Artificial Intelligence Architect Job Trends in England

AI Architect
UK > England

The median AI Architect salary in England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 664 680
Rank change year-on-year +76 +16 +289
Permanent jobs requiring an Artificial Intelligence Architect 17 12 4
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.032% 0.025% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.027% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - £63,500 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £102,000 £100,500 £107,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +2.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 47,747 44,477 47,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.70% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30,178 23,217 36,932
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Artificial Intelligence Architect job vacancy trend in England

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Architect job vacancies in England

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Architect in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence Architect in England

Artificial Intelligence Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Artificial Intelligence Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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 +60 15 £80,000 -5.88% 16
North West - 1 £95,000 - 1
North of England - 1 £95,000 - 1
Artificial Intelligence Architect
UK

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Artificial Intelligence 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 England region featuring Artificial Intelligence Architect in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) AI
2 9 (52.94%) AWS
2 9 (52.94%) Azure
2 9 (52.94%) GCP
3 6 (35.29%) Analytics
4 5 (29.41%) Azure Machine Learning
4 5 (29.41%) Databricks
4 5 (29.41%) MLOps
4 5 (29.41%) SDLC
4 5 (29.41%) Snowflake
4 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
4 5 (29.41%) Thought Leadership
4 5 (29.41%) Use Case
5 4 (23.53%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 4 (23.53%) Data Analytics
5 4 (23.53%) Data Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) dbt
5 4 (23.53%) Degree
5 4 (23.53%) DevOps
5 4 (23.53%) GitHub
5 4 (23.53%) Information Security
5 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (23.53%) Machine Learning
5 4 (23.53%) Master's Degree
5 4 (23.53%) MLflow
5 4 (23.53%) PhD
5 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set
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 4 (23.53%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) AWS
1 9 (52.94%) Azure
1 9 (52.94%) GCP
2 5 (29.41%) Azure Machine Learning
2 5 (29.41%) Snowflake
3 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) dbt
3 4 (23.53%) GitHub
4 1 (5.88%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (5.88%) Serverless
4 1 (5.88%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (11.76%) MongoDB
1 2 (11.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MLflow
General
1 10 (58.82%) Law
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Games
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
5 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
6 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Hugging Face
1 1 (5.88%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Algorithms
2 3 (17.65%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (17.65%) NVMe
2 3 (17.65%) PCIe
3 1 (5.88%) AI Agents
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) AI
2 6 (35.29%) Analytics
3 5 (29.41%) MLOps
3 5 (29.41%) SDLC
3 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
3 5 (29.41%) Thought Leadership
3 5 (29.41%) Use Case
4 4 (23.53%) Business Strategy
4 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 4 (23.53%) Data Analytics
4 4 (23.53%) Data Engineering
4 4 (23.53%) DevOps
4 4 (23.53%) Information Security
4 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (23.53%) Machine Learning
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Telehealth
5 3 (17.65%) Data Governance
5 3 (17.65%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (17.65%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
1 4 (23.53%) Master's Degree
1 4 (23.53%) PhD
2 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) GPFS
1 3 (17.65%) Lustre
2 2 (11.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Terraform
2 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Databricks
2 3 (17.65%) NVIDIA
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) OutSystems
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat