308 senior roles open. One brief posted four times
308 senior director and head-of roles are open across the top contractors, and Balfour Beatty has posted the same Project Commercial Director brief four times.
Insights · Who is hiring
Where the senior roles are, and where they will be next.
The live count of senior roles, and the awards and programmes that set the next hiring off.
The live count
99 senior roles open across 32 contractors and programmes
Mace and Balfour Beatty hold 28% of every director, head-of and chief role on the list.
London and Birmingham account for 32 of the 99.
32 new roles added this week.
A senior role here is an open UK vacancy with director, head of or chief in its title, at the contractors and programmes we watch. The count is live and moves daily, so it will not match the figure in a dated Insight.
What the demand is telling us →
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