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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 568 479
Rank change year-on-year -113 -89 +293
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 76 121 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.25% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.27% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 44 22 70
10th Percentile £40,240 £40,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £46,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,492 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -2.08% -24.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,875 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,750 £105,475 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £78,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year -20.13% +44.91% -28.00%

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 73,727 44,243 76,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.97% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,045 24,911 52,533
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -94 58 £62,500 +6.38% 49
UK excluding London -92 36 £62,500 -20.13% 26
Work from Home +8 33 £65,000 +30.00% 20
London -61 33 £60,242 +14.75% 36
North of England -19 15 £70,000 +11.11% 6
North West +1 11 £71,250 +13.10% 5
Wales - 8 £30,000 -
Midlands -18 6 - - 2
East Midlands -22 4 - - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £70,000 - 1
South East -27 2 £70,000 -39.13% 8
West Midlands - 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £61,250 -
Scotland -15 1 - - 8
South West -75 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 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 15 (19.74%) CMS
2 13 (17.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (13.16%) Adobe XD
2 5 (6.58%) Sketch
3 3 (3.95%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.74%) Azure
2 13 (17.11%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.47%) AWS
3 11 (14.47%) Figma
4 6 (7.89%) Google Analytics
4 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (7.89%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (5.26%) Miro
6 4 (5.26%) OneDrive
6 4 (5.26%) Power Automate
6 4 (5.26%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.95%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (2.63%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.32%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.53%) Intranet
2 1 (1.32%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Data Lake
1 3 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (3.95%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.63%) Metadata
2 2 (2.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) Axure RP
1 6 (7.89%) Balsamiq
General
1 32 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.74%) Public Sector
3 14 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.79%) Retail
5 10 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (13.16%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (11.84%) Games
6 9 (11.84%) Marketing
6 9 (11.84%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (10.53%) Finance
8 7 (9.21%) Publishing
9 6 (7.89%) Automotive
9 6 (7.89%) Law
9 6 (7.89%) Legal
10 3 (3.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Architect
2 12 (15.79%) Lead
3 11 (14.47%) Designer
4 10 (13.16%) Consultant
4 10 (13.16%) UX Designer
5 8 (10.53%) Chief Architect
5 8 (10.53%) Data Architect
6 6 (7.89%) Content Strategist
6 6 (7.89%) Senior
6 6 (7.89%) Senior Consultant
6 6 (7.89%) SEO Manager
6 6 (7.89%) Site Manager
7 5 (6.58%) Information Architect
8 4 (5.26%) Data Modeller
8 4 (5.26%) Developer
8 4 (5.26%) SharePoint Consultant
8 4 (5.26%) SQL Developer
8 4 (5.26%) Workflow Developer
9 3 (3.95%) Technical Leader
9 3 (3.95%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.16%) CSS
1 10 (13.16%) HTML
2 7 (9.21%) REST
3 3 (3.95%) Kafka
3 3 (3.95%) Spring
3 3 (3.95%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.63%) SPFx
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Product Ownership
2 7 (9.21%) Taxonomies
3 6 (7.89%) Algorithms
4 4 (5.26%) Low-Code
5 3 (3.95%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.32%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.32%) NHS
7 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (30.26%) Analytics
2 22 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (28.95%) User Experience
3 17 (22.37%) Agile
3 17 (22.37%) UX Design
4 16 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (19.74%) Enterprise Architecture
5 15 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (18.42%) Data Modelling
6 14 (18.42%) Service Design
6 14 (18.42%) Workshop Facilitation
7 13 (17.11%) Roadmaps
7 13 (17.11%) SEO
7 13 (17.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (14.47%) Business Strategy
8 11 (14.47%) Service Delivery
8 11 (14.47%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (14.47%) TOGAF
8 11 (14.47%) User Research
8 11 (14.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.26%) SQL
3 3 (3.95%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (25.00%) Degree
2 14 (18.42%) SC Cleared
2 14 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.53%) AWS Certification
3 8 (10.53%) Azure Certification
3 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (26.32%) Accessibility
2 11 (14.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (10.53%) ISO 9001
4 6 (7.89%) WCAG
5 1 (1.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (3.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (27.63%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.79%) Google
3 10 (13.16%) Adobe
4 6 (7.89%) Botify
5 1 (1.32%) HubSpot