Architectural Design Jobs in the South East

Architectural Design
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Architectural Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Architectural Design over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 342 251
Rank change year-on-year +152 -91 +109
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 133 55 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.38% 0.30% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 0.36% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 63 39 69
10th Percentile £63,900 - £48,750
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -33.33% +9.49%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £77,500
90th Percentile - £115,000 £90,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £79,932 £77,500
% change year-on-year +0.09% +3.14% -3.13%

All Process and 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 8,826 15,197 12,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.63% 82.17% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,365 10,379 7,574
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £38,183 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in the South East

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architectural Design in the South East.

Salary trend for Architectural Design in the South East

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in the South East over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

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 11 June 2025. 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
Isle of Wight - 60 £80,000 -
Thames Valley +70 35 £75,000 +50.00% 42
Middlesex +12 27 - -
Berkshire +28 26 £85,000 +70.00% 34
Oxfordshire +55 8 £70,000 - 4
Hampshire +70 5 £66,000 -30.53% 17
West Sussex +36 3 £77,500 - 7
Surrey +58 2 £82,000 - 3
Buckinghamshire +36 1 - - 4
Kent +33 1 £72,500 -14.71% 1
Architectural Design
England

Architectural Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.52%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.51%) CMS
3 3 (2.26%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (2.26%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (2.26%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.26%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (2.26%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (2.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.53%) Salsify
2 13 (9.77%) Azure
3 11 (8.27%) SaaS
4 8 (6.02%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (6.02%) Amazon ECS
4 8 (6.02%) Amazon EKS
4 8 (6.02%) AWS
4 8 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.02%) Serverless
5 6 (4.51%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.76%) PaaS
7 3 (2.26%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 2 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.26%) Firewall
2 2 (1.50%) SNMP
3 1 (0.75%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.28%) Metadata
2 8 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.02%) RDBMS
2 8 (6.02%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.76%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.50%) MySQL
4 2 (1.50%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.75%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.75%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Jenkins
2 8 (6.02%) JMeter
2 8 (6.02%) JUnit
2 8 (6.02%) Mockito
3 2 (1.50%) Git
4 1 (0.75%) JIRA
4 1 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.75%) Spock
4 1 (0.75%) TeamCity
General
1 65 (48.87%) Electronics
2 35 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 26 (19.55%) Finance
4 15 (11.28%) Legal
5 14 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.53%) Law
5 14 (10.53%) Marketing
6 10 (7.52%) Public Sector
7 9 (6.77%) Retail
8 6 (4.51%) Tech for Good
9 5 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.01%) Aerospace
10 4 (3.01%) Automotive
11 2 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.75%) Banking
12 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.75%) Publishing
12 1 (0.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (24.81%) Senior
2 17 (12.78%) Architect
3 14 (10.53%) Senior Manager
4 10 (7.52%) Developer
5 9 (6.77%) Senior Architect
6 8 (6.02%) Java Developer
7 7 (5.26%) Software Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Ruby Engineer
9 5 (3.76%) Designer
9 5 (3.76%) Lead
9 5 (3.76%) Solutions Designer
10 3 (2.26%) Exchange Engineer
10 3 (2.26%) Exchange Support
10 3 (2.26%) Lead Software Engineer
10 3 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.26%) Support Engineer
11 2 (1.50%) Cloud Engineer
11 2 (1.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (1.50%) Lead Enterprise Architect
11 2 (1.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.52%) REST
2 9 (6.77%) ActiveMQ
2 9 (6.77%) React
3 8 (6.02%) .NET
3 8 (6.02%) Apache Camel
3 8 (6.02%) Hibernate
3 8 (6.02%) HTML
3 8 (6.02%) jQuery
3 8 (6.02%) Spring
3 8 (6.02%) Spring Boot
3 8 (6.02%) Web Services
3 8 (6.02%) WireMock
4 6 (4.51%) Ruby on Rails
5 5 (3.76%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.75%) Android Jetpack
6 1 (0.75%) Kafka
6 1 (0.75%) Middleware
6 1 (0.75%) Node.js
6 1 (0.75%) pytest
6 1 (0.75%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 60 (45.11%) Algorithms
2 14 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 14 (10.53%) Taxonomies
3 9 (6.77%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (6.02%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (4.51%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.76%) Life Science
7 3 (2.26%) Replication
8 2 (1.50%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.75%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.75%) FPGA
9 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.75%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.27%) Windows
2 7 (5.26%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.75%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (53.38%) Technical Leadership
2 61 (45.86%) Systems Engineering
3 60 (45.11%) Signal Processing
4 58 (43.61%) Agile
5 26 (19.55%) Mentoring
6 25 (18.80%) Roadmaps
7 24 (18.05%) Coaching
7 24 (18.05%) Creative Thinking
8 23 (17.29%) Translating Business Requirements
9 19 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
9 19 (14.29%) Content Management
10 18 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (12.03%) Artificial Intelligence
11 16 (12.03%) Change Management
11 16 (12.03%) Collaborative Culture
11 16 (12.03%) Migration
11 16 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (12.03%) TDD
12 15 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (11.28%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.04%) Python
2 15 (11.28%) JavaScript
3 10 (7.52%) SQL
4 9 (6.77%) Java
5 8 (6.02%) Shell Script
6 6 (4.51%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.51%) Ruby
7 3 (2.26%) C#
8 1 (0.75%) C
8 1 (0.75%) Groovy
8 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.75%) Swift
Qualifications
1 62 (46.62%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (9.77%) Security Cleared
3 11 (8.27%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.51%) Azure Certification
4 6 (4.51%) Degree
4 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.01%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.01%) PhD
6 3 (2.26%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (45.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 14 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.51%) GDPR
3 6 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.75%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (8.27%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.77%) Docker
3 6 (4.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.26%) ISA Server
5 2 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.50%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (6.77%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.02%) Kibana
3 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.75%) Grafana
4 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.02%) Dynatrace
2 8 (6.02%) Splunk
3 6 (4.51%) Apple
3 6 (4.51%) Citrix
4 2 (1.50%) Cisco
4 2 (1.50%) Oracle
4 2 (1.50%) Rollbar
4 2 (1.50%) VMware
5 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.75%) Workday