Architectural Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Architectural Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Design over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 326 335
Rank change year-on-year +30 +9 +38
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 942 1,101 1,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 1.04% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.09% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 400 468 913
10th Percentile £47,375 £49,906 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,375 £60,938 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,932 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £129,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,750 £67,500 £65,500
% change year-on-year +15.19% +3.05% +4.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,165 101,093 147,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.12% 95.64% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 59,702 59,212 83,288
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,496
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +2.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in the UK

Architectural Design
Top 17 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 23 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +61 707 £77,750 +15.19% 91
England -95 474 £79,932 +6.58% 174
Scotland +139 423 £72,500 +4.77% 7
Work from Home -12 272 £79,932 +3.14% 75
London -19 199 £93,250 +9.71% 88
North of England -1 111 £79,932 +25.38% 19
North West -17 75 £65,000 +4.00% 13
South West +4 56 £67,500 -3.30% 12
South East -99 51 £60,000 -20.00% 27
Midlands -38 40 £78,273 +1.00% 12
West Midlands -9 35 £78,273 +1.00% 8
Yorkshire +62 28 £79,932 +22.64% 3
East of England +22 17 £77,886 +9.31% 15
Northern Ireland +17 8 £85,000 +75.26% 3
North East +1 8 £79,932 +14.19% 3
East Midlands -32 5 £78,273 +11.02% 4
Wales -8 3 £52,956 -20.07% 2

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 21 (2.23%) GemFire
2 20 (2.12%) Apache Spark
3 15 (1.59%) CMS
4 8 (0.85%) Apache
5 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.21%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.21%) Captiva
7 2 (0.21%) Documentum
7 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 17 (1.80%) Photoshop
2 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.53%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.42%) Revit
5 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.11%) InDesign
7 1 (0.11%) Notion
7 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.49%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.42%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.21%) SAP FI-GL
5 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 387 (41.08%) AWS
2 189 (20.06%) Azure
3 70 (7.43%) Datadog
4 55 (5.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 54 (5.73%) SaaS
6 52 (5.52%) GCP
7 50 (5.31%) Serverless
8 34 (3.61%) GitHub
9 28 (2.97%) Amazon ECS
10 22 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (2.12%) Amazon SQS
12 20 (2.12%) Azure Functions
13 19 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (2.02%) Azure AKS
13 19 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (1.80%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (1.70%) PaaS
16 14 (1.49%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 65 (6.90%) Kerberos
2 18 (1.91%) DSL
3 8 (0.85%) VPN
4 5 (0.53%) Bluetooth
4 5 (0.53%) DNS
5 4 (0.42%) Firewall
5 4 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.21%) DHCP
6 2 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.21%) Internet
6 2 (0.21%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.21%) LAN
6 2 (0.21%) MPLS
6 2 (0.21%) Network Security
6 2 (0.21%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.21%) PBX
6 2 (0.21%) VoIP
6 2 (0.21%) WAN
6 2 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.86%) Metadata
2 62 (6.58%) NoSQL
3 50 (5.31%) Relational Database
4 49 (5.20%) MongoDB
5 39 (4.14%) Apache Cassandra
6 33 (3.50%) SQL Server
7 26 (2.76%) Big Data
8 21 (2.23%) CockroachDB
8 21 (2.23%) Hazelcast
8 21 (2.23%) Looker
9 20 (2.12%) Data Lake
10 18 (1.91%) DB2
10 18 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (1.91%) Tableau
11 12 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.06%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.74%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.74%) Power BI
14 5 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.53%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 139 (14.76%) Git
2 92 (9.77%) Jenkins
3 65 (6.90%) Artifactory
3 65 (6.90%) Bitbucket
4 30 (3.18%) JUnit
5 28 (2.97%) Visual Studio
6 26 (2.76%) Selenium
7 25 (2.65%) Cypress.io
8 23 (2.44%) Jasmine
9 22 (2.34%) JIRA
9 22 (2.34%) Karma Test Runner
9 22 (2.34%) Protractor
9 22 (2.34%) WebDriver
10 21 (2.23%) Jaeger
11 17 (1.80%) Moq
11 17 (1.80%) SpecFlow
12 15 (1.59%) NUnit
13 14 (1.49%) Octopus Deploy
13 14 (1.49%) Sourcetree
13 14 (1.49%) TeamCity
General
1 520 (55.20%) Finance
2 438 (46.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 413 (43.84%) Law
4 330 (35.03%) Marketing
5 221 (23.46%) Social Skills
6 150 (15.92%) Banking
7 117 (12.42%) Investment Banking
8 88 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (4.99%) Financial Institution
10 29 (3.08%) Retail
