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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to June

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Morgan Sindall 151 £2,614.9m
2 Kier 85 £1,799.9m
3 Royal BAM 61 £1,753.4m
4 Willmott Dixon 91 £1,563.4m
5 Wates 41 £1,050.7m
6 Winvic 26 £1,049.6m
7 Skanska 8 £985.5m
8 Bouygues 8 £981.5m
9 Sir Robert McAlpine 22 £968.7m
10 Bowmer & Kirkland 47 £897.0m
11 Lendlease 7 £824.8m
12 ISG 57 £809.0m
13 Multiplex Europe 6 £802.0m
14 Balfour Beatty 43 £793.9m
15 Ardmore 8 £760.3m
16 McLaren 11 £733.0m
17 J Murphy 6 £716.1m
18 HG 13 £682.1m
19 RG Group 8 £653.5m
20 Hill Partnerships 24 £642.1m
21 Galliford Try 54 £623.5m
22 GRAHAM Construction 22 £619.0m
23 Tilbury Douglas 62 £575.2m
24 JTRE London 2 £560.0m
25 Caddick 35 £541.9m
26 McLaughlin & Harvey 11 £534.0m
27 John Sisk 9 £501.1m
28 Vinci 41 £495.9m
29 GMI 20 £488.0m
30 Robertson 43 £468.0m
31 Glencar 21 £447.4m
32 Mace 14 £422.6m
33 TSL 5 £410.6m
34 Applebridge Construction 3 £408.6m
35 McAleer & Rushe 6 £407.8m
36 Higgins 6 £391.3m
37 Farrans 6 £358.0m
38 Costain 12 £335.4m
39 United Living 8 £310.3m
40 Lendlease 4 £302.7m
41 Laing O’Rourke 3 £301.6m
42 London Square 1 £300.0m
43 JRL 3 £274.9m
44 Domis Construction 4 £266.0m
45 Vistry 9 £265.4m
46 RED 12 £251.7m
47 JJ Rhatigan & Company 4 £248.0m
48 The Torsion Group 6 £243.0m
49 Beard 53 £239.4m
50 VolkerWessels 14 £228.6m
51 Countryside 4 £208.3m
52 Legacie Contracts 1 £200.0m
53 Morrison 25 £194.9m
54 Sacyr 1 £180.0m
55 Ryebridge 3 £175.6m
56 Faithdean 6 £172.2m
57 Gilbert – Ash 7 £165.0m
58 Equans 25 £164.7m
59 Mott MacDonald (JBA Bentley) 12 £156.4m
60 Mildren 11 £155.7m
61 Commercial Development Projects 4 £155.0m
62 Berkeley Group 2 £151.6m
63 Magrock 10 £148.1m
64 Lindum 46 £148.1m
65 Barnfield 12 £137.7m
66 Benniman 8 £133.9m
67 Mount Anvil Construction 1 £133.0m
68 Dragados S.A 1 £125.0m
69 MTX Contracts 12 £123.1m
70 Henry Boot 10 £122.7m
71 Barnes Construction 20 £120.5m
72 Bennett Construction 2 £120.0m
73 Barnwood 12 £117.6m
74 8 Build 11 £115.0m
75 J.J. Rhatigan & Co 2 £115.0m
76 Clegg 15 £113.8m
77 Buckingham Group 3 £113.0m
78 CR Construction (U.K) Company 3 £113.0m
79 Wilten Construction 12 £112.8m
80 SDC 4 £112.1m
81 Darwin Group 11 £111.9m
82 RG Carter 19 £111.7m
83 Barhale 12 £110.6m
84 Black & Veatch 1 £109.5m
85 Bugler 8 £105.5m
86 Speller Metcalfe 25 £103.8m
87 Keady Construction 3 £103.0m
88 GF Tomlinson 17 £102.2m
89 Luddon 30 £100.6m
90 Newry Construction 1 £100.0m
91 Novus Renewable Services 1 £97.5m
92 Readie 6 £96.1m
93 Octavius Infrastructure 3 £95.9m
94 ARJ 6 £95.6m
95 Ogilvie Construction 13 £95.2m
96 Jenner 8 £94.8m
97 Feltham 16 £92.9m
98 Stepnell 15 £92.8m
99 REDS10 14 £92.6m
100 Statom Group 3 £92.1m

