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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to October

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Morgan Sindall 146 £2,487.7m
2 Kier 89 £2,165.0m
3 Royal BAM 52 £1,415.0m
4 Balfour Beatty 49 £1,273.1m
5 Bouygues 12 £1,242.5m
6 Willmott Dixon 80 £1,229.9m
7 Winvic 31 £1,106.8m
8 Lendlease 9 £994.7m
9 Wates 32 £993.9m
10 Sir Robert McAlpine 24 £967.6m
11 Bowmer & Kirkland 49 £933.7m
12 John Sisk 12 £885.8m
13 Multiplex Europe 5 £785.9m
14 Galliford Try 50 £773.8m
15 GRAHAM Construction 24 £772.2m
16 Skanska 5 £732.0m
17 J Murphy 6 £731.8m
18 Mace 19 £670.2m
19 HG 11 £653.8m
20 Vinci 43 £604.8m
21 Caddick 35 £571.8m
22 RG Group 8 £570.2m
23 JRL 6 £563.9m
24 Hill Partnerships 22 £536.8m
25 Ardmore 6 £490.0m
26 TSL 5 £480.0m
27 GMI 16 £451.2m
28 CR Construction (U.K) Company 3 £323.0m
29 McLaren 12 £434.6m
30 JTRE London 1 £400.0m
31 Tilbury Douglas 49 £393.1m
32 Glencar 17 £388.7m
33 Multiplex Construction Europe 2 £350.0m
34 McAleer & Rushe 5 £347.8m
35 Barhale 11 £337.1m
36 Costain 10 £330.2m
37 Octavius Infrastructure 8 £327.4m
38 McLaughlin & Harvey 10 £317.4m
39 United Living 8 £310.2m
40 Robertson 36 £307.3m
41 London Square 1 £300.0m
42 Domis Construction 3 £283.0m
43 BCEGI 2 £269.5m
44 Beard 62 £262.0m
45 Colas 2 £252.0m
46 Farrans 6 £221.0m
47 The Torsion Group 5 £206.5m
48 Benniman 10 £202.3m
49 Legacie Contracts 1 £200.0m
50 Keady Construction 5 £180.2m
51 Sacyr 1 £180.0m
52 Eric Wright 19 £178.8m
53 JJ Rhatigan & Company 2 £178.0m
54 VolkerWessels 15 £177.0m
55 Ryebridge 3 £175.6m
56 Mildren 11 £173.9m
57 AmcoGiffen 9 £167.6m
58 Countryside 2 £163.1m
59 Elliott Group 8 £162.7m
60 Berkeley Group 3 £151.7m
61 MTX Contracts 11 £149.1m
62 Vistry 9 £141.2m
63 Morrison 26 £141.1m
64 Bugler 10 £139.9m
65 Faithdean 4 £138.2m
66 Gilbert – Ash 6 £137.0m
67 RED 11 £133.3m
68 Mount Anvil Construction 1 £133.0m
69 RG Carter 21 £127.0m
70 Ant Yapi (UK) 2 £125.0m
71 Dragados S.A 1 £125.0m
72 Higgins 3 £125.0m
73 Neilcott 23 £124.1m
74 Barnwood 13 £123.6m
75 SDC Construction Group 5 £123.3m
76 Stepnell 23 £121.1m
77 Mott MacDonald (JBA Bentley) 7 £120.7m
78 Wilten Construction 13 £120.6m
79 Darwin Group 10 £118.2m
80 Speller Metcalfe 27 £115.8m
81 Laing O’Rourke 1 £115.0m
82 Canary Wharf Contractors 1 £114.7m
83 A & H 11 £112.9m
84 Lindum 44 £109.5m
85 Commercial Development Projects 4 £107.9m
86 8 Build 15 £103.7m
87 Ogilvie Construction 13 £102.2m
88 Magrock 8 £97.7m
89 ROK Construction 3 £93.3m
90 Luddon 32 £92.7m
91 OCU Group 2 £90.0m
92 BlueEarth Construction 1 £88.4m
93 Deeley Construction 10 £87.1m
94 Pioneer Design And Build 4 £86.9m
95 GF Tomlinson 13 £86.8m
96 Hobson & Porter 16 £86.6m
97 Barnfield 10 £86.6m
98 Feltham 14 £85.2m
99 Lawrence Baker 8 £85.0m
100 Amiri 15 £83.9m

