Salary Survey. The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) March 2015 (Published in September 2015)

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1 The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) Salary Survey March 2015 (Published in September 2015) South African Construction Industry Business Information Services T Analysing Planning Focus Prioritising Monitoring

2 Table of Contents 1. General Background Salary Survey March National Comparison by Qualification Provincial Comparison by Qualification No formal education Remuneration Summary National Remuneration Summary Provincial Remuneration Summary Graphs

3 1. General Background The results are based on an annual survey of salaried staff, conducted amongst quantity surveying practices in South Africa. The survey excludes information pertaining to the remuneration packages of the principals, partners, members of closed corporations and directors Feedback will be provided to participating quantity surveying practices and the general public in a format that will ensure confidentiality of the individual returns Gross Annual Remuneration includes: Basic salary and guaranteed annual bonus. Fringe benefits not included in basic salary. Income benefit for the private use of a motor vehicle as determined from time to time by the Inland Revenue for income tax purposes. Employer s contribution to pension/provident fund. Employer s contribution to medical aid. Group life assurance premium. Workmen s Compensation Fund and Unemployment Insurance Fund contributions and any other statutory contributions or levies. All other costs and benefits as per conditions of appointment but excluding any share in profit. qualification qualification No formal qualification Means personnel with a university (or similar) qualification in quantity surveying Means personnel with a (formerly Technikon) (or similar) qualification in quantity surveying or building surveying Means personnel with no formal qualification, but who perform quantity surveying services Experience is taken from the following dates irrespective of when the individual passed the APC evaluation: Three year full-time university qualification (i.e. only BSc degree) - from one year after qualification. Four year full-time university qualification (i.e. BSc Hons degree) - from date of qualification. Five year university qualification of which two are part time (i.e. BSc Hons degree) - from one year before qualification Three year full-time university of technology qualification (i.e. National Diploma) - From one year after qualification. Four year full-time university of technology qualification (i.e. BTech degree) - from date of qualification. Five year university of technology qualification of which two are part time (i.e. BTech degree) - from one year before qualification. Median If a list contains an odd number of values, median returns the middle value. If a list contains an even number of values, median returns the arithmetic average of the two middle values. 2

4 Pure median Returns the median value in the list, ignore blank cells, labels and formulas that result in labels. Standard deviation Standard deviation is the square root of the variance of all individual values from the mean. Deviation from the mean (that is the middle). Please note that a standard deviation cannot be calculated on less than 2 fields. 3

5 2. Salary Survey March 2015 The salary survey was conducted in March Results were extracted from approximately 104 participating firms (some of which operate in more than one province) covering salaries of 532 staff members, compared to 88 companies and 417 employees in the March 2014 survey. Table 1: No of firms and qualification summary by province: March 2015 Province Number of firms No Formal Total Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape TOTAL RSA Botswana Namibia TOTAL EX-RSA TOTAL Table 2: Salaried personnel profile March 2015 (RSA only) Qualification Total 16.3% 18.9% 13.0% 7.0% 4.2% 4.0% 63.4% 7.9% 8.6% 7.1% 4.8% 1.1% 1.3% 30.8% No formal 1.1% 0.4% 1.6% 1.1% 0.7% 0.9% 5.9% Total 25.3% 27.8% 21.8% 12.8% 6.0% 6.2% 100.0% More than half of the salaried personnel (53.1%) surveyed amongst the participating firms had less than 5 experience, while 63.4% had a university qualification. Although we advise that provincial summaries of salary and wages should not be made available, we have nonetheless included a provincial summary by type of qualification, but for information purposes only. It is not advised to use this information for any purpose other than background information. 4

6 Figure 1: ASAQS Average salary: <10 vs >10 experience: (RSA only) Figure 2: ASAQS Average salary:<10 vs >10 experience: (RSA only) 5

7 Figure 3: ASAQS Salary - >10 experience: vs (RSA only) Figure 4: ASAQS Salary - <10 experience: vs (RSA only) 6

8 Figure 5: ASAQS Salary Index:, by experience level (RSA only) Figure 6: ASAQS Salary Index:, by experience level (RSA only) 7

9 3. National Comparison by Qualification Table 3: Median prices by qualification and experience: National Qualification

10 4. Provincial Comparison by Qualification 4.1. Table 4: : Lowest R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Western Cape Northern Cape Table 5: : Highest R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Western Cape Northern Cape Table 6: : Median R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Western Cape Northern Cape

11 4.2. Table 7: : Lowest R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Western Cape Northern Cape Table 8: : Highest R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Western Cape Northern Cape Table 9: : Median R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Western Cape Northern Cape

12 4.3. No formal education Table 10: No formal education: Lowest R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga Western Cape Northern Cape Table 11: No formal education: Highest R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga Western Cape Northern Cape Table 12: No formal education: Median R, Current prices Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Western Cape Northern Cape

13 5. Remuneration Summary 5.1 National Remuneration Summary Table 13: Remuneration summary: March 2015 National (RSA Only) QUALIFICATION Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev EXPERIENCE Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes 12

14 5.2 Provincial Remuneration Summary Table 14: Remuneration summary: March 2015 Eastern Cape QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes Table 15: Remuneration summary: March 2015 Free State QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes 13

15 Table 16: Remuneration summary: March 2015 Gauteng QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes Table 17: Remuneration summary: March 2015 KwaZulu Natal QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes 14

16 Table 18: Remuneration summary: March 2015 Limpopo QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes Table 19: Remuneration summary: March 2015 Mpumalanga QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes 15

17 Table 20: Remuneration summary: March 2015 Northern Cape QUALIFICATION niversity EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes 31+ Table 21: Remuneration summary: March 2015 North West QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes 16

18 Table 22: Remuneration summary: March 2014 Western Cape QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Number Lowest Highest Average Median Stand Dev Note: Where salaried personnel are 2 or less in a specific qualification and experience category data may be unreliable for comparison purposes 17

19 6. Graphs Figure7: Min / Max rates: by experience, National (RSA Only) Figure 8: Min / Max rates: by experience, National (RSA only) 18

20 Figure 9: Min / Max rates: No formal education by experience, National (RSA only) Figure 10: Average annual remuneration,, National (RSA Only) 19

21 Figure 11: Average annual remuneration:, National (RSA only) Figure 12: Average annual remuneration: No formal education, National (RSA only) 20