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Prisma Recruitment Salary Survey 2008 - Updated 14/08/2008

 

             CATEGORY DETAIL SALARY SALARY AVERAGE % CHANGE % CHANGE
  (low) (high)   (month) (year)
           
             ARCHITECTURE            
           
             ARCHITECTS Partner or director 46800 88000 67400 -1.43 0.27
Associate 42100 52000 47050 0.00 4.28
Senior (outside practice) 40000 49100 44550 -1.11 7.96
Project Architect 38250 45500 41875 -0.30 4.54
Team Leader 32100 43250 37675 0.47 2.46
Junior Architect 25500 35500 30500 -3.79 -2.00
             ASSISTANTS Pt II 3-5 Yrs Exp 30000 36500 33250 -2.92 -1.54
Pt II c2 Yrs Exp 19500 28200 23850 -0.63 8.36
Pt II c1 Yrs Exp 18600 24500 21550 -3.36 2.85
Post Diploma 16000 24250 20125 -3.36 -3.95
             TECHNICIANS Partner or director 40000 88000 64000 -1.66 -1.71
Associate 38000 48000 43000 -1.15 -1.11
Senior (outside practice) 40000 47100 43550 0.11 3.32
Technical  coordinator 38400 47100 42750 -0.12 -1.68
AutoCAD senior 28000 38500 33250 -2.21 -4.85
AutoCAD junior 17000 24000 20500 -3.53 -4.64
Other CAD senior 29500 39000 34250 -0.36 -1.22
Other CAD junior 17000 24000 20500 -3.53 -7.84
Junior 16500 23000 19750 0.38 -1.54
             INTERIOR  Senior 31000 46000 38500 0.65 1.48
             DESIGNERS Intermediate 23000 30000 26500 0.76 2.91
Junior 15000 21000 18000 -0.69 -2.17
           
      Average -1.26 0.19

 

 

Our salary survey first appeared in January 2001 on the jobsite www.architects-online.co.uk. It has now been reconfigured and will appear each month with updated information, on our own website.

 

FAQ - Architecture

 

1) Where does the data come from?

 

This is anecdotal information revised each month in discussion with our recruitment staff. In the course of their day to day activities, salary levels are constantly discussed and can be accurately assessed from real amounts offered to the candidates we place into jobs. So, while not statistical, the data is from a real source and interpreted by people actively engaged in recruitment in these sectors.

 

2) There are salaries being paid outside the maximum and minimum parameters shown in the salary survey.

 

In a sector where individual ability is paramount, there will always be examples of people who fall below or above the parameters we have given. However, the majority of salaries do fall within these parameters. Nevertheless, the salary survey it is intended as a guideline only.

 

3) Does the data take account of geographic differences?

 

To a point. The difficulty with regional variations is that while they undoubtedly exist, they are not straightforward. The traditional ‘North/South divide’ has been eroded in recent years and more importantly, there are (and have always been) variations within a region. For example, a salary of £40000 in Central London, may translate into a salary of £40000 in Central Manchester, but only £35000 in Canterbury, Kent. While cities tend to generate employment at higher salaries, the scarcity of qualified staff in more rural areas mitigates this to a degree.

 

4) What about contract/hourly rates?

 

The salary survey does not cover contract rates but broadly speaking an equivalent hourly rate can be calculated for any given role using the following formula.

 

Annual salary                              

-----------------------------------------      x 1.1

1800 (hours per annum).

 

This works to around £55K, salaries above which contractors are much rarer.

 

5) What are the definitions of staff types?

 

Most are easy to understand, but some require explanation. Generally where there is a reference to experience, it means total experience, rather than post qualification experience. References to ‘outside practice’ refer to architects/technicians working in those capacities, but for other organisations (e.g., local government, house builders and commercial business’s). It does not mean people working in another capacity (i.e. property developer) who also happen to be an architect, technician or interior designer.

 

6) What about Technologists?

 

For our purposes technicians and technologist are the same thing. The term ‘technologists’ seems to derive from a politically motivated desire by one particular trade association to separate those who belong to it from those who do not.

 

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