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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 603 431
Rank change year-on-year -38 -172 +405
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 52 39 507
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.096% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.10% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 42 33 78
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,893 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £63,000 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £70,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +5.66% -5.36%
75th Percentile £79,313 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,000 £73,238 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.79% +46.48% -31.03%

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 60,207 38,067 76,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.10% 93.27% 86.65%
Number of salaries quoted 36,835 22,259 57,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 28 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Architecture in the UK

Information Architecture
Top 12 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 28 March 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 -19 46 £64,742 -7.51% 25
London +25 30 £52,500 -34.38% 20
Work from Home +15 25 £52,500 -4.96% 20
UK excluding London -62 15 £69,000 -5.79% 12
North of England -55 7 £70,000 +11.11%
Yorkshire - 4 £72,250 -
North West -26 3 £69,000 +9.52%
Midlands -29 3 - -
East Midlands -45 3 - -
South East -38 2 £48,750 -33.44% 8
Northern Ireland - 2 £61,250 - 1
East of England -28 1 £87,500 -

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 9 (17.31%) CMS
2 2 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (32.69%) Adobe XD
2 4 (7.69%) Sketch
3 3 (5.77%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (36.54%) Figma
2 15 (28.85%) Google Analytics
3 9 (17.31%) Azure
3 9 (17.31%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 5 (9.62%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.77%) GitHub
5 3 (5.77%) Heroku
6 2 (3.85%) AWS
7 1 (1.92%) GCP
7 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) Data Lake
2 5 (9.62%) Power BI
3 3 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (26.92%) Axure RP
1 14 (26.92%) Balsamiq
General
1 21 (40.38%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
3 18 (34.62%) Public Sector
4 15 (28.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (26.92%) Law
6 13 (25.00%) Finance
7 7 (13.46%) Marketing
8 6 (11.54%) Games
8 6 (11.54%) Legal
8 6 (11.54%) Retail
9 5 (9.62%) Financial Institution
10 3 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.92%) Banking
11 1 (1.92%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 19 (36.54%) Designer
2 16 (30.77%) Architect
3 14 (26.92%) UX Designer
4 10 (19.23%) Senior
5 6 (11.54%) SEO Manager
5 6 (11.54%) Site Manager
6 5 (9.62%) Data Architect
6 5 (9.62%) Senior Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Consultant
7 4 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.77%) Information Management Consultant
8 3 (5.77%) Interaction Designer
8 3 (5.77%) Knowledge Consultant
8 3 (5.77%) Knowledge Management Consultant
8 3 (5.77%) Lead
8 3 (5.77%) Management Consultant
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Management Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (32.69%) CSS
1 17 (32.69%) HTML
2 3 (5.77%) Node.js
3 2 (3.85%) REST
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.92%) SPFx
4 1 (1.92%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.92%) Product Ownership
2 9 (17.31%) Management Information System
3 6 (11.54%) Algorithms
4 5 (9.62%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.85%) Low-Code
5 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) Analytics
2 20 (38.46%) Prototyping
2 20 (38.46%) User Experience
3 19 (36.54%) Mentoring
3 19 (36.54%) User Research
4 18 (34.62%) Agile
4 18 (34.62%) Roadmaps
4 18 (34.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 17 (32.69%) UX Design
5 17 (32.69%) Wireframes
5 17 (32.69%) Workshop Facilitation
6 15 (28.85%) Actionable Insight
7 14 (26.92%) Analytical Thinking
7 14 (26.92%) Community of Practice
7 14 (26.92%) Inclusive Design
7 14 (26.92%) Usability Testing
8 12 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
9 11 (21.15%) Data Modelling
9 11 (21.15%) Information Management
10 10 (19.23%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 17 (32.69%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 14 (26.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (30.77%) Accessibility
2 14 (26.92%) WCAG
3 5 (9.62%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 25 (48.08%) Microsoft
2 21 (40.38%) Google
3 17 (32.69%) Adobe
4 6 (11.54%) Botify
5 3 (5.77%) Sparx
6 1 (1.92%) HubSpot