The Datum Report

Occupation 2454 · Professional occupations

Chartered surveyors

Chartered surveyors conduct surveys related to the measurement, management, valuation and development of land, natural resources, buildings, other types of property, and infrastructure such as harbours, roads and railway lines.

How people enter it

Entrants usually possess an accredited degree, equivalent qualification and/or postgraduate qualification. Entrants must also have successfully completed a probationary training period and professional assessment. Entry requirements to professional bodies vary.

What the work involves

Also called

Building surveyor · Chartered surveyor · Hydrographic surveyor · Land surveyor · Topographer

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
2454 : Chartered surveyors None None 2026-03 59,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2454 : Chartered surveyors None None 2026-03 62,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2454 : Chartered surveyors None None 2026-03 66,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2454 : Chartered surveyors None None 2026-03 700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2454 : Chartered surveyors None None 2026-03 4,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2454 : Chartered surveyors None None 2026-03 67,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2454 : Chartered surveyors None None 2026-03 2,500.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 4,300.00 2026-03
East Midlands 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 4,000.00 2026-03
London 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 13,300.00 2026-03
North East 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 1,500.00 2026-03
North West 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 7,500.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 700.00 2026-03
Scotland 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 4,200.00 2026-03
South East 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 14,100.00 2026-03
South West 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 5,800.00 2026-03
Wales 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 2,500.00 2026-03
West Midlands 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 3,400.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 2454 : Chartered surveyors None 5,900.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for chartered surveyors vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Architects · Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants · Construction project managers and related professionals · Quantity surveyors