Digital Architect Job Trends

Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect salary in the UK is £73,307 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 641 823
Rank change year-on-year +31 +182 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 102 22 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.051% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.057% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 74 15 26
10th Percentile £61,625 £60,038 £70,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £63,125 £85,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,307 £65,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.78% -31.58% +15.15%
75th Percentile £80,500 £75,000 £120,625
90th Percentile £86,750 £95,750 £125,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -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 84,582 38,850 91,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.47% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,708 22,832 66,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 May 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 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 +33 95 £73,307 +12.78% 11
UK excluding London -20 63 £70,000 +7.69% 11
Work from Home +45 49 £72,500 -12.12% 9
London +17 37 £77,000 -24.88% 4
Midlands -18 26 £77,500 +19.23% 1
West Midlands -1 25 £77,500 +3.33% 1
South West -28 19 £70,000 +14.45% 3
Scotland +5 7 - - 1
South East - 6 £85,000 - 3
East of England - 5 £70,000 - 1
East Midlands -32 1 £90,000 +38.46%

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 54 (52.94%) Azure
2 36 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 30 (29.41%) Agile
3 30 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 29 (28.43%) SC Cleared
5 20 (19.61%) AWS
5 20 (19.61%) TOGAF
6 17 (16.67%) DevOps
7 13 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (12.75%) Prototyping
8 12 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (11.76%) Waterfall
9 11 (10.78%) Customer-Centricity
9 11 (10.78%) GCP
9 11 (10.78%) Microservices
9 11 (10.78%) Service Design
10 10 (9.80%) AI
10 10 (9.80%) Serverless
10 10 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (9.80%) User Experience
11 9 (8.82%) Digital Innovation
11 9 (8.82%) Enterprise Architecture
11 9 (8.82%) ITIL
11 9 (8.82%) PaaS
12 8 (7.84%) Active Directory
12 8 (7.84%) Cisco
12 8 (7.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 8 (7.84%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (7.84%) Entra ID
12 8 (7.84%) Firewall

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 (5.88%) CMS
2 5 (4.90%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.96%) Strapi
5 1 (0.98%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Shopify
2 1 (0.98%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 54 (52.94%) Azure
2 20 (19.61%) AWS
3 13 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (10.78%) GCP
5 10 (9.80%) Serverless
6 9 (8.82%) PaaS
7 8 (7.84%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (7.84%) Entra ID
8 7 (6.86%) SaaS
9 6 (5.88%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.94%) IaaS
10 3 (2.94%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.94%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.96%) Contentful
11 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.98%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.98%) Bloomreach
12 1 (0.98%) Contentstack
12 1 (0.98%) Copilot Studio
12 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.84%) Firewall
1 8 (7.84%) Network Security
2 5 (4.90%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.84%) GIS
2 2 (1.96%) Power BI
General
1 16 (15.69%) Finance
2 14 (13.73%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.78%) Law
4 3 (2.94%) Retail
5 2 (1.96%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.98%) Local Government
6 1 (0.98%) Marketing
6 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.98%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (0.98%) Next.js
1 1 (0.98%) Node.js
1 1 (0.98%) React
1 1 (0.98%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.86%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.96%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.98%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.98%) AS400
5 1 (0.98%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Android
1 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (29.41%) Agile
2 20 (19.61%) TOGAF
3 17 (16.67%) DevOps
4 13 (12.75%) Prototyping
5 12 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (11.76%) Waterfall
6 11 (10.78%) Customer-Centricity
6 11 (10.78%) Microservices
6 11 (10.78%) Service Design
7 10 (9.80%) AI
7 10 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (9.80%) User Experience
8 9 (8.82%) Digital Innovation
8 9 (8.82%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (8.82%) ITIL
9 8 (7.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 8 (7.84%) Impact Assessments
9 8 (7.84%) Mentoring
10 7 (6.86%) Project Delivery
10 7 (6.86%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 36 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 29 (28.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.90%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (4.90%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.90%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (2.94%) ICAEW
5 2 (1.96%) Degree
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) Accessibility
1 4 (3.92%) WCAG
2 3 (2.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (7.84%) Active Directory
1 8 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 30 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.84%) Cisco
2 8 (7.84%) HP
2 8 (7.84%) VMware
3 5 (4.90%) Adobe
3 5 (4.90%) Juniper
3 5 (4.90%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.96%) Google
5 1 (0.98%) Braze
5 1 (0.98%) Databricks
5 1 (0.98%) Dell
5 1 (0.98%) mParticle
5 1 (0.98%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.98%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.98%) Optimizely
5 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.98%) Tealium
5 1 (0.98%) WSO2