11 21 (2.23%) Prime Brokerage
12 15 (1.59%) Automotive
12 15 (1.59%) Retail Banking
13 14 (1.49%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.49%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.38%) Back Office
14 13 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.17%) Public Sector
16 9 (0.96%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 431 (45.75%) Lead
2 414 (43.95%) Software Engineer
3 362 (38.43%) Lead Software Engineer
4 232 (24.63%) Architect
5 134 (14.23%) Java Engineer
6 130 (13.80%) Java Software Engineer
6 130 (13.80%) Lead Java Engineer
7 127 (13.48%) Senior
8 96 (10.19%) Solutions Architect
9 89 (9.45%) Cloud Engineer
10 84 (8.92%) Developer
11 82 (8.70%) Cloud Software Engineer
12 56 (5.94%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 50 (5.31%) Technical Architect
14 47 (4.99%) Senior Software Engineer
15 41 (4.35%) Technical Leader
16 35 (3.72%) Principal Architect
17 34 (3.61%) UI Engineer
18 32 (3.40%) Software Developer
19 31 (3.29%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (14.01%) Spring
2 119 (12.63%) Web Services
3 114 (12.10%) RESTful
4 109 (11.57%) Kafka
5 101 (10.72%) React
6 96 (10.19%) JSON
7 91 (9.66%) XML
8 90 (9.55%) OpenTelemetry
9 87 (9.24%) HTML
10 84 (8.92%) .NET
11 83 (8.81%) Spring Boot
12 82 (8.70%) CSS
13 67 (7.11%) LDAP
14 66 (7.01%) AngularJS
14 66 (7.01%) OpenID
14 66 (7.01%) SAML
15 65 (6.90%) JSON-LD
16 49 (5.20%) REST
17 45 (4.78%) Node.js
18 41 (4.35%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 254 (26.96%) Cloud Native
2 166 (17.62%) Public Cloud
3 129 (13.69%) Management Information System
4 65 (6.90%) Enterprise Cloud
4 65 (6.90%) Reference Data
5 60 (6.37%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.97%) Data Structures
7 26 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (2.34%) Mobile App
9 21 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 21 (2.23%) Replication
10 15 (1.59%) Legacy Code
10 15 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.06%) Private Cloud
13 9 (0.96%) IoT
13 9 (0.96%) Robotics
14 7 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (7.11%) Linux
2 16 (1.70%) Windows
3 13 (1.38%) Unix
4 3 (0.32%) Android
4 3 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 612 (64.97%) Agile
2 498 (52.87%) Software Engineering
3 453 (48.09%) CI/CD
4 408 (43.31%) Operational Stability
5 404 (42.89%) SDLC
6 393 (41.72%) Community of Practice
7 392 (41.61%) Information Architecture
8 322 (34.18%) Artificial Intelligence
9 316 (33.55%) Continuous Delivery
10 308 (32.70%) Machine Learning
11 233 (24.73%) Roadmaps
12 165 (17.52%) Mentoring
13 156 (16.56%) Data Modelling
14 148 (15.71%) DevOps
15 124 (13.16%) Coaching
16 119 (12.63%) Identity Access Management
17 118 (12.53%) Test Automation
18 109 (11.57%) Microservices
19 94 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
20 91 (9.66%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 367 (38.96%) Java
2 209 (22.19%) SQL
3 190 (20.17%) Python
4 175 (18.58%) JavaScript
5 86 (9.13%) C#
6 67 (7.11%) Go
7 65 (6.90%) Prolog
7 65 (6.90%) SPARQL
8 48 (5.10%) TypeScript
9 36 (3.82%) C
9 36 (3.82%) C++
9 36 (3.82%) Scala
10 29 (3.08%) COBOL
10 29 (3.08%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 22 (2.34%) Groovy
12 21 (2.23%) PL/SQL
12 21 (2.23%) T-SQL
13 17 (1.80%) VB.NET
14 14 (1.49%) Kotlin
14 14 (1.49%) XPath
Qualifications
1 130 (13.80%) Degree
2 36 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (3.40%) AWS Certification
4 30 (3.18%) Master's Degree
5 28 (2.97%) Security Cleared
6 20 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (2.12%) SC Cleared
7 13 (1.38%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (1.17%) CISM
8 11 (1.17%) CISSP
9 10 (1.06%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.32%) MCAD
13 2 (0.21%) CCIE
13 2 (0.21%) CCNP
13 2 (0.21%) HNC
13 2 (0.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.94%) QA
2 53 (5.63%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.44%) PMO
4 19 (2.02%) SLA
5 16 (1.70%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.06%) GDPR
6 10 (1.06%) ITGC
7 2 (0.21%) GRC
7 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.11%) COBIT
8 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 65 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 62 (6.58%) Docker
3 16 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.32%) NFS
5 2 (0.21%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) HDFS
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 124 (13.16%) Kubernetes
2 91 (9.66%) Grafana
3 86 (9.13%) Terraform
4 40 (4.25%) Prometheus
5 25 (2.65%) Kibana
6 21 (2.23%) HAProxy
6 21 (2.23%) ITRS Geneos
6 21 (2.23%) Zipkin
7 6 (0.64%) Ansible
8 2 (0.21%) Argo
8 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.21%) Istio
8 2 (0.21%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Consul
9 1 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 123 (13.06%) Oracle
2 101 (10.72%) Splunk
3 97 (10.30%) Dynatrace
4 89 (9.45%) Microsoft
5 30 (3.18%) Google
6 29 (3.08%) Micro Focus
7 22 (2.34%) Databricks
8 20 (2.12%) Atlassian
9 19 (2.02%) SAP
10 18 (1.91%) Alteryx
10 18 (1.91%) Cognos
10 18 (1.91%) SaltStack
10 18 (1.91%) Sybase
11 17 (1.80%) Adobe
12 14 (1.49%) Cognizant
12 14 (1.49%) Dell
12 14 (1.49%) ForgeRock
12 14 (1.49%) Sitecore
13 10 (1.06%) ServiceNow
14 9 (0.96%) Sparx