Architectural Design Job Trends in England

Architectural Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 374 369
Rank change year-on-year +39 -5 -45
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 307 358 323
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 0.71% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.79% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 107 190 225
10th Percentile £60,875 £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £60,878
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +3.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £102,550 £110,125 £103,750
UK median annual salary £76,518 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -7.25% +3.13% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,943 45,267 40,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.87% 89.92% 93.54%
Number of salaries quoted 25,609 22,870 31,036
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,100 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in England

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Architectural Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in England over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in England

Architectural Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the England region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East +122 131 £75,000 +9.09% 20
London -14 104 £85,000 -2.86% 41
Midlands +27 24 £75,000 -4.70% 4
North of England -25 19 £73,750 +17.48% 17
West Midlands +33 17 £75,000 -4.70% 1
East of England +3 10 £97,500 +14.71% 11
North West -3 9 £70,000 +11.50% 7
Yorkshire -15 6 £81,250 +38.30% 6
North East +8 4 £72,500 +15.49% 4
East Midlands -3 4 £77,500 +106.67% 3
South West -3 4 £64,350 -4.67% 4
Architectural Design
UK

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.63%) Apache
1 5 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.65%) CMS
2 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.33%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 58 (18.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.30%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.65%) Shopify
5 1 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 96 (31.27%) Azure
2 73 (23.78%) AWS
3 53 (17.26%) GCP
4 36 (11.73%) Power Platform
5 23 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (7.49%) SaaS
6 17 (5.54%) Fivetran
6 17 (5.54%) Snowflake
7 9 (2.93%) GitHub
7 9 (2.93%) IaaS
7 9 (2.93%) PaaS
8 8 (2.61%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (1.95%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.95%) Serverless
10 5 (1.63%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.63%) OCI
10 5 (1.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.61%) HTTP
2 4 (1.30%) Firewall
3 3 (0.98%) BGP
4 2 (0.65%) DNS
4 2 (0.65%) LAN
4 2 (0.65%) VPN
4 2 (0.65%) WAN
5 1 (0.33%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) OSPF
5 1 (0.33%) SAN
5 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (6.84%) BigQuery
3 20 (6.51%) SQL Server
4 17 (5.54%) Looker
4 17 (5.54%) Power BI
4 17 (5.54%) Tableau
5 5 (1.63%) MySQL
5 5 (1.63%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.30%) Metadata
7 3 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.98%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.98%) FileMaker
7 3 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.65%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.33%) Big Data
9 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Git
1 6 (1.95%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.63%) JIRA
3 3 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.65%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.65%) GitLab
5 1 (0.33%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 175 (57.00%) Social Skills
2 149 (48.53%) Finance
3 103 (33.55%) Marketing
4 68 (22.15%) Law
5 58 (18.89%) Manufacturing
6 27 (8.79%) Banking
7 23 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (7.17%) Electronics
9 18 (5.86%) Automotive
10 17 (5.54%) Advertising
10 17 (5.54%) Aerospace
10 17 (5.54%) French Language
11 16 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (4.56%) Public Sector
13 10 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (3.26%) Publishing
14 9 (2.93%) Legal
15 6 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 146 (47.56%) Architect
2 124 (40.39%) Senior
3 74 (24.10%) Analyst
3 74 (24.10%) Senior Analyst
4 57 (18.57%) SAP Analyst
4 57 (18.57%) Solutions Architect
5 34 (11.07%) Cloud Architect
6 30 (9.77%) Senior Architect
7 26 (8.47%) Data Architect
8 24 (7.82%) Platform Architect
9 21 (6.84%) GCP Architect
10 19 (6.19%) Senior Data Architect
11 17 (5.54%) Software Engineer
12 15 (4.89%) Development Engineer
12 15 (4.89%) Senior Development Engineer
12 15 (4.89%) Senior Software Development Engineer
12 15 (4.89%) Senior Software Engineer
12 15 (4.89%) Software Development Engineer
13 14 (4.56%) Developer
14 13 (4.23%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.56%) REST
2 11 (3.58%) Middleware
3 9 (2.93%) Spring
4 8 (2.61%) Hibernate
5 7 (2.28%) RESTful
6 6 (1.95%) .NET
6 6 (1.95%) Kafka
6 6 (1.95%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.63%) JPA
7 5 (1.63%) OLE
7 5 (1.63%) Pandas
8 4 (1.30%) Node.js
8 4 (1.30%) Sequelize
9 3 (0.98%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.98%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (0.98%) Entity Framework
9 3 (0.98%) React
9 3 (0.98%) SOAP
9 3 (0.98%) Spring MVC
9 3 (0.98%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 52 (16.94%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.54%) Life Science
3 16 (5.21%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.58%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.28%) Blog
5 7 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.63%) CMDB
7 5 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.63%) NHS
8 4 (1.30%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.98%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.98%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.98%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.98%) Sports Betting
10 2 (0.65%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.63%) Windows
2 1 (0.33%) CentOS
2 1 (0.33%) Linux
2 1 (0.33%) VMS
2 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (34.53%) Roadmaps
2 102 (33.22%) Technical Leadership
3 100 (32.57%) Agile
4 97 (31.60%) Mentoring
5 94 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
6 75 (24.43%) Translating Business Requirements
7 63 (20.52%) Data Management
8 59 (19.22%) User Acceptance Testing
9 58 (18.89%) Logistics
10 57 (18.57%) Data Collection
10 57 (18.57%) Decision Quality
10 57 (18.57%) Impact Analysis
10 57 (18.57%) Incident Management
10 57 (18.57%) Quality Management
10 57 (18.57%) SAP Implementation
11 54 (17.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (15.96%) AI
13 46 (14.98%) Data Pipeline
14 45 (14.66%) Enterprise Architecture
15 44 (14.33%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.24%) Python
2 49 (15.96%) Java
3 30 (9.77%) SQL
4 20 (6.51%) Go
5 15 (4.89%) C#
6 7 (2.28%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.28%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.30%) Bicep
9 3 (0.98%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.65%) Ruby
11 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.33%) Bash
11 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (27.04%) Degree
2 38 (12.38%) Master's Degree
3 26 (8.47%) Security Cleared
4 23 (7.49%) SC Cleared
5 19 (6.19%) PhD
6 17 (5.54%) AWS Certification
7 14 (4.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 14 (4.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.26%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (2.93%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.63%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.98%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.65%) CCNP
13 2 (0.65%) CISSP
14 1 (0.33%) MCP
14 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.84%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.21%) QA
3 11 (3.58%) NIST
4 8 (2.61%) GDPR
5 5 (1.63%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.65%) NCSC
7 2 (0.65%) PMO
8 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (6.19%) Docker
2 6 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (11.07%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.30%) Terraform
3 1 (0.33%) Ansible
3 1 (0.33%) Grafana
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 72 (23.45%) SAP
2 58 (18.89%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.12%) Google
4 10 (3.26%) Software AG
4 10 (3.26%) Workday
5 5 (1.63%) Oracle
5 5 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.65%) Adobe
6 2 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.65%) iManage
6 2 (0.65%) Intapp
7 1 (0.33%) Cisco
7 1 (0.33%) Databricks
7 1 (0.33%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.33%) Palantir
7 1 (0.33%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.33%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.33%) Splunk
7 1 (0.33%) YouTube