Applications Architect Job Trends

Application Architect
UK

The median Application Architect salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 635 809
Rank change year-on-year -46 +174 -36
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Architect 67 46 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.068% 0.094% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.10% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 62 13 41
10th Percentile £41,500 £67,950 £56,250
25th Percentile £66,250 £69,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +17.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £73,313 £92,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £89,345 £108,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £77,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.90% +29.17% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 92,640 44,062 96,051
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.87% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 63,517 25,939 68,728
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Applications Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Applications Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in the UK

Applications Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 11 July 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
England -51 66 £67,500 -18.18% 3
UK excluding London -35 53 £67,500 -12.90%
South East -15 42 £67,500 -15.63%
London -25 12 £100,000 - 3
East of England -10 7 £40,000 -44.06%
Work from Home -13 7 £82,300 - 3
North of England -30 4 £67,000 -21.18%
North West - 4 £67,000 -

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, Applications 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 featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 39 (58.21%) Security Cleared
2 30 (44.78%) DV Cleared
3 27 (40.30%) Application Security
4 24 (35.82%) Active Directory
4 24 (35.82%) Microsoft
4 24 (35.82%) Windows
4 24 (35.82%) Windows Server
5 20 (29.85%) DNS
5 20 (29.85%) Linux
5 20 (29.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (29.85%) VMware
5 20 (29.85%) vSphere
6 18 (26.87%) Firewall
6 18 (26.87%) Regular Expression
7 16 (23.88%) Antivirus Management
7 16 (23.88%) Architectural Design
7 16 (23.88%) Pattern Matching
7 16 (23.88%) Platform Engineering
7 16 (23.88%) Red Hat
7 16 (23.88%) SIEM
7 16 (23.88%) Validation
7 16 (23.88%) XMPP
8 14 (20.90%) LDAP
9 12 (17.91%) McAfee
9 12 (17.91%) Resource Management
9 12 (17.91%) Server Management
10 11 (16.42%) Agile
11 10 (14.93%) Azure
12 9 (13.43%) JSON
12 9 (13.43%) XML

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (5.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 4 (5.97%) Confluence
1 4 (5.97%) IIS
1 4 (5.97%) JBoss
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.93%) Azure
2 5 (7.46%) SaaS
3 3 (4.48%) AWS
3 3 (4.48%) iPaaS
4 2 (2.99%) IaaS
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (2.99%) PaaS
4 2 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (29.85%) DNS
2 18 (26.87%) Firewall
3 6 (8.96%) NAS
3 6 (8.96%) NetScaler
3 6 (8.96%) SAN
3 6 (8.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) MySQL
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
General
1 11 (16.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.93%) Finance
3 7 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.99%) Law
5 2 (2.99%) Legal
5 2 (2.99%) Legal Technology
5 2 (2.99%) Marketing
6 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (26.87%) Regular Expression
2 16 (23.88%) XMPP
3 14 (20.90%) LDAP
4 9 (13.43%) JSON
4 9 (13.43%) XML
5 8 (11.94%) Middleware
6 7 (10.45%) REST
6 7 (10.45%) SOAP
7 4 (5.97%) .NET
7 4 (5.97%) ASP.NET
7 4 (5.97%) GraphQL
7 4 (5.97%) Node.js
7 4 (5.97%) Web Services
8 2 (2.99%) JSON Schema
8 2 (2.99%) JWT
8 2 (2.99%) Kafka
8 2 (2.99%) OAuth
8 2 (2.99%) OAuth2
8 2 (2.99%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.39%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (10.45%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (8.96%) PKI
4 5 (7.46%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.99%) AS400
5 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.49%) CMDB
6 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 24 (35.82%) Windows
1 24 (35.82%) Windows Server
2 20 (29.85%) Linux
2 20 (29.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.30%) Application Security
2 16 (23.88%) Antivirus Management
2 16 (23.88%) Architectural Design
2 16 (23.88%) Pattern Matching
2 16 (23.88%) Platform Engineering
2 16 (23.88%) SIEM
2 16 (23.88%) Validation
3 12 (17.91%) Resource Management
3 12 (17.91%) Server Management
4 11 (16.42%) Agile
5 8 (11.94%) AI
5 8 (11.94%) Data Modelling
5 8 (11.94%) Integration Patterns
6 7 (10.45%) CRM
6 7 (10.45%) Customer Service
6 7 (10.45%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (10.45%) ERP
6 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (10.45%) Process Improvement
6 7 (10.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) Java
1 7 (10.45%) SQL
2 4 (5.97%) C#
2 4 (5.97%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.97%) VB.NET
3 2 (2.99%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (58.21%) Security Cleared
2 30 (44.78%) DV Cleared
3 5 (7.46%) Degree
4 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.99%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) QA
2 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (35.82%) Active Directory
2 20 (29.85%) vSphere
3 2 (2.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (35.82%) Microsoft
2 20 (29.85%) VMware
3 16 (23.88%) Red Hat
4 12 (17.91%) McAfee
5 6 (8.96%) Citrix
5 6 (8.96%) NetApp
6 4 (5.97%) Adobe
6 4 (5.97%) Oracle
7 3 (4.48%) SAP
8 2 (2.99%) Aderant
8 2 (2.99%) iManage
8 2 (2.99%) Intapp
8 2 (2.99%) Litera
9 1 (1.49%) Sparx