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Architect/ Architectural Designer: 2025

Less Than 5 Years

The following results are an indication of the UK’s highest mean average ranking salaries in architecture, representing less than 5 years of experience under the title Architect/ Architectural Designer. 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

Architect/ Architectural Designer: Less Than 5 Years

Rank	Practice Name	Location	Annual Salary* (nearest ’00)	Unpaid Overtime (hrs per week)	Employee Benefits (click here)
1	Make Architects	Greater London	55,000	10
2	Assael Architecture	Greater London	53,500	4
2	BLDA Architects	Greater London	53,500	0
2	RSHP	Greater London	53,500	5
5	Bond Bryan	Somerset	53,100	1
6	Twelve Architects	Greater London	52,000	0
7	Populous	Greater London	51,700	4
8	KPF	Greater London	51,000	7
9	Foster + Partners	Greater London	50,200	2
10	Woods Bagot	Greater London	50,100	3
11	Arup	Greater London	50,000	10
11	dMFK Architects	Greater London	50,000	5
11	Like Architects	Antrim	50,000	5
11	Samuel Chisholm Studio	Greater London	50,000	0
11	Vabel	Greater London	50,000	1
16	HawkinsBrown	Greater London	49,800	3
17	Gensler	Greater London	49,500	0
18	EPR Architects	Greater London	49,000	2
19	GPAD	Greater London	48,000	1
19	Piercy&Company	Greater London	48,000	0
21	CAMM Architects	Hertfordshire	47,700	0
22	Purcell	Somerset	47,200	2
23	HLM Architects	Greater London	47,000	3
23	Jacobs Engineering Group	Greater London	47,000	0
25	Bjarke Ingels Group	Greater London	46,800	5
26	Mikhail Riches	Greater London	46,700	0
27	Blake and Blake Architects	Greater London	46,500	0
28	ACME	Greater London	46,000	7
28	Hollaway Studio	Greater London	46,000	4
28	Morris+Company	Greater London	46,000	3
31	Built Works	Greater London	45,600	0
32	Grimshaw	Greater London	45,500	2
32	Studio Egret West	Greater London	45,500	1
34	Claridge Architects	Greater London	45,000	3
34	EPR Architects	Greater Manchester	45,000	5
36	Zaha Hadid Architects	Greater London	44,800	13
37	Haworth Tompkins	Greater London	44,500	1
37	PRP Architects	Greater London	44,500	2
39	Allford Hall Monaghan Morris	Greater London	44,400	2
40	DSDHA	Greater London	44,000	0
40	Ridge and Partners	Oxfordshire	44,000	3
40	Veretec	Greater London	44,000	0
43	KTA Architects	Devon	43,700	0
44	Reid Brewin Architects	Greater London	43,000	0
44	Space Architects	Tyne and Wear	43,000	5
44	WATG	Greater London	43,000	3
47	Crane & Associates	Surrey	42,700	1
48	apt	Greater London	42,100	3
48	ECD Architects	Greater London	42,100	0
50	BPTW	Greater London	42,000	2
50	Buckley Gray Yeoman	Greater London	42,000	3
50	Emrys Architects	Greater London	42,000	4
50	Fereday Pollard	Greater London	42,000	0
50	IDOM	Greater London	42,000	3
50	Mae	Greater London	42,000	1
50	RUFF Architects	Greater London	42,000	2
57	White Arkitekter	Greater London	41,900	1
58	Associated Architects	West Midlands	41,700	0
59	RCKa	Greater London	41,500	3
60	Aecom	Greater Manchester	41,300	4
61	Re-Format	Hampshire	41,200	0
62	BDP	Greater London	41,000	15
62	Fourfoursixsix	Greater London	41,000	4
62	GRID Architects	Greater London	41,000	2
62	Mott MacDonald	Greater Manchester	41,000	0
66	AtkinsRealis	Greater London	40,900	3
67	5th Studio	Greater London	40,800	0
68	Scott Brownrigg	City of Edinburgh	40,500	3
68	Urban Innovations	Down	40,500	1
70	Stanley Bragg Architects	Essex	40,100	2
