People search an employer's name to find out whether it is hiring at senior level, and the answer is scattered across careers pages, trade press reports and contract notices. Each page below puts the three together for one employer: the leadership roles it is advertising now, by function, the named senior moves into and out of it, and the contract awards it has won. The figures come from the Senior Hiring Index and the Construction Leadership Moves Index, and are rebuilt every few hours.
Employers
Who is hiring leaders, and who has moved, employer by employer.
The employers
29 employers have a page today. Role counts are from the weekly sweep on 26 October 2026; moves are named senior appointments into or out of the business reported in the last six months.
Advertising leadership roles now
| Employer | Leadership roles open | Added since 17 September 2026 | Moves in | Moves out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balfour Beatty | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| HS2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Mace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| NG Bailey | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M Group | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Wates | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Galliford Try | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kier | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Sir Robert McAlpine | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Wimpey | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Costain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GRAHAM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dalkia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Equans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Murphy & Sons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| McLaughlin & Harvey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willmott Dixon | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| BAM | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Skanska | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Caddick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Crest Nicholson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Story Contracting | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Senior moves, no leadership role open
| Employer | Type | Moves in | Moves out | Roles on the sweep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtkinsRéalis | Consultancy | 2 | 1 | None recorded |
| Persimmon | Housebuilder or housing association | 3 | 0 | None recorded |
| Vistry | Housebuilder or housing association | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| AECOM | Consultancy | 2 | 0 | None recorded |
| BW Workplace | Contractor | 2 | 0 | None recorded |
| Great British Railways | Client, operator or regulator | 2 | 0 | None recorded |
| Stonewater | Housebuilder or housing association | 2 | 0 | None recorded |
"None recorded" means the careers sweep has not recorded a leadership role at the employer since it began, either because its careers pages are not on the watchlist or because it has advertised none, so its seats are not counted.
An employer has a page while it has at least 2 current signals: leadership roles open or added in the last 90 days, and named senior moves into or out of it in the last six months. A page whose figures fall below that comes down, and returns when they rise again.
How to read a page
Leadership roles open counts the director, head-of and chief seats an employer is advertising in operations, commercial, pre-construction, technical, planning and safety, the same seats the Senior Hiring Index headline counts. Finance, people and support seats are counted beneath it.
Senior moves are named appointments reported in the trade press, into the business or out of it. A report names the previous employer only about one time in four, so departures are undercounted.
Contract awards are the public notices that name the employer as supplier, with the value the buyer published, except where the published value is plainly wrong.
None of this is a judgement on any employer. An employer adding leadership seats may be growing, reorganising or replacing people who have moved on, and the only way to know which is to ask.
01Which employers have a page?
An employer has a page while it has at least two current signals: director, head-of or chief roles open on its careers pages or added in the last 90 days, and named senior moves into or out of it reported in the UK trade press in the last six months. The list is rebuilt from the data every few hours, so an employer joins when its activity rises and leaves when it falls.
02Where do the figures come from?
Three public sources. The role counts are the weekly sweep of employers' own careers pages behind the Senior Hiring Index. The moves are the named executive appointments counted by the Construction Leadership Moves Index, each linked to its report. The contract awards are the notices public buyers publish on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
03Why does an employer I know not appear?
Either its careers pages are not on the weekly sweep yet, or it has had too little reported activity at senior level in the period. A quiet record is not a quiet business: many senior seats are filled through search or from inside without an advert or an announcement.
04Can I use these figures?
Yes, with attribution to Lechley and a link to the page. For a cut by sector, region or employer, email scott@lechley.com.
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