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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 324 328
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 +48
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 948 1,074 1,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 1.04% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.09% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 411 473 894
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,687 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,250 £60,000 £58,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,932 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £96,000 £92,500 £98,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £129,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £78,273 £69,503 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.62% +2.97% +7.57%

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 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +79 720 £78,273 +12.62% 129
England -109 469 £79,932 +6.58% 221
Scotland +142 433 £72,500 +4.77% 10
Work from Home -21 265 £79,932 +3.14% 106
London -27 193 £94,500 +11.18% 102
North of England +12 115 £79,932 +22.97% 26
North West +1 78 £65,000 +1.96% 15
South West -10 56 £67,500 -3.30% 19
South East -93 47 £60,000 -20.00% 40
Midlands -37 41 £78,273 +1.00% 15
West Midlands -13 36 £78,273 +1.00% 7
Yorkshire +59 28 £79,932 +22.64% 4
East of England +8 18 £78,273 +9.86% 15
North East -8 9 £79,932 +14.19% 7
Northern Ireland +22 8 £85,000 +75.26% 2
East Midlands -33 5 £78,273 +1.00% 8
Wales +2 4 £55,228 +19.52% 7

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 (2.22%) GemFire
2 20 (2.11%) Apache Spark
3 15 (1.58%) CMS
4 8 (0.84%) Apache
5 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.32%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.21%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.21%) Captiva
8 2 (0.21%) Documentum
8 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 17 (1.79%) Photoshop
2 6 (0.63%) 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 (1.48%) SDL Web 8
2 6 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.42%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.21%) SAP FI-GL
4 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 390 (41.14%) AWS
2 190 (20.04%) Azure
3 73 (7.70%) Datadog
4 56 (5.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 55 (5.80%) SaaS
6 52 (5.49%) GCP
7 50 (5.27%) Serverless
8 35 (3.69%) GitHub
9 29 (3.06%) Amazon ECS
10 23 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
11 22 (2.32%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (2.22%) Amazon SQS
12 21 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (2.11%) Azure AKS
13 20 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (2.11%) Azure Functions
14 18 (1.90%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (1.58%) AWS Fargate
16 15 (1.58%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 65 (6.86%) Kerberos
2 18 (1.90%) DSL
3 8 (0.84%) VPN
4 5 (0.53%) DNS
5 4 (0.42%) Bluetooth
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 (7.81%) Metadata
2 64 (6.75%) NoSQL
3 52 (5.49%) Relational Database
4 50 (5.27%) MongoDB
5 39 (4.11%) Apache Cassandra
6 34 (3.59%) SQL Server
7 26 (2.74%) Big Data
8 21 (2.22%) CockroachDB
8 21 (2.22%) Hazelcast
8 21 (2.22%) Looker
9 20 (2.11%) Data Lake
10 18 (1.90%) DB2
10 18 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (1.90%) Tableau
11 12 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.05%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.74%) Oracle Database
14 6 (0.63%) Power BI
15 5 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.53%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 143 (15.08%) Git
2 93 (9.81%) Jenkins
3 65 (6.86%) Artifactory
3 65 (6.86%) Bitbucket
4 30 (3.16%) JUnit
5 28 (2.95%) Visual Studio
6 26 (2.74%) Selenium
7 25 (2.64%) Cypress.io
8 23 (2.43%) Jasmine
9 22 (2.32%) JIRA
9 22 (2.32%) Karma Test Runner
9 22 (2.32%) Protractor
9 22 (2.32%) WebDriver
10 21 (2.22%) Jaeger
11 17 (1.79%) Moq
11 17 (1.79%) SpecFlow
12 15 (1.58%) NUnit
13 14 (1.48%) Octopus Deploy
13 14 (1.48%) Sourcetree
13 14 (1.48%) TeamCity
General
1 521 (54.96%) Finance
2 447 (47.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 422 (44.51%) Law
4 336 (35.44%) Marketing
5 211 (22.26%) Social Skills
6 151 (15.93%) Banking
7 118 (12.45%) Investment Banking
8 89 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (4.96%) Financial Institution
10 27 (2.85%) Retail
11 22 (2.32%) Prime Brokerage
12 17 (1.79%) Retail Banking
13 16 (1.69%) Automotive
14 14 (1.48%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.37%) Back Office
