RIBA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 297 339 467
Rank change year-on-year +42 +128 +150
Contract jobs citing RIBA 7 6 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.039% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 9
10th Percentile - £438 £440
25th Percentile £463 £447 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +15.38%
75th Percentile £588 £494 £461
90th Percentile - £498 £620
UK median daily rate £575 £475 £461
% change year-on-year +21.05% +3.15% +18.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year +85.71% -36.65% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing RIBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

RIBA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing RIBA.

RIBA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) 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
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Business Case
1 5 (71.43%) Programme Management
1 5 (71.43%) Risk Register
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Process Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) MRICS
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Autodesk