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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 692 550 549
Rank change year-on-year -142 -1 +187
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 101 125 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.25% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.28% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 50 27 38
10th Percentile £39,000 £44,500 £45,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% -18.59%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £83,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,600 £83,750
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 80,048 44,438 65,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.13% 88.74% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 55,528 25,365 40,468
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%
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 £50,803
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.50% -6.94%

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 29 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 29 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 -105 78 £67,500 +17.39% 137
UK excluding London -96 56 £62,500 -10.71% 69
Work from Home -9 45 £65,000 +30.00% 58
London -84 36 £60,484 +15.21% 100
North of England -33 24 £75,000 +19.05% 8
North West -3 15 £75,000 +19.05% 5
Wales - 9 £30,000 -
Yorkshire - 8 £72,500 - 3
East of England - 6 - - 5
Midlands -33 4 - - 8
South East -36 4 £63,750 -44.57% 8
South West -72 4 - - 14
Scotland -31 3 - - 23
West Midlands -20 2 - - 8
East Midlands -25 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 £61,250 - 4
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 20 (19.80%) SharePoint
2 11 (10.89%) CMS
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.98%) WordPress
5 1 (0.99%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 13 (12.87%) Adobe XD
2 6 (5.94%) Sketch
3 3 (2.97%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.98%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.98%) InDesign
4 2 (1.98%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.80%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (18.81%) Azure
3 17 (16.83%) Figma
4 16 (15.84%) AWS
5 13 (12.87%) Power Platform
6 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Copilot
6 11 (10.89%) PowerApps
7 9 (8.91%) Power Automate
8 8 (7.92%) Google Analytics
9 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (4.95%) Miro
10 5 (4.95%) OneDrive
11 4 (3.96%) GCP
12 3 (2.97%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.97%) Entra ID
13 2 (1.98%) Alation
14 1 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
14 1 (0.99%) Copilot Studio
14 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 9 (8.91%) Power BI
2 8 (7.92%) Metadata
3 4 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.97%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.98%) Power Query
6 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Axure RP
1 8 (7.92%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.99%) Claude Code
General
1 37 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.81%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (18.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (18.81%) Public Sector
3 16 (15.84%) Law
4 15 (14.85%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (12.87%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (10.89%) Finance
7 9 (8.91%) Marketing
8 8 (7.92%) Retail
9 7 (6.93%) Publishing
10 6 (5.94%) Automotive
10 6 (5.94%) Legal
11 5 (4.95%) Games
12 4 (3.96%) Banking
13 3 (2.97%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (25.74%) Architect
2 17 (16.83%) Designer
2 17 (16.83%) Lead
3 15 (14.85%) Senior
3 15 (14.85%) UX Designer
4 12 (11.88%) Data Architect
5 11 (10.89%) Consultant
5 11 (10.89%) Information Architect
6 8 (7.92%) Chief Architect
7 7 (6.93%) Senior Consultant
8 6 (5.94%) Content Strategist
9 5 (4.95%) Lead Software Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.96%) Data Modeller
10 4 (3.96%) Developer
10 4 (3.96%) SharePoint Consultant
10 4 (3.96%) SQL Developer
10 4 (3.96%) Workflow Developer
11 3 (2.97%) Platform Specialist
11 3 (2.97%) Power Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.87%) CSS
1 13 (12.87%) 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%) Framer.js
4 2 (1.98%) React
4 2 (1.98%) SPFx
4 2 (1.98%) Terraform
5 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.87%) Product Ownership
2 9 (8.91%) Taxonomies
3 7 (6.93%) AI Agents
4 6 (5.94%) Cloud Native
4 6 (5.94%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.97%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.97%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.98%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.98%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.99%) NHS
8 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (30.69%) Analytics
2 29 (28.71%) Agile
2 29 (28.71%) User Experience
3 25 (24.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (22.77%) UX Design
5 21 (20.79%) Data Modelling
5 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (19.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (18.81%) AI
7 19 (18.81%) Decision-Making
8 18 (17.82%) Enterprise Architecture
8 18 (17.82%) Workshop Facilitation
9 17 (16.83%) User Research
10 16 (15.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (14.85%) Prototyping
11 15 (14.85%) Service Design
12 14 (13.86%) Community of Practice
12 14 (13.86%) Inclusive Design
12 14 (13.86%) Usability Testing
12 14 (13.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.90%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.95%) SQL
3 4 (3.96%) Java
4 3 (2.97%) Go
5 2 (1.98%) C#
5 2 (1.98%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.99%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 22 (21.78%) Degree
2 16 (15.84%) SC Cleared
2 16 (15.84%) Security Cleared
3 14 (13.86%) 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 27 (26.73%) Accessibility
2 11 (10.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (8.91%) WCAG
4 8 (7.92%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.98%) GDPR
7 1 (0.99%) QA
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 34 (33.66%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.85%) Adobe
3 11 (10.89%) Google
4 2 (1.98%) Botify
4 2 (1.98%) OneTrust
4 2 (1.98%) YouTube
5 1 (0.99%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle