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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 590 672
Rank change year-on-year +40 +82 +74
Permanent jobs citing Architecture Governance 92 115 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.21% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.24% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 53 45 37
10th Percentile £75,500 £63,750 £57,836
25th Percentile £82,250 £72,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +13.33% +3.45%

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 48,096 48,629 50,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.07% 90.53% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,289 23,726 38,360
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 11 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 11 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 +92 92 £85,000 - 44
London +45 43 £97,500 +14.71% 18
UK excluding London +24 43 £85,000 - 33
Work from Home +29 15 £80,000 -11.11% 20
South East +37 13 £85,000 -15.00% 19
Midlands +30 12 £85,000 +13.33% 2
North of England +23 12 £85,000 - 4
West Midlands +39 6 £85,000 +41.67%
East Midlands -3 6 £102,500 +3.80% 2
Yorkshire -16 5 £85,000 - 1
North West +26 4 £85,500 - 2
East of England +19 4 £85,000 - 5
North East - 3 £86,716 - 1
South West 0 2 £85,000 +25.93% 3

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 (9.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 9 (9.78%) SAP FS
2 2 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.09%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 25 (27.17%) Azure
2 15 (16.30%) AWS
3 10 (10.87%) IaaS
3 10 (10.87%) Microsoft Purview
3 10 (10.87%) PaaS
4 9 (9.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 9 (9.78%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (7.61%) SaaS
7 6 (6.52%) GCP
7 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (6.52%) Snowflake
8 4 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (4.35%) dbt
8 4 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (3.26%) Kong
9 3 (3.26%) Matillion
10 2 (2.17%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.17%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.87%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (8.70%) Data Lake
3 3 (3.26%) Metadata
4 2 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.09%) Looker
5 1 (1.09%) MySQL
5 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.09%) Power BI
5 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.17%) ER Studio
2 1 (1.09%) Git
2 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 50 (54.35%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.65%) Law
3 16 (17.39%) Finance
4 15 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.78%) Dutch Language
5 9 (9.78%) French Language
5 9 (9.78%) Games
6 8 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.43%) Banking
7 5 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.26%) Legal
8 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.17%) Aviation
9 2 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.09%) Billing
10 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.09%) Retail
10 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (83.70%) Architect
2 29 (31.52%) Enterprise Architect
3 28 (30.43%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 28 (30.43%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 28 (30.43%) Information Architect
3 28 (30.43%) Information Security Architect
3 28 (30.43%) Security Architect
4 22 (23.91%) Lead
5 18 (19.57%) Lead Architect
5 18 (19.57%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (9.78%) Data Architect
6 9 (9.78%) IT Architect
6 9 (9.78%) Senior
7 7 (7.61%) Senior Architect
8 6 (6.52%) Technical Architect
9 5 (5.43%) CRM Architect
9 5 (5.43%) CRM Solutions Architect
9 5 (5.43%) Principal Architect
9 5 (5.43%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 5 (5.43%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.78%) Middleware
2 3 (3.26%) Apollo GraphQL
2 3 (3.26%) GraphQL
2 3 (3.26%) Kafka
2 3 (3.26%) Node.js
2 3 (3.26%) React
3 1 (1.09%) OAuth
3 1 (1.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (11.96%) Cloud Native
3 5 (5.43%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.35%) Distributed Computing
4 4 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.17%) NHS
5 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.17%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.09%) CMDB
6 1 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.09%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (52.17%) TOGAF
2 44 (47.83%) Decision-Making
2 44 (47.83%) Enterprise Architecture
3 40 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 34 (36.96%) Strategic Thinking
5 33 (35.87%) Security Architecture
6 30 (32.61%) Design Patterns
7 29 (31.52%) Cloud Security
8 28 (30.43%) Data Protection
8 28 (30.43%) Information Security
8 28 (30.43%) SABSA
9 20 (21.74%) Roadmaps
10 19 (20.65%) Agile
10 19 (20.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (18.48%) Analytics
11 17 (18.48%) Business Strategy
12 16 (17.39%) IT Strategy
12 16 (17.39%) Microservices
13 15 (16.30%) Data Architecture
13 15 (16.30%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.26%) Java
1 3 (3.26%) Python
1 3 (3.26%) SQL
2 1 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (44.57%) TOGAF Certification
2 29 (31.52%) CISM
2 29 (31.52%) CISSP
3 28 (30.43%) DBS Check
4 17 (18.48%) Degree
5 5 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.43%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.26%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.26%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.09%) CRISC
9 1 (1.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (31.52%) GRC
2 9 (9.78%) GDPR
2 9 (9.78%) IFRS
2 9 (9.78%) IFRS 17
2 9 (9.78%) Solvency II
3 3 (3.26%) NIST
3 3 (3.26%) QA
4 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.17%) PMO
5 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.09%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Terraform
2 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.09%) Netcool
2 1 (1.09%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 1 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.22%) SAP
3 10 (10.87%) Guidewire
4 9 (9.78%) Databricks
4 9 (9.78%) Duck Creek
5 5 (5.43%) Adobe
6 4 (4.35%) Informatica
6 4 (4.35%) MuleSoft
6 4 (4.35%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.17%) Ariba
8 1 (1.09%) Blue Prism
8 1 (1.09%) Concur
8 1 (1.09%) IBM
8 1 (1.09%) Oracle
8 1 (1.09%) Pega
8 1 (1.09%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.09%) Sage
8 1 (1.09%) Temenos
8 1 (1.09%) UiPath