How much should you be earning? Check our tables against region and seniority

Architects’ salaries have risen by an average of 3% in the last year, according to a survey of pay in the construction industry.

It showed that the average salary at partner/director level is £59,896 - which rises to £86,000 in London - while associates earn £47,333.

A newly qualified architect in London earns £38,000. That falls to about £29,000 in Northern Ireland and Wales.

The annual survey, carried out by Hays for BD’s sister magazine Building, shows architects’ salaries are rising significantly more than the 1.9% average rise in wages found across the whole economy – and at a faster pace than the current 2% rate of inflation.

The data – obtained through an employer and employee survey across 34 construction industry roles – suggests a remarkable degree of consistency across disciplines and regions. Where previous years have seen double-digit salary rises in some disciplines while others fell, this year there are very few roles or regions in which staff have experienced anything other than steady rises of between 1% and 4%.

See the full breakdowns by seniority and region for architects, technologists and interior designers below.

For more information see Building’s coverage.

Architects

RegionPartner/directorAssociateArchitect (senior)Architect (5yrs PQE)Architect (newly qualified) Architectural assistant, Part IIArchitectural assistant, Part I

East Midlands

£61,000

£46,000

£39,000

£35,500

£32,000

£26,250

£20,500

East of England

£54,750

£44,750

£42,000

£38,000

£32,000

£23,000

£19,000

London

£86,000

£66,000

£52,000

£45,000

£38,000

£31,500

£22,500

North-east

£51,500

£41,500

£40,000

£35,000

£30,000

£21,000

£18,000

North-west

£66,000

£49,750

£40,000

£38,000

£35,000

£26,000

£19,250

Northern Ireland

£52,000

£44,750

£40,000

£35,000

£28,500

£23,000

£16,750

Scotland

£57,250

£46,000

£40,000

£35,000

£30,000

£24,000

£16,000

South-east England

£66,000

£52,000

£48,000

£40,000

£34,000

£29,000

£22,500

South-west England

£53,000

£43,500

£40,000

£35,000

£30,000

£27,000

£17,000

Wales

£52,250

£41,750

£38,000

£34,000

£29,500

£26,000

£17,750

West Midlands

£60,000

£46,250

£38,000

£35,000

£32,000

£25,500

£18,000

Yorkshire and Humber

£59,000

£45,750

£40,000

£35,000

£30,000

£23,750

£18,750

National average

£59,896

£47,333

£41,417

£36,708

£31,750

£25,500

£18,833

Average change 

2018-19

3%

3%

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.7%

2.7%

Interior designers

RegionInterior designer (senior) Interior designer (midweight) Interior designer (junior) Space planner 

East Midlands

£40,000

£29,000

£20,000

£25,000

East of England

£37,000

£31,000

£19,000

£21,000

London

£48,000

£39,500

£22,500

£30,000

North-east

£28,500

£26,000

£21,000

£25,000

North-west

£36,750

£28,000

£18,000

£22,000

Northern Ireland

£29,250

£24,000

£19,000

£18,000

Scotland

£34,250

£27,500

£17,000

£20,000

South-east England

£38,500

£32,500

£20,000

£32,000

South-west England

£32,000

£27,000

£20,000

£30,000

Wales

£32,000

£26,750

£19,500

£29,000

West Midlands

£35,750

£29,000

£20,000

£25,000

Yorkshire and Humber

£29,750

£27,750

£21,000

£25,000

National average

£35,146

£29,000

£19,750

£25,167

Average change 2018-19

2.7%

1.9%

n/a

n/a

Architectural technologists

RegionAssociateSenior technologistTechnologist

East Midlands

£43,750

£35,250

£28,000

East of England

£50,500

£41,750

£33,250

London

£53,500

£47,000

£36,750

North-east

£42,000

£35,000

£27,250

North-west

£45,750

£39,500

£29,250

Northern Ireland

£38,250

£34,250

£24,000

Scotland

£42,000

£38,000

£27,000

South-east England

£51,000

£41,500

£33,000

South-west England

£40,000

£36,250

£26,000

Wales

£37,000

£33,250

£22,500

West Midlands

£42,750

£35,750

£27,500

Yorkshire and Humber

£44,000

£35,000

£27,750

National average

£44,208

£37,708

£28,521

Average change 2018-19

n/a

3.8%

3.7%