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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to August

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Kier 77 £2,014.6m
2 Balfour Beatty 42 £1,995.6m
3 Willmott Dixon 68 £1,897.0m
4 Morgan Sindall 104 £1,600.4m
5 Bowmer & Kirkland 37 £1,529.7m
6 Multiplex Europe 6 £1,483.0m
7 McLaren 24 £1,382.5m
8 Winvic 33 £1,263.4m
9 Mace 11 £1,202.1m
10 Graham Construction 22 £1,023.1m
11 Hill Partnerships 24 £945.3m
12 Galliford Try 54 £935.1m
13 Sir Robert McAlpine 19 £892.6m
14 Sisk 7 £811.1m
15 Skanska 4 £797.2m
16 VolkerWessels 13 £777.0m
17 Royal BAM 44 £724.3m
18 Wates 38 £704.1m
19 Caddick 31 £591.2m
20 Laing O’Rourke 2 £587.5m
21 McAleer & Rushe 12 £557.2m
22 McLaughlin & Harvey 21 £551.9m
23 Costain 22 £504.7m
24 Robertson 28 £497.7m
25 Glencar 23 £485.4m
26 HG 9 £472.6m
27 Bovis 5 £399.8m
28 J Murphy 2 £372.0m
29 GMI 22 £361.6m
30 Domis Construction 5 £356.0m
31 Vinci 29 £354.6m
32 TSL 15 £351.2m
33 Gilbert-Ash 5 £349.1m
34 Tilbury Douglas 28 £337.7m
35 JRL 6 £286.0m
36 JJ Rhatigan & Company 6 £285.0m
37 Benniman 12 £249.6m
38 MCS 15 £239.8m
39 Wills Bros Civil Engineering 6 £230.6m
40 Formation Design & Build 2 £230.0m
41 Bennett Construction 4 £218.4m
42 Eric Wright 13 £211.9m
43 The Torsion Group 8 £203.5m
44 TanRo 12 £202.0m
45 MWH Treatment 3 £200.7m
46 Bouygues 2 £186.0m
47 CCG 12 £182.9m
48 Muir Construction 10 £175.4m
49 Watkin Jones 3 £175.0m
50 Structure Tone (UK) 3 £166.6m
51 Barhale 12 £165.7m
52 Beard 35 £163.6m
53 Amey 2 £162.0m
54 Faithdean 6 £158.5m
55 Canary Wharf Group 3 £154.0m
56 Morrison 7 £150.9m
57 Magrock 12 £150.5m
58 H&MV Engineering 1 £150.0m
59 Kori Construction (SAC Construction ) 12 £141.6m
60 Clegg 11 £141.0m
61 Higgins 12 £140.7m
62 MTX Contracts 12 £134.7m
63 RG Carter 19 £133.0m
64 Vistry 6 £130.9m
65 Speller Metcalfe 19 £129.8m
66 Jones Brothers 13 £123.2m
67 Farrans 4 £122.0m
68 CField Construction 3 £121.0m
69 Pioneer Design And Build 5 £119.8m
70 Wynne Construction 17 £119.7m
71 Classic Builders 10 £117.4m
72 REDS10 9 £115.0m
73 Andrew Scott 11 £113.7m
74 A & H 12 £113.5m
75 Legendre UK 4 £111.9m
76 Clark Contracts 24 £109.7m
77 Neilcott 15 £109.6m
78 Esh 17 £106.3m
79 AmcoGiffen 4 £106.0m
80 Aureos Highways 1 £105.0m
81 J. Murphy & Sons 2 £102.5m
82 RED 10 £100.8m
83 Henry Boot 8 £100.6m
84 8 Build 6 £100.3m
85 Morrisroe 2 £100.1m
86 SDC Construction Group 6 £99.9m
87 Renaker 2 £98.6m
88 Vistry 4 £97.8m
89 Jackson Civil Engineering 9 £96.4m
90 Barnfield 13 £94.9m
91 Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK Southern Office 1 £93.0m
92 Henry Brothers 5 £92.7m
93 Ferrovial 2 £92.5m
94 Lawrence Baker 10 £92.2m
95 Barnes Construction 15 £91.3m
96 FI Construction & Demolition 3 £90.0m
97 Prime Phenix 1 £90.0m
98 Keady Construction 3 £90.0m
99 Knights Brown 5 £89.9m
100 Stainforth 12 £88.0m

