Scaffold Cost Drivers
The Scaffold Cost Drivers carries 5 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 5.30 to 8.80 percent, read 12 October 2026.
3 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
By series
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| seriesmedian weekly earnings growth | 5.3% | 5.3 to 5.3% | 1 |
| seriesproducer input prices, metals | 8.6% | 8.6 to 8.6% | 1 |
| seriesbuilding materials price index, all work | 6% | 6 to 6% | 1 |
| seriesproducer output prices, basic and fabricated metal products | 5.6% | 5.6 to 5.6% | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONS producer price inflation | 8.8% | producer input prices, metals | 2026-10-11 |
| ONS producer price inflation | 8.4% | producer input prices, metals | 2026-10-11 |
| DBT building materials and components commentary | 6% | building materials price index, all work | 2026-10-12 |
| ONS producer price inflation | 5.6% | producer output prices, basic and fabricated metal products | 2026-10-11 |
| ONS annual survey of hours and earnings | 5.3% | median weekly earnings growth | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (5)
- ONS producer price inflation, read 2026-10-11:
The prices of inputs of metals and non-metallic mineral products rose by 8.8% in the year to August 2026, compared with a revised increase of 8.2% in the year to July (Table 2).
- ONS producer price inflation, read 2026-10-11:
The largest contribution to the annual input producer price inflation rate was an upward contribution from inputs of metals and non-metallic mineral products, where prices rose by 8.4% over the past year.
- DBT building materials and components commentary, read 2026-10-12:
increased by 6.0% in June 2026 compared with June 2025
- ONS producer price inflation, read 2026-10-11:
Prices for basic metals, fabricated metal products and machinery rose by 5.6% in the year to August 2026, up from a revised rise of 4.9% in the year to July (Table 4).
- ONS annual survey of hours and earnings, read 2026-10-12:
Median weekly earnings for full-time employees were £766.60 in April 2025, which is a 5.3% increase on the year in nominal terms and a 1.1% increase in real terms; this figure is adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH).
Read in full, publishes no figure
7 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- DBT building materials and components methodology, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- DBT monthly building materials statistics collection, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Building materials and components statistics on data.gov.uk, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ONS construction output price indices QMI, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ONS construction output in Great Britain, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- ONS FOI: businesses and turnover in scaffold erection (SIC 43991), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- HSE scaffolding information, read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
3 of the 10 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 7 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 4 figures, never sentences; 87 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the three published series a scaffold quote is actually made of - DBT/ONS producer prices for the steel tube and fittings, ONS earnings for construction labour, ONS private-housing repair-and-maintenance output prices - indexed to the month this site's own price index started, and set beside our measured median so the page can say by how much the quoted price moved and how much of the move the published input costs explain.
The join is the derivation: the official series never mention scaffolding and the scaffolders never publish an index.
87 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (11)
- DBT building materials and components commentary(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DBT building materials and components methodology(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DBT monthly building materials statistics collection(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Building materials and components statistics on data.gov.uk(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS construction output price indices QMI(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS construction output in Great Britain(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS producer price inflation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS annual survey of hours and earnings(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS FOI: businesses and turnover in scaffold erection (SIC 43991)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HSE scaffolding information(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ons.gov.uk(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Scaffold Cost Drivers carries 5 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 5.30 to 8.80 percent, read 12 October 2026.
3 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Scaffold Cost Drivers, series median weekly earnings growth: median 5.30 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Scaffold Cost Drivers, series producer input prices, metals: median 8.60 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Scaffold Cost Drivers, series building materials price index, all work: median 6 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Scaffold Cost Drivers, series producer output prices, basic and fabricated metal products: median 5.60 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Cite as: "Roofing Quotes UK Scaffold Cost Drivers", updated 2026-10-21, https://roofingquotesuk.com/datasets/scaffold-cost-drivers/.
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