Subcontractor pay falls for 70% of trade workers in February
00:00 24 Mar 2009
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Contract Journal has launched a monthly subcontractor pay tracker for to help contractors plan and track payroll costs in the fluctuating labour market. The data, which provides the average weekly pay across a month, is collected from 35,000 self employed workers by Hudson Contract.
More than two-thirds of the key building and civils trades saw average weekly wages fall in February as heavy snow and the big freeze bit.
The latest sub-contractors monthly payroll data supplied by Hudson Contract shows bad weather stoppages hit average gross earnings in most of the exposed outdoor trades.
Bricklayers in the south west were hardest hit by the big freeze in February and Christmas shutdown, which knocked averagely weekly earning sideways during the two periods.
The figures in the tables are average weekly wages based on total monthly gross payments. They show that even through this fluctuating period specialist mechanical and electrical subbies in the south east managed to pocket an average of more than £1,000 a week. Shopfitters and office fit-out specialist are also weathering the recession well with similar wage levels in the Capital.
The Midlands is the best place to work as a civil engineering specialist subbie, where workers are taking home an extra £300-£200 a week compared to all other regions in the country.
Meanwhile Hudson Contract transaction figures reveal a 16% rise in the number of firms unable to offer work to self-employed workers.