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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 699 539 583
Rank change year-on-year -160 +44 +132
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 102 124 215
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.090% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.28% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 48 26 28
10th Percentile £37,000 £43,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,855 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.05% -11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,375 £72,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £73,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -14.97% +36.11% -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 82,630 43,847 63,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.77% 88.67% 80.95%
Number of salaries quoted 57,445 24,695 36,468
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
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 14 September 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 14 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 -98 79 £67,500 +17.39% 229
UK excluding London -100 59 £62,500 -14.97% 120
Work from Home -11 45 £65,000 +30.00% 87
London -90 33 £67,500 +28.57% 150
North of England -36 25 £75,000 +19.05% 21
North West -3 17 £75,000 +19.05% 11
East of England - 9 - - 8
Wales - 9 £30,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 7 £75,000 - 8
South East -36 4 £63,750 -44.57% 16
South West -83 4 - - 23
Scotland -22 3 - - 30
Midlands -45 3 - - 14
West Midlands -35 2 - - 12
Northern Ireland - 2 £61,250 - 8
North East - 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 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 23 (22.55%) SharePoint
2 9 (8.82%) CMS
3 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.96%) WordPress
5 1 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.98%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 12 (11.76%) Adobe XD
2 6 (5.88%) Sketch
3 3 (2.94%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.96%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.96%) InDesign
4 2 (1.96%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 23 (22.55%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (18.63%) Azure
3 18 (17.65%) Power Platform
4 16 (15.69%) AWS
4 16 (15.69%) PowerApps
5 15 (14.71%) Figma
6 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (11.76%) Power Automate
8 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (5.88%) Google Analytics
10 5 (4.90%) Miro
10 5 (4.90%) OneDrive
11 4 (3.92%) GCP
12 3 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
13 2 (1.96%) Alation
14 1 (0.98%) AWS Direct Connect
14 1 (0.98%) Copilot Studio
14 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.98%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.82%) Intranet
2 2 (1.96%) Broadband
3 1 (0.98%) BGP
3 1 (0.98%) DNS
3 1 (0.98%) Firewall
3 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.98%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.73%) Power BI
2 10 (9.80%) Metadata
3 4 (3.92%) Power Query
4 3 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.94%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Axure RP
1 6 (5.88%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.98%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.98%) Git
General
1 38 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 16 (15.69%) Law
5 13 (12.75%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (9.80%) Finance
7 8 (7.84%) Marketing
8 7 (6.86%) Publishing
9 6 (5.88%) Automotive
9 6 (5.88%) Legal
9 6 (5.88%) Retail
10 4 (3.92%) Banking
11 3 (2.94%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.94%) Games
12 1 (0.98%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.98%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (26.47%) Architect
2 17 (16.67%) Lead
3 15 (14.71%) Designer
3 15 (14.71%) Senior
4 14 (13.73%) UX Designer
5 13 (12.75%) Information Architect
6 11 (10.78%) Consultant
6 11 (10.78%) Data Architect
7 8 (7.84%) Chief Architect
8 7 (6.86%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (5.88%) Administrator
9 6 (5.88%) Content Strategist
9 6 (5.88%) SharePoint Administrator
10 5 (4.90%) Lead Software Engineer
10 5 (4.90%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.92%) Data Modeller
11 4 (3.92%) Developer
11 4 (3.92%) SharePoint Consultant
11 4 (3.92%) SQL Developer
11 4 (3.92%) Workflow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.76%) HTML
2 11 (10.78%) CSS
3 7 (6.86%) REST
4 3 (2.94%) Kafka
4 3 (2.94%) Spring
4 3 (2.94%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.96%) .NET
5 2 (1.96%) Framer.js
5 2 (1.96%) React
5 2 (1.96%) SPFx
5 2 (1.96%) Terraform
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.98%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.78%) AI Agents
1 11 (10.78%) Product Ownership
1 11 (10.78%) Taxonomies
2 8 (7.84%) Low-Code
3 6 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.94%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.94%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.96%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.43%) Analytics
2 27 (26.47%) Agile
2 27 (26.47%) User Experience
3 26 (25.49%) AI
4 25 (24.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (21.57%) UX Design
7 21 (20.59%) Decision-Making
8 20 (19.61%) Data Modelling
9 19 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
10 18 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (15.69%) Workshop Facilitation
12 15 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (13.73%) Prototyping
13 14 (13.73%) Service Design
13 14 (13.73%) User Research
14 13 (12.75%) Architectural Design
15 12 (11.76%) Community of Practice
15 12 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.84%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.90%) SQL
3 4 (3.92%) Java
4 3 (2.94%) Go
5 2 (1.96%) C#
5 2 (1.96%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.98%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 21 (20.59%) Degree
2 17 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (13.73%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.73%) Security Cleared
4 9 (8.82%) AWS Certification
5 8 (7.84%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (26.47%) Accessibility
2 11 (10.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (7.84%) ISO 9001
3 8 (7.84%) WCAG
4 3 (2.94%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.96%) GDPR
6 1 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.98%) Argo
3 1 (0.98%) Istio
Vendors
1 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.73%) Adobe
3 7 (6.86%) Google
4 4 (3.92%) OneTrust
4 4 (3.92%) YouTube
5 1 (0.98%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.98%) OneLogin
5 1 (0.98%) Oracle