Architectural Design Job Trends in the South East

Architectural Design
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 203 340
Rank change year-on-year -22 +137 -111
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 57 70 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.40% 0.91% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 1.00% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 36
10th Percentile £26,250 £60,125 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £63,813 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £76,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.48% +52.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £81,477 £96,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £79,350 £79,932
% change year-on-year -5.48% -0.73% +3.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Architectural Design 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,333 6,979 13,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.03% 90.44% 84.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,005 3,415 9,848
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in the South East

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Architectural Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in the South East

Architectural Design
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Thames Valley +17 38 £67,500 -6.90% 10
Berkshire -9 20 £67,500 - 7
Buckinghamshire +6 15 £75,000 - 2
Hampshire -15 10 £81,013 +70.55% 1
Surrey -11 9 £27,500 -66.46%
Oxfordshire +5 3 £70,000 -26.32% 1
Architectural Design
England

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.51%) CMS
2 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.75%) Camunda
2 1 (1.75%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.05%) Azure
2 7 (12.28%) AWS
3 5 (8.77%) GCP
3 5 (8.77%) SaaS
4 4 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.26%) IaaS
5 3 (5.26%) PaaS
6 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.54%) DNS
1 10 (17.54%) Firewall
2 1 (1.75%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) FileMaker
2 3 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.75%) MySQL
4 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (3.51%) Git
2 2 (3.51%) GitLab
General
1 10 (17.54%) Marketing
1 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.04%) Law
3 5 (8.77%) Retail
4 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Local Government
4 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.75%) Finance
5 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.75%) Tech for Good
5 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (35.09%) Architect
2 15 (26.32%) Security Architect
3 12 (21.05%) Applications Architect
4 10 (17.54%) Data Engineer
4 10 (17.54%) Developer
4 10 (17.54%) Salesforce Engineer
5 9 (15.79%) Principal Engineer
6 8 (14.04%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 8 (14.04%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (12.28%) Principal Developer
8 4 (7.02%) IT Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) IT Support
8 4 (7.02%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Support Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Azure Developer
9 3 (5.26%) C# Developer
9 3 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Security Architect
9 3 (5.26%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.54%) LDAP
1 10 (17.54%) Regular Expression
2 8 (14.04%) OLE
2 8 (14.04%) XMPP
3 3 (5.26%) .NET
4 2 (3.51%) JSON
4 2 (3.51%) JSON Schema
4 2 (3.51%) Kafka
4 2 (3.51%) MFC
4 2 (3.51%) React
4 2 (3.51%) XML
5 1 (1.75%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.75%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (1.75%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.75%) Express.js
5 1 (1.75%) Next.js
5 1 (1.75%) Node.js
5 1 (1.75%) RESTful
5 1 (1.75%) Sequelize
5 1 (1.75%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Marketing Technology
2 5 (8.77%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.51%) Life Science
4 2 (3.51%) Low-Code
4 2 (3.51%) NHS
4 2 (3.51%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.75%) FMCG
5 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.07%) Windows
2 14 (24.56%) Windows Server
3 10 (17.54%) Linux
3 10 (17.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (7.02%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
1 17 (29.82%) Validation
2 14 (24.56%) Agile
2 14 (24.56%) Mentoring
3 13 (22.81%) AI
3 13 (22.81%) Software Engineering
4 12 (21.05%) Application Security
4 12 (21.05%) CRM
4 12 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
5 11 (19.30%) Change Management
5 11 (19.30%) Personalization
6 10 (17.54%) Customer Engagement
6 10 (17.54%) Customer Experience
6 10 (17.54%) Data Strategy
6 10 (17.54%) SIEM
7 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (15.79%) Systems Engineering
8 8 (14.04%) Antivirus Management
8 8 (14.04%) Pattern Matching
8 8 (14.04%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) C#
2 3 (5.26%) Java
2 3 (5.26%) Python
3 2 (3.51%) C++
3 2 (3.51%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.75%) Ruby
4 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (24.56%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.05%) DV Cleared
3 8 (14.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (14.04%) Chartered Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Degree
5 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) QA
2 2 (3.51%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (24.56%) Active Directory
2 10 (17.54%) vSphere
3 3 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.54%) Salesforce
2 10 (17.54%) VMware
3 8 (14.04%) McAfee
3 8 (14.04%) Red Hat
4 3 (5.26%) Google
5 2 (3.51%) Oracle
6 1 (1.75%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (1.75%) Pega
6 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.75%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.75%) UiPath