £525 +50.00%
UK excluding London -60 1 £525 +27.27% 1
Work from Home - 1 £700 - 2
London - 1 £700 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -

Quantity Surveyor Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Quantity Surveyor contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Quantity Surveyor in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) NEC
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) NVQ Level 4
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Quantity Surveyor Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) NVQ Level 4
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) NEC