71	Coffey Architects	Greater London	40,000	2
71	Corstorphine & Wright	West Midlands	40,000	5
71	Frank Reynolds Architects	Greater London	40,000	0
71	HKR Architects	Greater London	40,000	20
71	Mace	Greater London	40,000	0
71	Mitchell Eley Gould Architects	Somerset	40,000	3
71	Sheppard Robson	Greater London	40,000	0
71	Whittam Cox Architects	South Yorkshire	40,000	1
71	YAM Architects	Cumbria	40,000	0
80	Buckley Gray Yeoman	Somerset	39,600	5
80	Mott MacDonald	Glasgow City	39,600	4
82	Allies and Morrison	Greater London	39,500	2
82	Austin-Smith:Lord	Glamorgan	39,500	0
82	Found Associates	Greater London	39,500	2
85	Weston Williamson + Partners	Greater London	39,400	7
86	Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios	Somerset	39,300	0
87	John Gilbert Architects	Glasgow City	39,200	0
88	Cartwright Pickard	West Yorkshire	39,000	1
88	DB3 Group	Greater London	39,000	0
88	Squire & Partners	Greater London	39,000	2
88	Studio PDP	Greater London	39,000	2
92	Cartwright Pickard	Greater Manchester	38,400	4
93	Falconer Chester Hall	Merseyside	38,000	0
93	Gibberd Architects	Greater London	38,000	0
93	IF_DO	Greater London	38,000	3
93	Lawray Architects	Glamorgan	38,000	6
93	Rivington Street Studio	Greater London	38,000	5
93	RM_A	Greater London	38,000	0
93	Studio Spicer Architects	Warwickshire	38,000	1
100	AtkinsRealis	Glasgow City	37,800	3
101	Bond Bryan	Greater London	37,500	3
101	brp architects	Leicestershire	37,500	1
101	Edward Architects	West Yorkshire	37,500	5
101	Jestico + Whiles	Greater London	37,500	3
105	Bond Bryan	South Yorkshire	37,400	3
106	GRAS	City of Edinburgh	37,100	5
107	AtkinsRealis	Greater Manchester	37,000	7
107	HawkinsBrown	City of Edinburgh	37,000	0
107	HLM Architects	Glasgow City	37,000	2
107	Howells	West Midlands	37,000	4
107	Keppie Design	Glasgow City	37,000	0
107	Levitt Bernstein	Greater Manchester	37,000	0
113	Clague LLP	Kent	36,500	3
114	Bond Bryan	Kent	36,300	0
115	7N Architects	City of Edinburgh	36,000	0
115	Haptic Architects	Greater London	36,000	18
115	IDP Architects	West Midlands	36,000	0
115	LDN Architects	Highland	36,000	0
115	Leonard Design	Nottinghamshire	36,000	2
115	Oxford Architects	Gloucestershire	36,000	0
115	Whittam Cox Architects	Derbyshire	36,000	2
115	Zone Architects	City of Edinburgh	36,000	0
123	DAY Architectural	Greater Manchester	35,500	5
124	Jmarchitects	Glasgow City	35,300	3
125	Convery Prenty Shields Architects	Glasgow City	35,200	0
126	Lathams	Nottinghamshire	35,000	3
126	Ryder Architecture	Tyne and Wear	35,000	10
128	SimpsonHaugh	Greater Manchester	34,800	2
129	ADP	City of Edinburgh	34,500	5
130	Arcadis	Glamorgan	34,000	2
131	56three architects	City of Edinburgh	33,000	7
131	PagePark	Glasgow City	33,000	3
131	Studio idir	Down	33,000	4
134	Weedon Architects	West Midlands	32,500	0
135	Reiach and Hall Architects	City of Edinburgh	32,100	2
136	AWW	Greater London	32,000	1
136	BDP	Greater Manchester	32,000	0
136	ECE Architecture	West Sussex	32,000	2
136	Oberlanders Architects	Glasgow City	32,000	1
136	Seven Architecture	Greater Manchester	32,000	4
141	Smith Scott Mullan Associates	City of Edinburgh	31,000	1
–	LIVING WAGE	LDN	30,784	[40 hr wk/ 0 overtime]	RIBA Requirement
142	Kaner Olette Architects	Kent	30,000	3
143	Stallan-Brand	Glasgow City	28,800	0
–	LIVING WAGE	UK	27,976	[40 hr wk/ 0 overtime]	RIBA Requirement
	*data submitted by practice

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