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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to March

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Morgan Sindall 146 £2,395.5m
2 Willmott Dixon 81 £1,565.8m
3 Kier 72 £1,504.0m
4 Royal BAM 56 £1,516.2m
5 Sir Robert McAlpine 33 £1,293.6m
6 Wates 49 £1,128.6m
7 Galliford Try 60 £1,032.7m
8 Bowmer & Kirkland 44 £940.6m
9 J Murphy 9 £927.1m
10 Mace 16 £908.2m
11 Lendlease 8 £840.3m
12 Bouygues 6 £794.2m
13 McLaren 13 £789.6m
14 ISG 62 £751.7m
15 Hill Partnerships 23 £745.5m
16 Balfour Beatty 38 £729.7m
17 RG Group 7 £725.0m
18 Multiplex Europe 7 £722.0m
19 Vinci 41 £718.7m
20 Winvic 24 £683.8m
21 Glencar 22 £661.9m
22 Skanska 6 £577.5m
23 McLaughlin & Harvey 11 £559.9m
24 GRAHAM Construction 19 £548.0m
25 HG 9 £537.4m
26 Tilbury Douglas 56 £525.7m
27 GMI 18 £474.9m
28 Caddick 30 £447.0m
29 Higgins 8 £445.9m
30 Ardmore 6 £420.3m
31 Robertson 37 £408.0m
32 Farrans 6 £358.0m
33 Laing O’Rourke 6 £348.7m
34 United Living 9 £310.5m
35 Lendlease 3 £302.6m
36 London Square 1 £300.0m
37 McAleer & Rushe 6 £283.3m
38 Domis Construction 4 £266.0m
39 JRL 3 £263.0m
40 JJ Rhatigan & Company 4 £248.0m
41 VolkerWessels 16 £241.4m
42 The Torsion Group 5 £213.6m
43 Countryside 4 £208.3m
44 Legacie Contracts 1 £200.0m
45 RED 9 £192.7m
46 Vistry 3 £189.5m
47 Commercial Development Projects 5 £189.2m
48 Morrison 22 £179.4m
49 Beard 44 £169.6m
50 Bennett Construction 3 £165.0m
51 Mott MacDonald (JBA Bentley) 9 £163.7m
52 Equans 37 £161.1m
53 JTRE London 1 £160.0m
54 Readie 10 £155.6m
55 Clegg 15 £153.9m
56 Barnfield 16 £152.9m
57 Berkeley Group 2 £151.6m
58 Ryebridge 2 £150.6m
59 Elements Europe 1 £150.0m
60 Lindum 46 £148.4m
61 Gilbert – Ash 7 £147.1m
62 Mulalley & Company 3 £144.0m
63 Darwin Group 10 £133.4m
64 Buckingham Group 6 £128.7m
65 OCU Group 4 £125.6m
66 Dragados S.A 1 £125.0m
67 Henry Boot 10 £121.7m
68 RG Carter 17 £116.4m
69 J.J. Rhatigan & Co 2 £115.0m
70 Barnwood 12 £114.6m
71 ARJ 7 £113.6m
72 Black & Veatch 1 £109.5m
73 MTX Contracts 9 £107.8m
74 SDC 3 £103.7m
75 Keady Construction 3 £103.0m
76 Durkan 2 £102.7m
77 GF Tomlinson 19 £102.0m
78 Knight Build 2 £100.6m
79 Newry Construction 1 £100.0m
80 REDS10 12 £100.0m
81 Russells Construction 5 £99.0m
82 Novus Renewable Services 1 £97.5m
83 Vermont 2 £95.0m
84 Jenner 8 £94.8m
85 Bugler 8 £94.6m
86 Lawrence Baker 9 £94.5m
87 Speller Metcalfe 24 £93.7m
88 Magrock 7 £93.5m
89 Octavius Infrastructure 2 £93.2m
90 FI Construction 2 £93.0m
91 Parkway 11 £90.9m
92 8 Build 8 £88.2m
93 Barnes Construction 19 £86.1m
94 Marbank Construction 9 £84.7m
95 Barhale 12 £84.6m
96 Esh 17 £84.5m
97 Integrated Health Projects 12 £82.9m
98 Thomas Sinden 11 £82.0m
99 John Sisk 6 £81.1m
100 MCS 7 £79.6m

