Architectural Patterns Job Trends

Architectural Patterns
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Architectural Patterns skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 381 377
Rank change year-on-year +12 -4 -16
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Patterns 335 428 412
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.63% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.76% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 191 234 311
10th Percentile £55,000 £48,025 £57,500
25th Percentile £69,750 £56,809 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,400 £76,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.79% -0.79% -7.88%
75th Percentile £89,375 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £109,700 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £75,150 £70,576
% change year-on-year -0.20% +6.48% -5.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Patterns 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 45,350 56,347 49,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.07% 83.11% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 27,263 29,385 38,254
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,112 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,714 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +4.22% -

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Architectural Patterns job vacancy trend in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Architectural Patterns.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Architectural Patterns

Architectural Patterns
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
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 Patterns within the UK over the 6 months to 16 November 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 +20 305 £77,500 +2.79% 249
London +74 197 £85,000 +9.68% 115
Work from Home +50 137 £75,000 -0.53% 128
UK excluding London -19 130 £75,000 -0.20% 140
North of England -19 44 £75,000 +3.45% 38
Yorkshire +13 29 £75,000 +22.54% 13
Scotland +9 22 £76,250 +5.06% 12
Midlands +46 20 £69,384 -7.83% 19
South West +37 16 £64,675 -19.16% 15
South East -12 16 £62,500 -23.78% 41
West Midlands +39 14 £69,692 -7.42% 11
North West -3 13 £75,000 +3.45% 23
East of England +20 8 £77,500 +63.16% 10
East Midlands +31 6 £65,000 +18.18% 8
Wales +1 3 £56,631 -24.77% 4
North East -1 2 £62,292 -17.25% 2
Northern Ireland +6 1 £69,384 -7.67% 3

