The Pay 100: UK ARCHITECTURE SALARY ADVOCATE

Part I Architectural Assistant: 2025

Less Than 3 Years

The following results are an indication of the UK’s highest mean average ranking salaries in architecture, representing less than 3 years of experience under the title Part I Architectural Assistant. Submissions are requested as pro rata calculations, based on a 40h working week contract.

Data collection period for this survey: 1st September – 15th October 2025

Survey submissions are now closed, last updated: 1st November 2025

Survey Results: 2025

Part I Architectural Assistant: Less Than 3 Years

Rank	Practice Name	Location	Annual Salary* (nearest ’00)	Unpaid Overtime (hrs per week)	Employee Benefits (click here)
1	Populous	Greater London	33,300	9
2	Haworth Tompkins	Greater London	30,900	2
–	LIVING WAGE	LDN	30,784	[40 hr wk/ 0 overtime]	RIBA Requirement
3	BDP	Greater Manchester	30,000	0
3	Emrys Architects	Greater London	30,000	2
5	Maber Architects	Nottinghamshire	29,900	1
6	Stanton Williams	Greater London	29,500	3
7	Transition by Design	Oxfordshire	29,100	0
8	Burwell Architects	Greater London	29,000	1
8	dRMM	Greater London	29,000	7
8	Squire & Partners	Greater London	29,000	4
11	Buckley Gray Yeoman	Greater London	28,800	2
11	rg+p	Greater London	28,800	6
11	Waugh Thistleton Architects	Greater London	28,800	0
11	WilkinsonEyre	Greater London	28,800	0
15	GPAD	Greater London	28,700	0
16	Whittam Cox Architects	Derbyshire	28,300	2
17	ADAM Architecture	Hampshire	28,000	0
17	HawkinsBrown	Greater London	28,000	0
17	Maber Architects	West Midlands	28,000	0
–	LIVING WAGE	UK	27,976	[40 hr wk/ 0 overtime]	RIBA Requirement
20	Associated Architects	West Midlands	27,800	0
20	HLM Architects	Glamorgan	27,800	0
20	Tate + Co Architects	Greater London	27,800	5
23	Maber Architects	Leicestershire	27,300	1
24	Corstorphine & Wright	Greater London	27,000	5
24	Inskip Gee Architects	Greater London	27,000	1
26	Smith Scott Mullan Associates	City of Edinburgh	26,500	0
27	BDP	South Yorkshire	26,200	0
28	Bond Bryan	South Yorkshire	25,600	3
29	LDN Architects	Highland	25,500	0
30	Woods Hardwick	Bedfordshire	25,000	0
31	CDA	City of Edinburgh	24,600	0
32	Jon Frullani Architect	Dundee City	24,000	0
32	Pick Everard	Derbyshire	24,000	5
34	Stride Treglown	Somerset	23,400	5
35	Kirkham Middleton Architects	Leicestershire	22,000	0
36	Hawkes Architecture	Kent	20,000	0
	*data submitted by practice

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