Price and competition benchmarks

Medians (and interquartile ranges) from real award notices only — Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Cells need at least 20 valued awards. No invented figures. Updated roughly hourly from Neon (read-only). Generated 5 Oct 2026, 10:10.

Valued awards in sample: 11,373
Notices with bid statistics: 3,810

Median award value by CPV sector

Sector	n	Median	IQR (p25–p75)
Business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment)(79)	1,751	£58k	£7,890 – £268k
Transport services(60)	1,360	£47k	£21k – £149k
Construction work(45)	1,271	£303k	£95k – £1.7m
IT services(72)	934	£224k	£82k – £794k
Software & information systems(48)	888	£170k	£65k – £521k
Architectural, engineering & inspection services(71)	765	£135k	£53k – £372k
Health & social work services(85)	582	£586k	£117k – £2m
Education & training services(80)	506	£70k	£30k – £250k
Repair & maintenance services(50)	404	£200k	£72k – £700k
Transport equipment(34)	322	£197k	£56k – £733k
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals(33)	291	£226k	£60k – £1.1m
Research & development(73)	238	£174k	£75k – £459k
Sewage, refuse, cleaning & environmental services(90)	221	£494k	£148k – £1.4m
Financial & insurance services(66)	174	£200k	£64k – £823k
Construction structures & materials(44)	167	£236k	£82k – £784k
Office & computing machinery(30)	155	£200k	£70k – £603k
Radio, TV & telecoms equipment(32)	120	£210k	£78k – £775k
Furniture & furnishings(39)	107	£215k	£50k – £1.3m
Security, fire-fighting, police & defence equipment(35)	95	£195k	£61k – £974k
Other community, social & personal services(98)	78	£239k	£93k – £1.1m
Agricultural, forestry & horticultural services(77)	77	£241k	£88k – £623k
Industrial machinery(42)	74	£249k	£87k – £666k
Petroleum, fuel, electricity & energy(09)	73	£1.2m	£370k – £4.2m
Administration, defence & social security services(75)	69	£250k	£62k – £1.5m
Electrical machinery & equipment(31)	68	£258k	£64k – £1.2m
Laboratory & optical equipment(38)	64	£164k	£38k – £406k
Real estate services(70)	59	£170k	£45k – £1.5m
Postal & telecoms services(64)	48	£203k	£62k – £555k
Supporting transport & travel services(63)	43	£644k	£127k – £1.9m
Printed matter(22)	40	£360k	£93k – £68m
Hotel, restaurant & retail services(55)	40	£1m	£148k – £2.8m
Musical, sports & leisure equipment(37)	40	£120k	£61k – £577k
Food, beverages & tobacco(15)	36	£6m	£965k – £45m
Recreational, cultural & sporting services(92)	34	£160k	£83k – £475k
Installation services(51)	28	£153k	£72k – £728k
Public utilities(65)	26	£1.4m	£731k – £3.8m
Mining & construction machinery(43)	24	£162k	£63k – £612k
Clothing, footwear & accessories(18)	21	£487k	£150k – £1.2m

Typical number of bids by sector

From OCDS bids.statistics measures bids / validBids (and SME bid measures when n≥20).

Sector	n	Median bids	Median SME bids
Health & social work services	1,533	1.0	2.0
Construction work	576	4.0	3.0
Transport services	466	6.0	2.0
Business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment)	406	5.0	2.0
Architectural, engineering & inspection services	277	6.0	4.0
IT services	267	1.0	1.5
Software & information systems	238	1.0	1.5

Sector × region medians (n≥20)

Sector	Region	n	Median
Business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment)	South West	694	£5,772
Transport services	East of England	467	£85k
Transport services	East Midlands	454	£23k
IT services	London	354	£300k
Business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment)	London	288	£200k
Construction work	East Midlands	220	£197k
Architectural, engineering & inspection services	London	192	£189k
Software & information systems	London	175	£452k
Construction work	London	163	£1.8m
Transport services	South East	157	£53k
Business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment)	Yorkshire and the Humber

About this data

Tenders come from the UK government's Find a Tender and Contracts Finder services (OCDS feeds), refreshed twice a day. A tender counts as open until its stated deadline. Values are as stated by the buyer and are often estimates. Always check the official notice before bidding.

Values ≥ £1bn are excluded as likely framework ceilings or data-entry errors. Internal monthly report: jobs/benchmarks.js → jobs/out/benchmarks/<date>.md.