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Construction worker's salary rises to £45,900 says report

The average UK construction worker can now command an average salary of £45,900 according to a new report
The average UK construction worker can now command an average salary of £45,900 according to a new report The average UK construction worker can now command an average salary of £45,900 according to a new report

AVERAGE pay for a job in construction in the UK has increased to £45,900 amid a fall in the vacancies being advertised, a study suggests.

The figure rose from £42,300 in 2017, while rates are even higher for site managers, said recruiters Randstad.

The average salary for a construction site manager is £50,500, and around £3,000 higher in London, said the report.

Randstad said a senior site manager on £62,900 a year has been offered a new job in Welwyn Garden City on a salary of £78,000.

The average pay of site engineers was said to have jumped by 19 per cent to £44,300 and by 8 per cent for project managers, to £64,200.

Owen Goodhead of Randstad said: "The best senior site managers are earning close to an MP's salary. While that's good news for individuals, it's potentially not such great news for the economy.

"Our research shows that construction workers from overseas are being put off coming to the UK and those that are here are thinking about moving elsewhere.

"We know that over a third of European construction workers who are already here have considered leaving the UK due to Brexit.

"This should be of huge concern to industry leaders and the Government, especially in the capital where nearly one in three people working in London's construction sector were born in the EU.

"The shrinking pool of EU talent is already driving up wages - that's the power of supply and demand. This Builder Brexodus is the referendum's inheritance."