Construction recruitment in Birmingham

The Birmingham construction market

HS2's Birmingham Curzon Street terminus and Interchange station at Birmingham Airport represent the largest single construction programme in the UK, employing thousands of construction management, civil engineering, and commercial professionals across the Skanska-Costain-Strabag and EKFB joint ventures. The scale and complexity of HS2 has raised Birmingham's profile as a major infrastructure construction hub and attracted specialist tunnelling, structural, and programme management talent to the city. The Commonwealth Games 2022 legacy developments, including the Athletes' Village at Perry Barr, continue to shape the residential construction market.

Birmingham city centre's commercial development pipeline, including office schemes in the Snowhill and Centenary Square areas, hotel and built-to-rent residential development, and the Digbeth innovation and creative district regeneration, employs large numbers of project managers and quantity surveyors with commercial build experience. Galliford Try, Kier, and Bowmer and Kirkland all have significant Birmingham presences. Birmingham City Council's capital programme continues to create public sector construction management demand through its housing, schools, and transport programmes, despite the broader financial pressures facing the authority.

Birmingham's construction market pays among the highest salaries in England outside London for senior roles. Competition for project directors and commercial managers with major project experience is intense. Aston University and Birmingham City University produce quantity surveying, civil engineering, and construction management graduates. The West Midlands motorway network gives Birmingham contractors unmatched access to talent across England.

Construction employers in Birmingham

• Galliford Try — major contractor with significant Birmingham commercial and infrastructure works
• Kier Group — construction and civil engineering across the West Midlands public and private sectors
• Bowmer and Kirkland — commercial construction across Birmingham and the wider Midlands
• HS2 Ltd — infrastructure programme management on the Birmingham to London route
• Wates Group — public sector construction including housing and education in Birmingham

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Construction salary benchmarks in Birmingham

HS2 joint ventures pay at the upper end of market rates with project allowances and bonuses. Quantity surveying roles on major schemes often carry car allowances and enhanced package structures. Senior project directors on complex commercial schemes command the highest rates outside London.

Construction roles we fill in Birmingham