Architects Earnings A survey of the earnings and benefits received by architects
2020
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Architects Earnings 2020 edition Background How the fees data is collected and analysed 4 Definitions 4 How to use the data 5
Architects Employment 1.1 Basic numbers 6 1.2 Regional variations 8 1.3 Employment status 10 1.4 Gender 12 1.5 Age 13 1.6 Under-employment 16 Architects Earnings 2.1 Earnings in 2019 12 2.2 Trends in earnings 20 2.3 Regional variations 24 2.4 Earnings and age 28 2.5 Earnings and gender 30
% variation from all-UK average
Earnings in Private Practice 3.1 Earnings by size of practice 24 32 Sole Principals 35 3.3 Principals in Partnership 36 3.4 Salaried Architects 37 Benefits, hours, holidays 4.1 Fringe benefits received 39 4.2 Working hours 43 4.3 Holidays 45 4.4 Home working and travel to work 46
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Number of architects: 41,200 3.5% higher than last year
Long-term growth 1995
1995
number of architects
earnings
<< approx 50 in this group FEM
female 28% male 72% << approx 50 in this group FEM
2000
non-white 6% << approx 50 in white 94%ETHNIC this group
2000
number of architects is broadly stable
<< approx 50 in this group ETHNIC
Sole Principals
£37,000
2005
Average earnings: £42,395 6% lower than last year
2005
13 years of consistent growth in earnings
Earnings are highest in London Lower
Higher
£60,000
start of financial crisis & recession
2010
Principals in Partnership
2010
Private Practice Salaried
despite the financial crisis, number of architects rises at faster pace
£39,536 Private in-house
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2015
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2015
£43,750 £51,000
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jump in the rate of increase of number of architects
2019
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earnings don’t quite reach prerecession levels
2019
earnings flatten then fall 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 number / £s
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CHART 1-3 Architects by field of employment 2019 local authority central government private sole principal in-house
44% of architects are Sole Principals, Partners or Directors and therefore own their own business.
private practice salaried
principals in partnership private practice salaried associate
CHART 1-4 Long-term trends in the number of Architects in employment,Private Practice 1995-2019 Private In-House data for 2006 is estimated 1995
2000
Sole Principals 2005
2010
Public sector 2015
2019
25000 20000 Private Practice Salaried
15000 10000
Principals in Partnership
5000 0 0 4000 8000
Sole Principals
5000
Private in-house Public sector
10000
12000 16000 20000 1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2018
CHART 1-5 Number of architects in private practice, 1995-2019 Private practice salaried, Partners & Directors, Sole Principals 1995 14,700
2000 16,900
2010 18,800
2019 25,800
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1.2 Regional variations CHART 1-6 Architects by region, 2019 Architects (%) London South East Scotland South West North West East Mids Yorks / Humb West Mids East Anglia Northern Ireland North Wales 0
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London dominates, one in three architects works in the capital.
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TABLE 2-2
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average (median) earnings Last two decades
Last two years
1995
2005
2015
2018
2019
Sole Principals
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
Principals in Partnership
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
Private Practice Salaried
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
Private In-House
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
Local Authorities
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
Central Government
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
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male
CHART 2-5
female
Trends in Architects’ median earnings, 1995 - 2019 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2019
CHART 2-6 The range in architects’ earnings, 1995 - 2019 Difference between lower quartile (bottom 25%) and upper quartile (top 25%) of earnings 70000 60000
50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2019
Nobel Laureate economists Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman calculated that a salary of $75,000 is what you need to be happy. Earn more and happiness doesn’t increase significantly. That’s equal to about £66,000 in today’s prices.
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CHART 2-12 Regional change 2018-2019
-5%
-2%
+2%
+5%
% change 2018-19
CHART 2-13 Architectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; earnings 1995-2019 Mids & Emedian Anglia South East by region, Greater London North
SW & Wales
North
South East
SW & Wales
Mids & E Anglia
Greater London
Scotland
Scotland N. Ireland
50000
40000
30000
20000
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2019
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CHART 2-14 Architectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; median earnings for each region, 2010-2019 London
South East
50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Midlands/East Anglia
South West & Wales
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0
North
Scotland
Northern Ireland
50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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TABLE X4 Median earnings & median package including value of benefits Architects by experience - South West & Wales, 2019 £ median earnings
per cent receiving benefits pension contrib
noncontrib
company car
allowances mileage
fuel
insurances
subscriptions
life
ARB
RIBA
medical
£ median package incl. Benefit
Sole Principal
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Principal in P’ship II
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Principal in P‘ship I*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Associate* xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Architect II*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Architect I* xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private In-House*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Local Authority
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Central Gov’ment
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
All Public Sector
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
* the size of this sub-sample is small; results should be considered with caution
TABLE X5 Median earnings & median package including value of benefits Architects by experience - London, 2019 £ median earnings
per cent receiving benefits pension contrib
noncontrib
company car
allowances mileage
fuel
insurances life
medical
£ median packsubscriptions age incl. ARB RIBA Benefit
Sole Principal
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Principal in P’ship II
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Principal in P‘ship I
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Associate
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Architect II xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Architect I
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private In-House*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Local Authority
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Central Government
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
All Public Sector
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
* the size of this sub-sample is small; results should be considered with caution
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TABLE X6 Median earnings & median package including value of benefits Architects by experience - Scotland, 2019 £ median earnings
per cent receiving benefits pension contrib
noncontrib
company car
allowances mileage
fuel
insurances
subscriptions
life
ARB
RIBA
medical
£ median package incl. Benefit
Sole Principal
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Principal in P’ship II*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Principal in P‘ship I
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Associate*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Architect II* xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Architect I
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private In-House*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Local Authority
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Central Government
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
All Public Sector*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
* the size of this sub-sample is small; results should be considered with caution
TABLE X7 Median earnings & median package including value of benefits Architects by experience - Northern Ireland, 2019 £ median earnings
per cent receiving benefits pension contrib
noncontrib
company car
allowances mileage
fuel
insurances
subscriptions
life
ARB
RIBA
medical
£ median package incl. Benefit
Sole Principal*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Principal in P’ship II*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Principal in P‘ship I*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Associate
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Architect II xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private Practice Architect I* xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Private In-House
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Local Authority
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
Central Government*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
All Public Sector*
xxxxx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xxxxx
* the size of this sub-sample is small; results should be considered with caution