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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 692 562 480
Rank change year-on-year -130 -82 +263
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 95 120 374
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.090% 0.24% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.27% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 48 22 59
10th Percentile £37,000 £40,750 £42,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,492 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -11.54% -16.05%
75th Percentile £71,563 £68,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,000 £104,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £66,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.02% +23.15% -31.43%

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 77,301 44,356 67,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.43% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53,282 25,229 44,135
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £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 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 7 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 7 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 72 £62,500 +8.70% 74
UK excluding London -79 50 £62,500 -6.02% 45
Work from Home +1 38 £65,000 +30.00% 25
London -62 36 £60,000 +14.29% 50
North of England -33 20 £75,000 +19.05% 7
North West 0 13 £75,000 +19.05% 1
Wales - 9 £30,000 -
Midlands -30 6 - - 1
Yorkshire - 6 £70,000 - 6
East Midlands -24 4 - -
South West -69 4 - - 8
East of England - 4 - - 3
Scotland -13 3 - - 14
South East -24 2 £70,000 -39.13% 10
West Midlands -31 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £61,250 - 2
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 18 (18.95%) SharePoint
2 15 (15.79%) CMS
3 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.11%) WordPress
5 1 (1.05%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 13 (13.68%) Adobe XD
2 6 (6.32%) Sketch
3 3 (3.16%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.95%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (17.89%) Azure
3 15 (15.79%) AWS
4 14 (14.74%) Figma
5 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Copilot
5 9 (9.47%) Power Platform
6 8 (8.42%) Google Analytics
7 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (7.37%) Power Automate
7 7 (7.37%) PowerApps
8 5 (5.26%) Miro
8 5 (5.26%) OneDrive
9 3 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (3.16%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.16%) GCP
10 1 (1.05%) Alation
10 1 (1.05%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (1.05%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.47%) Intranet
2 2 (2.11%) Broadband
3 1 (1.05%) BGP
3 1 (1.05%) DNS
3 1 (1.05%) Firewall
3 1 (1.05%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.05%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) Power BI
2 3 (3.16%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.16%) Metadata
2 3 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (8.42%) Axure RP
1 8 (8.42%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.05%) Claude Code
General
1 38 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 14 (14.74%) Finance
4 14 (14.74%) Law
5 13 (13.68%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (12.63%) Retail
7 11 (11.58%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (11.58%) Marketing
8 9 (9.47%) Games
9 8 (8.42%) Legal
10 7 (7.37%) Publishing
11 6 (6.32%) Automotive
12 4 (4.21%) Banking
13 3 (3.16%) Aerospace
14 1 (1.05%) Financial Institution
14 1 (1.05%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (23.16%) Architect
2 17 (17.89%) Lead
3 14 (14.74%) Designer
4 13 (13.68%) UX Designer
5 11 (11.58%) Consultant
5 11 (11.58%) Senior
6 10 (10.53%) Data Architect
7 8 (8.42%) Chief Architect
8 7 (7.37%) Information Architect
8 7 (7.37%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (6.32%) Content Strategist
9 6 (6.32%) SEO Manager
9 6 (6.32%) Site Manager
10 5 (5.26%) Lead Software Engineer
10 5 (5.26%) Software Engineer
11 4 (4.21%) Data Modeller
11 4 (4.21%) Developer
11 4 (4.21%) SharePoint Consultant
11 4 (4.21%) SQL Developer
11 4 (4.21%) Workflow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.68%) CSS
1 13 (13.68%) HTML
2 7 (7.37%) REST
3 3 (3.16%) Kafka
3 3 (3.16%) Spring
3 3 (3.16%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.11%) .NET
4 2 (2.11%) React
4 2 (2.11%) SPFx
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.58%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.37%) Taxonomies
3 6 (6.32%) Algorithms
3 6 (6.32%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.26%) AI Agents
5 4 (4.21%) Low-Code
6 3 (3.16%) Data Structures
6 3 (3.16%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.05%) NHS
8 1 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (29.47%) Agile
2 27 (28.42%) Analytics
3 26 (27.37%) User Experience
4 25 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (21.05%) UX Design
7 19 (20.00%) Data Modelling
8 18 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (18.95%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (16.84%) Enterprise Architecture
10 15 (15.79%) AI
10 15 (15.79%) Decision-Making
10 15 (15.79%) Service Design
11 14 (14.74%) Community of Practice
11 14 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (14.74%) User Research
11 14 (14.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 13 (13.68%) Architectural Design
12 13 (13.68%) Inclusive Design
12 13 (13.68%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.21%) Java
2 4 (4.21%) SQL
3 3 (3.16%) Go
4 2 (2.11%) C#
4 2 (2.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.05%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 22 (23.16%) Degree
2 16 (16.84%) SC Cleared
2 16 (16.84%) Security Cleared
3 12 (12.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (9.47%) AWS Certification
5 8 (8.42%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (25.26%) Accessibility
2 11 (11.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (8.42%) ISO 9001
3 8 (8.42%) WCAG
4 2 (2.11%) GDPR
5 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (3.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.11%) Terraform
3 1 (1.05%) Argo
3 1 (1.05%) Istio
Vendors
1 29 (30.53%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.79%) Google
3 13 (13.68%) Adobe
4 6 (6.32%) Botify
5 1 (1.05%) HubSpot