Architectural Patterns
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 12 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.28%) Appian
3 9 (2.69%) Apache
4 7 (2.09%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.60%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) IIS
6 1 (0.30%) JBoss
6 1 (0.30%) Kentico
Applications
1 12 (3.58%) Maya
2 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.60%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.30%) Magento
4 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.30%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 159 (47.46%) Azure
2 136 (40.60%) AWS
3 56 (16.72%) GCP
4 50 (14.93%) Power Platform
5 47 (14.03%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (14.03%) Serverless
6 42 (12.54%) GitHub
7 30 (8.96%) SaaS
8 18 (5.37%) Amazon S3
8 18 (5.37%) PaaS
9 17 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (4.18%) Azure AKS
11 13 (3.88%) Power Automate
12 12 (3.58%) Boomi
12 12 (3.58%) GitHub Copilot
12 12 (3.58%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 11 (3.28%) Azure Service Bus
13 11 (3.28%) MinIO
14 10 (2.99%) Azure Event Grid
14 10 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.99%) Network Security
2 3 (0.90%) Firewall
3 2 (0.60%) AMQP
3 2 (0.60%) DHCP
3 2 (0.60%) DNS
3 2 (0.60%) Internet
3 2 (0.60%) LAN
3 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.60%) VLAN
3 2 (0.60%) VPN
3 2 (0.60%) WAN
3 2 (0.60%) WLAN
4 1 (0.30%) Broadband
4 1 (0.30%) HTTP
4 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.55%) Relational Database
2 29 (8.66%) NoSQL
3 28 (8.36%) SQL Server
4 26 (7.76%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (6.87%) Power BI
6 18 (5.37%) Data Lake
6 18 (5.37%) MongoDB
7 17 (5.07%) RDBMS
8 11 (3.28%) Tableau
9 9 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.09%) Redis
11 6 (1.79%) Airbyte
12 5 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (1.19%) MySQL
13 4 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.07%) Selenium
2 15 (4.48%) Git
3 11 (3.28%) ERwin
3 11 (3.28%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.28%) Robot Framework
3 11 (3.28%) Snyk
4 9 (2.69%) GitLab
4 9 (2.69%) JUnit
5 8 (2.39%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.49%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.90%) Android Studio
7 3 (0.90%) git-flow
7 3 (0.90%) JIRA
8 2 (0.60%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.60%) Storybook
8 2 (0.60%) UI Automator
8 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.60%) Xcode
9 1 (0.30%) ESLint
9 1 (0.30%) XCTest
General
1 131 (39.10%) Social Skills
2 122 (36.42%) Finance
3 77 (22.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 65 (19.40%) Marketing
5 63 (18.81%) Law
6 36 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (9.85%) Retail
8 29 (8.66%) Banking
9 27 (8.06%) Public Sector
10 25 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (5.67%) Legal
12 16 (4.78%) Financial Institution
13 13 (3.88%) Telecoms
14 12 (3.58%) Games
14 12 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (3.28%) Electronics
15 11 (3.28%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.79%) Investment Banking
17 4 (1.19%) General Ledger
18 2 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 149 (44.48%) Architect
2 99 (29.55%) Lead
3 79 (23.58%) Senior
4 56 (16.72%) Developer
5 54 (16.12%) Software Engineer
6 46 (13.73%) Lead Architect
7 33 (9.85%) Solutions Architect
8 30 (8.96%) Java Engineer
9 26 (7.76%) Java Software Engineer
10 24 (7.16%) Lead Software Engineer
11 22 (6.57%) Applications Architect
12 21 (6.27%) Data Architect
12 21 (6.27%) Senior Developer
12 21 (6.27%) Technical Architect
13 19 (5.67%) Security Architect
13 19 (5.67%) Senior Architect
14 18 (5.37%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 16 (4.78%) Python Developer
16 14 (4.18%) CRM Architect
16 14 (4.18%) Lead Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (15.52%) Kafka
2 43 (12.84%) React
3 41 (12.24%) Spring
4 39 (11.64%) REST
5 37 (11.04%) Spring Boot
6 32 (9.55%) RESTful
7 30 (8.96%) .NET
8 23 (6.87%) Flask
9 17 (5.07%) Node.js
10 16 (4.78%) FastAPI
11 14 (4.18%) AngularJS
11 14 (4.18%) Vue
12 13 (3.88%) Micronaut
13 12 (3.58%) Lightning Web Components
13 12 (3.58%) Quarkus
14 11 (3.28%) Apache NiFi
14 11 (3.28%) Core Data
14 11 (3.28%) iOS SDK
14 11 (3.28%) SOAP
14 11 (3.28%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 116 (34.63%) Cloud Native
2 36 (10.75%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (10.15%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (10.15%) Product Ownership
4 28 (8.36%) Management Information System
5 24 (7.16%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (5.67%) Low-Code
7 14 (4.18%) Data Structures
8 13 (3.88%) Distributed Applications
9 12 (3.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (3.28%) Mobile App
10 11 (3.28%) Virtual Team
11 10 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (2.99%) Public Cloud
12 9 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (2.39%) Mobile Banking
13 8 (2.39%) Onboarding
14 5 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
15 4 (1.19%) Algorithms
15 4 (1.19%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.67%) Apple iOS
2 14 (4.18%) Android
3 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (42.09%) Microservices
2 135 (40.30%) Agile
3 128 (38.21%) CI/CD
4 111 (33.13%) DevOps
5 110 (32.84%) Mentoring
6 92 (27.46%) Software Engineering
7 77 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (22.09%) Design Patterns
9 66 (19.70%) Data Modelling
10 62 (18.51%) Roadmaps
11 61 (18.21%) AI
12 57 (17.01%) Enterprise Architecture
13 55 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 54 (16.12%) Technical Leadership
15 52 (15.52%) Analytics
15 52 (15.52%) Test Automation
16 49 (14.63%) Software Architecture
17 47 (14.03%) TOGAF
18 46 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
18 46 (13.73%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 93 (27.76%) Java
2 69 (20.60%) Python
3 51 (15.22%) C#
4 42 (12.54%) JavaScript
5 39 (11.64%) Kotlin
6 34 (10.15%) SQL
6 34 (10.15%) TypeScript
7 15 (4.48%) Swift
8 12 (3.58%) Apex Code
9 6 (1.79%) Delphi
10 4 (1.19%) PHP
11 3 (0.90%) Go
12 2 (0.60%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.30%) Bash
13 1 (0.30%) C
13 1 (0.30%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.30%) VB
13 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.30%) VB6
Qualifications
1 60 (17.91%) Degree
2 35 (10.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (9.25%) Security Cleared
4 26 (7.76%) SC Cleared
5 24 (7.16%) TOGAF Certification
6 23 (6.87%) AWS Certification
7 21 (6.27%) Azure Certification
8 18 (5.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (2.99%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.39%) CISSP
12 5 (1.49%) CISM
13 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.60%) CCSP
14 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.60%) CITP
15 1 (0.30%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.06%) GDPR
1 27 (8.06%) QA
2 23 (6.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.78%) NIST
4 12 (3.58%) NCSC
5 11 (3.28%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.09%) SLA
7 5 (1.49%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.19%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.90%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.60%) GRC
10 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.30%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.30%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.30%) SEPA
System Software
1 44 (13.13%) Docker
2 5 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 63 (18.81%) Kubernetes
2 42 (12.54%) Terraform
3 11 (3.28%) Ansible
4 10 (2.99%) Grafana
5 8 (2.39%) Argo
6 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.60%) CASB
7 2 (0.60%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.30%) Istio
8 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 86 (25.67%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.66%) Salesforce
3 28 (8.36%) Oracle
4 27 (8.06%) SAP
5 25 (7.46%) Google
6 18 (5.37%) MuleSoft
7 14 (4.18%) Adobe
8 12 (3.58%) Dell
8 12 (3.58%) VMware
9 11 (3.28%) BiZZdesign
9 11 (3.28%) Black Duck
9 11 (3.28%) Informatica
9 11 (3.28%) UiPath
10 7 (2.09%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.79%) Blue Prism
11 6 (1.79%) Coverity
11 6 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.79%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.49%) IBM
13 4 (1.19%) Databricks