Digital Architect Job Trends

Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 664 733
Rank change year-on-year +61 +69 +135
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 61 31 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.091% 0.062% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.068% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 26 18 40
10th Percentile £61,250 £59,750 £72,000
25th Percentile £61,563 £65,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -21.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £97,500 £90,938 £115,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,375 £127,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -26.32% +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 61,135 45,530 70,841
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 91.70% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 38,457 23,722 55,462
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,493
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 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 14 February 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 14 February 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 +73 54 £72,500 -3.33% 16
UK excluding London +51 48 £65,000 -7.14% 14
Work from Home +50 19 £90,000 +44.00% 9
South East +29 18 £85,000 -15.00% 4
Midlands +17 17 £62,500 -3.85% 4
West Midlands +31 15 £62,500 -16.67% 2
London +34 13 £100,000 +12.68% 5
Scotland +2 7 - -
South West -12 4 £72,500 +16.00% 4
East of England +15 2 £67,500 -27.03% 2
East Midlands -20 2 £90,000 +38.46% 2

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

For the 6 months to 14 February 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 21 (34.43%) Azure
2 16 (26.23%) Risk Management
3 14 (22.95%) Agile
3 14 (22.95%) SAP
3 14 (22.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (22.95%) Source to Pay
4 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
4 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
5 12 (19.67%) Ariba
5 12 (19.67%) Business Strategy
5 12 (19.67%) Procure-to-Pay
5 12 (19.67%) Project Management
5 12 (19.67%) SAP MDG
5 12 (19.67%) SC Cleared
5 12 (19.67%) TOGAF
6 9 (14.75%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (13.11%) AWS
7 8 (13.11%) Entra ID
7 8 (13.11%) ITIL
8 7 (11.48%) Active Directory
8 7 (11.48%) Cisco
8 7 (11.48%) DevOps
8 7 (11.48%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (11.48%) Firewall
8 7 (11.48%) GIS
8 7 (11.48%) HP
8 7 (11.48%) Impact Assessments
8 7 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (11.48%) Network Security
8 7 (11.48%) Node.js

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 (4.92%) CMS
2 2 (3.28%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (3.28%) Strapi
3 1 (1.64%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 14 (22.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (19.67%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.64%) Shopify
3 1 (1.64%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 21 (34.43%) Azure
2 8 (13.11%) AWS
2 8 (13.11%) Entra ID
3 7 (11.48%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.56%) GCP
4 4 (6.56%) Serverless
5 2 (3.28%) Contentful
5 2 (3.28%) IaaS
5 2 (3.28%) PaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.64%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.64%) Apigee
6 1 (1.64%) Boomi
6 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.64%) CloudFront
6 1 (1.64%) Datadog
6 1 (1.64%) SaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) Firewall
1 7 (11.48%) Network Security
2 5 (8.20%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) GIS
General
1 24 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Finance
4 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.64%) Marketing
4 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.64%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.48%) Node.js
1 7 (11.48%) React
2 6 (9.84%) React Native
3 1 (1.64%) Model Context Protocol
3 1 (1.64%) Next.js
3 1 (1.64%) OAuth
3 1 (1.64%) OpenID
3 1 (1.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.84%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.64%) Autonomous Agent
4 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Android
1 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) Risk Management
2 14 (22.95%) Agile
2 14 (22.95%) Source to Pay
3 12 (19.67%) Business Strategy
3 12 (19.67%) Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (19.67%) Project Management
3 12 (19.67%) TOGAF
4 9 (14.75%) Technical Leadership
5 8 (13.11%) ITIL
6 7 (11.48%) DevOps
6 7 (11.48%) Impact Assessments
6 7 (11.48%) Project Delivery
7 6 (9.84%) B2B
7 6 (9.84%) B2C
8 4 (6.56%) Architectural Design
9 3 (4.92%) Creative Thinking
9 3 (4.92%) Data Modelling
9 3 (4.92%) Enterprise Architecture
9 3 (4.92%) Microservices
9 3 (4.92%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.64%) Java
1 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 12 (19.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.20%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (8.20%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.92%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) GDPR
2 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.64%) COBIT
2 1 (1.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (11.48%) Active Directory
1 7 (11.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (22.95%) SAP
2 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
3 12 (19.67%) Ariba
4 7 (11.48%) Cisco
4 7 (11.48%) HP
4 7 (11.48%) VMware
5 5 (8.20%) Juniper
6 3 (4.92%) Adobe
7 2 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.28%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.64%) Databricks
8 1 (1.64%) Dell
8 1 (1.64%) Google
8 1 (1.64%) mParticle
8 1 (1.64%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.64%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.64%) Optimizely
8 1 (1.64%) Tealium
8 1 (1.64%) WSO2