IT Architect Job Trends in England

IT Architect
UK > England

The median IT Architect salary in England is £82,500 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 548 621 603
Rank change year-on-year +73 -18 +226
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Architect 69 58 77
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 19 23 34
10th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £61,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,500 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -10.77% +1.56%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,750 £108,750 £112,125
UK median annual salary £82,500 £72,500 £81,250
% change year-on-year +13.79% -10.77% +1.56%

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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
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 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
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%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

IT Architect job vacancy trend in England

IT Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in England

IT Architect
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for IT Architect in England

IT 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 IT Architect 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 +78 48 £101,250 +6.58% 9
South East +36 5 £85,000 - 3
Midlands +18 5 £77,500 +5.08%
South West +13 5 £50,000 -13.04% 2
North of England +1 5 £90,000 +24.14% 2
North West +16 4 £90,000 +24.14%
West Midlands +16 4 £77,500 +5.08%
East of England +22 1 - -
North East +8 1 £77,500 - 2
East Midlands - 1 - -
IT Architect
UK

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

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 England region featuring IT Architect in the job title.

1 44 (63.77%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (56.52%) Business Strategy
3 34 (49.28%) Integration Patterns
4 33 (47.83%) SAP
5 32 (46.38%) Degree
6 30 (43.48%) IT Strategy
6 30 (43.48%) Mathematics
7 28 (40.58%) Analytics
7 28 (40.58%) ERP
8 24 (34.78%) Risk Management
9 23 (33.33%) Maya
10 22 (31.88%) Roadmaps
11 21 (30.43%) Microsoft
11 21 (30.43%) Technology Strategy
12 19 (27.54%) Azure
12 19 (27.54%) Project Delivery
13 18 (26.09%) CRM
13 18 (26.09%) Power Platform
14 17 (24.64%) Project Management
15 16 (23.19%) Microservices
16 15 (21.74%) CI/CD
16 15 (21.74%) Dynamics CRM
16 15 (21.74%) Oracle
16 15 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
17 14 (20.29%) Adobe
17 14 (20.29%) Architectural Patterns
17 14 (20.29%) Boomi
17 14 (20.29%) Customer Experience
17 14 (20.29%) Data Lake
17 14 (20.29%) Dell

IT 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 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (33.33%) Maya
Business Applications
1 15 (21.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (14.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (13.04%) SAP FS
4 8 (11.59%) SAP IBP
5 3 (4.35%) SAP CX
6 2 (2.90%) SAP MDG
7 1 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (1.45%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (1.45%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 19 (27.54%) Azure
2 18 (26.09%) Power Platform
3 14 (20.29%) Boomi
3 14 (20.29%) PaaS
3 14 (20.29%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 12 (17.39%) AWS
4 12 (17.39%) GCP
4 12 (17.39%) IaaS
5 6 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.35%) Oracle CX
8 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.90%) Figma
8 2 (2.90%) Lucidchart
8 2 (2.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (1.45%) LAN
2 1 (1.45%) NAS
2 1 (1.45%) SAN
2 1 (1.45%) VPN
2 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.29%) Data Lake
2 11 (15.94%) Power BI
2 11 (15.94%) Tableau
3 10 (14.49%) SAP BW
4 7 (10.14%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Balsamiq
General
1 39 (56.52%) Games
1 39 (56.52%) Law
2 38 (55.07%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (39.13%) Finance
4 26 (37.68%) Social Skills
5 17 (24.64%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (23.19%) Dutch Language
6 16 (23.19%) French Language
7 14 (20.29%) Marketing
7 14 (20.29%) Retail
8 10 (14.49%) Banking
9 9 (13.04%) Manufacturing
10 7 (10.14%) Automotive
10 7 (10.14%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.90%) Aviation
12 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.45%) General Ledger
12 1 (1.45%) Legal
12 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.49%) Middleware
2 2 (2.90%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (56.52%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (24.64%) Cloud Native
3 14 (20.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (10.14%) PMI
4 7 (10.14%) Reinsurance
5 2 (2.90%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.45%) Replication
6 1 (1.45%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (63.77%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (56.52%) Business Strategy
3 34 (49.28%) Integration Patterns
4 30 (43.48%) IT Strategy
4 30 (43.48%) Mathematics
5 28 (40.58%) Analytics
5 28 (40.58%) ERP
6 24 (34.78%) Risk Management
7 22 (31.88%) Roadmaps
8 21 (30.43%) Technology Strategy
9 19 (27.54%) Project Delivery
10 18 (26.09%) CRM
11 17 (24.64%) Project Management
12 16 (23.19%) Microservices
13 15 (21.74%) CI/CD
13 15 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (20.29%) Architectural Patterns
14 14 (20.29%) Customer Experience
14 14 (20.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 14 (20.29%) Quote-to-Cash
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) C#
1 2 (2.90%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.90%) Python
1 2 (2.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (46.38%) Degree
2 7 (10.14%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.90%) MCP
3 2 (2.90%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.45%) CCNP
4 1 (1.45%) CISA
4 1 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.45%) CISM
4 1 (1.45%) CISSP
4 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.45%) CRISC
4 1 (1.45%) FFIEC
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) IFRS
1 9 (13.04%) IFRS 17
1 9 (13.04%) Solvency II
2 4 (5.80%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.45%) GRC
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.45%) NIST
3 1 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (47.83%) SAP
2 21 (30.43%) Microsoft
3 15 (21.74%) Oracle
4 14 (20.29%) Adobe
4 14 (20.29%) Dell
4 14 (20.29%) MuleSoft
4 14 (20.29%) Salesforce
5 9 (13.04%) Duck Creek
5 9 (13.04%) Guidewire
6 8 (11.59%) Ariba
7 3 (4.35%) Zoho
8 2 (2.90%) Cisco
9 1 (1.45%) Aruba
9 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.45%) VMware