Bid & Proposal Salary Index
All bid & proposal roles salary, United Kingdom
Advertised base salaries from bid, proposal and tender adverts in United Kingdom.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from bid, proposal and tender adverts in United Kingdom.
All bid & proposal roles salary, United Kingdom
£50,000
median advertised base salary
Half of these advertised salaries fall within £41,000–£62,500.
719 adverts497 employersStrongUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Includes 5 adverts paid in EUR, 4 in USD and 1 in CAD, converted to GBP using exchange rates from 1 October 2026.
Average (mean)
£55,271
Range
£20,550–£161,050
Adverts stating pay
36%
719 of 1,981 adverts
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Of the 10 roles with enough adverts and employers to compare, Capture Manager has the highest median advertised salary, £83,900, and Bid Coordinator the lowest, £37,500. 8 more roles are marked Low data and not compared.
| Role | Median | Adverts | Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compared | ||||
| Capture Manager | £83,900 (£83,900)10 advertsIndicative | 10 | Indicative | |
| Pre-Construction Manager | £80,000 (£80,000)36 advertsIndicative | 36 | Indicative | |
| Bid Director / Head of Bids | £77,500 (£77,500)18 advertsIndicative | 18 | Indicative | |
| Tender Manager | £68,750 (£68,750)28 advertsIndicative | 28 | Indicative | |
| Bid Manager | £57,500 (£57,500)271 advertsStrong | 271 | Strong | |
| Proposal Manager | £55,000 (£55,000)12 advertsIndicative | 12 | Indicative | |
| Bid Consultant | £48,000 (£48,000)21 advertsFair | 21 | Fair | |
| Bid Writer | £45,000 (£45,000)134 advertsFair | 134 | Fair | |
| Proposals Engineer | £45,000 (£45,000)51 advertsFair | 51 | Fair | |
| Bid Coordinator | £37,500 (£37,500)119 advertsFair | 119 | Fair | |
| Low data, not compared | ||||
| Proposal Writer | £64,097 (£64,097)5 advertsLow data | 5 | Low data | |
| Pursuit & Pitch Manager | £78,618 (£78,618)4 advertsLow data | 4 | Low data | |
| Work Winning | £130,000 (£130,000)3 advertsLow data | 3 | Low data | |
| Bid Designer | £55,750 (£55,750)2 advertsLow data | 2 | Low data | |
| Head of Pre-Construction | £106,250 (£106,250)2 advertsLow data | 2 | Low data | |
| Bid Estimator | £75,000 (£75,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data | |
| Proposal Analyst | £34,000 (£34,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data | |
| Proposal Director / Head of Proposals | £90,000 (£90,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data | |
Each role's figure is the headline of its own page. The all-roles figure above pools every role, so it moves with the mix of roles advertised as well as with pay. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
The biggest jump is from 5–10 years to 10+ years: +£24,900 (+43%).
Current advertised salary differences between experience groups. This is not a forecast of your next pay rise.
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View BidMaster™More adverts land in £45,000–£50,000 than in any other band: 14% of the 719 we hold.
Median advertised base salary £50,000
Adverts per £5,000 band
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Of the 10 sectors with enough adverts and employers to compare, Financial & professional services has the highest median advertised salary, £57,600, and Healthcare & life sciences the lowest, £42,891. 3 more sectors are marked Low data and not compared.
