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Building surveyor : Salary and conditions

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  • Graduate building surveyors can expect to earn around £20,000 - £26,000, although in London this may be higher.
  • Chartered surveyors can expect to earn around £32,000; a partner can earn up to £70,000 or more.
  • Additional benefits often include a company car, mobile telephone and pension.
  • Salaries vary depending on location, with central London offering the highest.
  • Working hours are generally nine to five, although you may be required to work longer hours. Meeting and socialising with clients can sometimes require out-of-hours working. Many believe that working longer hours will increase their promotion prospects.
  • The work is much less desk bound than some branches of surveying, with a large proportion of the working day spent on site. This may require working alone for significant periods of time.
  • A reasonable level of fitness and mobility is required, as the job may involve working on scaffolding and in difficult spaces. However, physically disabled surveyors are to be found within the profession.
  • According to statistics provided by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) , of 100,000 chartered surveyors worldwide, 15% are women. However, women currently make up 23% of the student membership, so the balance is being redressed. The RICS is very keen to encourage more women into this field of work.
  • Jobs are available in most areas of the country, especially if you reach chartered status.
  • Self-employment/freelance work is common in private practice, specialising in building surveying, or working with other specialists such as architects and quantity surveyors. In the longer term, there may be opportunities to establish your own consultancy or become a partner or corporate director.
  • Local/regional travel within a working day is frequent, but overnight absence from home is uncommon.
  • Overseas work or travel is occasional.
 
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Written by AGCAS editors
Date: 
August 2010
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