IT Architect Job Trends in London

IT Architect
England > London

The median IT Architect salary in London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 403 389
Rank change year-on-year +75 -14 +208
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Architect 45 31 60
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.33% 0.20% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.21% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 19
10th Percentile £82,850 £68,750 £72,500
25th Percentile £87,875 £72,500 £74,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +15.15% -1.79%
75th Percentile £104,375 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,000 £115,250 £98,500
England median annual salary £82,250 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.45% -9.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,497 14,461 16,982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 92.76% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,279 8,384 13,705
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Architect job vacancy trend in London

IT Architect
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in London

IT Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Architect in London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Architect in London

IT Architect
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London +38 3 £100,000 +37.93%
IT Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 London region featuring IT Architect in the job title.

1 39 (86.67%) Business Strategy
1 39 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (73.33%) SAP
3 30 (66.67%) Degree
3 30 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
3 30 (66.67%) IT Strategy
3 30 (66.67%) Mathematics
4 27 (60.00%) Analytics
5 24 (53.33%) ERP
6 23 (51.11%) Maya
6 23 (51.11%) Risk Management
7 22 (48.89%) Roadmaps
8 21 (46.67%) Technology Strategy
9 16 (35.56%) Microservices
9 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
9 16 (35.56%) Project Delivery
9 16 (35.56%) Project Management
10 15 (33.33%) Oracle
11 14 (31.11%) Adobe
11 14 (31.11%) Architectural Patterns
11 14 (31.11%) Boomi
11 14 (31.11%) CI/CD
11 14 (31.11%) CRM
11 14 (31.11%) Customer Experience
11 14 (31.11%) Data Lake
11 14 (31.11%) Dell
11 14 (31.11%) Dynamics CRM
11 14 (31.11%) MuleSoft
11 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (31.11%) Quote-to-Cash

IT Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 23 (51.11%) Maya
Business Applications
1 14 (31.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (20.00%) SAP FS
4 8 (17.78%) SAP IBP
5 3 (6.67%) SAP CX
6 2 (4.44%) SAP MDG
7 1 (2.22%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (2.22%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (2.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (2.22%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.11%) Boomi
1 14 (31.11%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 13 (28.89%) Power Platform
3 11 (24.44%) PaaS
4 10 (22.22%) Azure
5 9 (20.00%) IaaS
6 8 (17.78%) AWS
6 8 (17.78%) GCP
7 3 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (6.67%) Oracle CX
8 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.44%) Figma
8 2 (4.44%) Lucidchart
8 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (4.44%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (31.11%) Data Lake
2 11 (24.44%) Power BI
2 11 (24.44%) Tableau
3 10 (22.22%) SAP BW
4 7 (15.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Balsamiq
General
1 39 (86.67%) Games
1 39 (86.67%) Law
2 37 (82.22%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (57.78%) Finance
4 24 (53.33%) Social Skills
5 16 (35.56%) Dutch Language
5 16 (35.56%) French Language
5 16 (35.56%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (31.11%) Marketing
6 14 (31.11%) Retail
7 9 (20.00%) Manufacturing
8 8 (17.78%) Banking
9 7 (15.56%) Automotive
9 7 (15.56%) Telecoms
10 1 (2.22%) General Ledger
10 1 (2.22%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.22%) Middleware
2 2 (4.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (86.67%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (31.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (31.11%) Cloud Native
3 7 (15.56%) PMI
3 7 (15.56%) Reinsurance
4 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (86.67%) Business Strategy
1 39 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
2 30 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 30 (66.67%) Mathematics
3 27 (60.00%) Analytics
4 24 (53.33%) ERP
5 23 (51.11%) Risk Management
6 22 (48.89%) Roadmaps
7 21 (46.67%) Technology Strategy
8 16 (35.56%) Microservices
8 16 (35.56%) Project Delivery
8 16 (35.56%) Project Management
9 14 (31.11%) CI/CD
9 14 (31.11%) CRM
9 14 (31.11%) Customer Experience
9 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (31.11%) Quote-to-Cash
9 14 (31.11%) Service Management
9 14 (31.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) C#
1 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
1 2 (4.44%) Python
1 2 (4.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (66.67%) Degree
2 7 (15.56%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.44%) MCP
3 2 (4.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.00%) IFRS
1 9 (20.00%) IFRS 17
1 9 (20.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 33 (73.33%) SAP
2 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
3 15 (33.33%) Oracle
4 14 (31.11%) Adobe
4 14 (31.11%) Dell
4 14 (31.11%) MuleSoft
4 14 (31.11%) Salesforce
5 9 (20.00%) Duck Creek
5 9 (20.00%) Guidewire
6 8 (17.78%) Ariba
7 3 (6.67%) Zoho