Architectural Design Job Trends in the City of London

Architectural Design
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 126 146
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 +22
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 10 41 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.48% 1.51% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.58% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5 26 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
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -25.71% -2.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,841 2,588 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 87.50% 95.46% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,362 1,685 2,414
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,325
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
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in the City of London

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Architectural Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in the City of London

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (10.00%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (20.00%) Figma
3 2 (20.00%) Lucidchart
3 2 (20.00%) PaaS
3 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (20.00%) SaaS
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (10.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Balsamiq
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) IT Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Platform Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Power Platform Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Software Manager
4 1 (10.00%) CRM Architect
4 1 (10.00%) CRM Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) React
1 2 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (10.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) HTML5
2 1 (10.00%) J2SE
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Coaching
2 4 (40.00%) Creative Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) User Experience
3 3 (30.00%) Design Patterns
4 2 (20.00%) AI
4 2 (20.00%) Business Development
4 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) Fintech
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (20.00%) LLM
4 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (20.00%) Minimum Viable Product
4 2 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (20.00%) MCP
1 2 (20.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce