Estimator salaries in the UK
What a estimator earns
- Median
- £39,634Half earn more, half earn less.
- Average
- £48,046Pulled up by the highest earners.
- Jobs in the UK
- 47,000Employees in this occupation.
Most earn between £27,000 and £54,500. The gap between the two is the one worth knowing about: it is mostly experience, sector and where the work is, and it is why a figure quoted without a level attached tells you very little.
The full range
Where you sit in this is a fairer question than whether you are above or below the average.
| Point in the profession | Gross annual pay |
|---|---|
| Lowest tenth10th percentile | £27,069 |
| 20th percentile | £30,847 |
| Lower quarter25th percentile | £32,274 |
| 30th percentile | £33,461 |
| 40th percentile | £35,952 |
| 60th percentile | £43,521 |
| 70th percentile | £48,754 |
| Upper quarter75th percentile | £51,360 |
| 80th percentile | £54,593 |
Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional edition. Gross annual pay for employees on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures ONS could not publish reliably are left out rather than estimated.
By region
Only where the survey had enough responses to publish a figure. Estimator is a small occupation, so most regions are not shown, and a missing region is missing data rather than low pay.
| Region | Median |
|---|---|
| North East | £35,369 |
| North West | £42,158 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £39,599 |
| East Midlands | £35,606 |
| West Midlands | £33,526 |
| East | £40,501 |
| South East | £44,608 |
| Wales | £32,489 |
| South West | £34,480 |
| Scotland | £41,681 |
What these figures do and do not tell you
- They are gross annual pay before tax, and they do not include a car allowance, a bonus, a pension above the minimum, or overtime.
- They cover everyone ONS classes as estimators, valuers and assessors, at every level from a first job to a director. That is why the range is so wide.
- They are a survey of employees, so they say nothing about day rates for contract work.
- They are 2025 provisional figures, published once a year, so they lag a fast-moving market.
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