Digital Architect Job Trends

Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 636 828
Rank change year-on-year +19 +192 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 114 20 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.047% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.052% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 87 15 25
10th Percentile £62,500 £60,038 £69,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £63,125 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -31.58% +15.15%
75th Percentile £83,463 £75,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,750 £125,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -31.58% +22.58%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 86,286 38,345 92,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.33% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57,161 21,611 67,433
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -6.17%

Digital Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Digital Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Digital Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Digital Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Digital Architect job vacancies in the UK

Digital Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Architect over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Top 13 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 22 May 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
England +26 106 £75,000 +15.38% 14
UK excluding London +12 69 £75,000 +15.38% 15
Work from Home +66 57 £77,000 -6.67% 8
London +7 43 £77,000 -24.88% 2
Midlands -21 27 £77,500 +19.23% 2
West Midlands -3 26 £77,500 +3.33% 2
South West -37 23 £70,000 +14.45% 6
Scotland - 8 £105,000 - 1
East of England - 5 £70,000 - 1
South East - 5 £85,000 - 3
East Midlands -43 1 £90,000 +38.46%
North West - 1 £105,000 -
North of England - 1 £105,000 -

Digital Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Digital Architect job roles required 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 job ads featuring Digital Architect in the job title.

1 60 (52.63%) Azure
2 40 (35.09%) Security Cleared
3 34 (29.82%) Microsoft
4 33 (28.95%) SC Cleared
5 31 (27.19%) Agile
6 23 (20.18%) TOGAF
7 22 (19.30%) AWS
8 17 (14.91%) DevOps
9 16 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (13.16%) AI
10 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (12.28%) Enterprise Architecture
12 13 (11.40%) Prototyping
12 13 (11.40%) Waterfall
13 12 (10.53%) Customer-Centricity
13 12 (10.53%) GCP
13 12 (10.53%) Microservices
13 12 (10.53%) Roadmaps
13 12 (10.53%) Service Design
14 10 (8.77%) Serverless
14 10 (8.77%) Technical Leadership
14 10 (8.77%) User Experience
15 9 (7.89%) Digital Innovation
15 9 (7.89%) ITIL
15 9 (7.89%) Mentoring
15 9 (7.89%) PaaS
15 9 (7.89%) Power Platform
16 8 (7.02%) Active Directory
16 8 (7.02%) Cisco
16 8 (7.02%) Digital Transformation Programme

Digital Architect Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.26%) CMS
2 5 (4.39%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (2.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.75%) Strapi
5 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Shopify
2 1 (0.88%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 60 (52.63%) Azure
2 22 (19.30%) AWS
3 16 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (10.53%) GCP
5 10 (8.77%) Serverless
6 9 (7.89%) PaaS
6 9 (7.89%) Power Platform
7 8 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (7.02%) Entra ID
8 7 (6.14%) SaaS
9 4 (3.51%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (3.51%) Power Automate
9 4 (3.51%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.51%) Zapier
10 3 (2.63%) IaaS
10 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.75%) Contentful
12 1 (0.88%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.88%) Bloomreach
12 1 (0.88%) Contentstack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.02%) Firewall
1 8 (7.02%) Network Security
2 5 (4.39%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.02%) GIS
2 3 (2.63%) Power BI
General
1 16 (14.04%) Finance
1 16 (14.04%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.65%) Law
3 3 (2.63%) Retail
4 2 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (1.75%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.88%) Local Government
5 1 (0.88%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.88%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (0.88%) Next.js
1 1 (0.88%) Node.js
1 1 (0.88%) React
1 1 (0.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.91%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.14%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.88%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.88%) AS400
5 1 (0.88%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.75%) Android
1 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.19%) Agile
2 23 (20.18%) TOGAF
3 17 (14.91%) DevOps
4 15 (13.16%) AI
4 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (12.28%) Enterprise Architecture
6 13 (11.40%) Prototyping
6 13 (11.40%) Waterfall
7 12 (10.53%) Customer-Centricity
7 12 (10.53%) Microservices
7 12 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 12 (10.53%) Service Design
8 10 (8.77%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (8.77%) User Experience
9 9 (7.89%) Digital Innovation
9 9 (7.89%) ITIL
9 9 (7.89%) Mentoring
10 8 (7.02%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 8 (7.02%) Impact Assessments
10 8 (7.02%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 40 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 33 (28.95%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.39%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (4.39%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.39%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (2.63%) Degree
4 3 (2.63%) ICAEW
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.51%) Accessibility
1 4 (3.51%) GDPR
1 4 (3.51%) NIST
1 4 (3.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 4 (3.51%) WCAG
2 1 (0.88%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (7.02%) Active Directory
1 8 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 34 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.02%) Cisco
2 8 (7.02%) HP
2 8 (7.02%) VMware
3 5 (4.39%) Adobe
3 5 (4.39%) Juniper
3 5 (4.39%) OpenAI
3 5 (4.39%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.75%) Google
5 1 (0.88%) Braze
5 1 (0.88%) Databricks
5 1 (0.88%) Dell
5 1 (0.88%) mParticle
5 1 (0.88%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.88%) Optimizely
5 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.88%) Tealium
5 1 (0.88%) WSO2