Artificial Intelligence Architect Job Trends

AI Architect
UK

The median AI Architect salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 November 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 640 732
Rank change year-on-year +143 +92 -20
Permanent Artificial Intelligence Architect jobs 351 18 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.034% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.038% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 189 9 8
10th Percentile £74,798 £72,000 £64,250
25th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £84,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £102,813
90th Percentile £140,000 £105,750 £107,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 -
% change year-on-year +3.03% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,313 47,341 64,128
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.79% 89.91% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 74,793 29,269 36,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +18.28% -7.10% -4.66%

Artificial Intelligence Architect Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Artificial Intelligence Architect job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Artificial Intelligence Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Architect Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Artificial Intelligence Architect job vacancies in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Architect Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for Artificial Intelligence Architect jobs over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Artificial Intelligence Architect in the UK

Artificial Intelligence Architect Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Artificial Intelligence Architect jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 13 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +75 271 £100,000 +3.90% 420
London +74 164 £100,000 +2.56% 313
UK excluding London -17 151 £85,000 +3.03% 122
Work from Home -2 89 £100,000 +9.59% 129
North of England -45 51 £85,000 -10.53% 26
North West -50 38 £80,000 -15.79% 17
Scotland - 31 £77,415 - 16
Midlands -57 20 £92,500 +25.42% 20
East of England - 16 £100,000 - 16
Northern Ireland - 13 £74,830 - 9
West Midlands -45 11 £80,000 +8.47% 18
East Midlands - 9 £95,000 - 2
South West - 9 £100,000 - 5
Yorkshire - 8 £95,000 - 8
Wales - 6 £80,000 -
South East - 6 £120,000 - 29
North East - 5 £85,000 - 1

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, Artificial Intelligence Architect job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Artificial Intelligence Architect job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1AI77.8%273
2Generative AI26.8%94
3LLM20.8%73
4Retrieval-Augmented Generation15.1%53
5Security Cleared12.3%43
6Machine Learning11.7%41
7Use Case10.5%37
8SC Cleared10.3%36
9AI Transformation10.0%35
9Microsoft10.0%35
11Prompt Engineering9.7%34
12Analytics8.3%29
12Azure8.3%29
12Translating Business Requirements8.3%29
15GCP8.0%28
16Architecture Governance7.7%27
16Workflow7.7%27
18AWS7.1%25
18Roadmaps7.1%25
18Technical Leadership7.1%25
21Data Transformation6.8%24
22Design Patterns6.3%22
23Cybersecurity6.0%21
23Data Protection6.0%21
23Human-in-the-Loop6.0%21
23Stakeholder Engagement6.0%21
27Product Discovery5.7%20
28Enterprise Architecture5.4%19
28Google5.4%19
30Python5.1%18

Artificial Intelligence Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Solutions Architect46.2%162
2Senior Architect17.7%62
3Data Architect17.1%60
4Senior Solutions Architect11.7%41
5Associate Director11.4%40
6Senior Associate Director9.7%34
6Senior Manager9.7%34
8Technical Architect8.5%30
9Senior Data Architect5.4%19
10Lead Architect3.7%13
11Enterprise Architect2.8%10
12Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform2.6%9
13Data Manager2.3%8
13Infrastructure Architect2.3%8
13Platform Architect2.3%8
13Presales Solution Architect2.3%8
13Systems Architect2.3%8
18Data Analytics Architect2.0%7
19Principal Architect1.7%6
20Artificial Intelligence Engineer1.4%5
498 Artificial Intelligence Architect jobs Nationwide