| Sector | Median | Adverts | Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compared | ||||
| Financial & professional services | £57,600 (£57,600)9 advertsIndicative | 9 | Indicative | |
| IT & software | £57,500 (£57,500)28 advertsIndicative | 28 | Indicative | |
| Construction | £55,000 (£55,000)71 advertsFair | 71 | Fair | |
| Defence & aerospace | £50,500 (£50,500)20 advertsIndicative | 20 | Indicative | |
| Engineering services | £50,000 (£50,000)12 advertsIndicative | 12 | Indicative | |
| Facilities & support services | £49,000 (£49,000)26 advertsIndicative | 26 | Indicative | |
| Business consulting | £47,500 (£47,500)13 advertsIndicative | 13 | Indicative | |
| Energy & utilities | £47,500 (£47,500)35 advertsIndicative | 35 | Indicative | |
| Manufacturing & industrial | £47,500 (£47,500)18 advertsIndicative | 18 | Indicative | |
| Healthcare & life sciences | £42,891 (£42,891)15 advertsIndicative | 15 | Indicative | |
| Low data, not compared | ||||
| Education & training | £50,000 (£50,000)3 advertsLow data | 3 | Low data | |
| Government & public sector | £90,000 (£90,000)2 advertsLow data | 2 | Low data | |
| Transport & logistics | £52,500 (£52,500)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data | |
Based on the 279 of 719 adverts whose sector we know, from the employer's LinkedIn industry or the advert itself. 26 adverts name sectors outside these groups and are not shown. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
United Kingdom ranks 19th of the 60 countries with salary figures in GBP for this role, based on 719 adverts. Russia has the highest available advertised median, based on 1 advert.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International RecruitmentFlexible working is named most often, in 65% of the 1,068 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 1,068 adverts that discuss benefits, from 1,981 permanent-role adverts for All bid & proposal roles in United Kingdom. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
Day rate
£500 /day
median advertised day rate
11 adverts11 employersAdverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Day rates are advertised per day. We do not convert them to annual salaries.
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0.0% over 2 complete months (Aug 2026 to Sept 2026).
Short history: fewer than 6 complete months, so this is the change across them, not a yearly rate.
Oct 2026 so far: a median of £55,000 from 196 adverts. The month is not complete, so it is not used in the trend.
complete months used: Aug 2026 to Sept 2026 · short history
How many adverts say what they pay. 719 of the 1,981 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (36%): 319 in a structured field and 400 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
Estimated posting dates. 196 of the 719 adverts behind the figures above reached us with no posting date on them, so we recorded the day we collected them instead. They count in every window on this page and are left out of the monthly series. How we date an advert →
Includes 5 adverts paid in EUR, 4 in USD and 1 in CAD, converted to GBP using exchange rates from 1 October 2026.
| Role | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capture Manager | £83,900 | £83,900 | £66,000–£90,000 | 10 | 9 | Indicative | Yes |
| Pre-Construction Manager | £80,000 | £80,000 | £75,000–£95,000 | 36 | 29 | Indicative | Yes |
| Bid Director / Head of Bids | £77,500 | £77,500 | £70,000–£100,000 | 18 | 18 | Indicative | Yes |
| Tender Manager | £68,750 | £68,750 | £52,500–£80,000 | 28 | 26 | Indicative | Yes |
| Bid Manager | £57,500 | £57,500 | £55,000–£57,500 | 271 | 198 | Strong | Yes |
| Proposal Manager | £55,000 | £55,000 | £45,000–£70,000 | 12 | 12 | Indicative | Yes |
| Bid Consultant | £48,000 | £48,000 | £45,000–£51,500 | 21 | 20 | Fair | Yes |
