Digital Architect Job Trends

Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect salary in the UK is £77,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 667 844
Rank change year-on-year +62 +177 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 123 17 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.038% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.043% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 100 13 25
10th Percentile £62,500 £59,634 £68,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,250 £65,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.85% -31.58% +16.92%
75th Percentile £85,000 - £115,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £88,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +19.23% -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 86,220 39,579 100,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 89.52% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 58,944 22,377 72,921
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,878 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +18 113 £77,000 +18.46% 10
UK excluding London +20 74 £77,500 +19.23% 6
Work from Home +79 64 £80,000 +4.92% 3
London +33 47 £77,000 -14.44% 5
South West -26 27 £77,500 +26.71% 1
Midlands 0 25 £77,500 +19.23%
West Midlands +4 24 £77,500 -3.13%
Scotland - 10 £105,000 -
East of England - 5 £70,000 -
South East - 4 £85,000 - 5
North West - 3 £105,000 -
North of England - 3 £105,000 -
East Midlands -30 1 £90,000 +38.46%

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 61 (49.59%) Azure
2 42 (34.15%) Security Cleared
3 35 (28.46%) SC Cleared
4 33 (26.83%) Microsoft
5 32 (26.02%) Agile
6 24 (19.51%) TOGAF
7 23 (18.70%) AI
8 22 (17.89%) Enterprise Architecture
9 21 (17.07%) AWS
9 21 (17.07%) Roadmaps
10 17 (13.82%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (13.01%) DevOps
11 16 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (10.57%) Customer-Centricity
12 13 (10.57%) Prototyping
12 13 (10.57%) Service Design
12 13 (10.57%) Waterfall
13 12 (9.76%) Anthropic Claude
13 12 (9.76%) Information Security
13 12 (9.76%) Microservices
13 12 (9.76%) NIST
13 12 (9.76%) OpenAI
13 12 (9.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (9.76%) Security Operations
13 12 (9.76%) Zapier
14 11 (8.94%) GCP
15 10 (8.13%) Technical Leadership
16 9 (7.32%) Digital Innovation
16 9 (7.32%) ITIL
16 9 (7.32%) Mentoring

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 5 (4.07%) CMS
2 4 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.25%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (2.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.81%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.81%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.88%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (49.59%) Azure
2 21 (17.07%) AWS
3 17 (13.82%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (9.76%) Anthropic Claude
4 12 (9.76%) Zapier
5 11 (8.94%) GCP
6 9 (7.32%) PaaS
6 9 (7.32%) Power Platform
6 9 (7.32%) Serverless
7 8 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (6.50%) Entra ID
8 7 (5.69%) SaaS
9 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (3.25%) Power Automate
9 4 (3.25%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.44%) IaaS
11 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.81%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.50%) Firewall
1 8 (6.50%) Network Security
2 5 (4.07%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.50%) GIS
2 4 (3.25%) Power BI
General
1 16 (13.01%) Finance
1 16 (13.01%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.94%) Law
3 3 (2.44%) Retail
4 2 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (1.63%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.81%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) Next.js
1 1 (0.81%) Node.js
1 1 (0.81%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.01%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.69%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.63%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.81%) AS400
5 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.63%) Android
1 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.02%) Agile
2 24 (19.51%) TOGAF
3 23 (18.70%) AI
4 22 (17.89%) Enterprise Architecture
5 21 (17.07%) Roadmaps
6 16 (13.01%) DevOps
6 16 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (10.57%) Customer-Centricity
7 13 (10.57%) Prototyping
7 13 (10.57%) Service Design
7 13 (10.57%) Waterfall
8 12 (9.76%) Information Security
8 12 (9.76%) Microservices
8 12 (9.76%) Security Operations
9 10 (8.13%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (7.32%) Digital Innovation
10 9 (7.32%) ITIL
10 9 (7.32%) Mentoring
10 9 (7.32%) User Experience
11 8 (6.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 42 (34.15%) Security Cleared
2 35 (28.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.07%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (4.07%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.07%) TOGAF Certification
4 4 (3.25%) Degree
5 3 (2.44%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.76%) NIST
1 12 (9.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (3.25%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.25%) GDPR
2 4 (3.25%) WCAG
3 1 (0.81%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (6.50%) Active Directory
1 8 (6.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 33 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.76%) OpenAI
3 8 (6.50%) Cisco
3 8 (6.50%) HP
3 8 (6.50%) VMware
4 5 (4.07%) Juniper
5 4 (3.25%) Adobe
5 4 (3.25%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.63%) Google