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Senior pay in UK construction 2026/27
Most published salary guides run a year behind, and several Director roles have no public benchmark at all. This one says where.
Base salary by role and region for Commercial, Operations, Project, HSQE and Design Directors, then the rest of the package: bonus, car, pension, interim day rates and the bonus trap.
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Put your own figures in and see the real cost of a bad senior hire, line by line, from the package and two sets of fees to the margin lost on the work the role leads.
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How Director candidates are presented to a board
The seven parts of a retained shortlist submission, an annotated example, the six mistakes that sink strong candidates, and a one-page builder for your own.
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