Top 50 contractors – wins in August

Rank Contractors No. contracts Value
1 Kier 10 £527.6m
2 Multiplex Europe 1 £250.0m
3 Willmott Dixon 6 £159.5m
4 Wills Bros Civil Engineering 1 £150.0m
5 McLaughlin & Harvey 3 £136.3m
6 Balfour Beatty 6 £135.0m
7 Morgan Sindall 12 £131.9m
8 Winvic 2 £131.0m
9 Costain 13 £130.0m
10 Sir Robert McAlpine 1 £120.0m
11 CCG 3 £95.3m
12 Morrison 1 £90.0m
13 Prime Phenix 1 £90.0m
14 Galliford Try 6 £88.0m
15 Rowlinson Construction 1 £82.3m
16 DEX Construction 1 £70.0m
17 Eric Wright 1 £65.0m
18 Tilbury Douglas 2 £60.8m
19 Mott MacDonald (JBA Bentley) 3 £39.6m
20 Caddick 3 £37.0m
21 Wates 3 £35.0m
22 McAleer & Rushe 1 £35.0m
23 Jackson Civil Engineering 2 £29.2m
24 Magrock 2 £28.0m
25 Higgins 1 £27.0m
26 TanRo 1 £26.3m
27 Kori Construction (SAC Construction ) 1 £25.0m
28 Heydon & Carr 1 £22.2m
29 Vert Projects 1 £22.0m
30 Lawrence Baker 3 £20.8m
31 Seddon 10 £20.2m
32 BW Workplace Experts 1 £20.0m
33 Graham Construction 1 £20.0m
34 Henry Brothers 1 £20.0m
35 WB Property Group 1 £18.7m
36 Barhale 1 £18.0m
37 BDB Design Build 1 £15.4m
38 Barnfield 1 £15.0m
39 Sunninghill Construction Company 2 £15.0m
40 Excelsior Land 1 £14.3m
41 Royal BAM 2 £13.8m
42 McAvoy Group 1 £13.2m
43 Horizon Construction 1 £13.0m
44 Triton 3 £12.9m
45 Classic Builders 1 £12.8m
46 Britcon UK 1 £12.5m
47 Meldrum 1 £12.1m
48 Chap Group (Aberdeen) 1 £12.0m
49 Glencar 1 £12.0m
50 Wynne Construction 1 £12.0m

Top 50 clients – awards in August

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 Thames Water 14 £395.0m
2 United Utilities 3 £255.2m
3 99 Bishopsgate Real Estate SARL 1 £150.0m
4 Center Parcs 1 £150.0m
5 Ministry of Justice 4 £135.9m
6 National Highways 24 £133.4m
7 Lisbon Street Development 1 £130.0m
8 Rolls Royce 1 £125.0m
9 Ellison Institute Of Technology Oxford 1 £120.0m
10 Department For Education 5 £109.3m
11 Derwent London 1 £99.0m
12 University of Edinburgh 2 £91.9m
13 Prime Phenix 1 £90.0m
14 Q Developments 1 £82.3m
15 City of Edinburgh Council 2 £81.5m
16 Field Energy 2 £75.0m
17 Birmingham City Council 1 £70.0m
18 The Far East Consortium (Manchester) 1 £70.0m
19 OnPath Energy 1 £65.0m
20 Tatton Group 1 £65.0m
21 Northumberland Estates 1 £60.0m
22 St. John Paul II Multi Academy 1 £60.0m
23 Lincolnshire County Council 6 £59.5m
24 Birmingham Childrens Trust 1 £50.0m
25 British Solar Renewables 1 £50.0m
26 Yorkshire Water 5 £46.6m
27 Ben Sca Wind Farm 1 £40.8m
28 Department for Transport (DfT) 1 £40.0m
29 Meridian Homestart 1 £35.0m
30 Odysseus Capital Management 1 £35.0m
31 Cardiff & Vale University Health Board 1 £34.3m
32 Eastleigh Borough Council 1 £33.0m
33 Delamere Health 1 £30.0m
34 Aldi 5 £27.5m
35 London Borough of Camden 1 £27.0m
36 EQT Exeter 1 £26.3m
37 VGP Developments 1 £26.0m
38 Severn Trent Water 3 £25.9m
39 Chiswick Tower 1 £25.0m
40 Southern Water Services 1 £25.0m
41 London Legacy Development Corporation 1 £22.2m
42 Barchester Healthcare 2 £22.2m
43 Equitas Academies Trust 1 £22.2m
44 Lazari Properties 3 1 £22.0m
45 Telford & Wrekin Borough Council 1 £21.1m
46 Buckinghamshire County Council 1 £20.5m
47 DEFRA 6 £20.4m
48 Liverpool City Council 2 £20.2m
49 Derby City Council 2 £20.1m
50 30 Gresham Street 1 £20.0m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to August

