Computer Architecture Job Trends

Computer Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Computer Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 770 670 807
Rank change year-on-year -100 +137 +46
Permanent jobs citing Computer Architecture 3 9 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.018% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.020% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 9
10th Percentile - £51,250 £63,000
25th Percentile - £76,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +19.23% -29.73%
75th Percentile - £82,500 -
90th Percentile - - £122,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +19.23% -29.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Computer Architecture 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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Computer Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Computer Architecture job vacancy trend in the UK

Computer Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Architecture

Computer Architecture
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 31 July 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
London - 3 £50,000 - 5
England - 3 £50,000 - 12

Computer Architecture
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Scientist
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) CUDA
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
1 2 (66.67%) Distributed Computing
1 2 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Benchmarking
2 2 (66.67%) Concurrent Programming
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Multithreading
2 2 (66.67%) Parallel Computing
2 2 (66.67%) Parallel Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Parallel Programming
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Software Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Fortran
2 2 (66.67%) Rust
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes