Construction project managers and related professionals: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 2455 · Professional occupations

Construction project managers and related professionals

Construction project managers and related professionals manage and oversee major construction and civil engineering projects and major building contracts for quality of work, safety, timeliness and completion within budget, forecast travel patterns and develop strategies for managing the impact of traffic-related demand.

How people enter it

Entrants normally possess a degree in a relevant subject or equivalent qualification and/or substantial work experience at an appropriate level. Further Continuing Professional Development is available in some areas.

What the work involves

draws up budgets and timescales for new construction projects based on clients’ requirements
briefs project team, contractors and suppliers
assembles information for invoicing at the end of projects
plans work schedules for construction projects based on prior discussion with architects, Chartered architectural technologists, surveyors etc.
hires and may supervise site staff, establishes temporary site offices, takes delivery of materials
regularly inspects and monitors progress and quality of work, ensures legal requirements are met
identifies defects in work and proposes corrections
records, monitors and reports progress
forecasts the impact on traffic and transport of new developments (e.g. shopping centre)
assesses schemes to manage traffic such as congestion charging and parking controls
examines accident ‘blackspots’ to improve road safety
writes reports for funding bids and planning authorities and acts as expert witness

Also called

Contract manager (building construction) · Project manager (building construction) · Transport modeller · Transport planner

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	None	2026-03	103,300.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	None	2026-03	106,800.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	None	2026-03	114,600.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	None	2026-03	1,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	None	2026-03	7,800.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	None	2026-03	115,700.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	None	2026-03	3,500.00	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.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	15,000.00	2026-03
East Midlands	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	10,900.00	2026-03
London	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	11,900.00	2026-03
North East	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	3,600.00	2026-03
North West	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	11,000.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	1,000.00	2026-03
Scotland	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	7,800.00	2026-03
South East	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	16,400.00	2026-03
South West	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	11,300.00	2026-03
Wales	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	3,500.00	2026-03
West Midlands	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	14,200.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	2455 : Construction project managers and related professionals	None	9,100.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for construction project managers and related professionals 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 · Chartered surveyors · Quantity surveyors