Architectural Design Jobs

Architectural Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 288 349
Rank change year-on-year -31 +61 -14
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 448 926 1,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.89% 1.00% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.15% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 215 400 492
10th Percentile £41,000 £48,750 £48,784
25th Percentile £59,168 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £79,932 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% +6.58% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,779 £78,136 £67,500
% change year-on-year -19.66% +15.76% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,277 80,571 105,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.52% 86.76% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 25,823 58,144 61,428
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,404 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Architectural Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Design within the UK over the 6 months to 3 April 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
England +106 426 £70,000 -12.43% 413
UK excluding London -16 304 £62,779 -19.66% 217
North of England +142 187 £42,500 -46.83% 38
North West +114 179 £41,000 -36.92% 29
Work from Home +82 154 £69,500 -13.05% 214
London +31 137 £80,000 -13.51% 265
South East +101 44 £67,500 +28.57% 65
South West +74 24 £115,000 +53.33% 29
Midlands +51 23 £78,700 +0.55% 10
West Midlands +20 20 £78,700 +0.55% 4
Scotland -93 13 £80,250 +10.69% 30
East of England +55 12 £65,000 -16.54% 29
Yorkshire +54 7 £62,779 -21.46% 8
East Midlands +52 3 £63,750 -18.55% 5
Wales +39 1 £49,104 -7.27% 16
North East +37 1 £62,779 -21.46% 1

Architectural Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.89%) Confluence
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.45%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.45%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.22%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 103 (22.99%) Azure
2 78 (17.41%) AWS
3 51 (11.38%) GCP
4 33 (7.37%) Serverless
5 29 (6.47%) SaaS
6 18 (4.02%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (3.57%) PaaS
8 15 (3.35%) Amazon ECS
8 15 (3.35%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (2.68%) AWS KMS
10 11 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (2.46%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.01%) Amazon EMR
13 8 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.79%) npm
14 7 (1.56%) Amazon SageMaker
14 7 (1.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.25%) Network Security
2 17 (3.79%) Firewall
3 11 (2.46%) DNS
4 10 (2.23%) DHCP
5 9 (2.01%) MPLS
5 9 (2.01%) WAN
6 8 (1.79%) Cisco ISE
6 8 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (1.79%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.34%) LAN
8 5 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (1.12%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (1.12%) HTTP
8 5 (1.12%) NAS
8 5 (1.12%) SAN
8 5 (1.12%) Unified Communications
8 5 (1.12%) VPN
8 5 (1.12%) VSAN
8 5 (1.12%) WLAN
9 4 (0.89%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.15%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (4.24%) NoSQL
4 16 (3.57%) Relational Database
5 15 (3.35%) Metadata
6 14 (3.13%) RDBMS
7 11 (2.46%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.01%) Data Vault
8 9 (2.01%) Tableau
9 8 (1.79%) MongoDB
10 7 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.12%) MySQL
11 5 (1.12%) Power BI
12 3 (0.67%) Data Mart
12 3 (0.67%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.67%) Oracle ODI
13 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (6.25%) Git
2 16 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.90%) JIRA
4 12 (2.68%) JUnit
4 12 (2.68%) Mockito
5 10 (2.23%) JMeter
6 8 (1.79%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.79%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.79%) webpack
7 6 (1.34%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.12%) GitLab
8 5 (1.12%) PowerBuilder
9 4 (0.89%) NetBeans
10 3 (0.67%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.45%) Maven
11 2 (0.45%) Postman
11 2 (0.45%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.45%) Subversion
11 2 (0.45%) XCTest
General
1 127 (28.35%) Telecoms
2 121 (27.01%) Automotive
3 113 (25.22%) Social Skills
4 88 (19.64%) Finance
5 26 (5.80%) Banking
6 25 (5.58%) Public Sector
7 22 (4.91%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (4.02%) Games
9 18 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (3.79%) Law
11 13 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (2.90%) Electronics
12 10 (2.23%) Marketing
13 7 (1.56%) Retail
14 4 (0.89%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.89%) iGaming
14 4 (0.89%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.89%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 133 (29.69%) Architect
2 121 (27.01%) Principal Engineer
3 120 (26.79%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 69 (15.40%) Senior
5 51 (11.38%) Developer
