Architects’ pay up 3%

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Architects’ salaries have risen by an average of 3% in the last year, according to a survey of pay in the construction industry.

It showed that the average salary at partner/director level is £59,896 - which rises to £86,000 in London - while associates earn £47,333.

A newly qualified architect in London earns £38,000. That falls to about £29,000 in Northern Ireland and Wales.

The annual survey, carried out by Hays for BD’s sister magazine Building, shows architects’ salaries are rising significantly more than the 1.9% average rise in wages found across the whole economy – and at a faster pace than the current 2% rate of inflation.

The data – obtained through an employer and employee survey across 34 construction industry roles – suggests a remarkable degree of consistency across disciplines and regions. Where previous years have seen double-digit salary rises in some disciplines while others fell, this year there are very few roles or regions in which staff have experienced anything other than steady rises of between 1% and 4%.

See the full breakdowns by seniority and region for architects, technologists and interior designers below.

For more information see Building’s coverage.

Architects

Region	Partner/director	Associate	Architect (senior)	Architect (5yrs PQE)	Architect (newly qualified)	Architectural assistant, Part II	Architectural assistant, Part I
East Midlands	£61,000	£46,000	£39,000	£35,500	£32,000	£26,250	£20,500
East of England	£54,750	£44,750	£42,000	£38,000	£32,000	£23,000	£19,000
London	£86,000	£66,000	£52,000	£45,000	£38,000	£31,500	£22,500
North-east	£51,500	£41,500	£40,000	£35,000	£30,000	£21,000	£18,000
North-west	£66,000	£49,750	£40,000	£38,000	£35,000	£26,000	£19,250
Northern Ireland	£52,000	£44,750	£40,000	£35,000	£28,500	£23,000	£16,750
Scotland	£57,250	£46,000	£40,000	£35,000	£30,000	£24,000	£16,000
South-east England	£66,000	£52,000	£48,000	£40,000	£34,000	£29,000	£22,500
South-west England	£53,000	£43,500	£40,000	£35,000	£30,000	£27,000	£17,000
Wales	£52,250	£41,750	£38,000	£34,000	£29,500	£26,000	£17,750
West Midlands	£60,000	£46,250	£38,000	£35,000	£32,000	£25,500	£18,000
Yorkshire and Humber	£59,000	£45,750	£40,000	£35,000	£30,000	£23,750	£18,750
National average	£59,896	£47,333	£41,417	£36,708	£31,750	£25,500	£18,833
Average change 2018-19	3%	3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	2.7%	2.7%

Interior designers

Region	Interior designer (senior)	Interior designer (midweight)	Interior designer (junior)	Space planner
East Midlands	£40,000	£29,000	£20,000	£25,000
East of England	£37,000	£31,000	£19,000	£21,000
London	£48,000	£39,500	£22,500	£30,000
North-east	£28,500	£26,000	£21,000	£25,000
North-west	£36,750	£28,000	£18,000	£22,000
Northern Ireland	£29,250	£24,000	£19,000	£18,000
Scotland	£34,250	£27,500	£17,000	£20,000
South-east England	£38,500	£32,500	£20,000	£32,000
South-west England	£32,000	£27,000	£20,000	£30,000
Wales	£32,000	£26,750	£19,500	£29,000
West Midlands	£35,750	£29,000	£20,000	£25,000
Yorkshire and Humber	£29,750	£27,750	£21,000	£25,000
National average	£35,146	£29,000	£19,750	£25,167
Average change 2018-19	2.7%	1.9%	n/a	n/a

Architectural technologists

Region	Associate	Senior technologist	Technologist
East Midlands	£43,750	£35,250	£28,000
East of England	£50,500	£41,750	£33,250
London	£53,500	£47,000	£36,750
North-east	£42,000	£35,000	£27,250
North-west	£45,750	£39,500	£29,250
Northern Ireland	£38,250	£34,250	£24,000
Scotland	£42,000	£38,000	£27,000
South-east England	£51,000	£41,500	£33,000
South-west England	£40,000	£36,250	£26,000
Wales	£37,000	£33,250	£22,500
West Midlands	£42,750	£35,750	£27,500
Yorkshire and Humber	£44,000	£35,000	£27,750
National average	£44,208	£37,708	£28,521
Average change 2018-19	n/a	3.8%	3.7%