Architectural Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Architectural Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Design over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 321 328
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 +51
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 947 1,036 2,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 1.06% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.11% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 408 446 845
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,927 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £59,548
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,932 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,188 £98,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £78,273 £69,200 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.11% -1.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architectural Design.

Salary trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +65 722 £78,273 +13.11% 111
England -111 476 £79,932 +3.14% 197
Scotland +149 427 £72,500 +21.82% 7
Work from Home -26 261 £79,932 +6.58% 82
London -13 193 £95,000 +8.57% 93
North of England +17 121 £79,932 +22.64% 29
North West +7 81 £65,000 - 19
South West -24 50 £55,500 -20.71% 16
South East -109 49 £50,000 -33.33% 20
Midlands -56 38 £78,273 +1.00% 20
West Midlands -20 33 £78,273 +0.35% 9
Yorkshire +46 29 £79,932 +22.64% 3
East of England -10 26 £85,000 +21.43% 17
North East -8 11 £79,932 +14.19% 7
Northern Ireland +20 8 £85,000 +75.26% 2
East Midlands -38 5 £78,273 +1.00% 11
Wales -12 4 £55,228 +19.52% 4

Architectural Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 21 (2.22%) GemFire
2 19 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 18 (1.90%) CMS
4 12 (1.27%) Apache
5 9 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.32%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 20 (2.11%) Photoshop
2 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.53%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.42%) Revit
5 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.11%) InDesign
6 1 (0.11%) Notion
6 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.80%) SDL Web 8
2 5 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.42%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 388 (40.97%) AWS
2 183 (19.32%) Azure
3 72 (7.60%) Datadog
4 54 (5.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 51 (5.39%) GCP
6 49 (5.17%) SaaS
6 49 (5.17%) Serverless
7 35 (3.70%) GitHub
8 34 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
9 23 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
9 23 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (2.22%) Amazon SQS
10 21 (2.22%) Azure AKS
11 19 (2.01%) Amazon S3
11 19 (2.01%) Azure Functions
12 17 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 17 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.80%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 65 (6.86%) Kerberos
2 17 (1.80%) DSL
3 8 (0.84%) VPN
4 5 (0.53%) DNS
5 4 (0.42%) Firewall
5 4 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.21%) DHCP
6 2 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.21%) Internet
6 2 (0.21%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.21%) LAN
6 2 (0.21%) MPLS
6 2 (0.21%) Network Security
6 2 (0.21%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.21%) PBX
6 2 (0.21%) VoIP
6 2 (0.21%) WAN
6 2 (0.21%) WLAN
7 1 (0.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (8.24%) Metadata
2 64 (6.76%) NoSQL
3 56 (5.91%) Relational Database
4 50 (5.28%) MongoDB
5 39 (4.12%) Apache Cassandra
6 33 (3.48%) SQL Server
7 25 (2.64%) Big Data
8 21 (2.22%) CockroachDB
8 21 (2.22%) Hazelcast
9 20 (2.11%) Looker
10 19 (2.01%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.80%) DB2
11 17 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (1.80%) Tableau
12 15 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (1.48%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.84%) Data Hub
15 7 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
16 6 (0.63%) Power BI
17 5 (0.53%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 143 (15.10%) Git
2 88 (9.29%) Jenkins
3 65 (6.86%) Artifactory
3 65 (6.86%) Bitbucket
4 31 (3.27%) Visual Studio
5 29 (3.06%) JUnit
6 25 (2.64%) Cypress.io
6 25 (2.64%) JIRA
6 25 (2.64%) Selenium
7 23 (2.43%) Jasmine
8 22 (2.32%) Karma Test Runner
8 22 (2.32%) Protractor
8 22 (2.32%) WebDriver
9 21 (2.22%) Jaeger
10 20 (2.11%) Moq
10 20 (2.11%) SpecFlow
11 18 (1.90%) NUnit
12 17 (1.80%) Octopus Deploy
12 17 (1.80%) Sourcetree
12 17 (1.80%) TeamCity
General
1 517 (54.59%) Finance
2 449 (47.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 421 (44.46%) Law
4 332 (35.06%) Marketing
5 203 (21.44%) Social Skills
6 145 (15.31%) Banking
7 114 (12.04%) Investment Banking
8 89 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
9 45 (4.75%) Financial Institution
10 28 (2.96%) Retail
11 22 (2.32%) Prime Brokerage
12 17 (1.80%) Automotive
12 17 (1.80%) Retail Banking
13 14 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.37%) Back Office
