Salary survey · running since 2020
What has architecture actually paid?
Pick a role and location. See the reported median from Architecture Social survey responses, not the published guide. 1,205 responses in this snapshot.
The long run
London ARB Architect median over selected years
Same role and same location. A 14.4% rise from 2021 to 2025. Nominal, not real-terms.
Latest median
£43,000+£5,400 · 43 responses in 2025ARB Architect · London
Like-for-like cut: same role and same location in each selected year, so movement is comparable.
- 2021£37,60032 responses
- 2023£40,00022 responses
- 2025£43,00043 responses
Scale runs £30,000 to £50,000. Response counts vary by year, so treat movement as indicative rather than precise.
What the survey shows · free to read
6 things the published guide cannot tell you.
- 01
Pay is near parity at the same title
At ARB Architect level, the median for women was £38,950 and for men £39,500. A difference of about 1.4%. In this ARB Architect cut, reported pay at the same title was very similar.
Women: 99 responses · Men: 128 responses
- 02
The guide sits above what people report
The published guide puts a London Director midpoint at £105,000. Survey respondents reported a median of £57,500. Some of that is timing, but not all of it.
Survey median: 16 responses
- 03
The London title ladder is still steep
In London, Part I sits at £22,500, Part II at £30,000, ARB Architect at £39,000, Associate at £54,500 and Associate Director at £66,000. Qualification and title still move pay more than location does.
London only · 540 responses across five titles
- 04
London Directors report less than Associate Directors
London Associate Directors reported £66,000. London Directors reported £57,500. The title is senior, but the reported median is not.
Associate Director: 15 responses · Director: 16 responses
- 05
Outside London, BIM Coordinators out-report Architects
Outside London, BIM Coordinators reported £45,000 against £35,000 for ARB Architects. Software delivery is paying more than the protected title in this cut.
BIM Coordinator: 21 responses · ARB Architect: 99 responses
- 06
London Interior Designers sit above Architects
London Interior Designers reported £43,500. London ARB Architects reported £39,000. Interior is not the cheaper neighbour in this snapshot.
Interior Designer: 28 responses · ARB Architect: 220 responses
Every reportable cut
31 groups above the privacy floor.
Medians only. Groups below five responses stay unpublished. Quartiles appear when the published band itself is a plausible annual salary.
Architecture · London
ARB Architect
£39,000220 responses · middle half £35,250 to £45,000
Architecture · London
Part II
£30,000188 responses · middle half £28,000 to £32,000
Architecture · Outside London
Part II
£27,500133 responses · middle half £25,000 to £30,000
Architecture · Outside London
Part I
£20,946102 responses · middle half £16,500 to £24,570
Architecture · Outside London
ARB Architect
£35,00099 responses · middle half £30,000 to £39,000
Architecture · London
Part I
£22,50062 responses · middle half £20,000 to £25,000
Architecture · London
Associate
£54,50055 responses · middle half £45,000 to £59,000
Architecture · Outside London
Architectural Technologist
£29,80032 responses · middle half £25,500 to £36,900
Interior Design · London
Interior Designer
£43,50028 responses · middle half £28,000 to £50,000
Architecture · Outside London
Associate
£51,64626 responses · middle half £46,000 to £56,000
BIM · Outside London
BIM Coordinator
£45,00021 responses · middle half £35,000 to £55,000
Architecture · Outside London
Associate Director
£62,00017 responses · middle half £53,500 to £97,000
Architecture · Outside London
Director
£50,00016 responses · middle half £34,000 to £74,000
Architecture · London
Director
£57,50016 responses · middle half £40,000 to £75,000
Architecture · London
Architectural Technologist
£35,00015 responses · middle half £29,000 to £37,500
Architecture · Outside London
Architectural Technician
£28,00015 responses · middle half £24,000 to £31,000
Architecture · London
Associate Director
£66,00015 responses · middle half £60,000 to £70,000
BIM · London
BIM Manager
£53,75012 responses · middle half £46,000 to £60,000
Interior Design · London
Interior Architect
£36,00012 responses · middle half £25,000 to £42,000
BIM · London
BIM Coordinator
£45,00011 responses · middle half £35,000 to £48,900
BIM · London
BIM Consultant
£55,50010 responses · middle half £51,000 to £60,000
Interior Design · Outside London
Interior Designer
£35,0009 responses · middle half £24,000 to £46,000
Urban Design · London
Urban Designer
£27,0009 responses
Architecture · London
Architectural Technician
£44,0008 responses · middle half £24,000 to £52,000
BIM · Outside London
BIM Consultant
£42,0007 responses · middle half £40,000 to £49,500
BIM · Outside London
BIM Manager
£52,5007 responses · middle half £49,500 to £55,000
Creative Support & Admin · London
Office/Practice Manager
£40,0007 responses · middle half £40,000 to £42,000
Interior Design · Outside London
Interior Architect
£30,0007 responses · middle half £25,000 to £45,000
Urban Design · Outside London
Urban Designer
£32,0007 responses · middle half £26,000 to £35,000
Creative Support & Admin · London
Business Dev. Manager
£47,0005 responses · middle half £40,000 to £47,000
Landscape Architecture · London
Director
£90,0005 responses · middle half £90,000 to £100,000
The question nobody else asks
Revit users vs everyone else
London ARB Architects only, so role and location are held constant.
Reported gap
£2,350Revit users sit higher in this cut- Uses Revit£40,600
120 responses
- Did not list Revit£38,250
46 responses
Software is self-reported free text, so "did not list Revit" means it was not named, not that it is never used.
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Methodology and limits
How to read this, and where to be careful.
Who answered
People who chose to respond to an open survey promoted through Architecture Social. Not a random sample of the profession, so it reflects our audience.
What is shown
Medians and quartiles for groups. Never an individual response, employer or demographic record. Groups below five responses are not shown at all.
Year comparisons
Response counts vary by year, so a change can reflect who answered as well as real pay movement. Like-for-like cuts hold role and location constant.
Corrections
Values that are missing, non-numeric, below £1,000 or above £1,000,000 are withheld rather than quietly corrected.
Survey data last read 5 August 2026. Figures are reported medians, not guaranteed offers.