Information Architect
UK

The median Information Architect salary in the UK is £82,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 867 965 1146
Rank change year-on-year +98 +181 -283
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Architect 27 24 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.023% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.025% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 13 24 23
10th Percentile £62,500 £59,100 £38,353
25th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +12.90% -6.06%
75th Percentile £83,750 £113,125 £88,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £122,500 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,250 £66,500 £39,289
% change year-on-year +14.66% +69.26% -51.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Information Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Architect in the UK

Information Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Architect.

Salary trend for Information Architect in the UK

Information Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Architect over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Architect in the UK

Information Architect
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +107 21 £77,500 -11.43% 4
UK excluding London +20 20 £76,250 +14.66% 2
South East +32 14 £76,250 +1.67%
Work from Home +106 8 £82,500 -22.35% 3
North of England +42 3 £65,000 +12.07% 1
North West +13 3 £65,000 +12.07% 1
East Midlands - 2 £85,000 -
Midlands - 2 £85,000 -
London +110 1 £85,000 -2.86% 3
South West -20 1 - - 1

Information Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Information Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Information Architect in the job title.

1 25 (92.59%) Information Security
2 18 (66.67%) CISSP
3 17 (62.96%) Azure
4 16 (59.26%) Finance
5 15 (55.56%) Security Architecture
5 15 (55.56%) NIST
6 14 (51.85%) Regulatory Compliance
6 14 (51.85%) Degree
6 14 (51.85%) Security Management
7 11 (40.74%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (40.74%) Security Posture
8 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
8 10 (37.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (33.33%) GDPR
9 9 (33.33%) Incident Response
9 9 (33.33%) CCSP
9 9 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (29.63%) Technical Architecture
10 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (29.63%) CISM
10 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
10 8 (29.63%) CCSK
10 8 (29.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (29.63%) PaaS
10 8 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 8 (29.63%) Threat Modelling
10 8 (29.63%) Secure Coding
11 7 (25.93%) Entra ID
11 7 (25.93%) TOGAF

Information Architect Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (62.96%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (29.63%) PaaS
3 7 (25.93%) Entra ID
4 6 (22.22%) Azure Service Fabric
4 6 (22.22%) IaaS
4 6 (22.22%) SaaS
5 3 (11.11%) AWS
5 3 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 16 (59.26%) Finance
2 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Law
3 2 (7.41%) Retail
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) REST
1 6 (22.22%) SOAP
1 6 (22.22%) Web Services
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Security Posture
2 6 (22.22%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (14.81%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Information Security
2 15 (55.56%) Security Architecture
3 14 (51.85%) Regulatory Compliance
3 14 (51.85%) Security Management
4 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 8 (29.63%) Secure Coding
5 8 (29.63%) Technical Architecture
5 8 (29.63%) Threat Modelling
6 7 (25.93%) Configuration Management
6 7 (25.93%) TOGAF
7 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
7 6 (22.22%) Change Management
7 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
7 6 (22.22%) CQRS
7 6 (22.22%) Information Security Management
7 6 (22.22%) SABSA
7 6 (22.22%) SOA
7 6 (22.22%) User Stories
7 6 (22.22%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (66.67%) CISSP
2 14 (51.85%) Degree
3 11 (40.74%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (37.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (33.33%) CCSP
6 8 (29.63%) CCSK
6 8 (29.63%) CISM
7 6 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (22.22%) GIAC
7 6 (22.22%) Master's Degree
7 6 (22.22%) SANS
8 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
8 2 (7.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (7.41%) CEH
8 2 (7.41%) OSCP
9 1 (3.70%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (55.56%) NIST
2 9 (33.33%) GDPR
2 9 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (29.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 6 (22.22%) COBIT
4 6 (22.22%) Web Application Security Consortium
5 2 (7.41%) QA
6 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.70%) GRC
6 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Google