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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 715 542 669
Rank change year-on-year -173 +127 +10
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 101 122 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.28% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 45 24 26
10th Percentile £34,000 £42,250 £47,847
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -13.46% -13.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,950 £85,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £73,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.97% +22.50% -12.91%

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 85,853 43,932 62,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.75% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,280 24,639 34,370
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -3.39%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 26 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Architecture in the UK

Information Architecture
Top 16 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 26 September 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 -133 82 £70,000 +24.44% 202
UK excluding London -142 59 £62,500 -14.97% 111
Work from Home -19 44 £65,000 +30.00% 74
London -99 34 £67,500 +28.57% 122
North of England -36 26 £75,000 +2.04% 22
North West -13 17 £75,000 +2.04% 9
East of England - 10 - - 10
Wales - 9 £30,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 8 £75,000 - 11
South East -33 4 £63,750 - 16
South West -82 4 - - 25
Scotland -19 3 - - 23
Midlands -47 3 - - 10
West Midlands -37 2 - - 7
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
North East - 1 - - 2

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 22 (21.78%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.92%) CMS
3 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.99%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.99%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (11.88%) 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 22 (21.78%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (20.79%) Azure
3 19 (18.81%) Power Platform
4 17 (16.83%) PowerApps
5 16 (15.84%) AWS
5 16 (15.84%) Figma
6 15 (14.85%) Microsoft Copilot
7 13 (12.87%) Power Automate
8 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (5.94%) Google Analytics
10 5 (4.95%) Miro
10 5 (4.95%) OneDrive
11 4 (3.96%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (3.96%) Entra ID
11 4 (3.96%) GCP
12 2 (1.98%) Alation
12 2 (1.98%) GitHub
13 1 (0.99%) Azure API Management
13 1 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.99%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.93%) 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%) Internet
3 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.99%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (15.84%) Power BI
2 12 (11.88%) Metadata
3 4 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.96%) Power Query
3 4 (3.96%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.98%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.99%) Redis
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.94%) Axure RP
1 6 (5.94%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.99%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.99%) Git
General
1 39 (38.61%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.81%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (17.82%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (17.82%) Public Sector
4 17 (16.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (15.84%) Law
6 13 (12.87%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (8.91%) Finance
8 8 (7.92%) Marketing
9 7 (6.93%) Publishing
9 7 (6.93%) Retail
10 6 (5.94%) Automotive
10 6 (5.94%) Legal
11 4 (3.96%) Banking
12 3 (2.97%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.97%) Games
13 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (28.71%) Architect
2 16 (15.84%) Designer
3 15 (14.85%) Senior
3 15 (14.85%) UX Designer
4 14 (13.86%) Lead
5 12 (11.88%) Data Architect
5 12 (11.88%) Information Architect
6 10 (9.90%) Consultant
7 8 (7.92%) Chief Architect
8 7 (6.93%) Administrator
8 7 (6.93%) SharePoint Administrator
9 6 (5.94%) Content Strategist
9 6 (5.94%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (4.95%) Lead Software Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.96%) Data Modeller
11 4 (3.96%) Senior Architect
11 4 (3.96%) Senior Data Architect
11 4 (3.96%) SharePoint Consultant
12 3 (2.97%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.88%) HTML
2 11 (10.89%) CSS
3 7 (6.93%) REST
4 3 (2.97%) Kafka
4 3 (2.97%) Spring
4 3 (2.97%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.97%) Terraform
5 2 (1.98%) .NET
5 2 (1.98%) Framer.js
5 2 (1.98%) React
6 1 (0.99%) Middleware
6 1 (0.99%) Semantic HTML
6 1 (0.99%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.88%) AI Agents
2 11 (10.89%) Product Ownership
2 11 (10.89%) Taxonomies
3 7 (6.93%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.93%) Low-Code
4 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.96%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (3.96%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.98%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.99%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.99%) Replication
7 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.71%) Analytics
2 27 (26.73%) Agile
3 26 (25.74%) AI
3 26 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (25.74%) User Experience
4 25 (24.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (21.78%) Data Modelling
5 22 (21.78%) Decision-Making
5 22 (21.78%) UX Design
6 21 (20.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (18.81%) Enterprise Architecture
8 18 (17.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (16.83%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (15.84%) Workshop Facilitation
11 15 (14.85%) User Research
12 14 (13.86%) Prototyping
12 14 (13.86%) Service Design
13 13 (12.87%) Community of Practice
13 13 (12.87%) Usability Testing
13 13 (12.87%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.92%) JavaScript
2 6 (5.94%) 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%) Bicep
6 1 (0.99%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 21 (20.79%) Degree
2 18 (17.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.86%) Security Cleared
4 9 (8.91%) AWS Certification
4 9 (8.91%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (28.71%) Accessibility
2 11 (10.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (7.92%) ISO 9001
3 8 (7.92%) WCAG
4 5 (4.95%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.98%) GDPR
6 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%) Grafana
3 1 (0.99%) Istio
Vendors
1 36 (35.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.86%) Adobe
3 7 (6.93%) Google
4 4 (3.96%) OneTrust
4 4 (3.96%) YouTube
5 2 (1.98%) Oracle
6 1 (0.99%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.99%) OneLogin