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 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 605 782
Rank change year-on-year -38 +177 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 54 32 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.076% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.084% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 33 21 41
10th Percentile £61,250 £59,231 £72,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £77,500
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 £82,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £105,000 £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 69,843 38,164 81,143
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 90.31% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 44,555 23,016 61,790
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,408 £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 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,263
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 21 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 21 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 -7 47 £70,000 +7.69% 15
UK excluding London -20 42 £70,000 +7.69% 7
Work from Home +27 25 £76,000 +21.60% 8
Midlands -12 18 £62,500 -3.85% 2
West Midlands +12 17 £62,500 -16.67% 2
London 0 12 £81,000 -20.98% 11
South West -25 9 £75,000 +22.62%
Scotland -9 7 - -
East of England -10 4 £70,000 -24.32% 1
South East -15 4 £85,000 -15.00% 3
East Midlands -53 1 £90,000 +38.46%

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 28 (51.85%) Azure
2 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
3 19 (35.19%) SC Cleared
4 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 13 (24.07%) TOGAF
6 11 (20.37%) Agile
7 10 (18.52%) AWS
8 9 (16.67%) Entra ID
8 9 (16.67%) ITIL
9 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
9 8 (14.81%) Cisco
9 8 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (14.81%) Firewall
9 8 (14.81%) GIS
9 8 (14.81%) HP
9 8 (14.81%) Impact Assessments
9 8 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (14.81%) Network Security
9 8 (14.81%) VMware
9 8 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (12.96%) Project Delivery
11 6 (11.11%) DevOps
11 6 (11.11%) Prototyping
12 5 (9.26%) Architectural Design
12 5 (9.26%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (9.26%) DBS Check
12 5 (9.26%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (9.26%) Juniper
12 5 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
13 4 (7.41%) Creative Thinking

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 (5.56%) CMS
2 2 (3.70%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (3.70%) Strapi
3 1 (1.85%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 28 (51.85%) Azure
2 10 (18.52%) AWS
3 9 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 8 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (7.41%) GCP
5 4 (7.41%) Serverless
6 2 (3.70%) Contentful
6 2 (3.70%) IaaS
6 2 (3.70%) PaaS
7 1 (1.85%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.85%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.85%) Bloomreach
7 1 (1.85%) Contentstack
7 1 (1.85%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.85%) Kong
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) Firewall
1 8 (14.81%) Network Security
2 5 (9.26%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.81%) GIS
General
1 8 (14.81%) Finance
2 7 (12.96%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.85%) Marketing
4 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) Node.js
1 2 (3.70%) React
2 1 (1.85%) Model Context Protocol
2 1 (1.85%) Next.js
2 1 (1.85%) OAuth
2 1 (1.85%) OpenID
2 1 (1.85%) React Native
2 1 (1.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.70%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.70%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.85%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.85%) Autonomous Agent
4 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Android
1 2 (3.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.07%) TOGAF
2 11 (20.37%) Agile
3 9 (16.67%) ITIL
4 8 (14.81%) Impact Assessments
5 7 (12.96%) Project Delivery
6 6 (11.11%) DevOps
6 6 (11.11%) Prototyping
7 5 (9.26%) Architectural Design
7 5 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (7.41%) Creative Thinking
8 4 (7.41%) Digital Innovation
8 4 (7.41%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.41%) User Experience
9 3 (5.56%) AI
9 3 (5.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 3 (5.56%) Data Modelling
9 3 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (5.56%) Technical Architecture
9 3 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) Java
1 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.19%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) CTC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.85%) COBIT
2 1 (1.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
1 8 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Cisco
2 8 (14.81%) HP
2 8 (14.81%) VMware
3 5 (9.26%) Juniper
4 2 (3.70%) Adobe
4 2 (3.70%) Google
4 2 (3.70%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.85%) Databricks
5 1 (1.85%) Dell
5 1 (1.85%) mParticle
5 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.85%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.85%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.85%) Tealium
5 1 (1.85%) WSO2