Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect salary in the UK is £95,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 835 944
Rank change year-on-year +4 +109 -196
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 63 158 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 29 75 137
10th Percentile £71,500 £63,750 £62,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £115,000 £91,250 £105,000
90th Percentile £123,500 £105,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 £78,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +21.02% +1.29% +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Digital Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Digital Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Architect.

Salary trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Architect over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +35 62 £95,000 +15.15% 10
UK excluding London -13 50 £95,000 +21.02% 4
South East +30 30 £97,500 +11.43%
Work from Home +62 26 £95,000 +24.59% 2
North of England +43 14 £95,000 +18.75% 1
Yorkshire +102 11 £95,000 +15.15%
London +79 11 £92,500 +0.36% 4
East of England +20 5 £125,000 +66.67%
North West 0 3 £70,000 -9.68% 1
South West -23 1 £115,000 - 1

Digital Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Digital Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Digital Architect in the job title.

1 32 (50.79%) Azure
2 30 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 30 (47.62%) Microservices
2 30 (47.62%) DevOps
3 26 (41.27%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (39.68%) CI/CD
5 22 (34.92%) Cloud Native
6 21 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
7 20 (31.75%) Finance
8 19 (30.16%) Agile
8 19 (30.16%) Retail
8 19 (30.16%) Enterprise Architecture
8 19 (30.16%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (30.16%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (28.57%) TOGAF
10 17 (26.98%) Legal
11 13 (20.63%) Project Management
11 13 (20.63%) Artificial Intelligence
11 13 (20.63%) Decision-Making
12 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
13 11 (17.46%) Roadmaps
13 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (15.87%) Apple iOS
14 10 (15.87%) Android
14 10 (15.87%) Power Platform
14 10 (15.87%) PowerApps
15 9 (14.29%) PMI
15 9 (14.29%) PMI Certification
15 9 (14.29%) Analytical Skills

Digital Architect Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.35%) CMS
4 3 (4.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (50.79%) Azure
2 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (15.87%) Power Platform
3 10 (15.87%) PowerApps
4 5 (7.94%) AWS
4 5 (7.94%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.76%) SaaS
5 3 (4.76%) Serverless
6 2 (3.17%) Kong
7 1 (1.59%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Jackrabbit
1 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.59%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Jenkins
1 3 (4.76%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.17%) Git
3 1 (1.59%) Mocha
General
1 20 (31.75%) Finance
2 19 (30.16%) Influencing Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Retail
3 17 (26.98%) Legal
4 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
5 9 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 7 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (7.94%) Marketing
8 3 (4.76%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) .NET
1 4 (6.35%) MACH
2 3 (4.76%) Web Services
3 2 (3.17%) JSR 170
3 2 (3.17%) OSGi
4 1 (1.59%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.59%) Next.js
4 1 (1.59%) React
4 1 (1.59%) REST
4 1 (1.59%) Spring
4 1 (1.59%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.59%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 22 (34.92%) Cloud Native
2 9 (14.29%) PMI
3 7 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (11.11%) Biopharmaceutical
4 6 (9.52%) Mobile App
5 5 (7.94%) IoT
6 3 (4.76%) Client/Server
6 3 (4.76%) Social Media
7 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
7 2 (3.17%) Public Cloud
7 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.87%) Android
1 10 (15.87%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.59%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (47.62%) DevOps
1 30 (47.62%) Microservices
2 26 (41.27%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (39.68%) CI/CD
4 21 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
5 19 (30.16%) Agile
5 19 (30.16%) Enterprise Architecture
5 19 (30.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (28.57%) TOGAF
7 13 (20.63%) Artificial Intelligence
7 13 (20.63%) Decision-Making
7 13 (20.63%) Project Management
8 11 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (17.46%) Roadmaps
9 7 (11.11%) Change Management
9 7 (11.11%) Generative AI
9 7 (11.11%) Neuroscience
9 7 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
9 7 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.76%) C#
2 3 (4.76%) SQL
2 3 (4.76%) TypeScript
3 2 (3.17%) Java
4 1 (1.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 7 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (9.52%) Degree
4 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Docker
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.76%) Adobe
2 3 (4.76%) Facebook
2 3 (4.76%) Twitter
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle
3 1 (1.59%) VMware