Top 50 contractors – wins in October

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Multiplex Construction Europe 2 £350.0m
2 Lendlease 1 £300.0m
3 CR Construction (U.K) 1 £210.0m
4 Kier 5 £167.0m
5 Bowmer & Kirkland 6 £164.2m
6 Morgan Sindall 12 £152.1m
7 JRL 1 £132.0m
8 John Sisk 1 £120.0m
9 Wates 4 £106.5m
10 Vinci 7 £90.9m
11 Elliott Group 1 £90.0m
12 BlueEarth Construction 1 £88.4m
13 TSL 1 £87.5m
14 Winvic 4 £85.8m
15 Ant Yapi (UK) 1 £80.0m
16 GRAHAM Construction 4 £66.3m
17 Sir Robert McAlpine 3 £55.0m
18 Caddick 3 £50.2m
19 Willmott Dixon 4 £49.9m
20 Legacie Developments 1 £45.0m
21 Pellikaan Construction 1 £44.5m
22 The Torsion Group 1 £43.5m
23 McLaughlin & Harvey 2 £43.0m
24 DNA Construction 1 £42.0m
25 Abrey Construction 1 £41.5m
26 Keady Construction 1 £39.2m
27 McLaren 1 £36.0m
28 MTX Contracts 1 £35.2m
29 Darwin Group 1 £35.0m
30 Hill Partnerships 1 £35.0m
31 Royal BAM 4 £33.6m
32 Ardmore 1 £30.0m
33 RG Group 1 £29.7m
34 Stepnell 3 £28.1m
35 Commercial Development Projects 2 £27.1m
36 Benniman 1 £26.2m
37 Mace 2 £25.0m
38 MCS 2 £25.0m
39 Vistry 1 £25.0m
40 TanRo 2 £24.9m
41 Tilbury Douglas 2 £24.7m
42 Galldris Group 1 £23.0m
43 Read Construction 4 £22.7m
44 Crownage 1 £20.0m
45 Ellmer Construction 1 £20.0m
46 Ferrovial Construction 1 £20.0m
47 Kori Construction 1 £20.0m
48 LEGENDRE UK 1 £20.0m
49 RTS Construction 1 £20.0m
50 Vital Energi 1 £19.5m

Top 50 clients – awards in October

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 University of Glasgow 2 £300.3m
2 Brockton Capital LLP 1 £300.0m
3 The Far East Consortium (Manchester) 1 £210.0m
4 Department For Education 9 £170.3m
5 Bargate Property Llp 1 £132.0m
6 Ministry of Defence 2 £131.5m
7 Southwark GP Nominee 1 1 £120.0m
8 Care Concern Group 2 £90.3m
9 Mountpark Logistics 1 £88.4m
10 GLP Capital 1 £87.5m
11 Fragrance Group 2 £72.0m
12 Eastleigh Borough Council 1 £70.0m
13 City of Edinburgh Council 4 £54.4m
14 Prologis 2 £53.0m
15 BayWa r.e. UK 1 £50.0m
16 Endurance Land 1 £50.0m
17 Royal London Asset Management 1 £50.0m
18 Nexus 1 £45.0m
19 The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 1 £44.5m
20 Birmingham Properties Group 1 £43.5m
21 Network Rail 6 £42.5m
22 Integritas Property Group 1 £41.5m
23 Christie Hospital NHS Trust 2 £40.0m
24 Kingston Hospital 2 £40.0m
25 Medway Development Company 1 £39.2m
26 McLaren Property 1 £36.0m
27 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 £35.2m
28 Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust 1 £35.0m
29 Greshams School 1 £35.0m
30 Hightown Housing Association 1 £35.0m
31 Matsim Properties 1 £35.0m
32 Transport for London 2 £35.0m
33 Glenmuckloch Renewable Energy 1 £33.6m
34 Vita Group 1 £33.5m
35 Colt Data Centre Services 1 £31.0m
36 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board 2 £30.0m
37 Equinix Group 1 £30.0m
38 Star Academies 1 £30.0m
39 The Renewables Infrastructure Group 1 £30.0m
40 FP McCann 1 £29.8m
41 Olympian Homes 1 £29.7m
42 Westcott Leach 2 £27.5m
43 Commercial Development Projects 2 £27.1m
44 Rother District Council 2 £26.7m
45 Stoford Properties 1 £26.2m
46 Barber Farm Partnership 1 £26.0m
47 Goram Homes 1 £25.0m
48 Morville Street Developments 1 £25.0m
49 Motorsport Vision 2 £25.0m
50 West Midlands Combined Authority 1 £24.0m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to September