6 48 (10.71%) Lead
7 43 (9.60%) Solutions Architect
8 29 (6.47%) Software Developer
9 24 (5.36%) Lead Architect
9 24 (5.36%) Senior Architect
10 23 (5.13%) Enterprise Architect
11 21 (4.69%) Cloud Architect
12 19 (4.24%) Senior Solutions Architect
13 16 (3.57%) Analyst
13 16 (3.57%) AWS Architect
13 16 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) Lead Enterprise Architect
15 13 (2.90%) Consultant
15 13 (2.90%) Data Architect
15 13 (2.90%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.59%) .NET
2 31 (6.92%) Kafka
3 27 (6.03%) Spring Boot
4 22 (4.91%) REST
5 21 (4.69%) Web Services
6 19 (4.24%) React
7 17 (3.79%) HTML
7 17 (3.79%) Spring
8 14 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
9 13 (2.90%) Middleware
9 13 (2.90%) Node.js
10 12 (2.68%) Hibernate
11 11 (2.46%) RESTful
12 10 (2.23%) ActiveMQ
12 10 (2.23%) Apache Camel
12 10 (2.23%) jQuery
12 10 (2.23%) WireMock
13 8 (1.79%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.79%) Jest
13 8 (1.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (15.40%) Management Information System
2 42 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 24 (5.36%) Public Cloud
4 21 (4.69%) Virtual Team
5 16 (3.57%) CSOC
5 16 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (3.35%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.23%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.23%) Mobile Games
8 10 (2.23%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.01%) Analogue Electronics
9 9 (2.01%) FPGA
9 9 (2.01%) Life Science
9 9 (2.01%) VHDL
10 8 (1.79%) Distributed Applications
10 8 (1.79%) Distributed Architecture
10 8 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.56%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.69%) Windows
2 10 (2.23%) Apple iOS
2 10 (2.23%) Linux
3 5 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.89%) Android
4 4 (0.89%) CentOS
5 3 (0.67%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (32.37%) Agile
2 123 (27.46%) Systems Engineering
3 120 (26.79%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 96 (21.43%) Mentoring
5 92 (20.54%) Problem-Solving
6 86 (19.20%) Software Engineering
7 81 (18.08%) Microservices
8 80 (17.86%) Roadmaps
9 78 (17.41%) DevOps
10 76 (16.96%) CI/CD
11 50 (11.16%) Service Delivery
12 48 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 47 (10.49%) ITIL
14 45 (10.04%) Data Architecture
15 44 (9.82%) Architectural Patterns
16 42 (9.38%) TOGAF
17 41 (9.15%) Containerisation
18 40 (8.93%) Design Patterns
18 40 (8.93%) Event-Driven
19 38 (8.48%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 91 (20.31%) Java
2 55 (12.28%) C#
2 55 (12.28%) Python
3 46 (10.27%) JavaScript
4 35 (7.81%) SQL
5 13 (2.90%) Shell Script
5 13 (2.90%) TypeScript
6 12 (2.68%) C++
7 11 (2.46%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.23%) C
9 4 (0.89%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.89%) Bash
9 4 (0.89%) Bicep
9 4 (0.89%) Ruby
9 4 (0.89%) Swift
10 2 (0.45%) Groovy
10 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.45%) Scala
11 1 (0.22%) Go
11 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 176 (39.29%) Degree
2 62 (13.84%) Security Cleared
3 56 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (4.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 21 (4.69%) AWS Certification
7 16 (3.57%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (2.68%) CCNP
9 12 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.89%) CCNA
13 3 (0.67%) CCIE
13 3 (0.67%) CISSP
13 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.45%) CISM
14 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.37%) GDPR
2 19 (4.24%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.24%) HIPAA
3 12 (2.68%) QA
4 10 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.34%) NIST
6 6 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.89%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.89%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (12.05%) Docker
2 13 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.23%) Firmware
4 7 (1.56%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (11.16%) Kubernetes
2 35 (7.81%) Terraform
3 22 (4.91%) Grafana
4 18 (4.02%) Prometheus
5 15 (3.35%) QRadar
6 10 (2.23%) Ansible
6 10 (2.23%) Kibana
7 8 (1.79%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.89%) Nagios
10 3 (0.67%) Argo
10 3 (0.67%) Consul
10 3 (0.67%) Istio
10 3 (0.67%) Puppet
11 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.22%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.22%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.22%) MOM
Vendors
1 86 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.93%) Oracle
3 26 (5.80%) Google
4 17 (3.79%) VMware
5 16 (3.57%) Cisco
5 16 (3.57%) Splunk
6 13 (2.90%) SAP
7 12 (2.68%) Dynatrace
8 11 (2.46%) Meraki
9 10 (2.23%) Citrix
10 9 (2.01%) EMC
11 8 (1.79%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.56%) Apple
12 7 (1.56%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.34%) Databricks
14 5 (1.12%) SolarWinds
15 4 (0.89%) Fortinet
15 4 (0.89%) HP
15 4 (0.89%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.89%) ServiceNow