Junior Architect Jobs

Junior Architect
UK

The median Junior Architect salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 872 966
Rank change year-on-year +208 +94 +199
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Architect 28 24 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.024% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.026% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 26 21 22
10th Percentile £43,750 - £41,375
25th Percentile £48,750 £30,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +5.77% -4.59%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £59,688
90th Percentile - £70,000 £67,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £35,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +60.71% -31.71% -5.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Junior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Junior Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Architect in the UK

Junior Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Architect.

Salary trend for Junior Architect in the UK

Junior Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Architect in the UK

Junior Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +178 28 £57,500 +4.55% 4
UK excluding London +218 24 £56,250 +60.71% 1
North of England +102 24 £56,250 +2.27%
North West +55 24 £56,250 -
London +105 4 £60,000 -5.88% 4
Work from Home +191 3 £60,000 +9.09% 3

Junior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Junior Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Junior Architect in the job title.

1 24 (85.71%) Social Skills
1 24 (85.71%) Presentation Skills
1 24 (85.71%) LAN
1 24 (85.71%) WAN
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco
1 24 (85.71%) CCNA
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
1 24 (85.71%) Juniper
1 24 (85.71%) Firewall
1 24 (85.71%) Fortinet
1 24 (85.71%) JNCIA
1 24 (85.71%) Aruba
1 24 (85.71%) Presales
2 22 (78.57%) Palo Alto
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) JIRA
4 3 (10.71%) CMDB
4 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.71%) Configuration Management
4 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.71%) Architecture Governance
4 3 (10.71%) Architectural Design
4 3 (10.71%) Change Advisory Board
5 1 (3.57%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.57%) SDLC
5 1 (3.57%) AWS
5 1 (3.57%) SaaS

Junior Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) AWS
1 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (85.71%) Firewall
1 24 (85.71%) LAN
1 24 (85.71%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 24 (85.71%) Presentation Skills
1 24 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (85.71%) Presales
2 3 (10.71%) Architectural Design
2 3 (10.71%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (10.71%) Change Advisory Board
2 3 (10.71%) Configuration Management
2 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
3 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (3.57%) Design Patterns
3 1 (3.57%) Offensive Security
3 1 (3.57%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (3.57%) SDLC
3 1 (3.57%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 24 (85.71%) CCNA
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
1 24 (85.71%) JNCIA
Vendors
1 24 (85.71%) Aruba
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco
1 24 (85.71%) Fortinet
1 24 (85.71%) Juniper
2 22 (78.57%) Palo Alto