Top 50 contractors – wins in March

Rank Contractor No. contracts  Value
1 Lendlease 3 £481.1m
2 Royal BAM 7 £463.8m
3 ISG 10 £325.2m
4 Wates 3 £313.3m
5 Willmott Dixon 7 £266.5m
6 HG 2 £260.0m
7 Morgan Sindall 15 £235.6m
8 Multiplex Europe 1 £200.0m
9 Countryside 1 £150.0m
10 Ryebridge 1 £150.0m
11 Winvic 3 £131.6m
12 Hill Partnerships 1 £130.0m
13 The Torsion Group 1 £90.0m
14 JJ Rhatigan & Company 1 £88.0m
15 Caddick 5 £76.8m
16 McAleer & Rushe 1 £72.0m
17 Kier 9 £61.2m
18 Bowmer & Kirkland 5 £60.2m
19 McLaughlin & Harvey 1 £60.0m
20 Tilbury Douglas 9 £56.2m
21 Mott MacDonald Bentley 2 £51.7m
22 Morris Property 1 £50.0m
23 Robertson 4 £49.0m
24 Gilbert – Ash 3 £48.0m
25 VolkerWessels 4 £46.8m
26 Downing Developments 1 £46.1m
27 OCU Group 1 £45.0m
28 Galliford Try 3 £43.2m
29 Glencar 3 £42.2m
30 McLaren 2 £41.9m
31 Britcon (Scunthorpe) 4 £41.1m
32 Barnwood 2 £40.8m
33 Thomas Sinden 3 £38.5m
34 Keady Construction 2 £38.0m
35 Access Building Contractors 1 £35.0m
36 Core Special Projects 1 £33.9m
37 Vinci 3 £33.0m
38 Speller Metcalfe 5 £29.3m
39 Darwin Group 2 £29.1m
40 Farrans 1 £28.0m
41 Jones Brothers 2 £27.7m
42 Vistry 1 £27.5m
43 Collins Construction 1 £25.0m
44 Higgins 1 £25.0m
45 Interclass 4 £23.0m
46 Osborne 2 £22.4m
47 J Murphy 1 £22.0m
48 Hobson & Porter 3 £21.0m
49 Amey 1 £20.0m
50 Luddon 4 £19.6m

Top 50 clients – awards in March

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 National Grid 1 £700.0m
2 Ministry of Defence 2 £317.9m
3 Ministry of Justice 5 £314.4m
4 Capital Real Estate 1 £200.0m
5 Lasalle Investment Management 1 £200.0m
6 Whitbread 1 £200.0m
7 University of Exeter 1 £185.0m
8 Associated British Ports 1 £150.0m
9 Google UK 1 £150.0m
10 Stanhope 1 £150.0m
11 Grainger 1 £130.0m
12 Old Park Lane Management 1 £120.0m
13 Department For Education 11 £104.1m
14 Citylife (Holdings) 6 Limited 1 £90.0m
15 Womans Pioneer Housing Limited 1 £88.0m
16 First Base Limited 1 £77.0m
17 Retirement Villages Group Limited 1 £72.0m
18 Astrea Asset Management 1 £70.0m
19 RWE Renewables UK Limited 1 £70.0m
20 The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited 1 £64.6m
21 Merrion Street Leeds Limited 1 £60.0m
22 Trinity House Owner Limited 1 £60.0m
23 Birchgrove Services Llp 2 £56.0m
24 Network Rail 7 £51.4m
25 BayWa r.e. UK 1 £50.0m
26 Morris Property 1 £50.0m
27 Gigabox Developments 1 £49.9m
28 Lloyds Bank 2 £48.2m
29 Downing Living (Merrion) Limited 1 £46.1m
30 National Highways 4 £45.1m
31 SSE Generation 1 £45.0m
32 London Borough of Newham 1 £40.0m
33 MEPC Limited Head Office 1 £40.0m
34 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council 2 £39.7m
35 Newlands Park Propco Limited 1 £38.7m
36 Bolsover Land Limited 1 £37.9m
37 Coca Cola and Schweppes Beverages 2 £37.5m
38 Medway Development Company Limited 1 £37.0m
39 Royal London Group 1 £36.0m
40 Lita Homes 1 £35.0m
41 Kent County Council 2 £35.0m
42 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 1 £34.4m
43 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 £34.0m
44 St Francis Group 1 £33.9m
45 Caerphilly County Borough Council 1 £33.6m
46 Voltalia UK 1 £32.0m
47 Citivale Limited 1 £31.0m
48 Clarion Housing Group 2 £30.0m
49 Mansfield District Council 1 £30.0m
50 Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 £30.0m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to March

