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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 594 692 649
Rank change year-on-year +98 -43 +152
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 61 54 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.085% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.099% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 33 32 45
10th Percentile - £54,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +23.81% -16.00%
75th Percentile £80,250 £82,563 £83,750
90th Percentile £121,500 £90,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,000 £75,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.67% +50.00% -20.00%

All Process and 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 46,704 54,735 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.99% 86.52% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28,159 28,437 36,165
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.15%

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 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Architecture in the UK

Information Architecture
Top 13 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 5 December 2025. 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 51 £63,000 -6.67% 16
London +87 35 £52,500 -34.38% 11
UK excluding London +75 20 £67,000 -10.67% 9
Work from Home +94 19 £50,000 -33.33% 8
Scotland - 9 - -
North of England +39 5 £72,250 +12.89% 4
North West +38 3 £73,500 +14.84% 1
South East +37 3 £48,750 -45.83% 4
Yorkshire - 2 £72,250 - 3
Midlands +45 1 £51,000 - 1
East of England +28 1 £87,500 -
South West +19 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £51,000 - 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 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.28%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.28%) CMS
3 1 (1.64%) Apache
3 1 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 17 (27.87%) Adobe XD
2 5 (8.20%) InVision
2 5 (8.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (29.51%) Figma
2 13 (21.31%) Azure
2 13 (21.31%) Google Analytics
3 11 (18.03%) AWS
4 10 (16.39%) Power Platform
5 6 (9.84%) GitHub
5 6 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (8.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (8.20%) Entra ID
6 5 (8.20%) GCP
6 5 (8.20%) Heroku
7 4 (6.56%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (4.92%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (4.92%) Apigee
8 3 (4.92%) Kong
8 3 (4.92%) SaaS
9 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (3.28%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.64%) Dagster
10 1 (1.64%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Power BI
2 5 (8.20%) Data Lake
3 4 (6.56%) Big Data
4 3 (4.92%) Metadata
4 3 (4.92%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.64%) Data Mart
5 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.64%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.64%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (1.64%) KDB
5 1 (1.64%) Kdb+
5 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (19.67%) Axure RP
1 12 (19.67%) Balsamiq
2 2 (3.28%) Vite
General
1 36 (59.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 35 (57.38%) Law
3 30 (49.18%) Finance
4 19 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (26.23%) Public Sector
6 15 (24.59%) Banking
7 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
8 8 (13.11%) Marketing
9 6 (9.84%) Financial Institution
10 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (4.92%) Investment Banking
10 3 (4.92%) Legal
11 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.64%) Police
12 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.64%) Private Banking
12 1 (1.64%) Publishing
12 1 (1.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (36.07%) Software Engineer
2 18 (29.51%) Designer
2 18 (29.51%) Lead
2 18 (29.51%) Lead Software Engineer
3 13 (21.31%) Architect
4 11 (18.03%) Senior
5 10 (16.39%) UX Designer
6 7 (11.48%) Java Engineer
6 7 (11.48%) Java Software Engineer
7 6 (9.84%) Lead Java Engineer
7 6 (9.84%) Senior Architect
8 5 (8.20%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (8.20%) Interaction Designer
9 3 (4.92%) AWS Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) AWS Software Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (3.28%) Python Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) Python Software Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (29.51%) CSS
1 18 (29.51%) HTML
2 6 (9.84%) Kafka
2 6 (9.84%) Spring
3 5 (8.20%) Node.js
4 4 (6.56%) React
4 4 (6.56%) RESTful
4 4 (6.56%) Swagger
5 3 (4.92%) OpenAPI
6 2 (3.28%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.28%) Jest
6 2 (3.28%) OAuth
6 2 (3.28%) OAuth2
6 2 (3.28%) OpenID
6 2 (3.28%) REST
6 2 (3.28%) SAML
6 2 (3.28%) Web Services
7 1 (1.64%) D3.js
7 1 (1.64%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (1.64%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) Cloud Native
2 13 (21.31%) Product Ownership
3 11 (18.03%) Management Information System
4 5 (8.20%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.28%) Derivative
5 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.64%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.64%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.64%) Equities
6 1 (1.64%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (1.64%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (63.93%) Agile
2 32 (52.46%) Community of Practice
3 24 (39.34%) AI
3 24 (39.34%) Analytics
4 22 (36.07%) Architectural Design
4 22 (36.07%) Machine Learning
4 22 (36.07%) Software Engineering
5 20 (32.79%) Operational Stability
6 19 (31.15%) Mentoring
6 19 (31.15%) Prototyping
7 18 (29.51%) SDLC
7 18 (29.51%) User Research
8 17 (27.87%) CI/CD
8 17 (27.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 17 (27.87%) Wireframes
8 17 (27.87%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (26.23%) User Experience
10 14 (22.95%) Analytical Thinking
10 14 (22.95%) UX Design
11 13 (21.31%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (31.15%) JavaScript
2 11 (18.03%) Java
3 6 (9.84%) Go
4 5 (8.20%) Python
4 5 (8.20%) SQL
5 3 (4.92%) Lua
6 2 (3.28%) Kotlin
6 2 (3.28%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.64%) C#
7 1 (1.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (31.15%) Security Cleared
2 18 (29.51%) SC Cleared
3 16 (26.23%) Degree
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.31%) Accessibility
2 12 (19.67%) WCAG
3 8 (13.11%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.28%) Terraform
3 1 (1.64%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (42.62%) Microsoft
2 17 (27.87%) Adobe
3 16 (26.23%) Google
4 3 (4.92%) MKS
4 3 (4.92%) MuleSoft
4 3 (4.92%) Sparx
5 2 (3.28%) Facebook
5 2 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.64%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.64%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.64%) BMC
6 1 (1.64%) Databricks
6 1 (1.64%) Murex
6 1 (1.64%) Oracle
6 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow