Digital Architect Job Trends

Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 612 793
Rank change year-on-year -24 +181 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 57 30 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.074% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.082% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 36 19 40
10th Percentile £61,250 £60,846 £72,000
25th Percentile £62,500 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -31.58% +15.15%
75th Percentile £80,500 £88,125 £116,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £105,250 £127,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -31.58% +21.02%

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 71,927 36,735 83,837
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 90.01% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46,076 23,059 63,351
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,608 £72,466
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%

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 28 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Top 11 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 28 March 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 -4 50 £70,000 +7.69% 14
UK excluding London -34 44 £70,000 +7.69% 9
Work from Home +19 28 £77,000 +2.67% 9
Midlands -21 19 £62,500 -3.85% 3
West Midlands +6 18 £62,500 -16.67% 3
London +9 13 £77,000 -24.88% 9
South West -31 10 £72,500 +18.53%
Scotland -18 7 - -
South East -29 4 £85,000 -15.00% 4
East of England -29 4 £70,000 -24.32% 1
East Midlands -52 1 £90,000 +38.46%

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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 30 (52.63%) Azure
2 21 (36.84%) Security Cleared
3 20 (35.09%) SC Cleared
4 19 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 13 (22.81%) TOGAF
6 11 (19.30%) Agile
6 11 (19.30%) AWS
7 9 (15.79%) Entra ID
7 9 (15.79%) ITIL
7 9 (15.79%) Prototyping
8 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
8 8 (14.04%) Cisco
8 8 (14.04%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (14.04%) Firewall
8 8 (14.04%) GIS
8 8 (14.04%) HP
8 8 (14.04%) Impact Assessments
8 8 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (14.04%) Network Security
8 8 (14.04%) VMware
8 8 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (12.28%) Project Delivery
10 6 (10.53%) DevOps
10 6 (10.53%) Digital Innovation
11 5 (8.77%) Architectural Design
11 5 (8.77%) CTC Cleared
11 5 (8.77%) DBS Check
11 5 (8.77%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (8.77%) Juniper
12 4 (7.02%) AI

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 3 (5.26%) CMS
2 2 (3.51%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (3.51%) Strapi
3 1 (1.75%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 30 (52.63%) Azure
2 11 (19.30%) AWS
3 9 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 8 (14.04%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (7.02%) GCP
5 4 (7.02%) Serverless
6 2 (3.51%) Contentful
6 2 (3.51%) IaaS
6 2 (3.51%) PaaS
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.75%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.75%) Bloomreach
7 1 (1.75%) CloudFront
7 1 (1.75%) Contentstack
7 1 (1.75%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.75%) Datadog
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) Firewall
1 8 (14.04%) Network Security
2 5 (8.77%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) GIS
General
1 10 (17.54%) Finance
2 6 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.26%) Law
4 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.75%) Marketing
4 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (1.75%) Next.js
1 1 (1.75%) Node.js
1 1 (1.75%) OAuth
1 1 (1.75%) OpenID
1 1 (1.75%) React
1 1 (1.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.02%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.51%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.75%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.75%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Android
1 2 (3.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.81%) TOGAF
2 11 (19.30%) Agile
3 9 (15.79%) ITIL
3 9 (15.79%) Prototyping
4 8 (14.04%) Impact Assessments
5 7 (12.28%) Project Delivery
6 6 (10.53%) DevOps
6 6 (10.53%) Digital Innovation
7 5 (8.77%) Architectural Design
8 4 (7.02%) AI
8 4 (7.02%) Creative Thinking
8 4 (7.02%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (7.02%) User Experience
9 3 (5.26%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 3 (5.26%) Data Modelling
9 3 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (5.26%) Technical Architecture
9 3 (5.26%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) Java
1 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 20 (35.09%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) GDPR
2 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) COBIT
2 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
1 8 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) Cisco
2 8 (14.04%) HP
2 8 (14.04%) VMware
3 5 (8.77%) Juniper
4 2 (3.51%) Adobe
4 2 (3.51%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.75%) Databricks
5 1 (1.75%) Dell
5 1 (1.75%) mParticle
5 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.75%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.75%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) Tealium
5 1 (1.75%) WSO2