Architectural Patterns Job Trends in England

Architectural Patterns
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Architectural Patterns skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 368 352
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 +16
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Patterns 287 345 367
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.72% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.79% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 196 188 283
10th Percentile £59,929 £53,300 £55,050
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,500 £62,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -11.59%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,250 £89,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £102,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £76,425 £74,000
% change year-on-year +1.41% +3.28% -12.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Architectural Patterns 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 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Architectural Patterns job vacancy trend in England

Architectural Patterns
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Architectural Patterns.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Architectural Patterns

Architectural Patterns
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Patterns in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Architectural Patterns in England

Architectural Patterns
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 Patterns within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
London +39 156 £85,000 +7.94% 46
North of England -13 51 £75,000 +1.69% 46
Yorkshire +10 38 £75,000 +3.81% 14
South West +24 24 £72,500 -6.45% 36
Midlands +17 23 £75,000 -1.90% 22
West Midlands +9 15 £75,000 -0.53% 8
South East -4 13 £72,500 -13.69% 59
East of England +30 12 £85,000 +23.64% 30
North West -21 11 £75,000 +1.69% 22
East Midlands - 8 £55,200 - 14
North East +9 2 £71,816 -4.50% 10
Architectural Patterns
UK

Architectural Patterns
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 10 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.44%) Apache
3 4 (1.39%) Appian
4 3 (1.05%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.70%) CMS
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) JBoss
6 1 (0.35%) Kentico
Applications
1 14 (4.88%) Maya
Business Applications
1 14 (4.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.05%) SAP CX
3 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 153 (53.31%) Azure
2 131 (45.64%) AWS
3 54 (18.82%) Serverless
4 42 (14.63%) Power Platform
5 37 (12.89%) GCP
6 31 (10.80%) SaaS
7 22 (7.67%) PaaS
8 18 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (5.92%) GitHub
10 15 (5.23%) Azure AKS
11 14 (4.88%) Boomi
11 14 (4.88%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 11 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (3.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (3.83%) IaaS
12 11 (3.83%) Snowflake
13 10 (3.48%) dbt
14 9 (3.14%) Amazon S3
14 9 (3.14%) Azure Event Grid
14 9 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.70%) AMQP
1 2 (0.70%) HTTP
1 2 (0.70%) Network Security
2 1 (0.35%) Broadband
2 1 (0.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.50%) Power BI
2 24 (8.36%) SQL Server
3 20 (6.97%) Data Lake
3 20 (6.97%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (4.18%) Tableau
6 9 (3.14%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.09%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.74%) MySQL
9 5 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.39%) Airbyte
10 4 (1.39%) Metadata
10 4 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.05%) Apache Ignite
11 3 (1.05%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.05%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (3.83%) ERwin
2 10 (3.48%) Git
2 10 (3.48%) Selenium
3 9 (3.14%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.09%) GitLab
5 5 (1.74%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.74%) JUnit
6 4 (1.39%) Android Studio
6 4 (1.39%) Robot Framework
6 4 (1.39%) Snyk
6 4 (1.39%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.05%) Xcode
8 2 (0.70%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.70%) JIRA
8 2 (0.70%) Storybook
9 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.35%) Vite
General
1 114 (39.72%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.82%) Finance
3 34 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.45%) Retail
5 24 (8.36%) Marketing
6 23 (8.01%) Law
7 18 (6.27%) Public Sector
8 16 (5.57%) Games
8 16 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.79%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.79%) Legal
11 5 (1.74%) Electronics
11 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.74%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.70%) Advertising
