RIBA Contracts in London

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for RIBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 - 487
Rank change year-on-year - - +102
Contract jobs citing RIBA 7 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% - 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £544
25th Percentile £463 - £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.65%
75th Percentile £588 - £588
90th Percentile £631 - £719
England median daily rate £575 £456 £461
% change year-on-year +26.03% -0.92% +18.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

RIBA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing RIBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for RIBA in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RIBA in London.

Daily rate trend for RIBA in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing RIBA in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for RIBA in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RIBA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London - 1 £650 -
Central London - 1 - - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
1 1 (14.29%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Project Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) MIDP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Case
2 5 (71.43%) Programme Management
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Register
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Data Management
5 1 (14.29%) Facilities Management
5 1 (14.29%) Process Management
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) MRICS
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Autodesk
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft