Java Architect Job Trends in England

Java Architect
UK > England

The median Java Architect salary in England is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 631 754
Rank change year-on-year +5 +123 +137
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Architect 14 3 23
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.022% 0.008% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.008% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 20
10th Percentile - £76,625 £65,800
25th Percentile £70,000 £77,188 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £78,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.46% -7.35% -10.53%
75th Percentile £128,125 £79,688 £125,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £79,875 £126,750
UK median annual salary £92,500 £78,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year +17.46% -7.35% -12.82%

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 58,500 35,914 69,536
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 90.72% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 38,046 21,101 55,004
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Java Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Java Architect job vacancy trend in England

Java Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Java Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Java Architect job vacancies in England

Java Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Architect in England over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Architect in England

Java 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 Java Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 9 March 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 +28 12 £77,500 - 1
North West - 2 £100,000 -
North of England - 2 £100,000 -
Java Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Java 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 Java Architect in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Microservices
2 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
3 3 (21.43%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) REST
3 3 (21.43%) Scrum
3 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
4 2 (14.29%) Azure
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 2 (14.29%) Calypso
4 2 (14.29%) Camunda
4 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) Drools
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (14.29%) Murex
4 2 (14.29%) SAP
4 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
5 1 (7.14%) DB2
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL

Java 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 (14.29%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) DB2
1 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) REST
2 2 (14.29%) Drools
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (14.29%) IoT
2 2 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile
1 5 (35.71%) Microservices
1 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
2 3 (21.43%) DevOps
2 3 (21.43%) Scrum
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
3 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Calypso
1 2 (14.29%) Murex
1 2 (14.29%) SAP