12 2 (0.70%) Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Front Office
12 2 (0.70%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 172 (59.93%) Architect
2 82 (28.57%) Lead
3 68 (23.69%) Senior
4 50 (17.42%) Lead Architect
5 43 (14.98%) Developer
6 33 (11.50%) Solutions Architect
6 33 (11.50%) Technical Architect
7 28 (9.76%) Data Architect
8 25 (8.71%) Senior Architect
9 21 (7.32%) Lead Data Architect
9 21 (7.32%) Software Engineer
10 20 (6.97%) Applications Architect
10 20 (6.97%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 17 (5.92%) CRM Architect
12 15 (5.23%) Lead Developer
12 15 (5.23%) Salesforce Architect
12 15 (5.23%) Security Architect
13 14 (4.88%) Azure Architect
13 14 (4.88%) IT Architect
14 13 (4.53%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (17.07%) React
2 32 (11.15%) .NET
3 20 (6.97%) Vue
4 19 (6.62%) REST
5 18 (6.27%) Kafka
6 17 (5.92%) AngularJS
6 17 (5.92%) Node.js
6 17 (5.92%) Spring
7 16 (5.57%) Middleware
8 13 (4.53%) Flask
9 12 (4.18%) Spring Boot
10 11 (3.83%) .NET Core
10 11 (3.83%) UIKit
11 10 (3.48%) Core Data
11 10 (3.48%) iOS SDK
12 9 (3.14%) EDI
13 8 (2.79%) Django
13 8 (2.79%) FastAPI
14 7 (2.44%) Android Jetpack
14 7 (2.44%) Jetpack Compose
Miscellaneous
1 73 (25.44%) Cloud Native
2 46 (16.03%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (10.45%) Product Ownership
4 29 (10.10%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (9.06%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (5.57%) Management Information System
7 14 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (4.88%) Data Structures
8 12 (4.18%) Low-Code
9 10 (3.48%) Mobile App
10 8 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (2.44%) Blog
11 7 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (2.09%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (2.09%) IoT
12 6 (2.09%) PKI
13 5 (1.74%) AS400
13 5 (1.74%) iSeries
13 5 (1.74%) Security Posture
14 4 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.53%) Android
1 13 (4.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (43.55%) Microservices
2 113 (39.37%) Mentoring
3 90 (31.36%) Agile
3 90 (31.36%) CI/CD
4 81 (28.22%) DevOps
4 81 (28.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 81 (28.22%) Roadmaps
5 76 (26.48%) Data Modelling
6 70 (24.39%) Design Patterns
7 62 (21.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 58 (20.21%) Data Architecture
9 56 (19.51%) Analytics
10 55 (19.16%) Technical Leadership
11 54 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (18.12%) TOGAF
13 51 (17.77%) Software Engineering
14 46 (16.03%) AI
14 46 (16.03%) Event-Driven
15 43 (14.98%) Coaching
15 43 (14.98%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 64 (22.30%) C#
2 61 (21.25%) Python
3 55 (19.16%) Java
4 46 (16.03%) TypeScript
5 44 (15.33%) JavaScript
6 32 (11.15%) SQL
7 18 (6.27%) Kotlin
8 13 (4.53%) Swift
9 6 (2.09%) PHP
10 5 (1.74%) Delphi
11 4 (1.39%) Bicep
12 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.35%) Go
12 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.35%) VB
12 1 (0.35%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.35%) VB6
Qualifications
1 62 (21.60%) Degree
2 37 (12.89%) Azure Certification
2 37 (12.89%) TOGAF Certification
3 33 (11.50%) AWS Certification
4 30 (10.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (8.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (7.67%) Security Cleared
8 18 (6.27%) SC Cleared
9 14 (4.88%) CISSP
10 10 (3.48%) CISM
11 7 (2.44%) Master's Degree
12 6 (2.09%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.39%) CCSP
13 4 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.35%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.41%) GDPR
2 14 (4.88%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.53%) NIST
4 11 (3.83%) QA
5 9 (3.14%) NCSC
6 8 (2.79%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.44%) SLA
8 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.70%) GRC
9 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 37 (12.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 39 (13.59%) Kubernetes
2 31 (10.80%) Terraform
3 8 (2.79%) Grafana
4 4 (1.39%) Ansible
5 3 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.70%) CASB
7 1 (0.35%) Istio
7 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 78 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.10%) Oracle
3 24 (8.36%) SAP
4 23 (8.01%) Salesforce
5 22 (7.67%) MuleSoft
6 17 (5.92%) Adobe
7 16 (5.57%) Google
8 14 (4.88%) Dell
9 13 (4.53%) Informatica
10 7 (2.44%) Sparx
11 6 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (2.09%) Databricks
11 6 (2.09%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.09%) Palo Alto
11 6 (2.09%) UiPath
12 5 (1.74%) Blue Prism
12 5 (1.74%) IBM
13 4 (1.39%) Black Duck
13 4 (1.39%) Coverity
13 4 (1.39%) VMware