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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 682 569 477
Rank change year-on-year -113 -92 +277
Permanent jobs citing Information Architecture 82 120 396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.081% 0.24% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.27% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 45 22 64
10th Percentile £40,320 £40,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -27.99%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £91,500 £104,000 £86,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +29.63% -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 74,263 44,137 73,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 89.84% 81.67%
Number of salaries quoted 51,228 24,998 49,763
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
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 25 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 25 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 -105 64 £62,500 +8.70% 45
UK excluding London -87 41 £62,500 -10.71% 24
Work from Home +4 35 £65,000 +30.00% 17
London -68 34 £60,242 +14.75% 34
North of England -16 18 £72,500 +15.08% 3
North West -1 12 £75,000 +19.05% 1
Wales - 8 £30,000 -
Midlands -32 6 - - 1
Yorkshire - 5 £70,000 - 1
East Midlands -28 4 - - 1
South East -39 2 £70,000 -39.13% 6
South West -72 2 - - 3
West Midlands - 2 - -
East of England - 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £61,250 -
Scotland -13 1 - - 9
North East - 1 - - 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 15 (18.29%) CMS
2 14 (17.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Adobe XD
2 5 (6.10%) Sketch
3 3 (3.66%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.51%) Azure
2 14 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (15.85%) AWS
4 11 (13.41%) Figma
5 7 (8.54%) Power Platform
6 6 (7.32%) Google Analytics
6 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (6.10%) Power Automate
7 5 (6.10%) PowerApps
8 4 (4.88%) Miro
8 4 (4.88%) OneDrive
9 3 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
11 1 (1.22%) Alation
11 1 (1.22%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (1.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.76%) Intranet
2 1 (1.22%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.66%) Data Lake
1 3 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (3.66%) Metadata
1 3 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (3.66%) Power BI
1 3 (3.66%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Axure RP
1 6 (7.32%) Balsamiq
General
1 34 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.29%) Public Sector
4 12 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (14.63%) Retail
5 10 (12.20%) Finance
5 10 (12.20%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (10.98%) Games
6 9 (10.98%) Marketing
7 8 (9.76%) Law
8 7 (8.54%) Legal
8 7 (8.54%) Publishing
9 6 (7.32%) Automotive
10 3 (3.66%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (25.61%) Architect
2 13 (15.85%) Lead
3 11 (13.41%) Designer
4 10 (12.20%) Consultant
4 10 (12.20%) UX Designer
5 9 (10.98%) Data Architect
5 9 (10.98%) Senior
6 8 (9.76%) Chief Architect
7 6 (7.32%) Content Strategist
7 6 (7.32%) Information Architect
7 6 (7.32%) Senior Consultant
7 6 (7.32%) SEO Manager
7 6 (7.32%) Site Manager
8 4 (4.88%) Data Modeller
8 4 (4.88%) Developer
8 4 (4.88%) SharePoint Consultant
8 4 (4.88%) SQL Developer
8 4 (4.88%) Workflow Developer
9 3 (3.66%) Information Management Consultant
9 3 (3.66%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.20%) CSS
1 10 (12.20%) HTML
2 7 (8.54%) REST
3 3 (3.66%) Kafka
3 3 (3.66%) Spring
3 3 (3.66%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.44%) SPFx
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) Product Ownership
2 7 (8.54%) Taxonomies
3 6 (7.32%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.88%) Low-Code
5 3 (3.66%) AI Agents
5 3 (3.66%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.22%) NHS
7 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.27%) Analytics
2 23 (28.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (26.83%) User Experience
4 19 (23.17%) Agile
5 17 (20.73%) Data Modelling
5 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (20.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (20.73%) UX Design
6 15 (18.29%) Enterprise Architecture
7 14 (17.07%) Service Design
7 14 (17.07%) Workshop Facilitation
8 13 (15.85%) Roadmaps
8 13 (15.85%) SEO
8 13 (15.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (14.63%) Decision-Making
9 12 (14.63%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (14.63%) TOGAF
10 11 (13.41%) Business Strategy
10 11 (13.41%) Service Delivery
10 11 (13.41%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.88%) Java
2 4 (4.88%) SQL
3 1 (1.22%) Go
3 1 (1.22%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 19 (23.17%) Degree
2 14 (17.07%) SC Cleared
2 14 (17.07%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.98%) AWS Certification
3 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (9.76%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (24.39%) Accessibility
2 11 (13.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (9.76%) ISO 9001
4 6 (7.32%) WCAG
5 2 (2.44%) GDPR
6 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (3.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (28.05%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.85%) Google
3 10 (12.20%) Adobe
4 6 (7.32%) Botify
5 1 (1.22%) HubSpot