15 12 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.27%) Public Sector
16 11 (1.16%) Legal
17 9 (0.95%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 443 (46.78%) Lead
2 427 (45.09%) Software Engineer
3 372 (39.28%) Lead Software Engineer
4 237 (25.03%) Architect
5 137 (14.47%) Java Engineer
6 131 (13.83%) Java Software Engineer
6 131 (13.83%) Lead Java Engineer
7 113 (11.93%) Senior
8 91 (9.61%) Cloud Engineer
9 86 (9.08%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 82 (8.66%) Solutions Architect
11 79 (8.34%) Developer
12 58 (6.12%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 50 (5.28%) Technical Architect
14 46 (4.86%) Senior Software Engineer
15 41 (4.33%) Technical Leader
16 33 (3.48%) Security Architect
16 33 (3.48%) Senior Developer
16 33 (3.48%) UI Engineer
17 32 (3.38%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (13.83%) Spring
2 125 (13.20%) Web Services
3 116 (12.25%) RESTful
4 112 (11.83%) Kafka
5 99 (10.45%) React
6 96 (10.14%) JSON
7 94 (9.93%) XML
8 93 (9.82%) OpenTelemetry
9 88 (9.29%) HTML
10 85 (8.98%) Spring Boot
11 83 (8.76%) .NET
11 83 (8.76%) CSS
12 67 (7.07%) LDAP
13 66 (6.97%) OpenID
13 66 (6.97%) SAML
14 65 (6.86%) JSON-LD
15 63 (6.65%) AngularJS
16 47 (4.96%) REST
17 44 (4.65%) jQuery
18 41 (4.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 257 (27.14%) Cloud Native
2 162 (17.11%) Public Cloud
3 124 (13.09%) Management Information System
4 65 (6.86%) Enterprise Cloud
4 65 (6.86%) Reference Data
5 61 (6.44%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.96%) Data Structures
7 27 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 21 (2.22%) Replication
10 20 (2.11%) Mobile App
11 18 (1.90%) Legacy Code
12 16 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.95%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.95%) Robotics
15 8 (0.84%) IoT
16 7 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (0.74%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 76 (8.03%) Linux
2 18 (1.90%) Windows
3 14 (1.48%) Unix
4 13 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (1.06%) Android
6 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 615 (64.94%) Agile
2 508 (53.64%) Software Engineering
3 452 (47.73%) CI/CD
4 413 (43.61%) Operational Stability
5 403 (42.56%) Community of Practice
6 400 (42.24%) SDLC
7 397 (41.92%) Information Architecture
8 318 (33.58%) Artificial Intelligence
9 316 (33.37%) Continuous Delivery
10 304 (32.10%) Machine Learning
11 235 (24.82%) Roadmaps
12 158 (16.68%) Mentoring
13 156 (16.47%) Data Modelling
14 136 (14.36%) DevOps
15 120 (12.67%) Identity Access Management
16 119 (12.57%) Coaching
17 110 (11.62%) Microservices
18 107 (11.30%) Test Automation
19 95 (10.03%) Data Pipeline
20 94 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 390 (41.18%) Java
2 209 (22.07%) SQL
3 191 (20.17%) Python
4 173 (18.27%) JavaScript
5 82 (8.66%) C#
6 74 (7.81%) Go
7 65 (6.86%) Prolog
7 65 (6.86%) SPARQL
8 45 (4.75%) C++
9 44 (4.65%) TypeScript
10 42 (4.44%) C
11 39 (4.12%) Scala
12 29 (3.06%) COBOL
12 29 (3.06%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 24 (2.53%) T-SQL
14 22 (2.32%) Groovy
15 19 (2.01%) Kotlin
16 18 (1.90%) PL/SQL
17 17 (1.80%) VB.NET
17 17 (1.80%) XPath
Qualifications
1 111 (11.72%) Degree
2 35 (3.70%) AWS Certification
3 31 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (2.75%) Master's Degree
5 25 (2.64%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (1.90%) SC Cleared
8 15 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (1.16%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.16%) CISM
9 11 (1.16%) CISSP
10 10 (1.06%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.32%) MCAD
14 2 (0.21%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.21%) CCIE
14 2 (0.21%) HNC
14 2 (0.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.17%) Accessibility
2 35 (3.70%) QA
3 22 (2.32%) PMO
4 19 (2.01%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.90%) SLA
6 5 (0.53%) GDPR
6 5 (0.53%) ITGC
7 2 (0.21%) GRC
7 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 66 (6.97%) Active Directory
2 63 (6.65%) Docker
3 18 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.32%) NFS
5 2 (0.21%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) HDFS
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 133 (14.04%) Kubernetes
2 95 (10.03%) Grafana
3 92 (9.71%) Terraform
4 41 (4.33%) Prometheus
5 27 (2.85%) Kibana
6 21 (2.22%) HAProxy
6 21 (2.22%) ITRS Geneos
6 21 (2.22%) Zipkin
7 3 (0.32%) Ansible
8 2 (0.21%) Argo
8 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.21%) Istio
8 2 (0.21%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 117 (12.35%) Oracle
2 103 (10.88%) Splunk
3 100 (10.56%) Dynatrace
4 95 (10.03%) Microsoft
5 30 (3.17%) Google
6 29 (3.06%) Micro Focus
7 22 (2.32%) Databricks
8 20 (2.11%) Adobe
8 20 (2.11%) SAP
9 19 (2.01%) Atlassian
10 18 (1.90%) SaltStack
11 17 (1.80%) Alteryx
11 17 (1.80%) Cognizant
11 17 (1.80%) Cognos
11 17 (1.80%) Sybase
12 16 (1.69%) ForgeRock
12 16 (1.69%) Sitecore
13 10 (1.06%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.84%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.84%) Thales