Top 50 contractors – wins in June

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Multiplex Europe 1 £400.0m
2 Bowmer & Kirkland 6 £249.9m
3 Royal BAM 7 £91.1m
4 Vinci 5 £86.4m
5 ANDRITZ 1 £80.0m
6 John Sisk 2 £80.0m
7 Reddington Construction 1 £80.0m
8 Morgan Sindall 10 £79.0m
9 Galliford Try 4 £70.8m
10 Wilmott Dixon 1 £60.0m
11 RED 3 £59.9m
12 McLaren 1 £53.7m
13 Vascroft Contractors 2 £53.3m
14 Hill Partnerships 4 £46.8m
15 Elliott Group 1 £45.0m
16 Beard 8 £44.3m
17 Glencar 2 £40.0m
18 Statom Group 1 £40.0m
19 Willmott Dixon 5 £39.6m
20 Ward & Burke Construction 1 £38.0m
21 CR Construction 1 £37.0m
22 Winvic 2 £37.0m
23 Barhale 1 £36.0m
24 ISG 6 £35.6m
25 Magrock 1 £34.7m
26 Barnes Construction 3 £33.3m
27 SDC 1 £32.9m
28 Costain 2 £32.5m
29 MWH Treatment 2 £32.5m
30 Equans 4 £29.4m
31 GRAHAM Construction 2 £29.0m
32 Feltham 2 £27.4m
33 Faircloth Construction 4 £26.9m
34 JRL 1 £26.9m
35 Rowlinson Construction 2 £26.2m
36 Robertson 3 £24.2m
37 Wates 1 £24.1m
38 Ogilvie Construction 4 £23.6m
39 Termrim Construction 1 £23.2m
40 Wynne Construction 3 £22.0m
41 Tilbury Douglas 4 £20.5m
42 Bridgestone Construction 1 £20.0m
43 CField Construction 1 £20.0m
44 Legendre UK 1 £20.0m
45 Mercer Building Solutions 1 £18.6m
46 SERS Energy Solutions 1 £18.2m
47 Medlock 1 £17.6m
48 CG Fry & Son 1 £16.6m
49 Short Construction 1 £16.5m
50 Inside 1 £15.0m

Top 50 clients – awards in June

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 The Clothworks Company 1 £400.0m
2 Adur & Worthing Borough Council 1 £250.0m
3 SSE 1 £200.0m
4 Warner Bros 1 £189.9m
5 EDF 2 £152.5m
6 Alcemi 1 £150.0m
7 Wessex Water 1 £100.0m
8 Department For Education 12 £84.2m
9 Beauchamp Estates 1 £80.0m
10 Drax Power 1 £80.0m
11 Southern Water Services 5 £72.8m
12 Valorem Investment Partners 1 £60.0m
13 Kadans Science Partner 3 £59.9m
14 McLaren Property 1 £53.7m
15 BHX Ventures 1 £50.0m
16 Geothermal Engineering 1 £50.0m
17 Imperial London Hotels 1 £50.0m
18 London Borough of Enfield 2 £50.0m
19 Quartus Development 1 £50.0m
20 The Port of Ardersier 2 £50.0m
21 JBM Solar UK 1 £49.9m
22 K West Hotel & Spa 1 £45.0m
23 Capital & Centric 2 £41.5m
24 Greystar Europe Holdings 1 £40.0m
25 Moderna Biotech 1 £40.0m
26 United Utilities 1 £38.0m
27 Thames Water 1 £36.0m
28 Hightown Housing Association 1 £35.0m
29 Aequitas Estates Midlands No. 2 1 £34.7m
30 AEW UK Investment Management LLP 2 £31.4m
31 Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev 1 £31.0m
32 British Solar Renewables 1 £30.4m
33 The Secretary of State for Defence 1 £30.2m
34 MEPC 1 £30.0m
35 Orkney Islands Council 1 £30.0m
36 Portsmouth City Council 1 £30.0m
37 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 4 £30.0m
38 MDS Exeter 1 £27.3m
39 Tritax 1 £27.1m
40 Central And Urban Management 1 £26.9m
41 Durham County Council 3 £26.7m
42 West Northamptonshire Council 2 £26.6m
43 Blackburn College 1 £25.0m
44 Centrica 1 £25.0m
45 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 2 £25.0m
46 Suffolk County Council 1 £25.0m
47 Cumberland Council 8 £24.5m
48 Leeds City Council 7 £24.3m
49 Yorkshire Housing 1 £23.2m
50 Linc Cymru Housing Association 3 £23.0m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to June

