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State of the Archaeological Market
Landward Research Ltd is delighted to have been commissioned by the Institute for Archaeologists and the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers to undertake further research into the current State of the Archaeological Market. This will involve two surveys, firstly collecting data as it applied on October 1st 2011 and then collecting data in April 2012. This project is a continuation and expansion of the work that the company previously undertook for the same clients on Employment in UK Archaeology.
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Employment in UK archaeology, April 2011
Research undertaken by Landward Research Ltd for FAME and the Institute for Archaeologists has shown that in April 2011, the rate of job losses in archaeology appeared to have slowed, and business confidence was showing very slight signs of improvement. In the first three months of 2011, the number of archaeologists in work increased very slightly (by 0.6% since January – there are estimated to be 5863 working archaeologists in the UK on 1 April 2011, 800 less than at the summer 2007 peak), but further job losses in curatorial local government services are expected and imminent. Looking back, after a serious decline in the number of people employed in…
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Job Losses in Archaeology – October 2010 and January 2011
Landward Research have completed a report for IfA and FAME on archaeological employment in the second half of 2010; the full report can be read here – Job Losses in Archaeology October 2010 January 2011 The number of people in archaeological employment fell considerably over the six months from 1 July 2010 to 1 January 2011. It is estimated that on 1 January 2011 there were 5827 people in archaeological employment in the United Kingdom, a fall of 7.6% since July 2010. 3189 of these individuals were working in commercial, applied archaeology, a decrease of 13.1% since July 2010. This figure is 21.0% below the August 2007 peak. There are now fewer…
