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EARNING AND EMPLOYMENT COMPARISONS AVERAGE EARNINGS 2010 AND 2011 FOR KEY EMPLOYMENT FIELDS Sole principals

Principals in partnership Private practice salaried Private in house Local authorities Central government

0

50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

2008 2009 2010 10,000 TRENDS IN EMPLOYMENT FIELD, LAST FOUR YEARS 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 2011 2010

rose from 41 per cent in 2009 to 47 per cent last year, and a further to 49 per cent this year. This confirms the continuing impact of recession: architects who are made redundant are likely to set up new practices on their own, or in partnership with others. A declining proportion of full-time architects works in the public sector – 7 per cent this year, compared with 9 per cent two years ago.

Sole principals Principals in partnership Private practice salaried Private in house Public sector

2008 2009 2010 2011 TRENDS IN PART-TIME WORKING, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDER-EMPLOYMENT, LAST FOUR YEARS

Joblessness is static There has been no change in unemployment levels (4 per cent) or the proportion who are ‘not working for other reasons’ (3 per cent). So 7 per cent of the profession is not working. The proportion working part-time has risen slightly (12 per cent last year compared with 11 per cent now) so consequently the number of architects in full-time employment is now 81 per cent. But there is some evidence that for those in full-time work, there is more work to do: fewer report being under-employed, particularly those in private practice (salaried architects’ rate of under-employment fell from 13 to 11 per cent, principals in partnership down from 22 to 17 per cent). The levels of unemployment, not working

Part-time Unemployed Not working – other reasons

Under-employed 2011

contributory pension has dropped from 34 per cent in 2009 to 32 per cent in 2010 and now to 27 per cent – with a particularly large fall among public sector architects (from over three quarters last year to half this).

Falling fringe benefits Company car ownership has fallen from 18 per cent two years ago to 17 per cent last year and 14 per cent this year, with in-house architects feeling the brunt. Meanwhile the proportion receiving a mileage allowance has also fallen. Private medical insurance has seen the steepest decline, from 27 per cent in 2009 to

23 per cent in 2010 and plummeting to just 13 per cent this year. There have also been falls in the number of architects for whom subscriptions to the Arb or RIBA are paid – the largest among public sector architects and those working for private in-house and salaried private practice. All continue a trend of falling fringe benefits but the rate of decline has accelerated between 2010 and 2011. We have seen in previous surveys how

the structure of the profession has changed, with fewer salaried architects and more sole principals or principals in partnership. The proportion of architects who are principals

for other reasons and part-time working are at least twice as high for women as for men: 13 per cent of women are unemployed or not working for other reasons, compared with 5 per cent of men. And 22 per cent work part-time, against 10 per cent of men. Consequently, 65 per cent of women work full-time compared with 85 per cent of men. Women in full-time employment earn on average 13 per cent less than men. The differential among private practice salaried architects is 6.5 per cent. The survey shows that women architects’ average income fell by 5 per cent in 2011, while men’s were static. n

RIBA members can see summary statistics from the survey on The Fees Bureau website, at www.feesbureau. co.uk and click on ‘data’ at the top of the page. To buy a full report on the survey, Architects Earnings, visit The Fees Bureau website or call 01243 551302.

Questionnaires for the survey were sent to UK-based RIBA members. A sample was invited to complete an on-line version during April and May 2011. Thanks to the 3,200 architects who responded.

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