Service market

Quantity surveying contracts

UK public sector · 254 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
254
Last 12 months
Median contract
£72k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£52.3m
186 of 192 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
156
Suppliers
154

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most quantity surveying contracts took 19% of them (47 of 254).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £72k, is close to the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).

Who buys quantity surveying

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

  1. 1City of London Corporation8 contracts
  2. 2Highways England7 contracts
  3. 3Wolverhampton City Council7 contracts
  4. 4Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  5. 5UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)5 contracts
  6. 6West Midlands Combined Authority5 contracts
  7. 7NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde5 contracts
  8. 8Surrey County Council4 contracts
  9. 9East Suffolk Council4 contracts
  10. 10NHS Property Services Limited4 contracts

Top quantity surveying contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Currie & Brown15 contracts
  2. 2AECOM9 contracts
  3. 3Arcadis8 contracts
  4. 4Rider Levett Bucknall8 contracts
  5. 5Turner & Townsend7 contracts
  6. 6WT Partnership7 contracts
  7. 7Gleeds6 contracts
  8. 8Gardiner & Theobald6 contracts
  9. 9Waterman5 contracts
  10. 10Pulse Consult5 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

51Q4 2025*72Q1 202655Q2 202675Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 228 · Scotland 16 · Wales 7 · Northern Ireland 3

London45South East38South West23North East20East of England19West Midlands18Yorkshire and The Humber10Scotland9North West8East Midlands6Wales6Northern Ireland3UK-wide or not stated49

What is included

A client-side quantity surveyor or cost consultant who prices and controls the cost of capital works: cost plans, estimates, bills of quantities, tender analysis, post-contract valuations and final accounts.

  • Cost plans and estimates at each design stage
  • Bills of quantities and tender analysis
  • Pre- and post-contract cost management and final accounts
  • Commercial management and cost assurance on major works projects
  • Cost estimating and forecasting for infrastructure programmes
  • QS support to repairs and maintenance and housing capital programmes

What is not included

  • Client-side project management of the same scheme -> csl.cpm.construction-project-management
  • Employer's agent or contract administrator roles -> csl.cpm.employers-agent-contract-administration
  • Multi-role project and cost teams let without splitting roles -> csl.cpm.construction-consultancy-unspecified
  • Insurance reinstatement cost assessments -> csl.prop.insurance-reinstatement-cost-assessments
  • The contractor's own estimating inside a works contract -> another industry: construction-trades

Often bought by the same buyers