Salary guide / Town Planning

Town Planning salaries

Town Planning pay in the United Kingdom from official ONS ASHE figures, until PropertyRoles.uk has enough job ads with pay to publish its own.

Median salary · United Kingdom

£44,000

25th percentile

£34,300

Median (50th)

£44,000

75th percentile

£53,300

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, April 2026 (provisional) (Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants, code 2452). Moved to Aug 2026 with the ONS Average Weekly Earnings, regular pay, finance and business services (seasonally adjusted). Figures are annual, in GBP. We switch to live job-ad figures once we have five or more town planning ads with pay.

By region

Official figures. Estimates scale the national figure by each region's published pay level.

	25th	Median	75th	Source
East	£33,100	£42,500	£51,400	Estimate
East Midlands	£29,600	£38,000	£46,000	Estimate
London	£42,000	£53,900	£65,200	Estimate
North East	£31,000	£39,800	£48,100	Estimate
North West	£31,600	£40,500	£49,000	Estimate
Scotland	£32,100	£41,100	£49,800	Estimate
South East	£35,200	£45,200	£54,700	Estimate
South West	£32,500	£41,700	£50,400	Estimate
Wales	£29,400	£37,800	£45,700	Estimate
West Midlands	£32,600	£41,800	£50,600	Estimate
Yorkshire and The Humber	£30,900	£39,600	£48,000	Estimate

Indicative UK-wide ranges; London, the South East and private consultancy typically pay at the upper end. Contract/interim day rates are common for development management roles in local authorities. Figures informed by RTPI State of the Profession 2025 data and current market listings.