15 13 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.27%) Public Sector
16 12 (1.27%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.95%) Aerospace
18 8 (0.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 441 (46.52%) Lead
2 425 (44.83%) Software Engineer
3 371 (39.14%) Lead Software Engineer
4 229 (24.16%) Architect
5 138 (14.56%) Java Engineer
6 134 (14.14%) Java Software Engineer
6 134 (14.14%) Lead Java Engineer
7 115 (12.13%) Senior
8 92 (9.70%) Cloud Engineer
9 87 (9.18%) Solutions Architect
10 85 (8.97%) Cloud Software Engineer
11 83 (8.76%) Developer
12 58 (6.12%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 50 (5.27%) Technical Architect
14 47 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
15 41 (4.32%) Technical Leader
16 34 (3.59%) UI Engineer
17 32 (3.38%) Enterprise Architect
18 31 (3.27%) Senior Developer
18 31 (3.27%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (13.92%) Spring
2 121 (12.76%) Web Services
3 118 (12.45%) RESTful
4 112 (11.81%) Kafka
5 100 (10.55%) React
6 96 (10.13%) JSON
7 93 (9.81%) OpenTelemetry
8 91 (9.60%) XML
9 87 (9.18%) HTML
10 85 (8.97%) .NET
11 84 (8.86%) Spring Boot
12 82 (8.65%) CSS
13 67 (7.07%) LDAP
14 66 (6.96%) AngularJS
14 66 (6.96%) OpenID
14 66 (6.96%) SAML
15 65 (6.86%) JSON-LD
16 49 (5.17%) REST
17 44 (4.64%) Node.js
18 41 (4.32%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 261 (27.53%) Cloud Native
2 166 (17.51%) Public Cloud
3 128 (13.50%) Management Information System
4 65 (6.86%) Enterprise Cloud
4 65 (6.86%) Reference Data
5 61 (6.43%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.95%) Data Structures
6 28 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
7 23 (2.43%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 21 (2.22%) Replication
10 15 (1.58%) Legacy Code
10 15 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.05%) Private Cloud
13 9 (0.95%) Robotics
14 8 (0.84%) IoT
15 7 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.74%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 69 (7.28%) Linux
2 16 (1.69%) Windows
3 13 (1.37%) Unix
4 5 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 624 (65.82%) Agile
2 509 (53.69%) Software Engineering
3 460 (48.52%) CI/CD
4 417 (43.99%) Operational Stability
5 411 (43.35%) SDLC
6 404 (42.62%) Community of Practice
7 401 (42.30%) Information Architecture
8 321 (33.86%) Continuous Delivery
9 318 (33.54%) Artificial Intelligence
10 305 (32.17%) Machine Learning
11 236 (24.89%) Roadmaps
12 158 (16.67%) Data Modelling
13 153 (16.14%) Mentoring
14 148 (15.61%) DevOps
15 123 (12.97%) Coaching
16 120 (12.66%) Identity Access Management
17 116 (12.24%) Test Automation
18 112 (11.81%) Microservices
19 97 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
20 91 (9.60%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 380 (40.08%) Java
2 210 (22.15%) SQL
3 191 (20.15%) Python
4 174 (18.35%) JavaScript
5 86 (9.07%) C#
6 70 (7.38%) Go
7 65 (6.86%) Prolog
7 65 (6.86%) SPARQL
8 47 (4.96%) TypeScript
9 39 (4.11%) Scala
10 38 (4.01%) C++
11 37 (3.90%) C
12 29 (3.06%) COBOL
12 29 (3.06%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 22 (2.32%) Groovy
14 21 (2.22%) PL/SQL
14 21 (2.22%) T-SQL
15 17 (1.79%) VB.NET
16 15 (1.58%) Kotlin
17 14 (1.48%) XPath
Qualifications
1 117 (12.34%) Degree
2 34 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (3.38%) AWS Certification
4 29 (3.06%) Security Cleared
5 28 (2.95%) Master's Degree
6 21 (2.22%) SC Cleared
7 20 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.16%) CISM
8 11 (1.16%) CISSP
8 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.05%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.63%) 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 54 (5.70%) Accessibility
2 44 (4.64%) QA
3 23 (2.43%) PMO
4 19 (2.00%) SLA
5 16 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.84%) GDPR
6 8 (0.84%) 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 (6.86%) Active Directory
2 64 (6.75%) Docker
3 17 (1.79%) 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
1 128 (13.50%) Kubernetes
2 95 (10.02%) Grafana
3 89 (9.39%) Terraform
4 42 (4.43%) Prometheus
5 26 (2.74%) Kibana
6 21 (2.22%) HAProxy
6 21 (2.22%) ITRS Geneos
6 21 (2.22%) Zipkin
7 6 (0.63%) 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
1 124 (13.08%) Oracle
2 104 (10.97%) Splunk
3 100 (10.55%) Dynatrace
4 92 (9.70%) Microsoft
5 30 (3.16%) Google
6 29 (3.06%) Micro Focus
7 23 (2.43%) Databricks
8 21 (2.22%) SAP
9 20 (2.11%) Atlassian
10 18 (1.90%) Alteryx
10 18 (1.90%) Cognos
10 18 (1.90%) SaltStack
10 18 (1.90%) Sybase
11 17 (1.79%) Adobe
12 15 (1.58%) ForgeRock
12 15 (1.58%) Sitecore
13 14 (1.48%) Cognizant
14 10 (1.05%) ServiceNow
15 9 (0.95%) Sparx
16 8 (0.84%) CyberArk