Computer Architecture Jobs

Computer Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Computer Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 880 955
Rank change year-on-year +183 +75 +158
Permanent jobs citing Computer Architecture 12 32 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.031% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.037% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 3
10th Percentile £62,500 £32,500 £67,300
25th Percentile £70,000 £43,750 £74,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £88,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -31.82% +0.57%
75th Percentile £79,688 £65,000 £107,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £115,000 £117,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,250 £60,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year +27.08% -35.14% +54.17%

All Process and 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 51,121 85,992 93,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.75% 84.40% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,076 60,364 55,438
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

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 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Architecture in the UK

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 27 May 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
UK excluding London +166 10 £76,250 +27.08% 124
Wales - 10 £76,250 - 2

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 12 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) Modbus
1 12 (100.00%) MQTT
1 12 (100.00%) Network Security
1 12 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (41.67%) RDBMS
1 5 (41.67%) Relational Database
General
1 12 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Lead
2 9 (75.00%) Developer
2 9 (75.00%) Lead Developer
3 7 (58.33%) Firmware Developer
4 5 (41.67%) Software Engineer
5 4 (33.33%) Senior
5 4 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (25.00%) Lead Software Engineer
7 2 (16.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 2 (16.67%) Lead Software Developer
7 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
7 2 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (91.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 12 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) Unix
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
1 12 (100.00%) API Development
1 12 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 12 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 12 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 12 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
2 5 (41.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (41.67%) Web Development
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C
1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (91.67%) C#
3 5 (41.67%) SQL
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Firmware