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Employers agent contracts

UK public sector · 164 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
164
Last 12 months
Median contract
£71k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£432m
125 of 127 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
95
Suppliers
111

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most employers agent contracts took 16% of them (26 of 164).
  • The median contract, £71k, is close to the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • London had the most contracts: 31, or 19% of the total.

Who buys employers agent

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1West Kent Housing Association6 contracts
  2. 2Clarion Housing Group6 contracts
  3. 3City of London Corporation6 contracts
  4. 4Together Housing Group5 contracts
  5. 5Platform Housing Group5 contracts
  6. 6Dover District Council5 contracts
  7. 7East Suffolk Council4 contracts
  8. 8NHS Property Services Limited4 contracts
  9. 9Thirteen Housing Group Limited4 contracts
  10. 10Prosper Learning Trust4 contracts

Top employers agent contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1BWA (EUROPE) LIMITED10 contracts
  2. 2RNJ Partnership LLP5 contracts
  3. 3Identity Consult Limited4 contracts
  4. 4Lawson Queay Chartered Surveyors4 contracts
  5. 5Potter Raper3 contracts
  6. 6WT Partnership3 contracts
  7. 7Ridge and Partners LLP3 contracts
  8. 8Bellrock Advisory LLP3 contracts
  9. 9Gleeds3 contracts
  10. 10Coreus Group3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

32Q4 2025*37Q1 202649Q2 202646Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 154 · Scotland 6 · Wales 4

London31South East24South West17North East15West Midlands11North West9Yorkshire and The Humber8Scotland6East Midlands5East of England5Wales4UK-wide or not stated29

What is included

A surveyor who acts for the client under the building contract: employer's agent on design and build schemes, or contract administrator or contract manager issuing instructions, valuations and certificates, often with pre-contract procurement support.

  • Employer's agent on design and build housing and school schemes
  • JCT contract administrator
  • Contract manager role on a works contract
  • Pre- and post-contract procurement and contract support by chartered surveyors

What is not included

  • Cost planning and QS lots -> csl.cpm.quantity-surveying-cost-management
  • On-site quality inspection -> csl.cpm.clerk-of-works-site-supervision
  • NEC project manager -> csl.cpm.construction-project-management

Often bought by the same buyers