IT Architect Job Trends in the City of London

IT Architect
Central London > City of London

The median IT Architect salary in the City of London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 162 161
Rank change year-on-year +31 -1 +85
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Architect 3 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.13% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - £82,000
25th Percentile - £68,750 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £72,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -19.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile - £98,250 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £72,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +37.93% -19.44% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,173 2,445 2,683
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 92.09% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,627 1,587 2,388
10th Percentile £40,532 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% - -1.33%
75th Percentile £99,375 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

IT Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Architect
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in the City of London

IT Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, IT Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring IT Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Design
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Balsamiq
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) LLM
1 2 (66.67%) Lucidchart
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) MCP
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Minimum Viable Product
1 2 (66.67%) Natural Language Processing
1 2 (66.67%) PaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF

IT Architect Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
1 2 (66.67%) Lucidchart
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) PaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Balsamiq
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Design
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) LLM
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Minimum Viable Product
1 2 (66.67%) Natural Language Processing
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
1 2 (66.67%) UML
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) MCP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft