The Datum Report

Occupation 3541 · Associate professional occupations

Estimators, valuers and assessors

Estimators, valuers and assessors plan and undertake the calculation of probable costs of civil, mechanical, electrical, electronic and other projects, estimate the value of property and chattels, and investigate insurance claims to assess their validity and to assign liability.

How people enter it

Entry is possible with a variety of academic qualifications. Entrants typically possess GCSEs/S grades, A levels/H grades, GNVQs/GSVQs or BTEC/SQA awards. Professional qualifications are available and may be required by some employers.

What the work involves

Also called

Claims assessor · Claims investigator · Engineering surveyor · Estimator · Loss adjuster · PPI case handler · Valuer

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None None 2026-03 50,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None None 2026-03 51,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None None 2026-03 56,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None None 2026-03 800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None None 2026-03 4,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None None 2026-03 57,000.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None None 2026-03 1,600.00 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 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 3,500.00 2026-03
East Midlands 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 4,300.00 2026-03
London 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 2,900.00 2026-03
North East 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 1,000.00 2026-03
North West 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 9,400.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 800.00 2026-03
Scotland 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 4,600.00 2026-03
South East 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 7,900.00 2026-03
South West 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 6,300.00 2026-03
Wales 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 1,600.00 2026-03
West Midlands 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 8,900.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 3541 : Estimators, valuers and assessors None 5,900.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for estimators, valuers and assessors 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

Business associate professionals n.e.c. · Data analysts · Importers and exporters · Project support officers