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Quantity surveyor jobs in Cardiff
The 2021 census counted 1,150 residents working as surveyors, architects and construction professionals living in Cardiff.
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Published figures for Cardiff
What the official data says about Cardiff
At the 2021 census, 1,150 people living in Cardiff were in work as surveyors, architects and construction professionals. It was 0.72% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Cardiff 1st of 22 areas in Wales, where the middle area recorded 336. Rhondda Cynon Taf was the next area down.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Cardiff, every occupation counted together, had a median of £38,225. That is 3rd of 22 in Wales, against a regional middle of £35,578.
Surveying practices are counted where the office is, and the sites are somewhere else entirely: Cardiff had 5,950 employee jobs in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing in 2024, out of 227,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 2.62% of every job here, that ranks 7th of 22 in Wales, where the middle area sits at 2%.
For Cardiff the publishers did not release a regional pay figure for the occupation group. That is disclosure control on a small count or a thin sample, not a zero, and this page leaves the row out rather than filling it with a national figure.
- Residents in work as surveyors and construction professionals (SOC 245)
- 1,150
- Surveyors and construction professionals, share of everyone in work in the area
- 0.72%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £38,225
- Residents in work as production managers (SOC 112)
- 2,385
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 160,442
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 227,000
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 Cardiff: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Cardiff?
1,150 residents of Cardiff were in work as surveyors and construction professionals at the 2021 census, which was 0.72% 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 Cardiff?
In Cardiff itself the median across all occupations together is £38,225. 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 Cardiff?
5,950 of the 227,000 employee jobs in Cardiff 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.