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 Network Rail 32 £2,060.8m
2 Department For Education 85 £1,566.9m
3 Thames Water 22 £1,236.1m
4 Net Zero Teesside Power 1 £833.0m
5 Ministry of Justice 43 £781.8m
6 Ministry of Defence 19 £775.3m
7 Cheyne Capital Management 2 £555.0m
8 Land Securities Group 4 £528.0m
9 GLP Capital 4 £517.4m
10 Therme Group 1 £450.0m
11 National Highways 135 £438.5m
12 West Burton Energy 1 £435.0m
13 United Utilities 17 £420.7m
14 Brockton Capital LLP 1 £400.0m
15 Criterion Capital 1 £400.0m
16 SSE 7 £387.5m
17 Transport Scotland 5 £382.3m
18 London Borough of Haringey 23 £370.2m
19 Kadans Science Partner 2 £360.0m
20 Canmoor Developments 5 £350.8m
21 Exagen 1 £350.0m
22 Longfield Solar Energy Farm 1 £350.0m
23 Aviva Investors 2 £335.0m
24 Derwent London 5 £308.4m
25 Alcemi 2 £300.0m
26 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 1 £291.7m
27 Leeds City Council 36 £291.6m
28 Westminster City Council 11 £289.7m
29 Empiric Student Property 1 £286.0m
30 Battersea Power Station Development Company 1 £280.0m
31 Bluebutton Properties 1 £273.0m
32 Hammerson UK Properties 3 £271.0m
33 London Borough of Enfield 15 £268.3m
34 Avanton 1 £260.0m
35 Epic Systems 1 £260.0m
36 John Innes Centre 2 £260.0m
37 Newcastle University 3 £258.1m
38 Castleforge Partners 1 £250.0m
39 Great Portland Estates 2 £248.0m
40 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 11 £247.6m
41 Equinor ASA 1 £240.0m
42 Kier Property Developments 6 £234.6m
43 Garvary Wind Farm 1 £222.0m
44 Severn Trent Water 10 £215.4m
45 Prologis 10 £213.4m
46 University of Edinburgh 14 £213.0m
47 Lidl 46 £212.8m
48 London Legacy Development Corporation 3 £212.2m
49 University of Birmingham 4 £210.9m
50 University of Exeter 7 £207.8m
51 Manchester City Council 11 £202.8m
52 Indurent 12 £200.3m
53 Crossrail 1 £200.0m
54 British Land 4 £191.7m
55 Rolls Royce 3 £185.5m
56 The Silvertown Partnership Llp 2 £183.1m
57 Lisbon Street Development 2 £180.0m
58 WD Contracts 1 £171.7m
59 Renewable Connections Developments 4 £170.5m
60 High Speed Two (HS2) 20 £169.5m
61 First Panattoni 5 £169.0m
62 Government Property Agency 5 £168.4m
63 University of St Andrews 4 £167.3m
64 Reuben Brothers 1 £165.7m
65 Enviromena 3 £161.8m
66 IQ Student Accommodation 3 £156.0m
67 Prosperity Developments 2 £155.6m
68 Renfrewshire Council 13 £154.7m
69 Transport for London 10 £153.0m
70 Leicestershire County Council 10 £152.7m
71 Arla Foods 2 £152.0m
72 Elgin Energy 4 £151.9m
73 Center Parcs 2 £151.0m
74 London Stansted Airport 2 £151.0m
75 99 Bishopsgate Real Estate SARL 1 £150.0m
76 Barclays Bank 1 £150.0m
77 Eccles Energy Centre 1 £150.0m
78 Fosfel Apollo 1 £150.0m
79 Northacre Renewable Energy 1 £150.0m
80 Pensana Rare Earths 1 £150.0m
81 RWE Generation UK 2 £150.0m
82 St Martins Property Corporation 1 £150.0m
83 VREF Shaftesbury SCS 1 £150.0m
84 Luton Borough Council 8 £148.3m
85 Aldi 46 £147.6m
86 City of Edinburgh Council 11 £144.3m
87 Canary Wharf (FC2) Office 1 £140.0m
88 Development Transport Planning 1 £140.0m
89 Pinnacle Investments 1 £140.0m
90 Bluefield Renewable Developments 3 £135.8m
91 MFP Warrington (HG) 1 £135.0m
92 The Highland Council 16 £133.8m
93 RWE Renewables UK 2 £133.4m
94 Crystal Palace Park Trust 1 £130.0m
95 The Forshaw Group 1 £130.0m
96 Clarion Housing Group 14 £126.6m
97 Energi Generation 2 £126.0m
98 Summix Capital 1 £126.0m
99 HMP Northumberland 1 £125.0m
100 North Somerset Council 17 £124.3m

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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%