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Quantity surveyor jobs in Reading
The 2021 census counted 485 residents working as surveyors, architects and construction professionals living in Reading.
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What the official data says about Reading
At the 2021 census, 485 people living in Reading were in work as surveyors, architects and construction professionals. It was 0.55% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Reading 16th of 19 areas in the South East, where the middle area recorded 808. Portsmouth was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Reading, every occupation counted together, had a median of £49,062. That is 1st of 19 in the South East, against a regional middle of £40,365. Work of this kind pays £48,831 across the region, which is £231 below the typical Reading job, about 0% under it, and that is worth knowing before reading an advert here.
Surveying practices are counted where the office is, and the sites are somewhere else entirely: Reading had 2,200 employee jobs in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing in 2024, out of 121,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 1.82% of every job here, that ranks 17th of 19 in the South East, where the middle area sits at 2.45%.
- Residents in work as surveyors and construction professionals (SOC 245)
- 485
- Median full-time pay for surveyors and construction professionals across the South East
- £48,831
- Surveyors and construction professionals, share of everyone in work in the area
- 0.55%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £49,062
- Residents in work as production managers (SOC 112)
- 1,225
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 88,859
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 121,000
The quantity surveyor role
Controlling the money on a construction project: estimating it, valuing the work as it happens, pricing the changes and settling the final account.
Quantity surveyor jobs in Reading: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Reading?
485 residents of Reading were in work as surveyors and construction professionals at the 2021 census, which was 0.55% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.
What does this work pay around Reading?
Across the South East, £48,831 is the median for surveyors and construction professionals. In Reading itself the median across all occupations together is £49,062. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.
Is there much of this work based in Reading?
2,200 of the 121,000 employee jobs in Reading are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.