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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to September

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Mace 19 £3,002.5m
2 Strabag 1 £3,000.0m
3 Sir Robert McAlpine 20 £2,134.8m
4 Bowmer & Kirkland 61 £2,005.1m
5 McLaren 28 £1,799.6m
6 Morgan Sindall 113 £1,718.1m
7 Kier 80 £1,585.1m
8 Balfour Beatty 47 £1,425.5m
9 Graham Construction 33 £1,361.8m
10 Winvic 33 £1,258.4m
11 Multiplex Europe 7 £1,231.0m
12 Bouygues 8 £1,196.0m
13 Bovis 6 £1,162.5m
14 Galliford Try 64 £1,145.8m
15 Laing O’Rourke 6 £1,108.2m
16 TSL 16 £1,098.8m
17 Wates 38 £1,028.9m
18 Vinci 45 £946.8m
19 Willmott Dixon 59 £817.5m
20 John Sisk 14 £698.4m
21 McLaughlin & Harvey 18 £654.4m
22 Royal BAM 44 £648.1m
23 Skanska 6 £507.5m
24 Caddick 23 £481.2m
25 Ferrovial 3 £480.0m
26 Glencar 25 £402.4m
27 Acciona 1 £400.0m
28 Lendlease 1 £350.0m
29 Tilbury Douglas 36 £331.5m
30 McAleer & Rushe 8 £322.5m
31 Robertson 35 £297.6m
32 Ardmore 5 £290.0m
33 TanRo 8 £242.3m
34 Mitie 2 £228.0m
35 HG 7 £227.6m
36 RG Group 4 £217.1m
37 Gilbert-Ash 6 £215.8m
38 CR Construction (U.K) Company 1 £210.0m
39 Farrans 5 £209.0m
40 S1 Developments 1 £209.0m
41 VolkerWessels 16 £207.9m
42 Higgins Partnerships 4 £203.1m
43 Clegg 11 £201.5m
44 CField Construction 6 £198.3m
45 Benniman 14 £197.8m
46 A & H 13 £192.3m
47 Magrock 13 £190.8m
48 Hill Partnerships 12 £187.9m
49 Barnfield 10 £186.9m
50 Speller Metcalfe 31 £184.4m
51 8 Build 6 £174.9m
52 Andrew Scott 28 £169.9m
53 RG Carter 31 £164.8m
54 Parkway 14 £157.8m
55 Lindum 38 £157.0m
56 Wills Bros Civil Engineering 1 £152.7m
57 Ogilvie Construction 11 £147.0m
58 GMI 11 £144.9m
59 Eric Wright 9 £143.8m
60 Wilten Construction 13 £139.4m
61 JRL 2 £135.0m
62 J Murphy 5 £129.6m
63 Stepnell 22 £128.4m
64 MCS 10 £126.4m
65 FB Ellmer 2 £120.0m
66 Esh 17 £119.6m
67 Henry Boot 9 £119.1m
68 Henry Brothers 7 £118.5m
69 RJ McLeod 3 £114.1m
70 SciTech Engineering 1 £111.2m
71 Kori Construction (SAC Construction ) 8 £110.3m
72 Clark Contracts 36 £106.4m
73 Ant Yapi (UK) 2 £106.0m
74 Castle Building Services 3 £105.9m
75 MTX Contracts 6 £103.4m
76 J. Murphy & Sons 5 £102.9m
77 Costain 3 £102.0m
78 Vistry 8 £99.0m
79 BlueEarth Construction 6 £98.9m
80 Pellikaan Construction 4 £97.3m
81 Watkin Jones 3 £96.7m
82 The Torsion Group 5 £96.6m
83 Seddon 20 £95.2m
84 Barnwood 10 £91.1m
85 Neilcott 16 £90.1m
86 Elliott Group 1 £90.0m
87 Aureos Highways 4 £88.2m
88 Faircloth Construction 17 £87.3m
89 Stainforth 11 £86.9m
90 Bugler 7 £86.4m
91 Mildren 15 £86.1m
92 Vital Energi 9 £86.0m
93 Bect Building Contractors 7 £82.5m
94 Amiri 10 £81.9m
95 AE Yates 15 £81.9m
96 Jenner 8 £81.8m
97 Myco Contracts 4 £80.6m
98 PMC 1 £80.0m
99 Wynne Construction 11 £79.0m
100 Taziker Industrial 4 £77.5m

