Building standards - workforce data collection: analysis report 2023
Provides a national-level view of the challenges facing the building standards profession in relation to resourcing, development of competencies and levels of turnover.
7.0 Supply and Demand – current, medium, long and longer term
7.1. The gap between supply and demand has decreased from 2022 to 2023. However, supply remains insufficient to meet levels of future demand. Given the uptick in supply and demand remaining broadly the same, the gap between supply and demand is closing. See Table 3.
7.2. The current demand is 637 in 2023, which represents a supply gap of 39 (6.1%) staff. It is estimated that demand will continue to increase by an additional 51 (13%) staff by 2026. This represents a shortfall of 90 staff on the current supply level.
7.3. Demand across job roles is highest for the surveyor and building inspector roles.
7.4. The overall level of demand in the next 10 years (2023 to 2033) remains high with 61 new posts required. This represents a shortfall of 100 (14.3%) staff by 2033 if the current supply level remains consistent in the longer term.
| Role | Supply 2023 | Demand (2023 Return) | Demand between 2023 – 2033 (+/-) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current 2023 (+/-) | Medium 2026 (change from 2023) (+/-) | Long 2028 (change from 2026) (+/-) | Longer 2033 (change from 2028) (+/-) | |||
| Manager | 31 | 31 (0) | 32 (+1) | 32 (0) | 31 (-1) | 0 |
| Team Leader | 40 | 44 (+4) | 47 (+3) | 47 (0) | 47 (0) | +3 |
| Lead Surveyor | 21 | 23 (+2) | 24 (+1) | 25 (+1) | 25 (0) | +2 |
| Senior Surveyor | 55 | 56 (+1) | 61 (+5) | 62 (+1) | 61 (-1) | +5 |
| Surveyor | 198 | 212 (+14) | 225 (+13) | 232 (+7) | 230 (-2) | +18 |
| Assistant Surveyor | 45 | 52 (+7) | 58 (+6) | 60 (+2) | 61 (+1) | +9 |
| Graduate Surveyor | 16 | 17 (+1) | 27 (+10) | 22 (-5) | 24 (+2) | +7 |
| Building Inspector | 35 | 41 (+6) | 50 (+9) | 54 (+4) | 54 (0) | +13 |
| Technician | 23 | 24 (+1) | 25 (+1) | 26 (+1) | 28 (+2) | +4 |
| Administrator (dedicated resource) | 39 | 39 (0) | 43 (+4) | 44 (+1) | 43 (-1) | +4 |
| Administrator (pooled resource) | 71 | 70 (-1) | 68 (-2) | 68 (0) | 64 (-4) | -6 |
| Other Specialist (structure, fire, etc) | 4 | 7 (+3) | 8 (+1) | 9 (+1) | 9 (0) | +2 |
| Other Role | 20 | 21 (+1) | 20 (-1) | 21 (+1) | 21 (0) | 0 |
| Total | 598 | 637 (+39) | 688 (+51) | 702 (+14) | 698 (-4) | +61 |
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