This Archaeological Market Survey report is on the State of the Market for Archaeological Services in 2014-15 and has been prepared by Landward Research Ltd on behalf of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, FAME and Historic England.
In financial year 2014-15 commercial archaeology was in a period of rapid recovery and expansion following years of decline or stagnation. The number of people in the sector grew rapidly and businesses were very confident. Levels of turnover and confidence increased.
Employment
- In total, it is estimated that the applied archaeology sector workforce grew by 20.8% in the financial year 2014-15.
- Over a comparable period, the number of archaeological staff providing expert advice to local planning authorities increased by 4.5%, a partial reversal of the previous year’s 9.5% decline.
- Overall, these combined to result in the net number of people working in professional archaeology in the UK growing by 12.9% in the financial year 2014-15, to an estimated total of 5,452
individuals, from 4830 as reported in the previous survey. - 2014-15 represented a very significant period of growth for archaeological employment – primarily due to the growth in the commercial sector which saw the staffing levels in commercial archaeology back up to those in 2009. Businesses seem confident that 2015-16 will see retention of and perhaps an increase in staffing levels.
For the full picture, read the report here
