Umbrella company contractors working within the construction industry might be interested to learn that bricklayers' pay has seen a significant rise.
The latest research, carried out by One Way, revealed that the reason behind this surge in pay is due to the lack of available professionals within the sector.
These recent findings are backed up by a Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) report, which revealed that bricklayers are taking home up to £1,000 a week as building firms compete for workers to keep UK infrastructure and housebuilding projects on track.
More than six in ten recruitment agencies (63%) say that demand for temporary construction workers has increased over the last year.
Paul Payne, managing director of One Way, commented, “Firstly, this is excellent news for bricklayers across the UK who are likely to be pretty pleased with their hugely increased earning potential. However, this is a bubble and the rise is solely related to the lack of professionals in the market, rather than any huge uptick in productivity or demand.
“We’ve been saying for some time that the market is understocked with available talent and that eventually either productivity would be impacted, or budgets would have to be increased to account for these pay rises.
“What this also highlights is that even a small increase in demand could have a huge impact on the construction industry and could put many projects under enormous pressure. Not many housebuilders or construction firms will have budgeted for the fact that they have to pay bricklayers £1,000 per week and they won’t be able to keep up those pay rates for very long.”
Daniele Cantello is an Contract Manager for Contractor Umbrella Ltd, one of the UK’s Most Respected Umbrella Companies. Learn more about Daniele on Google.
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