| Bid Writer | £45,000 | £45,000 | £41,223–£48,000 | 134 | 109 | Fair | Yes |
| Proposals Engineer | £45,000 | £45,000 | £40,000–£49,227 | 51 | 45 | Fair | Yes |
| Bid Coordinator | £37,500 | £37,500 | £35,000–£40,000 | 119 | 97 | Fair | Yes |
| Proposal Writer | £64,097 | £64,097 | Not available | 5 | 3 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Pursuit & Pitch Manager | £78,618 | £78,618 | Not available | 4 | 4 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Work Winning | £130,000 | £130,000 | Not available | 3 | 3 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Bid Designer | £55,750 | £55,750 | Not available | 2 | 2 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Head of Pre-Construction | £106,250 | £106,250 | Not available | 2 | 2 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Bid Estimator | £75,000 | £75,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Proposal Analyst | £34,000 | £34,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Proposal Director / Head of Proposals | £90,000 | £90,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | £29,233 | £32,500 | £37,500 | 39 | Fair | +£7,500 (+23%) |
| 2–5 years | £35,000 | £40,000 | £47,500 | 161 | Strong | +£17,600 (+44%) |
| 5–10 years | £50,000 | £57,600 | £70,000 | 237 | Strong | +£24,900 (+43%) |
| 10+ years | £68,500 | £82,500 | £106,663 | 42 | Indicative | No step |
| Not stated | £45,000 | £50,000 | £62,500 | 240 | Fair | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £20,000–£25,000 | 2 | <1% |
| £25,000–£30,000 | 19 | 3% |
| £30,000–£35,000 | 38 | 5% |
| £35,000–£40,000 | 82 | 11% |
| £40,000–£45,000 | 80 | 11% |
| £45,000–£50,000 | 104 | 14% |
| £50,000–£55,000 | 74 | 10% |
| £55,000–£60,000 | 85 | 12% |
| £60,000–£65,000 | 69 | 10% |
| £65,000–£70,000 | 28 | 4% |
| £70,000–£75,000 | 22 | 3% |
| £75,000–£80,000 | 21 | 3% |
| £80,000–£85,000 | 32 | 4% |
| £85,000–£90,000 | 17 | 2% |
| £90,000–£95,000 | 9 | 1% |
| £95,000–£100,000 | 9 | 1% |
| £100,000–£105,000 | 9 | 1% |
| £105,000–£110,000 | 1 | <1% |
| £110,000–£115,000 | 7 | 1% |
| £115,000–£120,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £120,000–£125,000 | 2 | <1% |
| £125,000–£130,000 | 2 | <1% |
| £130,000–£135,000 | 3 | <1% |
| £135,000–£140,000 | 2 | <1% |
| £140,000–£145,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £145,000–£150,000 | 1 | <1% |
| £150,000–£155,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £155,000–£160,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £160,000–£165,000 | 1 | <1% |
| Sector | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial & professional services | £57,600 | £57,600 | £35,000–£75,000 | 9 | 8 | Indicative | Yes |
| IT & software | £57,500 | £57,500 | £50,000–£65,000 | 28 | 23 | Indicative | Yes |
| Construction | £55,000 | £55,000 | £48,000–£57,500 | 71 | 50 | Fair | Yes |
| Defence & aerospace | £50,500 | £50,500 | £45,000–£60,000 | 20 | 14 | Indicative | Yes |
| Engineering services | £50,000 | £50,000 | £45,000–£65,000 | 12 | 10 | Indicative | Yes |
| Facilities & support services | £49,000 | £49,000 | £38,000–£60,000 | 26 | 22 | Indicative | Yes |
| Business consulting | £47,500 | £47,500 | £42,500–£65,000 | 13 | 12 | Indicative | Yes |
| Energy & utilities | £47,500 | £47,500 | £38,500–£55,000 | 35 | 25 | Indicative | Yes |
| Manufacturing & industrial | £47,500 | £47,500 | £40,000–£82,000 | 18 | 13 | Indicative | Yes |
| Healthcare & life sciences | £42,891 | £42,891 | £32,500–£54,000 | 15 | 13 | Indicative | Yes |
| Education & training | £50,000 | £50,000 | Not available | 3 | 3 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Government & public sector | £90,000 | £90,000 | Not available | 2 | 2 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Transport & logistics | £52,500 | £52,500 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | £120,000 | $160,000 | 1 |
