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RIBA Future Trends survey 2025

RIBA Future Trends surveys monitor the employment and business trends affecting the architectural profession. These are the survey results from 2025.

June 2025

In June, architects remained positive about their workloads over the next three months, although optimism has fallen back a little compared to last month.

The June RIBA Future Workload Index returned a +8 balance figure, indicating an expectation of growing workloads.

Although optimism has moderated this month, all regions continue to expect
workloads to grow, and all sectors are positive about future work.

The RIBA Future Trends Permanent Staffing Index stands at +9 indicating that, on balance, practices intend to recruit additional staff in the coming three months.

About RIBA Future Trends

Launched as part of a suite of economy focused initiatives, the survey is completed monthly by a sample representing a cross section of members. The survey is focused on areas in which members may face potential difficulties, including workload, staff levels and work in specific sectors.

Monthly results are independently analysed to identify the employment and business trends affecting the profession and to help to identify implications for the profession and inform further RIBA activities.

The Future Trends survey was devised by the RIBA Research and Development and Practice departments and launched in January 2009. It is run in collaboration with The Fees Bureau, which conducts the surveys and analyses the data.

The reports for 2025 are available at the bottom of this page.

You can also view the 2024 Future Trends survey results.

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