Top 50 contractors – wins in September

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Sir Robert McAlpine 2 £471.8m
2 McLaren 5 £247.1m
3 Winvic 6 £226.3m
4 Kier 11 £219.9m
5 Bowmer & Kirkland 3 £214.2m
6 Bouygues 1 £185.0m
7 Galliford Try 7 £172.2m
8 Balfour Beatty 5 £162.9m
9 Willmott Dixon 7 £135.5m
10 Graham Construction 4 £116.2m
11 Wates 5 £109.6m
12 Morgan Sindall 11 £95.0m
13 TanRo 1 £95.0m
14 Glencar 4 £90.4m
15 TSL 3 £89.7m
16 Vinci 6 £89.0m
17 Royal BAM 5 £84.7m
18 Robertson 5 £83.3m
19 FB Ellmer 1 £60.0m
20 McAleer & Rushe 1 £58.1m
21 Caddick 2 £58.0m
22 RG2 Maintenance and Construction 1 £56.0m
23 Henry Brothers 1 £50.0m
24 Alpha Construction 1 £49.9m
25 Bugler 2 £48.7m
26 Benniman 1 £40.0m
27 McLaughlin & Harvey 2 £38.5m
28 CCG 2 £38.0m
29 Boom Construction 1 £36.0m
30 Andrew Scott 4 £35.5m
31 ISC Contracting 1 £34.0m
32 London Square Developments 1 £32.0m
33 Mace 4 £32.0m
34 Wynne Construction 6 £30.3m
35 Magrock 1 £30.0m
36 Speller Metcalfe 3 £28.5m
37 Brims Construction 3 £27.0m
38 Seddon 4 £24.4m
39 M Group Services 2 £22.0m
40 Parkway 2 £21.5m
41 MPH Construction 1 £21.0m
42 A & H 3 £20.3m
43 Barnes Construction 3 £19.5m
44 Triton 2 £17.2m
45 Structure Tone (UK) 2 £16.6m
46 Geoffrey Robinson 1 £16.0m
47 Nevada Construction 1 £15.8m
48 Stainforth 1 £15.6m
49 DJL Construction 2 £15.3m
50 Corramore Construction 1 £15.0m

Top 50 clients – awards in September

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 Therme Group 1 £450.0m
2 West Burton Energy 1 £435.0m
3 SSE 1 £265.5m
4 Kadans Science Partner 1 £200.0m
5 University of Exeter 2 £199.0m
6 WD Contracts 1 £171.7m
7 Ministry of Defence 2 £166.0m
8 Reuben Brothers 1 £165.7m
9 Alcemi 1 £150.0m
10 Department For Education 11 £143.7m
11 Network Rail 4 £117.2m
12 Global Switch 1 £110.0m
13 Rolls-Royce Submarines 1 £104.4m
14 Clowes Developments 1 £95.0m
15 Leicestershire County Council 2 £91.3m
16 Tritax Big Box Developments 1 £90.0m
17 Newlands Developments 1 £80.0m
18 Ministry of Justice 4 £78.9m
19 Lidl 3 £78.4m
20 Eon UK 1 £73.0m
21 Midlothian Council 2 £71.0m
22 City of Westminster College 1 £60.0m
23 Marylebone Cricket Club 1 £60.0m
24 The Silvertown Partnership LLP 1 £58.1m
25 First Panattoni 1 £55.8m
26 Aberdeen City Council 2 £50.2m
27 EDF Energy 2 £50.1m
28 St Mary’s Catholic Comprehensive School 1 £50.0m
29 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 1 £50.0m
30 Bluefield Renewable Developments 1 £49.9m
31 Lightsourcebp 1 £49.9m
32 Triton Power 1 £49.9m
33 Stevenage Borough Council 2 £45.1m
34 University of the West of England 1 £45.0m
35 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 2 £44.0m
36 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust 2 £43.6m
37 Rolls Royce 1 £40.5m
38 Blackstone Group International 1 £40.0m
39 Dumfries & Galloway Council 2 £38.5m
40 Howden Joinery Group 1 £38.0m
41 Academy Transformation Trust 1 £36.0m
42 Southern Grove Blounts Street 1 £36.0m
43 Cory Environmental Holdings 1 £34.0m
44 University of Portsmouth 4 £33.6m
45 Royal London Mutual Insurance Society 1 £33.0m
46 London Square Developments 1 £32.0m
47 Cambridge Power 1 £30.0m
48 Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Trust 1 £30.0m
49 Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult 1 £30.0m
50 Procter & Gamble 1 £30.0m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to September