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 Department For Education 163 £1,416.3m
2 Department for Transport 3 £1,346.7m
3 National Grid 8 £1,080.0m
4 Ministry of Defence 32 £843.8m
5 West Midlands Combined Authority 4 £759.0m
6 Thurrock Power 1 £645.0m
7 Ministry of Justice 31 £557.4m
8 Scottish Prison Services 15 £545.1m
9 Agratas 1 £500.0m
10 National Highways 65 £477.6m
11 Alcemi 2 £450.0m
12 Zenobe Energy 2 £447.0m
13 University of Kent 6 £419.3m
14 Southwark Charities 1 £400.0m
15 The Clothworks Company 1 £400.0m
16 Network Rail 57 £390.7m
17 Google 1 £350.0m
18 Tritax 9 £349.6m
19 Manchester City Football Club 2 £348.5m
20 Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust 13 £344.5m
21 Citigroup Head Office 1 £328.7m
22 Transport Scotland 2 £325.0m
23 Associated British Ports 8 £313.0m
24 University of Glasgow 2 £300.3m
25 Brockton Capital LLP 1 £300.0m
26 SMS Energy Services 1 £300.0m
27 Vulcan Wharf Holdings Llp 1 £300.0m
28 SSE 2 £296.0m
29 First Panattoni 6 £278.2m
30 Environment Agency 32 £270.1m
31 Reef Group 2 £263.0m
32 Adur & Worthing Borough Council 5 £262.0m
33 Unite Students 4 £258.0m
34 Landsec 2 £253.0m
35 Argent Group 1 £245.0m
36 Force 9 Energy Partners Llp 1 £240.0m
37 McLaren Property 4 £223.7m
38 Gloucestershire County Council 6 £222.7m
39 Endurance Land 3 £220.0m
40 British Land 5 £215.5m
41 University of Sussex 10 £212.0m
42 The Far East Consortium (Manchester) 1 £210.0m
43 Chinese Embassy 1 £202.5m
44 Lasalle Investment Management 2 £202.4m
45 Whitbread 2 £201.8m
46 BBC 1 £200.0m
47 Capital Real Estate 1 £200.0m
48 Juramia 1 £200.0m
49 Legacie Developments 1 £200.0m
50 Nigg Energy Park 1 £200.0m
51 Pace (Hills Road) Limited 1 £200.0m
52 Prudential UK Real Estate Partnership 1 £200.0m
53 University of Exeter 2 £199.0m
54 Salboy 2 £195.6m
55 Westminster City Council 5 £194.8m
56 Warner Bros 2 £191.3m
57 London Borough of Camden 8 £191.2m
58 London Borough of Ealing 5 £188.2m
59 The Crown Estate 7 £183.6m
60 Thames Water 8 £182.9m
61 Prologis 8 £182.2m
62 Clarion Housing Group 9 £180.6m
63 Velindre NHS Trust 1 £180.0m
64 Retirement Villages Group 4 £178.6m
65 Access Self Storage Solutions 3 £170.5m
66 EDF 3 £167.5m
67 Platform_ 1 £165.0m
68 Telehouse International 2 £162.5m
69 Innova Renewables 3 £162.0m
70 Segro 5 £161.3m
71 St Modwen 10 £160.7m
72 Norfolk County Council 9 £157.0m
73 Oxfordshire County Council 12 £156.8m
74 Government Property Agency 3 £154.8m
75 Stanhope 2 £152.0m
76 Watford Borough Council 2 £152.0m
77 Crystal Palace Football Club 1 £150.0m
78 Deutsche Bank 1 £150.0m
79 Google UK 1 £150.0m
80 BayWa r.e. UK 3 £149.9m
81 Olympian Homes 2 £149.7m
82 Art-Invest Real Estate Management UK 1 £145.6m
83 University of East Anglia 14 £133.5m
84 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 21 £132.3m
85 Bargate Property Llp 1 £132.0m
86 Bristol City Council 33 £131.2m
87 VPI Immingham LLP 1 £130.7m
88 London Borough Of Tower Hamlets 6 £130.5m
89 Avanton 1 £130.0m
90 Grainger 1 £130.0m
91 Greystar Europe Holdings 2 £130.0m
92 Lazari Investments 1 £130.0m
93 NHS Highland 2 £130.0m
94 Leeds Bradford International Airport 2 £128.0m
95 Essex County Council 12 £127.6m
96 Ark Data Centres 1 £125.0m
97 Kirkland & Ellis 1 £125.0m
98 Wykeland Group 6 £123.6m
99 RWE Renewables UK 2 £121.9m
100 Stawson Holdings 1 £121.0m

