Architecture Governance Job Trends

Architecture Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Architecture Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 600 668
Rank change year-on-year +50 +68 +83
Permanent jobs citing Architecture Governance 95 114 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.21% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.23% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 54 44 37
10th Percentile £75,750 £63,750 £66,140
25th Percentile £82,250 £70,938 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £86,600
Median % change year-on-year - -1.85% -5.10%
75th Percentile £107,908 £100,938 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +9.68% +6.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Architecture Governance 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 48,482 48,584 49,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.16% 90.44% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,500 23,705 37,321
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Architecture Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Architecture Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Architecture Governance job vacancy trend in the UK

Architecture Governance
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Architecture Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Architecture Governance

Architecture Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architecture Governance over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Architecture Governance in the UK

Architecture Governance
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architecture Governance within the UK over the 6 months to 9 January 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 +88 95 £85,000 - 43
London +58 46 £90,000 +5.88% 18
UK excluding London +32 43 £85,000 - 32
Work from Home +24 15 £80,000 -11.11% 20
South East +33 13 £85,000 -15.00% 18
Midlands +35 12 £85,000 +13.33% 2
North of England +15 12 £85,000 - 4
West Midlands +29 6 £85,000 +41.67%
East Midlands -1 6 £102,500 +3.80% 2
Yorkshire -7 5 £85,000 - 1
North West +23 4 £85,500 - 2
East of England +21 4 £85,000 - 5
North East - 3 £86,716 - 1
South West 0 2 £85,000 +25.93% 2

Architecture Governance
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 9 (9.47%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 9 (9.47%) SAP FS
2 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.05%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 28 (29.47%) Azure
2 17 (17.89%) AWS
3 10 (10.53%) IaaS
3 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
3 10 (10.53%) PaaS
4 9 (9.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 9 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (8.42%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (8.42%) GCP
6 7 (7.37%) SaaS
7 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (6.32%) Snowflake
8 5 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (4.21%) dbt
9 4 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (3.16%) Kong
10 3 (3.16%) Matillion
11 2 (2.11%) Entra ID
11 2 (2.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (8.42%) Data Lake
3 3 (3.16%) Metadata
4 2 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.11%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.05%) Looker
5 1 (1.05%) MySQL
5 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.05%) Power BI
5 1 (1.05%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.05%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.05%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) ER Studio
2 1 (1.05%) Git
2 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 52 (54.74%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.00%) Law
3 18 (18.95%) Finance
4 16 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.47%) Dutch Language
5 9 (9.47%) French Language
5 9 (9.47%) Games
5 9 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.32%) Banking
6 6 (6.32%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.16%) Legal
7 3 (3.16%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.11%) Aviation
8 2 (2.11%) Billing
8 2 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.11%) Retail
9 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (84.21%) Architect
2 29 (30.53%) Enterprise Architect
3 28 (29.47%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 28 (29.47%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 28 (29.47%) Information Architect
3 28 (29.47%) Information Security Architect
3 28 (29.47%) Security Architect
4 22 (23.16%) Lead
5 21 (22.11%) Solutions Architect
6 18 (18.95%) Lead Architect
7 11 (11.58%) Senior
8 9 (9.47%) Data Architect
8 9 (9.47%) IT Architect
8 9 (9.47%) Senior Architect
9 7 (7.37%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 6 (6.32%) Technical Architect
11 5 (5.26%) CRM Architect
11 5 (5.26%) CRM Solutions Architect
11 5 (5.26%) Principal Architect
11 5 (5.26%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.47%) Middleware
2 3 (3.16%) Apollo GraphQL
2 3 (3.16%) GraphQL
2 3 (3.16%) Kafka
2 3 (3.16%) Node.js
2 3 (3.16%) React
3 2 (2.11%) Web Services
4 1 (1.05%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) Cloud Native
2 12 (12.63%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (6.32%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.26%) Distributed Computing
4 5 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.11%) NHS
5 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.11%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.11%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.05%) CMDB
6 1 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (52.63%) TOGAF
2 45 (47.37%) Enterprise Architecture
3 44 (46.32%) Decision-Making
4 42 (44.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (35.79%) Strategic Thinking
6 33 (34.74%) Security Architecture
7 30 (31.58%) Design Patterns
8 29 (30.53%) Cloud Security
9 28 (29.47%) Data Protection
9 28 (29.47%) Information Security
9 28 (29.47%) SABSA
10 22 (23.16%) Agile
10 22 (23.16%) Roadmaps
11 19 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (18.95%) Analytics
12 18 (18.95%) Business Strategy
12 18 (18.95%) IT Strategy
13 17 (17.89%) Microservices
14 16 (16.84%) Data Architecture
15 15 (15.79%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.16%) Java
1 3 (3.16%) Python
1 3 (3.16%) SQL
2 1 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (1.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.05%) R
Qualifications
1 42 (44.21%) TOGAF Certification
2 29 (30.53%) CISM
2 29 (30.53%) CISSP
3 28 (29.47%) DBS Check
4 17 (17.89%) Degree
5 5 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.21%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.16%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.05%) CRISC
9 1 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (30.53%) GRC
2 9 (9.47%) GDPR
2 9 (9.47%) IFRS
2 9 (9.47%) IFRS 17
2 9 (9.47%) Solvency II
3 3 (3.16%) NIST
3 3 (3.16%) QA
4 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.11%) PMO
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.05%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.16%) Terraform
2 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.05%) Netcool
2 1 (1.05%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.74%) SAP
3 11 (11.58%) Guidewire
4 9 (9.47%) Databricks
4 9 (9.47%) Duck Creek
5 5 (5.26%) Adobe
5 5 (5.26%) MuleSoft
5 5 (5.26%) Salesforce
6 4 (4.21%) Informatica
7 2 (2.11%) Ariba
7 2 (2.11%) Oracle
8 1 (1.05%) Blue Prism
8 1 (1.05%) Concur
8 1 (1.05%) IBM
8 1 (1.05%) Pega
8 1 (1.05%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.05%) Sage
8 1 (1.05%) Temenos
8 1 (1.05%) UiPath