Architectural Patterns
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Architectural Patterns skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 402 299
Rank change year-on-year -32 -103 +95
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Patterns 567 799 2,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.80% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.84% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 417 392 679
10th Percentile £52,325 £54,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,809 £65,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.78% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £83,759 £97,290 £95,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £109,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year -10.34% +5.45% -1.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Architectural Patterns is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%

Architectural Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Architectural Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architectural Patterns.

Salary trend for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Patterns over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architectural Patterns in the UK

Architectural Patterns
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architectural Patterns within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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 -14 504 £70,000 -12.82% 145
UK excluding London +80 380 £65,000 -10.34% 85
Work from Home +51 302 £70,576 -10.66% 62
London -103 152 £85,000 -5.56% 82
North of England +128 140 £61,206 -6.34% 26
North West +52 76 £61,206 -11.55% 16
Midlands +8 70 £65,000 -10.34% 11
West Midlands +27 62 £65,000 - 6
South East +4 57 £65,000 -25.71% 30
South West +17 55 £65,000 +4.00% 7
Yorkshire +103 47 £77,500 +40.91% 5
Scotland -88 36 £75,000 -5.06% 7
East of England 0 18 £55,000 -24.14% 2
North East +14 17 £75,000 +7.14% 5
East Midlands -18 7 £67,500 -6.90% 5
Northern Ireland +21 2 £75,400 -5.75% 2
Wales -2 2 £55,752 -11.14%

