FM Intelligence Index
FM Intelligence Index: Q3 2026 Baseline
Baseline of 20 Maxwell Stephens FM adverts open on 30 Sep 2026. 12 state numeric pay. 5 of 7 director and executive adverts give no figure, against 3 of 13 below. Clients often ask us not to publish senior pay.
Findings
Headline finding
Senior FM pay is the least likely to be advertised, including in our own adverts. 5 of the 7 director and executive adverts state no numeric pay, compared with 3 of the 13 adverts below that level. Every advert in this sample is a Maxwell Stephens advert, and clients often ask us not to publish senior pay. This edition shows what that looks like from the candidate's side: senior people are asked to engage before they know whether the role is affordable for them.
The sample
- 20 adverts: 15 permanent, 3 temporary, 1 fixed-term contract, 1 interim.
- Role families: Facilities Management 4, Estates & Property 4, Soft Services & Operations 4, Technical & Engineering 3, Commercial & Business Development 3, Workplace & Office Services 2.
- Seniority: Executive 2, Director 5, Head of Function 3, Manager 6, Coordinator & Administrator 1, Operational & Support 3.
Pay disclosure
- 12 of 20 adverts (60%) state numeric pay: 10 annual, 1 daily, 1 hourly.
- 8 state no figure, using wording such as executive salary, competitive package or excellent salary.
- By level: Executive 0 of 2 disclosed; Director 2 of 5; Head of Function 2 of 3; Manager 5 of 6; Coordinator 1 of 1; Operational & Support 2 of 3.
Advertised pay, as published
- Operations Director (Grounds), UK: £80,000 to £100,000 base.
- Associate Director of Operations, London: up to £96,000.
- Head of Facilities Management, London: up to £85,000.
- Head of Property Services, Hampshire: up to £80,000.
- Senior Building Services Digital Integration Asset Manager, London: up to £69,605.
- Senior Facilities Manager, Surrey: £48,480 to £53,702.
- Facilities Services Manager, Cambridge: up to £53,000 (or hourly equivalent).
- National Account Manager, UK: £40,000 to £50,000 plus up to 20% bonus and car.
- Senior Facilities Administrator, Central London: up to £40,000.
- Print Room Operator, London: £36,000 to £40,000 full-time equivalent.
- Interim Senior Operations Manager (Estates), Hertfordshire: £450 to £500 per day PAYE.
- Campus Supervisor, London: up to £18.89 per hour.
These are advertised figures for individual roles, not market rates. No averages are calculated across this sample.
What is not yet measured
Candidate priorities (n=0) and change over time. Both are added once a second edition exists under the same rules.
Sources
All sources are public adverts on maxwellstephens.com, captured 30 September 2026. Posted dates are as shown in each advert's structured data.
- 007042 · Head of Property Services · posted 17 Sep 2026 · source
- 007041 · Senior Facilities Manager · posted 16 Sep 2026 · source
- 007040 · Campus Supervisor · posted 14 Sep 2026 · source
- 007039 · Senior Facilities Administrator · posted 8 Sep 2026 · source
- 007037 · Director of Engineering & Built Infrastructure · posted 26 Aug 2026 · source
- 007035 · National Operations Director: Soft Services · posted 17 Aug 2026 · source
- 007034 · Print Room Operator · posted 14 Aug 2026 · source
- 007032 · Head of Facilities · posted 3 Aug 2026 · source
- 007044 · Estimator: Property Services / Minor Works / Hard Landscaping · posted 23 Jul 2026 · source
- 007028 · Managing Director: Environmental · posted 16 Jul 2026 · source
- 007027 · Managing Director: Estates · posted 16 Jul 2026 · source
- 007029 · Operations Director: Grounds · posted 16 Jul 2026 · source
- 007023 · Head of Facilities Management · posted 25 Jun 2026 · source
- 007024 · Associate Director of Operations · posted 25 Jun 2026 · source
- 007021 · Interim Senior Operations Manager (Estates) · posted 17 Jun 2026 · source
- 007015 · National Account Manager · posted 14 May 2026 · source
- 007014 · Asset & Fabric Managing Director / Director · posted 14 May 2026 · source
- 007012 · Business Development Manager · posted 7 May 2026 · source
- 006992 · Facilities Services Manager · posted 9 Mar 2026 · source
- 006989 · Senior Building Services Digital Integration Asset Manager · posted 2 Mar 2026 · source
Methodology
Scope
This edition captures 20 unique Maxwell Stephens public vacancy adverts open on 30 September 2026 (capture 2026-09-30T12:55:17Z, Europe/London). It describes the advertised portfolio at a point in time. It does not measure the UK FM market, all recruitment mandates, applications, hires or quarterly vacancy flows.
Inclusion
An advert is included when the public Open Vacancy flag is on, the item is neither draft nor archived, it has been published, and any stated closing date has not passed. Records are deduplicated by Webflow item ID and recruitment reference. Adverts published after the cut-off are excluded and will appear in the next edition.
Pay handling
Pay is treated as disclosed when at least one numeric salary or rate is stated. Annual, daily and hourly amounts stay separate. An up-to figure is a ceiling, not a midpoint. Full-time-equivalent, pro rata and PAYE labels are preserved. No averages, annualisation or salary-growth measures are calculated. Advertised pay is not accepted offer pay.
Role families and scope
Role families and seniority use the Maxwell Stephens FM data model v1.0.0, curated manually. Role-scope summaries are editorial readings of each public advert. Where estate size, headcount, reporting line, approval limits, travel or on-call expectations are not stated, they are recorded as unknown, not as none.
Limits
One recruitment firm's visible adverts, across varied functions and seniorities, in a small sample. Confidential mandates are excluded and no client names or candidate data are added. Candidate priorities were not measured (n=0) and there is no comparable previous edition. Future comparisons require the same inclusion rules, cut-off and definitions.
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