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Contractor payment records

Payment performance – collated by Build UK

Average payment days

% not paid to terms

% paid within 60 days

Amey

15

19

98

ISG

15

21

98

Costain

18

9

99

Osborne

19

34

95

Lendlease

21

0

100

Ferrovial

21

19

97

Morgan Sindall

24

4

99

Murphy

24

13

93

Morrison Utility Services

25

15

94

Canary Wharf Contractors

26

1

99

Galliford Try

26

11

99

Mace

26

12

95

Sir Robert McAlpine

27

6

94

Bouygues

27

18

95

VolkerWessels

27

25

96

Willmott Dixon

28

11

99

FM Conway

28

11

97

Henry Boot

28

15

94

Vinci

28

16

94

BAM Nuttall

28

16

94

Laing O’Rourke

28

17

91

John Sisk & Son

29

18

97

Multiplex

30

14

93

Wates

30

20

98

McLaren Construction

30

26

100

BAM Construct

30

28

96

Bowmer and Kirkland

30

28

95

Kier

32

27

91

McLaughlin and Harvey

33

22

96

Tilbury Douglas

33

28

95

Graham Construction

34

6

96

Novus Property Solutions

36

11

95

Balfour Beatty

36

15

96

TSL

37

32

89

Seddon

38

5

97

Winvic

38

11

94

Skanska

38

28

85

Robertson Construction

38

28

94

Eurovia

46

19

85

Northstone

46

68

76

EQUANS

48

3

86

Watkin Jones

48

9

85

Colas

63

61

68

 

Freelance trades pay rates

Self-employed trades average weekly pay slipped 4.4% to £941 in April, but was 5.4% higher than a year ago.

The best-performing regions for earnings were the East Midlands and East of England where average trades pay packets top £1000.

Region

April 2023

Average

Prior month

Change

12 month

Change

North East

£757

0.8%

12.3%

North West

£907

-4.9%

5.6%

Yorks & Humbs

£919

-2.6%

6.4%

East Midlands

£1,008

-5.0%

9.2%

West Midlands

£913

-6.3%

0.4%

Wales

£974

2.7%

20.0%

East of England

£1,020

-4.6%

7.0%

London

£974

-2.6%

3.9%

South East

£948

-7.2%

1.4%