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Contractor payment records
| Payment performance – collated by Build UK | |||
Average payment days | % not paid to terms | % paid within 60 days | |
| Amey | 15 | 19 | 98 |
| ISG | 15 | 21 | 98 |
| Costain | 18 | 9 | 99 |
| Osborne | 19 | 34 | 95 |
| Lendlease | 21 | 0 | 100 |
| Ferrovial | 21 | 19 | 97 |
| Morgan Sindall | 24 | 4 | 99 |
| Murphy | 24 | 13 | 93 |
| Morrison Utility Services | 25 | 15 | 94 |
| Canary Wharf Contractors | 26 | 1 | 99 |
| Galliford Try | 26 | 11 | 99 |
| Mace | 26 | 12 | 95 |
| Sir Robert McAlpine | 27 | 6 | 94 |
| Bouygues | 27 | 18 | 95 |
| VolkerWessels | 27 | 25 | 96 |
| Willmott Dixon | 28 | 11 | 99 |
| FM Conway | 28 | 11 | 97 |
| Henry Boot | 28 | 15 | 94 |
| Vinci | 28 | 16 | 94 |
| BAM Nuttall | 28 | 16 | 94 |
| Laing O’Rourke | 28 | 17 | 91 |
| John Sisk & Son | 29 | 18 | 97 |
| Multiplex | 30 | 14 | 93 |
| Wates | 30 | 20 | 98 |
| McLaren Construction | 30 | 26 | 100 |
| BAM Construct | 30 | 28 | 96 |
| Bowmer and Kirkland | 30 | 28 | 95 |
| Kier | 32 | 27 | 91 |
| McLaughlin and Harvey | 33 | 22 | 96 |
| Tilbury Douglas | 33 | 28 | 95 |
| Graham Construction | 34 | 6 | 96 |
| Novus Property Solutions | 36 | 11 | 95 |
| Balfour Beatty | 36 | 15 | 96 |
| TSL | 37 | 32 | 89 |
| Seddon | 38 | 5 | 97 |
| Winvic | 38 | 11 | 94 |
| Skanska | 38 | 28 | 85 |
| Robertson Construction | 38 | 28 | 94 |
| Eurovia | 46 | 19 | 85 |
| Northstone | 46 | 68 | 76 |
| EQUANS | 48 | 3 | 86 |
| Watkin Jones | 48 | 9 | 85 |
| Colas | 63 | 61 | 68 |
Freelance trades pay rates
Self-employed trades average weekly pay slipped 4.4% to £941 in April, but was 5.4% higher than a year ago.
The best-performing regions for earnings were the East Midlands and East of England where average trades pay packets top £1000.
| Region | April 2023 Average | Prior month Change | 12 month Change |
| North East | £757 | 0.8% | 12.3% |
| North West | £907 | -4.9% | 5.6% |
| Yorks & Humbs | £919 | -2.6% | 6.4% |
| East Midlands | £1,008 | -5.0% | 9.2% |
| West Midlands | £913 | -6.3% | 0.4% |
| Wales | £974 | 2.7% | 20.0% |
| East of England | £1,020 | -4.6% | 7.0% |
| London | £974 | -2.6% | 3.9% |
| South East | £948 | -7.2% | 1.4% |