Information Architecture Job Trends

Information Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Information Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 687 548 509
Rank change year-on-year -139 -39 +222
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 101 122 322
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.094% 0.24% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.27% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 50 24 50
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,563 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -21.72%
75th Percentile £72,188 £70,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £84,000 £101,050 £84,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +29.63% -39.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Information Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,861 44,450 67,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.27% 89.12% 80.81%
Number of salaries quoted 54,468 25,168 42,663
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Information Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Information Architecture job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Architecture
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Information Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Information Architecture

Information Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Architecture over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Architecture in the UK

Information Architecture
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 21 August 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 -104 78 £65,000 +13.04% 38
UK excluding London -105 55 £62,500 -10.71% 24
Work from Home -6 43 £65,000 +30.00% 23
London -89 37 £60,000 +14.29% 22
North of England -25 23 £75,000 +19.05% 6
North West -11 14 £75,000 +19.05% 1
Wales - 9 £30,000 -
Yorkshire - 8 £72,500 - 5
Midlands -35 6 - - 2
East of England - 5 - - 3
East Midlands -17 4 - -
South West -74 4 - - 4
Scotland -16 3 - - 1
South East -34 3 £63,750 -44.57% 8
West Midlands -33 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £61,250 -
North East - 1 - -

Information Architecture
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 19 (18.81%) SharePoint
2 15 (14.85%) CMS
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.98%) WordPress
5 1 (0.99%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 14 (13.86%) Adobe XD
2 6 (5.94%) Sketch
3 3 (2.97%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.99%) InDesign
4 1 (0.99%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 19 (18.81%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (17.82%) Azure
3 16 (15.84%) AWS
3 16 (15.84%) Figma
4 11 (10.89%) Power Platform
5 10 (9.90%) Microsoft Copilot
6 9 (8.91%) Google Analytics
6 9 (8.91%) PowerApps
7 8 (7.92%) Power Automate
8 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (4.95%) Miro
9 5 (4.95%) OneDrive
10 4 (3.96%) GCP
11 3 (2.97%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (2.97%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.98%) Alation
13 1 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
13 1 (0.99%) Copilot Studio
13 1 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.91%) Intranet
2 2 (1.98%) Broadband
3 1 (0.99%) BGP
3 1 (0.99%) DNS
3 1 (0.99%) Firewall
3 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.99%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) Power BI
2 5 (4.95%) Metadata
3 3 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.97%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.98%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.99%) Power Query
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (8.91%) Axure RP
1 9 (8.91%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.99%) Claude Code
General
1 39 (38.61%) Social Skills
2 23 (22.77%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (19.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (19.80%) Public Sector
4 16 (15.84%) Law
5 14 (13.86%) Finance
5 14 (13.86%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (11.88%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (11.88%) Marketing
6 12 (11.88%) Retail
7 9 (8.91%) Games
7 9 (8.91%) Legal
8 7 (6.93%) Publishing
9 6 (5.94%) Automotive
10 4 (3.96%) Banking
11 3 (2.97%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (24.75%) Architect
2 17 (16.83%) Lead
3 16 (15.84%) Designer
4 15 (14.85%) UX Designer
5 14 (13.86%) Senior
6 12 (11.88%) Data Architect
7 11 (10.89%) Consultant
8 10 (9.90%) Information Architect
9 8 (7.92%) Chief Architect
10 7 (6.93%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (5.94%) Content Strategist
11 6 (5.94%) SEO Manager
11 6 (5.94%) Site Manager
12 5 (4.95%) Lead Software Engineer
12 5 (4.95%) Software Engineer
13 4 (3.96%) Data Modeller
13 4 (3.96%) Developer
13 4 (3.96%) SharePoint Consultant
13 4 (3.96%) SQL Developer
13 4 (3.96%) Workflow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.86%) CSS
1 14 (13.86%) HTML
2 7 (6.93%) REST
3 3 (2.97%) Kafka
3 3 (2.97%) Spring
3 3 (2.97%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.98%) .NET
4 2 (1.98%) React
4 2 (1.98%) SPFx
4 2 (1.98%) Terraform
5 1 (0.99%) Framer.js
5 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.87%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.92%) Taxonomies
3 6 (5.94%) AI Agents
3 6 (5.94%) Algorithms
3 6 (5.94%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.95%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.97%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.97%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.99%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.99%) NHS
6 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (29.70%) Analytics
2 29 (28.71%) Agile
3 28 (27.72%) User Experience
4 25 (24.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (21.78%) UX Design
7 20 (19.80%) Data Modelling
8 19 (18.81%) Workshop Facilitation
9 18 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (16.83%) AI
10 17 (16.83%) Decision-Making
11 16 (15.84%) Enterprise Architecture
11 16 (15.84%) User Research
12 15 (14.85%) Community of Practice
12 15 (14.85%) Service Design
12 15 (14.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (14.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 14 (13.86%) Inclusive Design
13 14 (13.86%) Prototyping
13 14 (13.86%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.89%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.96%) Java
2 4 (3.96%) SQL
3 3 (2.97%) Go
4 2 (1.98%) C#
4 2 (1.98%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.99%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 23 (22.77%) Degree
2 17 (16.83%) SC Cleared
2 17 (16.83%) Security Cleared
3 13 (12.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (8.91%) AWS Certification
5 8 (7.92%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (25.74%) Accessibility
2 11 (10.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (8.91%) WCAG
4 8 (7.92%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.98%) GDPR
6 1 (0.99%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.99%) Argo
3 1 (0.99%) Istio
Vendors
1 32 (31.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.84%) Google
3 15 (14.85%) Adobe
4 6 (5.94%) Botify
5 1 (0.99%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.99%) OneTrust
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle
5 1 (0.99%) YouTube