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 United Utilities 4 £3,015.2m
2 Department For Education 98 £1,348.7m
3 Tata Steel 4 £1,274.0m
4 The British Library 2 £1,100.2m
5 National Grid 5 £975.0m
6 DEFRA 48 £970.3m
7 Ministry of Defence 38 £815.4m
8 British Land 4 £705.0m
9 National Highways 88 £696.1m
10 Ministry of Justice 52 £687.5m
11 Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Trust 1 £671.0m
12 Poole Hospital NHS Trust 6 £514.8m
13 First Panattoni 9 £511.6m
14 Cardiff County Council 15 £510.4m
15 Avalon DC 1 £500.0m
16 CO-RE 1 £500.0m
17 Obayashi Corporation 1 £500.0m
18 Therme Group 1 £450.0m
19 Network Rail 53 £449.5m
20 West Burton Energy 1 £435.0m
21 Endurance Land 4 £422.0m
22 The University of Manchester 9 £415.0m
23 Thames Water 1 £400.0m
24 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 1 £350.0m
25 Westminster City Council 11 £336.8m
26 Reuben Brothers 2 £331.5m
27 BMW 3 £330.0m
28 University of Glasgow 6 £314.1m
29 Community Windpower 1 £308.0m
30 Brockton Capital LLP 1 £300.0m
31 Mitsubishi Estate 1 £300.0m
32 MVV Environment Devonport 1 £300.0m
33 SSE 3 £298.5m
34 University College London 6 £283.7m
35 The Creative District Improvement Company 1 £250.0m
36 Pace (Hills Road) 1 £242.0m
37 Aberdeenshire Council 17 £227.4m
38 Secretary of State for the Home Department 1 £227.0m
39 Kirkglade 2 £220.0m
40 Lab Selkirk House 1 £220.0m
41 Greystar Europe Holdings 4 £218.0m
42 Lincolnshire County Council 22 £213.8m
43 Lidl 43 £211.4m
44 The Far East Consortium 1 £210.0m
45 Parabola Edinburgh 1 £209.0m
46 Home Bargains (TJ Morris ) 14 £200.9m
47 University of Exeter 4 £200.9m
48 Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK 1 £200.0m
49 JP Morgan 1 £200.0m
50 Kadans Science Partner 1 £200.0m
51 Lisbon Street Development 1 £200.0m
52 Middlesbrough Development Company 1 £200.0m
53 Orkney Marine Services 1 £200.0m
54 Associated British Ports 4 £196.4m
55 Transport for London 11 £193.3m
56 Newlands Developments 4 £193.2m
57 University of Bristol 7 £191.2m
58 Aberdeen City Council 22 £188.1m
59 Scottish Power 12 £186.8m
60 Tritax Big Box Developments 4 £183.1m
61 Severn Trent Water 5 £182.4m
62 First Base 1 £180.0m
63 Marylebone Cricket Club 3 £180.0m
64 Care Concern Group 9 £179.8m
65 Telford & Wrekin Borough Council 16 £172.0m
66 Cambridgeshire County Council 23 £171.7m
67 WD Contracts 1 £171.7m
68 Sizewell C 3 £171.5m
69 Transport Scotland 4 £167.7m
70 Gatwick Airport 5 £152.8m
71 Surrey County Council 24 £151.6m
72 Alcemi 1 £150.0m
73 Gazeley 1 £150.0m
74 IJM Corporation 1 £150.0m
75 Wykeland Group 1 £150.0m
76 Mountpark Logistics 3 £135.6m
77 Cityheart 2 £135.6m
78 Muse Developments 2 £135.0m
79 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 21 £133.8m
80 Luton Borough Council 5 £133.7m
81 City of Edinburgh Council 21 £133.4m
82 Manchester City Council 11 £133.0m
83 Bargate Property Llp 1 £132.0m
84 Olympian Homes 2 £129.7m
85 East Riding Of Yorkshire Council 24 £129.6m
86 Henry Boot 5 £128.8m
87 Natural History Museum 2 £126.0m
88 Summix Capital 1 £126.0m
89 Statkraft UK 1 £125.0m
90 Wigan Council 17 £123.1m
91 Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities 8 £122.4m
92 London Borough of Lambeth 3 £120.1m
93 AAH Consultants 1 £120.0m
94 Southwark GP Nominee 1 1 £120.0m
95 Brighton & Hove City Council 15 £119.5m
96 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 38 £119.2m
97 Glenbrook 1 £118.5m
98 Leicestershire County Council 11 £118.1m
99 Locogen 2 £116.5m
100 Kent County Council 47 £116.0m

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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%