| United States | £84,700 | $112,500 | 3,932 |
| Denmark | £68,600 | DKK600,000 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | £68,400 | €80,000 | 2 |
| Türkiye | £67,400 | €78,850 | 2 |
| Australia | £64,100 | A$122,287 | 23 |
| Czechia | £59,900 | Kč1,713,124 | 3 |
| Ireland | £59,800 | €70,000 | 55 |
| Japan | £59,000 | $78,431 | 6 |
| Switzerland | £58,300 | €68,250 | 18 |
| Belgium | £57,900 | €67,800 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | £57,900 | HK$603,481 | 4 |
| Peru | £57,200 | $75,950 | 1 |
| Netherlands | £56,400 | €66,026 | 242 |
| Sweden | £54,200 | €63,414 | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | £52,000 | $69,030 | 2 |
| New Zealand | £51,700 | NZ$121,677 | 2 |
| Singapore | £51,300 | S$87,000 | 18 |
| United Kingdom | £50,000 | £50,000 | 719 |
| Germany | £49,200 | €57,600 | 424 |
| Canada | £47,800 | C$90,000 | 486 |
| Austria | £47,000 | €55,000 | 23 |
| France | £42,700 | €50,000 | 112 |
| Cameroon | £42,500 | £42,500 | 1 |
| Finland | £41,000 | €48,000 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | £40,900 | SAR204,000 | 9 |
| Serbia | £39,700 | lei245,000 | 1 |
| Lithuania | £38,200 | €44,670 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | £36,300 | €42,500 | 1 |
| Poland | £35,200 | zł180,010 | 21 |
| Spain | £34,200 | €40,000 | 89 |
| Portugal | £33,400 | €39,125 | 4 |
| Italy | £32,900 | €38,500 | 793 |
| Egypt | £32,500 | E£2,246,947 | 2 |
| China | £30,300 | CN¥270,000 | 13 |
| South Africa | £29,400 | R640,000 | 20 |
| Latvia | £28,200 | €33,000 | 3 |
| Qatar | £24,800 | QAR120,000 | 5 |
| Slovakia | £23,600 | €27,600 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | £23,400 | AED114,000 | 31 |
| Mexico | £21,800 | MX$525,650 | 31 |
| Greece | £20,900 | €24,450 | 5 |
| Guatemala | £17,800 | $23,700 | 2 |
| New Caledonia | £17,200 | $22,800 | 1 |
| Nicaragua | £15,400 | $20,400 | 1 |
| Romania | £14,600 | lei90,000 | 7 |
| Chile | £13,900 | CLP18,000,000 | 3 |
| Ukraine | £12,400 | €14,550 | 2 |
| Colombia | £12,200 | COP54,000,000 | 13 |
| Vietnam | £12,200 | ₫420,000,000 | 4 |
| Philippines | £10,100 | ₱839,462 | 42 |
| Malaysia | £8,860 | RM48,000 | 27 |
| Bangladesh | £8,580 | $11,400 | 1 |
| Kuwait | £8,060 | KWD3,300 | 1 |
| Brazil | £6,290 | R$43,500 | 32 |
| India | £3,530 | ₹450,000 | 456 |
| Pakistan | £3,260 | PKR1,200,000 | 9 |
| Indonesia | £3,080 | Rp73,200,000 | 1 |
| Nigeria | £2,550 | ₦4,500,000 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | £2,530 | LKR1,110,000 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | Shown in local currency only | DOP1,440,000 | 1 |
| Algeria | Shown in local currency only | DZD1,980,000 | 1 |
| Georgia | Shown in local currency only | ₾21,600 | 1 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible working | 65% | 1,068 |
| Paid leave | 50% | 1,068 |
| Retirement & pension | 47% | 1,068 |
| Learning & development | 46% | 1,068 |
| Health & medical | 43% | 1,068 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 39% | 1,068 |
| Vehicle & commuting | 35% | 1,068 |
| Bonus & incentive | 31% | 1,068 |
| Life & disability insurance | 26% | 1,068 |
| Family & care leave | 13% | 1,068 |
| Allowances & stipends | 9% | 1,068 |
| Equity & ownership | 7% | 1,068 |
| Dependant education | 1% | 1,068 |
| Housing allowance | 1% | 1,068 |
| Relocation & mobility | <1% | 1,068 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | £50,000 | £40,000 | £62,500 | 159 | no | yes |
| Sept 2026 | £50,000 | £40,000 | £60,000 | 156 | no | yes |
| Oct 2026 | £55,000 | £42,435 | £75,000 | 196 | no | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All bid & proposal roles in United Kingdom | 36% | 34%–38% | 319 | 400 | 1,981 |
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