Digital Architect
UK

The median Digital Architect salary in the UK is £95,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 841 832 929
Rank change year-on-year -9 +97 -146
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Architect 57 148 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 26 64 130
10th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £61,125
25th Percentile £85,625 £63,825 £80,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £79,250 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.87% -14.32% +5.71%
75th Percentile £120,625 £92,188 £106,875
90th Percentile £125,000 £105,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +22.58% - +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Architect.

Salary trend for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Architect over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Architect in the UK

Digital Architect
Top 10 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 May 2024. 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 56 £95,000 +15.15% 5
UK excluding London -11 46 £95,000 +22.58% 2
Work from Home +47 26 £95,000 +26.67% 1
South East +13 26 £95,000 +8.57%
North of England +50 14 £95,000 +20.63% 1
Yorkshire +94 11 £95,000 +15.15%
London +50 9 £92,500 -2.63% 2
East of England +14 5 £125,000 +66.67%
North West -1 3 £70,000 +1.82% 1
South West -20 1 £115,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 27 (47.37%) Azure
2 26 (45.61%) Microsoft
2 26 (45.61%) DevOps
2 26 (45.61%) Microservices
3 23 (40.35%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (36.84%) CI/CD
5 19 (33.33%) Cloud Native
5 19 (33.33%) Retail
6 18 (31.58%) Enterprise Architecture
6 18 (31.58%) Integration Patterns
7 17 (29.82%) Finance
8 16 (28.07%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (28.07%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (26.32%) TOGAF
9 15 (26.32%) Agile
10 14 (24.56%) Legal
11 13 (22.81%) Artificial Intelligence
11 13 (22.81%) Decision-Making
12 12 (21.05%) Project Management
13 11 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
13 11 (19.30%) Roadmaps
14 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
15 9 (15.79%) PMI
15 9 (15.79%) PMI Certification
15 9 (15.79%) Power Platform
15 9 (15.79%) PowerApps
16 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Exchange
17 7 (12.28%) Intranet

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (12.28%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.26%) CMS
4 2 (3.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (47.37%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 9 (15.79%) PowerApps
4 5 (8.77%) AWS
4 5 (8.77%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.26%) SaaS
5 3 (5.26%) Serverless
6 2 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.51%) Kong
7 1 (1.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.28%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.75%) Big Data
2 1 (1.75%) Jackrabbit
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.51%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Mocha
General
1 19 (33.33%) Retail
2 17 (29.82%) Finance
3 16 (28.07%) Influencing Skills
4 14 (24.56%) Legal
5 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
6 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (12.28%) Manufacturing
7 7 (12.28%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (12.28%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (5.26%) Aviation
8 3 (5.26%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) MACH
2 3 (5.26%) .NET
3 2 (3.51%) Web Services
4 1 (1.75%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.75%) JSR 170
4 1 (1.75%) Next.js
4 1 (1.75%) OSGi
4 1 (1.75%) React
4 1 (1.75%) REST
4 1 (1.75%) Spring
4 1 (1.75%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.75%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 9 (15.79%) PMI
3 7 (12.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (12.28%) Biopharmaceutical
4 6 (10.53%) Mobile App
5 5 (8.77%) IoT
6 2 (3.51%) Client/Server
6 2 (3.51%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.51%) Public Cloud
6 2 (3.51%) Social Media
7 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Android
1 7 (12.28%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.75%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) DevOps
1 26 (45.61%) Microservices
2 23 (40.35%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (36.84%) CI/CD
4 18 (31.58%) Enterprise Architecture
4 18 (31.58%) Integration Patterns
5 16 (28.07%) Infrastructure as Code
6 15 (26.32%) Agile
6 15 (26.32%) TOGAF
7 13 (22.81%) Artificial Intelligence
7 13 (22.81%) Decision-Making
8 12 (21.05%) Project Management
9 11 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (19.30%) Roadmaps
10 7 (12.28%) Change Management
10 7 (12.28%) Generative AI
10 7 (12.28%) Neuroscience
10 7 (12.28%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (12.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.51%) C#
2 2 (3.51%) Java
2 2 (3.51%) SQL
2 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.75%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) PMI Certification
2 7 (12.28%) Azure Certification
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (7.02%) Degree
4 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 26 (45.61%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.51%) Adobe
2 2 (3.51%) Facebook
2 2 (3.51%) Twitter
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle
3 1 (1.75%) VMware