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UK salary report · 2026

Construction Manager Salary in South East

Official ONS earnings for South East, covering 16,000 jobs.

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Grouped occupation Imprecise estimate Where this comes from →

Median salary — South East

£55,996

gross, per year, all employees

▲ 1.4% change on the previous year

Mean

£62,581

Jobs measured

16,000

What most construction managers actually earn

Half of construction managers in South East earn between £34,356 and £74,812. Earning above £74,812 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Production Managers and Directors” group in South East.

The full pay range

Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of construction managers earn less than this.

20th
£28,806
25th
£34,356
30th
£38,000
40th
£46,298
50th
£52,797
60th
£59,611
70th
£69,793
75th
£74,812
80th
£83,528
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Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group
Production managers and directors in construction
SOC 2020 code
1122
Measure
Gross annual pay, all employees
Edition
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS publishes a sampling error of 11.0% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank South East against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.

ONS doesn't measure “construction manager” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Production managers and directors in construction”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS measures production managers and directors in construction.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.

Construction Manager salary FAQs

What is the average Construction Manager salary in South East?

The median is £55,996 a year and the mean is £62,581, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; ASHE publishes no full-time split at regional level.

What is a good Construction Manager salary?

Half of construction managers earn between £34,356 and £74,812. Anything above £74,812 is in the top quarter for the role.

Is this figure official?

Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records, covering 16,000 jobs in this occupation.

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