Directors and partners working in London’s architectural practices saw their pay packets increase by 3.4% in 2020 as they took home an average £90,000 a year, making them the best paid in the profession, according to the latest Hays consultant salary survey.

Directors and partners at practices in the south-east were the next best paid, earning an average of £70,000 – which was up 6.1% from £66,000 last time.

Nationwide, those working at interior design firms as spaceplanners were the people within the wider architecture sector who saw their wages go up the most. They earned an average of £27,250, almost 7% more than the figure of £25,500 for the previous year.

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