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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 684 559 474
Rank change year-on-year -125 -85 +297
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 89 120 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.24% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.27% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 48 22 62
10th Percentile £40,560 £40,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,492 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -4.17% -20.00%
75th Percentile £71,563 £68,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,000 £104,000 £87,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £66,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.02% +23.15% -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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 31 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 31 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 -100 68 £62,500 +8.70% 51
UK excluding London -79 45 £62,500 -6.02% 25
Work from Home +3 37 £63,750 +27.50% 20
London -69 36 £58,750 +11.90% 37
North of England -13 19 £75,000 +19.05% 4
North West +12 13 £75,000 +19.05% 1
Wales - 8 £30,000 - 1
Midlands -37 6 - - 2
Yorkshire - 5 £70,000 - 3
East Midlands -20 4 - - 1
Scotland -20 3 - - 6
South West -70 3 - - 2
West Midlands -20 2 - - 1
South East -36 2 £70,000 -39.13% 7
East of England - 2 - - 3
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 16 (17.98%) SharePoint
2 15 (16.85%) CMS
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.25%) WordPress
5 1 (1.12%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (13.48%) Adobe XD
2 5 (5.62%) Sketch
3 3 (3.37%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.10%) Azure
2 16 (17.98%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (15.73%) AWS
4 13 (14.61%) Figma
5 8 (8.99%) Google Analytics
6 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (7.87%) Power Platform
7 5 (5.62%) OneDrive
7 5 (5.62%) Power Automate
7 5 (5.62%) PowerApps
8 4 (4.49%) Miro
9 3 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (3.37%) Entra ID
10 2 (2.25%) GCP
11 1 (1.12%) Alation
11 1 (1.12%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.11%) Intranet
2 2 (2.25%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.37%) Data Lake
1 3 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (3.37%) Metadata
1 3 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (3.37%) Power BI
1 3 (3.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Axure RP
1 8 (8.99%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.12%) Claude Code
General
1 35 (39.33%) Social Skills
2 19 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (20.22%) Public Sector
4 16 (17.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (13.48%) Finance
5 12 (13.48%) Law
5 12 (13.48%) Retail
6 11 (12.36%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (12.36%) Marketing
6 11 (12.36%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (10.11%) Games
8 7 (7.87%) Legal
8 7 (7.87%) Publishing
9 6 (6.74%) Automotive
10 3 (3.37%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (24.72%) Architect
2 15 (16.85%) Lead
3 13 (14.61%) Designer
4 12 (13.48%) UX Designer
5 11 (12.36%) Consultant
6 10 (11.24%) Data Architect
6 10 (11.24%) Senior
7 8 (8.99%) Chief Architect
8 7 (7.87%) Information Architect
8 7 (7.87%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (6.74%) Content Strategist
9 6 (6.74%) SEO Manager
9 6 (6.74%) Site Manager
10 4 (4.49%) Data Modeller
10 4 (4.49%) Developer
10 4 (4.49%) SharePoint Consultant
10 4 (4.49%) SQL Developer
10 4 (4.49%) Workflow Developer
11 3 (3.37%) Management Consultant
11 3 (3.37%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.48%) CSS
1 12 (13.48%) HTML
2 7 (7.87%) REST
3 3 (3.37%) Kafka
3 3 (3.37%) Spring
3 3 (3.37%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.25%) SPFx
5 1 (1.12%) .NET
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.12%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.36%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.87%) Taxonomies
3 6 (6.74%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.49%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.49%) Low-Code
5 3 (3.37%) AI Agents
5 3 (3.37%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.25%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.12%) NHS
7 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.21%) Analytics
2 25 (28.09%) User Experience
3 24 (26.97%) Agile
3 24 (26.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (21.35%) UX Design
5 18 (20.22%) Data Modelling
6 17 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (17.98%) Enterprise Architecture
7 16 (17.98%) Workshop Facilitation
8 14 (15.73%) Service Design
8 14 (15.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (14.61%) Roadmaps
9 13 (14.61%) SEO
9 13 (14.61%) User Research
9 13 (14.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 12 (13.48%) Community of Practice
10 12 (13.48%) Inclusive Design
10 12 (13.48%) TOGAF
10 12 (13.48%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.49%) Java
2 4 (4.49%) SQL
3 2 (2.25%) Go
4 1 (1.12%) C#
4 1 (1.12%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (24.72%) Degree
2 16 (17.98%) SC Cleared
2 16 (17.98%) Security Cleared
3 10 (11.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (10.11%) AWS Certification
5 8 (8.99%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (25.84%) Accessibility
2 11 (12.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (8.99%) ISO 9001
3 8 (8.99%) WCAG
4 2 (2.25%) GDPR
5 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (3.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.62%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (30.34%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.85%) Google
3 12 (13.48%) Adobe
4 6 (6.74%) Botify
5 1 (1.12%) HubSpot