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 Department For Education 243 £1,396.8m
2 Department for Transport 4 £1,361.2m
3 Ministry of Defence 45 £1,337.7m
4 National Grid 8 £718.0m
5 Tees Valley Combined Authority 8 £611.4m
6 Drax Power 4 £570.0m
7 Southwark Charities 2 £560.0m
8 Scottish Prison Services 12 £543.6m
9 National Highways 43 £537.5m
10 Network Rail 68 £471.9m
11 Tritax 9 £464.8m
12 Ministry of Justice 24 £463.4m
13 Alcemi 2 £450.0m
14 Zenobe Energy 2 £447.0m
15 Museum of London 3 £445.8m
16 Gloucestershire County Council 7 £410.5m
17 The Clothworks Company 1 £400.0m
18 Land Securities Group 4 £394.9m
19 Argent Group 3 £375.0m
20 Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust 11 £353.3m
21 FCC Environment 2 £352.0m
22 Google 1 £350.0m
23 Manchester City Football Club 1 £340.0m
24 BAE Systems 9 £337.6m
25 Citigroup Head Office 1 £328.7m
26 Associated British Ports 9 £326.1m
27 Telehouse International 3 £320.5m
28 Ellison Oxford 2 £300.6m
29 SMS Energy Services 1 £300.0m
30 Vulcan Wharf Holdings Llp 1 £300.0m
31 SSE 2 £296.0m
32 Unite Students 6 £276.3m
33 Westminster City Council 9 £266.0m
34 Olympian Homes 3 £265.0m
35 Adur & Worthing Borough Council 3 £256.9m
36 Landsec 2 £253.0m
37 London Borough of Ealing 6 £244.1m
38 First Panattoni 4 £242.0m
39 Force 9 Energy Partners Llp 1 £240.0m
40 Reef Group 1 £240.0m
41 Watford Borough Council 4 £217.0m
42 Northumbrian Water 20 £216.7m
43 London Borough Of Southwark 7 £212.3m
44 Clarion Housing Group 9 £207.2m
45 University of Sussex 10 £203.4m
46 EDF 6 £203.2m
47 Lasalle Investment Management 2 £202.4m
48 Whitbread 2 £201.0m
49 British Land 4 £200.5m
50 BBC 1 £200.0m
51 Capital Real Estate 1 £200.0m
52 Legacie Developments 1 £200.0m
53 Nigg Energy Park 1 £200.0m
54 Pace (Hills Road) Limited 1 £200.0m
55 Prudential UK Real Estate Partnership 1 £200.0m
56 Salboy 2 £195.6m
57 Warner Bros 1 £189.9m
58 Fife Council 22 £188.9m
59 Thames Water 9 £188.5m
60 The Crown Estate 9 £187.7m
61 YTL Developments UK 2 £187.7m
62 Notting Hill Genesis 5 £187.6m
63 City of London Corporation 10 £186.3m
64 University of Exeter 1 £185.0m
65 Nottinghamshire County Council 4 £181.4m
66 Velindre NHS Trust 1 £180.0m
67 Endurance Land 3 £172.0m
68 St Modwen 12 £171.7m
69 Segro 6 £168.6m
70 Platform_ 1 £165.0m
71 London Borough of Hackney 20 £160.2m
72 LSV UK I CPC Propco 2 £160.0m
73 Oxford Science Park 1 £160.0m
74 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 2 £157.0m
75 London Borough of Camden 3 £155.9m
76 Severn Trent Water 11 £155.1m
77 Wykeland Group 7 £153.6m
78 Stanhope 2 £152.0m
79 Government Property Agency 2 £151.9m
80 Google UK 1 £150.0m
81 XLCC 1 £150.0m
82 BayWa r.e. UK 3 £147.9m
83 Great Portland Estates 2 £144.0m
84 Cornwall County Council 28 £142.2m
85 West Suffolk Council 2 £140.3m
86 Oxfordshire County Council 9 £139.8m
87 London Borough of Hillingdon 22 £137.7m
88 London Borough of Tower Hamlets 4 £137.0m
89 NHS Highland 3 £132.4m
90 IQ Student Accommodation 2 £131.9m
91 Grainger 2 £131.1m
92 Avanton 1 £130.0m
93 Lazari Investments 1 £130.0m
94 Birchgrove Services Llp 4 £129.8m
95 Prologis 6 £129.2m
96 North Ayrshire Council 12 £128.2m
97 East Riding Of Yorkshire Council 31 £128.1m
98 Leeds Bradford International Airport 2 £128.0m
99 Fusion Residential Fusion Students 2 £126.0m
100 Romal Capital 2 £125.0m

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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%