Digital Architect Job Trends

Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 758 705
Rank change year-on-year +111 -53 +285
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 29 38 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.049% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.051% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 39
10th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £67,475
25th Percentile £93,750 £70,000 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +6.27% -29.42%
75th Percentile - £96,250 £87,500
90th Percentile - £100,000 £113,750
UK excluding London median annual salary - £70,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - -0.82% -25.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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

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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Top 7 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 18 September 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
England +101 27 £100,000 +33.33% 5
UK excluding London +122 15 - - 3
South East - 14 - - 1
Work from Home +83 13 £100,000 +21.21% 2
London +50 12 £100,000 +33.33% 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
2 15 (51.72%) Agile
3 14 (48.28%) SAP
3 14 (48.28%) Source to Pay
3 14 (48.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (44.83%) Technical Leadership
5 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (41.38%) SAP MDG
5 12 (41.38%) Business Strategy
5 12 (41.38%) Ariba
5 12 (41.38%) Risk Management
5 12 (41.38%) Project Management
5 12 (41.38%) Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (37.93%) Mobile App
6 11 (37.93%) Node.js
6 11 (37.93%) B2B
6 11 (37.93%) B2C
6 11 (37.93%) React
6 11 (37.93%) React Native
7 2 (6.90%) SDLC
7 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
7 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
7 2 (6.90%) Retail
8 1 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.45%) Product Management
8 1 (3.45%) Azure
8 1 (3.45%) AWS
8 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud

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:

Business Applications
1 14 (48.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (41.38%) SAP MDG
3 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (3.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) AWS
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) GCP
1 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
General
1 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
2 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Retail
4 1 (3.45%) Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (37.93%) Node.js
1 11 (37.93%) React
1 11 (37.93%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Agile
2 14 (48.28%) Source to Pay
3 13 (44.83%) Technical Leadership
4 12 (41.38%) Business Strategy
4 12 (41.38%) Procure-to-Pay
4 12 (41.38%) Project Management
4 12 (41.38%) Risk Management
5 11 (37.93%) B2B
5 11 (37.93%) B2C
6 2 (6.90%) SDLC
7 1 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (3.45%) CRM
7 1 (3.45%) DevOps
7 1 (3.45%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (3.45%) ERP
7 1 (3.45%) Machine Learning
7 1 (3.45%) Microservices
7 1 (3.45%) Product Management
7 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) SAP
2 12 (41.38%) Ariba
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce