Computer Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Computer Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Architecture over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 878 983 1083
Rank change year-on-year +105 +100 -213
Permanent jobs citing Computer Architecture 30 15 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.014% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.015% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 39
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -25.71% +118.75%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £115,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +84.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computer Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

Computer Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Architecture in the UK

Computer Architecture
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Architecture.

Salary trend for Computer Architecture in the UK

Computer Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Architecture over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Architecture in the UK

Computer Architecture
Top 10 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 19 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +35 28 £60,000 -7.69% 11
England +142 23 £110,000 +69.23% 27
Work from Home +111 20 £32,500 -50.00% 13
North of England +61 7 £32,500 -
East of England +30 7 - - 9
North West +21 7 £32,500 -
Scotland -55 7 £60,000 -
South West - 6 £110,000 - 2
London - 2 £140,000 - 16
South East - 1 - -

Computer Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.67%) NGN
1 2 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (36.67%) Git
2 10 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (33.33%) Automotive
2 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.33%) Games
5 1 (3.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 10 (33.33%) Compiler Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Graduate
4 3 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.33%) .NET Software Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (33.33%) LLVM
2 2 (6.67%) .NET
2 2 (6.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (6.67%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (6.67%) DPDK
2 2 (6.67%) eBPF
2 2 (6.67%) HTML
2 2 (6.67%) REST
2 2 (6.67%) Vue
2 2 (6.67%) Web Services
3 1 (3.33%) Blazor
3 1 (3.33%) Hugging Face
3 1 (3.33%) NLTK
3 1 (3.33%) OpenCL
3 1 (3.33%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) IoT
2 8 (26.67%) Algorithms
2 8 (26.67%) Data Structures
3 6 (20.00%) Distributed Computing
4 5 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 4 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (13.33%) Security Posture
6 2 (6.67%) Blockchain
6 2 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (6.67%) RISC-V
7 1 (3.33%) Client/Server
7 1 (3.33%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 15 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Mentoring
2 13 (43.33%) Software Engineering
3 12 (40.00%) Agile
3 12 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 12 (40.00%) Line Management
3 12 (40.00%) Open Source
3 12 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 10 (33.33%) Coaching
4 10 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 10 (33.33%) DevOps
5 7 (23.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (20.00%) Mathematics
7 5 (16.67%) Benchmarking
7 5 (16.67%) Data Management
7 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 5 (16.67%) Parallel Programming
7 5 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
7 5 (16.67%) Workflow
8 4 (13.33%) Innovative Thinking
8 4 (13.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) C
2 7 (23.33%) C++
3 5 (16.67%) Go
3 5 (16.67%) Java
3 5 (16.67%) Rust
4 4 (13.33%) Python
5 2 (6.67%) Assembly Language
5 2 (6.67%) C#
5 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (80.00%) Degree
2 10 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 8 (26.67%) PhD
4 4 (13.33%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) GRC
2 2 (6.67%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (33.33%) Ansible
1 10 (33.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) IBM
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.33%) YouTube