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Insights that drive smarter hiring decisions:
Market intelligence grounded in real-time recruitment activity across the real estate and built environment sectors.
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2026: Real Estate Salary Report
Our Real Estate Salary Guide 2026 is a detailed market intelligence report built from live mandates, completed placements and active hiring conversations across the UK property sector. Designed for business owners, hiring managers and senior leaders, the guide offers practical insight to support smarter hiring, stronger retention and improved commercial performance in 2026.
Market Insights: Residential
Our latest Residential Market Reports provide concise, data-led insights into hiring demand across sales, lettings, new homes and prime markets. We cover salary trends, fee performance, expansion activity, regional growth hotspots and leadership movement across agencies and developers.
Market Insights: Commercial
Our Commercial Market Reports deliver targeted insight into deal flow activity, leasing demand, investment trends and talent movement across agency, capital markets, asset management and occupier services. We highlight where mandates are increasing, which regions are seeing renewed confidence, and how remuneration structures are shifting.
Market Insights: Property Management
Our Property Management Market Reports provide clarity on hiring pressures across block management, BTR, estate management and mixed-use portfolios. We explore headcount growth, compliance-led recruitment, operational salary benchmarks and retention challenges in a service-driven market.
Market Insights: Built Environment
Our Built Environment Market Reports analyse recruitment activity across development, planning, construction, design and project management. We outline where funding and pipeline strength are driving headcount growth, the impact of infrastructure and regeneration schemes, and how skills shortages are influencing salary positioning.
Market Insights: Professional Services
Our Professional Services Market Reports provide insight into hiring trends across finance, legal, business support and operational leadership within real estate. We assess demand for strategic hires, salary benchmarking, performance-linked reward structures and the evolution of back-office functions into revenue-driving roles.
Informed, data-led decision making
GKR International produces market intelligence reports designed to help real estate and built environment businesses make informed hiring and growth decisions. Our insight is grounded in live market activity, drawn directly from the roles we are instructed on, the candidates we engage with, and the outcomes we deliver across the UK.
Our reports go beyond headline trends. They reflect real-time shifts in hiring demand, salary expectations, candidate availability, and role competitiveness across residential, commercial, construction, property management, and professional services functions.
By combining live data from roles we recruit for with first-hand market insight, we help businesses understand not just what is happening, but why it is happening and how it affects their growth strategy.
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The process:
We track active mandates, candidate movements, accepted offers, and role demand across residential, commercial, property management, and professional services sectors.
Our specialists review hiring activity, salary shifts, and skill availability to identify emerging trends and market gaps.
We compare findings against historical data and market benchmarks to provide context and clarity for clients.
Data is translated into practical guidance on hiring timing, team structure, role positioning, and competitive advantage.
Reports are shared with clients through briefings and/or meetings, accompanied by consultant advice to ensure insight is actionable and aligned with strategic goals.
How you benefit:
Clients use our reports to make informed decisions on hiring, team structuring, role positioning, and competitive market positioning. Delivered through briefings, updates, and regular communications, our intelligence supports strategic growth and senior-level decision-making.
What's included:
- Hiring and demand trends by discipline and location
- Salary benchmarking and package guidance
- Candidate movement and availability analysis
- Emerging skill gaps and growth areas
- Practical recommendations for workforce planning
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Good hiring decisions start with clear market intelligence.
If you’re planning growth or sense the market is shifting, our reports help you understand talent availability, salary movement, and hiring trends before you act.
