Architectural Design Job Trends in Central London

Architectural Design
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 133 155
Rank change year-on-year -4 +22 +27
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 11 49 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.47% 1.50% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 1.57% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5 28 20
10th Percentile £62,250 - £71,450
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £76,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -25.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £83,750 £105,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £93,500 £121,250 £116,250
London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £80,250
% change year-on-year - +5.92% -5.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,080 3,122 2,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.51% 95.65% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 1,933 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in Central London

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Architectural Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in Central London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in Central London

Architectural Design
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
City of London +5 10 £70,000 +7.69% 23
Camden -1 1 - -
Architectural Design
London

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
3 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (18.18%) Figma
3 2 (18.18%) Lucidchart
3 2 (18.18%) PaaS
3 2 (18.18%) PowerApps
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (9.09%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Balsamiq
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Law
5 1 (9.09%) Police
5 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) IT Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Platform Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Power Platform Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Software Manager
4 1 (9.09%) CRM Architect
4 1 (9.09%) CRM Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Java Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) React
1 2 (18.18%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) GraphQL
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) HTML5
2 1 (9.09%) J2SE
2 1 (9.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Coaching
2 4 (36.36%) Creative Thinking
2 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) User Experience
3 3 (27.27%) Design Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) AI
4 2 (18.18%) Business Development
4 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Fintech
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (18.18%) LLM
4 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
4 2 (18.18%) Minimum Viable Product
4 2 (18.18%) Natural Language Processing
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
4 2 (18.18%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.09%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
1 2 (18.18%) MCP
1 2 (18.18%) PhD
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce