RIBA Job Trends in Cardiff

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for RIBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing RIBA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.10% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 178 59 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 18.05% 22.01% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 104 23 49
10th Percentile £36,312 £35,434 £43,009
25th Percentile £53,750 £37,170 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.30% +5.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £76,075 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £84,273 £79,600
South Wales median annual salary £60,000 £63,295 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +15.08% +22.22%

RIBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Revit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (100.00%) NEC