Junior Architect
UK

The median Junior Architect salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 950 1199
Rank change year-on-year +113 +249 -306
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Architect 41 22 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.022% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.024% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 23 21 21
10th Percentile - £41,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% +5.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,750 £68,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.96% -2.88%

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 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Junior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Architect in the UK

Junior Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Architect in the UK

Junior Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Architect over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Architect in the UK

Junior Architect
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +118 35 £55,000 +5.77% 8
UK excluding London +9 29 £45,000 -14.29% 4
London +115 11 £60,000 +17.89% 4
North of England +60 11 £55,000 +22.22% 1
South West -10 9 £30,000 -43.93%
Yorkshire - 8 £55,000 - 1
Work from Home +84 7 £55,000 +0.46% 2
North West +6 3 - -
Midlands -7 2 - -
East Midlands -10 2 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £66,500 - 3
Wales - 1 - -
South East - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Junior 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 Junior Architect in the job title.

1 17 (41.46%) Agile
1 17 (41.46%) Collaborative Working
2 16 (39.02%) Linux
3 15 (36.59%) Change Management
3 15 (36.59%) Aerospace
3 15 (36.59%) Requirements Analysis
3 15 (36.59%) Security Architecture
3 15 (36.59%) Technical Analysis
3 15 (36.59%) Legacy Applications
3 15 (36.59%) Cloud Native
3 15 (36.59%) Prototyping
3 15 (36.59%) Data Lake
3 15 (36.59%) Roadmaps
4 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
4 9 (21.95%) Degree
5 8 (19.51%) AWS
6 6 (14.63%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (14.63%) IT Strategy
6 6 (14.63%) Virtual Team
6 6 (14.63%) Microservices
6 6 (14.63%) Process Improvement
6 6 (14.63%) Business Analysis
6 6 (14.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (14.63%) Java
7 5 (12.20%) C#
7 5 (12.20%) Python
7 5 (12.20%) Azure
7 5 (12.20%) Docker
7 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes

Junior 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:

Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) AWS
2 5 (12.20%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (4.88%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (36.59%) Data Lake
General
1 15 (36.59%) Aerospace
2 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) .NET
2 3 (7.32%) React
3 1 (2.44%) JSON
3 1 (2.44%) JSON Schema
3 1 (2.44%) KML
3 1 (2.44%) Regular Expression
3 1 (2.44%) XML
3 1 (2.44%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Cloud Native
1 15 (36.59%) Legacy Applications
2 6 (14.63%) Virtual Team
3 3 (7.32%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (39.02%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Agile
1 17 (41.46%) Collaborative Working
2 15 (36.59%) Change Management
2 15 (36.59%) Prototyping
2 15 (36.59%) Requirements Analysis
2 15 (36.59%) Roadmaps
2 15 (36.59%) Security Architecture
2 15 (36.59%) Technical Analysis
3 6 (14.63%) Business Analysis
3 6 (14.63%) IT Strategy
3 6 (14.63%) Microservices
3 6 (14.63%) Process Improvement
3 6 (14.63%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (12.20%) DevOps
4 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.76%) Open Source
6 3 (7.32%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (7.32%) Innovative Thinking
7 2 (4.88%) Containerisation
7 2 (4.88%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Java
2 5 (12.20%) C#
2 5 (12.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) NCSC
1 1 (2.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On