Employment Jobs survey

Almost three quarters of professionals did not receive a salary increase in 2009.

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OK. This may be, in part, due to employees working reduced hours – 63 per cent of respondents have had to consider flexible work options over the last year, 46 per cent had to consider part-time working and 46 per cent had been asked to consider a reduction in hours. A third of professionals agreed to a reduction in

hours and half agreed to flexible working, however only 17 per cent of people agreed to part time working. Building services continues to be a very male-

dominated industry and the recession has done little to redress the balance. The majority of women working within the industry tend to be CAD engineers. Says McNally: ‘There is still very little being done

to attract women into the industry. The financial crisis has meant that it has been even less of a focus for employers and with everything the industry has faced, we don’t expect this to change much over the coming year.’

Shrinking salaries

Annual figures for national-average typical salaries of:

Consultant – associate Consultant – principal

Consultant – intermediate Consultant Junior

Senior M&E contracts manager M&E contracts engineer Senior estimator Estimator

Contractor – operations director Contractor – operations manager

2010 2009 % change

£45,769 £46,538 £39,692 £42,923 £27,408 £29,385 £20,823 £23,769 £40,684 £42,153 £33,907 £35,538 £40,400 £40,000 £32,692 £32,808 £51,700 £52,846 £45,592 £46,231

Source: Hays/CIBSE Journal. For the full survey tables, go to www.jobs.cibsejournal.com

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Employers are doing less to retain

and attract staff, as they feel they are in a strong position to recruit

– Rebecca Coen

While there has been no real change in the type of

experience and qualifications sought, expectations in standards are higher. Employers want niche market experience and there has been an increase in the numbers of employers requesting applicants who are chartered or hold CIBSE membership. Energy and sustainability experience have also become very attractive. Many of the top 20 consultancies have recently

decided that temporary workers should make up a significant proportion of their headcount, some up to 15 per cent, so that they can manage their headcount more easily should they experience problems in the future. Interestingly, some professionals are opting for temporary work, over permanent. However, says McNally, continuing developments

such as the Olympics site in London are expected to help inject new life into the building services profession. And although the Olympics has so far had very little impact upon job levels, this is set to change and candidates are already showing marked interest in being involved in the project in one way or another. Hays Building Services’ findings are based on

information gleaned by its consultants across the UK and from a survey of more than 100 industry professionals. l

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