Rank Client No awards Value
1 Ministry of Defence 41 £1,396.5m
2 Department for Transport 4 £1,361.2m
3 Department For Education 239 £1,237.4m
4 National Grid 6 £706.5m
5 Network Rail 75 £631.9m
6 Scottish Prison Services 9 £542.8m
7 Drax Power 3 £490.0m
8 Ministry of Justice 32 £481.4m
9 Argent Group 4 £475.0m
10 Zenobe Energy 2 £447.0m
11 Museum of London 3 £445.8m
12 Peabody Trust 8 £410.2m
13 Gloucestershire County Council 7 £406.8m
14 LS Lavington Street 1 £400.0m
15 Land Securities Group 3 £386.0m
16 National Highways 24 £380.4m
17 Tritax 6 £374.7m
18 FCC Environment 1 £350.0m
19 Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust 8 £346.0m
20 BAE Systems 9 £333.8m
21 Associated British Ports 8 £332.1m
22 Citigroup Head Office 1 £328.7m
23 London Borough of Hackney 17 £302.0m
24 Ellison Oxford 2 £300.6m
25 Alcemi 1 £300.0m
26 SMS Energy Services 1 £300.0m
27 Vulcan Wharf Holdings Llp 1 £300.0m
28 Unite Students 6 £276.3m
29 Olympian Homes 3 £265.0m
30 Westminster City Council 9 £263.3m
31 University of Bristol 4 £258.0m
32 Middlesbrough Borough Council 8 £252.6m
33 Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S 1 £250.0m
34 London Borough of Ealing 6 £248.1m
35 Force 9 Energy Partners Llp 1 £240.0m
36 Watford Borough Council 4 £217.0m
37 Tees Valley Combined Authority 9 £216.0m
38 Northumbrian Water 19 £215.7m
39 Whitbread 3 £214.1m
40 Royal London Asset Management 3 £209.9m
41 University of Sussex 11 £204.3m
42 First Panattoni 4 £204.2m
43 City of London Corporation 19 £200.3m
44 BBC 1 £200.0m
45 Brockwell Energy Limited 1 £200.0m
46 Capital Real Estate 1 £200.0m
47 Lasalle Investment Management 1 £200.0m
48 Legacie Developments 1 £200.0m
49 Pace (Hills Road) Limited 1 £200.0m
50 Prudential UK Real Estate Partnership 1 £200.0m
51 Harwell Science & Innovation Campus 4 £198.6m
52 Clarion Housing Group 8 £197.8m
53 Salboy 3 £196.6m
54 London Borough Of Southwark 7 £194.5m
55 University of Exeter 3 £187.7m
56 Notting Hill Genesis 5 £187.6m
57 Nottinghamshire County Council 4 £181.4m
58 The Crown Estate 10 £178.0m
59 Anglian Water 6 £170.0m
60 Telehouse International 3 £163.1m
61 LSV UK I CPC Propco 2 £160.0m
62 Oxford Science Park 1 £160.0m
63 Southwark Charities 1 £160.0m
64 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 3 £158.0m
65 Eutopia Homes Limited 2 £156.7m
66 Severn Trent Water 11 £155.6m
67 YTL Developments UK 1 £154.9m
68 Stanhope 3 £154.0m
69 Google UK 1 £150.0m
70 TS Angel Square 1 £150.0m
71 XLCC 1 £150.0m
72 BayWa r.e. UK 3 £147.9m
73 Great Portland Estates 2 £144.0m
74 London Borough Of Haringey 5 £142.8m
75 Unite Group 4 £142.5m
76 West Suffolk Council 2 £140.3m
77 St Modwen 11 £139.9m
78 NHS Highland 4 £135.4m
79 St Francis Group 3 £134.0m
80 East Riding Of Yorkshire Council 30 £132.5m
81 Thames Water 7 £132.5m
82 IQ Student Accommodation 2 £131.9m
83 Wykeland Group 3 £131.6m
84 Grainger 2 £131.1m
85 Avanton 1 £130.0m
86 Commercial Development Projects 4 £128.8m
87 Leeds Bradford International Airport 2 £128.0m
88 North Ayrshire Council 16 £126.6m
89 3R Energy Solutions 1 £126.0m
90 Fusion Residential Fusion Students 2 £126.0m
91 Romal Capital 2 £125.0m
92 Birchgrove Services Llp 3 £124.0m
93 AMP Energy Services 3 £120.4m
94 Old Park Lane Management 1 £120.0m
95 Wolfe Commercial Properties Southbank 1 £120.0m
96 Norfolk County Council 12 £118.9m
97 Henry Boot 11 £114.7m
98 Cambridgeshire County Council 17 £113.5m
99 Transport for London 10 £113.3m
100 Countess of Chester Hospital 2 £113.0m

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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%