Architectural Patterns
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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (4.06%) CMS
2 8 (1.41%) Confluence
3 5 (0.88%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.71%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.53%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.35%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.35%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.35%) nginx
6 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.35%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.35%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.18%) IIS
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 16 (2.82%) Photoshop
2 5 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 31 (5.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (3.00%) SDL Web 8
3 8 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.35%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 220 (38.80%) Azure
2 179 (31.57%) AWS
3 114 (20.11%) GCP
4 65 (11.46%) SaaS
5 59 (10.41%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (6.70%) PaaS
7 34 (6.00%) IaaS
8 33 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (5.11%) Serverless
10 23 (4.06%) GitHub
11 20 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (2.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 16 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (2.82%) NuGet
13 14 (2.47%) Amazon SQS
14 13 (2.29%) Azure Functions
14 13 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (1.94%) dbt
17 10 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.47%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.12%) Network Security
3 7 (1.23%) Firewall
3 7 (1.23%) HTTP
4 6 (1.06%) Internet
4 6 (1.06%) VPN
5 4 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.35%) DNS
7 1 (0.18%) IPsec
7 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.18%) NGFW
7 1 (0.18%) SAN
7 1 (0.18%) SSL
7 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (15.52%) SQL Server
2 57 (10.05%) NoSQL
3 49 (8.64%) Relational Database
4 23 (4.06%) Big Data
5 19 (3.35%) DB2
6 18 (3.17%) Metadata
7 13 (2.29%) DynamoDB
7 13 (2.29%) MySQL
8 12 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (1.23%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.06%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.06%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.06%) GIS
12 6 (1.06%) Redis
13 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 46 (8.11%) Git
2 32 (5.64%) Visual Studio
3 28 (4.94%) JIRA
4 18 (3.17%) NUnit
5 17 (3.00%) Moq
5 17 (3.00%) TeamCity
6 16 (2.82%) git-flow
6 16 (2.82%) Octopus Deploy
6 16 (2.82%) Sourcetree
6 16 (2.82%) SpecFlow
7 8 (1.41%) Maven
8 6 (1.06%) Eclipse
8 6 (1.06%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.06%) webpack
9 2 (0.35%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.35%) JUnit
9 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.18%) Ant
10 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
General
1 131 (23.10%) Social Skills
2 114 (20.11%) Finance
3 65 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (10.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (9.17%) Legal
6 51 (8.99%) Marketing
7 46 (8.11%) Public Sector
8 34 (6.00%) Banking
9 33 (5.82%) Law
10 30 (5.29%) Retail
11 14 (2.47%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.29%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.76%) Billing
14 9 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.88%) Aviation
16 4 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.71%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.53%) Games
Job Titles
1 333 (58.73%) Architect
2 176 (31.04%) Senior
2 176 (31.04%) Solutions Architect
3 121 (21.34%) Developer
4 85 (14.99%) Lead
5 84 (14.81%) Senior Architect
6 46 (8.11%) Technical Architect
7 45 (7.94%) Senior Developer
8 44 (7.76%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 42 (7.41%) Software Engineer
10 36 (6.35%) C# Developer
10 36 (6.35%) Full Stack Developer
11 32 (5.64%) Data Architect
12 31 (5.47%) Senior Full Stack Developer
13 30 (5.29%) Cloud Architect
13 30 (5.29%) Lead Architect
14 29 (5.11%) Senior C# Developer
15 26 (4.59%) Full-Stack C# Developer
16 25 (4.41%) .NET Developer
16 25 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (25.22%) .NET
2 80 (14.11%) RESTful
3 63 (11.11%) React
4 54 (9.52%) HTML
5 47 (8.29%) CSS
6 46 (8.11%) .NET Framework
7 44 (7.76%) Web Services
8 41 (7.23%) REST
9 40 (7.05%) ASP.NET
10 38 (6.70%) SOAP
11 37 (6.53%) XML
12 31 (5.47%) Entity Framework
12 31 (5.47%) Node.js
13 25 (4.41%) .NET Core
13 25 (4.41%) Spring
14 23 (4.06%) AngularJS
14 23 (4.06%) GraphQL
15 22 (3.88%) ASP.NET MVC
16 20 (3.53%) Blazor
17 19 (3.35%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 99 (17.46%) Public Cloud
2 78 (13.76%) Cloud Native
3 55 (9.70%) Management Information System
4 24 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (4.23%) Mobile App
4 24 (4.23%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.35%) IoT
6 18 (3.17%) Legacy Code
7 17 (3.00%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (2.82%) Operational Technology
9 15 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (2.29%) PMI
11 11 (1.94%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.59%) Blockchain
13 8 (1.41%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.23%) Robotics
15 6 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 5 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.11%) Linux
2 26 (4.59%) Windows
3 25 (4.41%) Apple iOS
4 17 (3.00%) Android
5 11 (1.94%) Unix
6 10 (1.76%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.59%) Solaris
8 8 (1.41%) VME
9 7 (1.23%) Windows Server
10 4 (0.71%) DC/OS
10 4 (0.71%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (53.79%) Agile
2 227 (40.04%) Design Patterns
3 188 (33.16%) Microservices
4 168 (29.63%) Mentoring
5 161 (28.40%) DevOps
6 160 (28.22%) Problem-Solving
7 157 (27.69%) Roadmaps
8 93 (16.40%) Coaching
9 87 (15.34%) Software Engineering
10 82 (14.46%) Architectural Design
11 78 (13.76%) Full Stack Development
12 77 (13.58%) Enterprise Architecture
13 76 (13.40%) Decision-Making
14 73 (12.87%) Analytics
14 73 (12.87%) Software Architecture
15 70 (12.35%) API Development
16 66 (11.64%) CI/CD
17 65 (11.46%) Open Source
17 65 (11.46%) Technical Leadership
18 64 (11.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 121 (21.34%) C#
2 104 (18.34%) Java
3 82 (14.46%) JavaScript
4 79 (13.93%) Python
5 72 (12.70%) SQL
6 30 (5.29%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.53%) Swift
8 18 (3.17%) T-SQL
9 17 (3.00%) Kotlin
10 16 (2.82%) XPath
11 15 (2.65%) PowerShell
12 14 (2.47%) VB.NET
13 11 (1.94%) C
14 8 (1.41%) COBOL
14 8 (1.41%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 7 (1.23%) Ruby
16 6 (1.06%) R
16 6 (1.06%) Scala
17 5 (0.88%) Go
18 4 (0.71%) Bash
Qualifications
1 138 (24.34%) Degree
2 69 (12.17%) Security Cleared
3 66 (11.64%) SC Cleared
4 38 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (5.64%) Master's Degree
5 32 (5.64%) TOGAF Certification
6 29 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 27 (4.76%) CISSP
8 21 (3.70%) CISM
9 19 (3.35%) CRISC
10 15 (2.65%) AWS Certification
11 14 (2.47%) Azure Certification
11 14 (2.47%) CASP
11 14 (2.47%) CEH
12 13 (2.29%) PMI Certification
13 11 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (1.41%) SANS
15 7 (1.23%) CISA
16 4 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.17%) QA
2 21 (3.70%) GDPR
3 20 (3.53%) NCSC
4 18 (3.17%) NIST
5 16 (2.82%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.76%) HIPAA
6 10 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.59%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (1.06%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.06%) SEPA
8 6 (1.06%) WCAG
9 4 (0.71%) ISO 31000
9 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.53%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.53%) SLA
11 2 (0.35%) EMIR
11 2 (0.35%) ISO 9000
11 2 (0.35%) MiFID
System Software
1 47 (8.29%) Docker
2 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) RACF
Systems Management
1 45 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.35%) Terraform
3 5 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (0.71%) Suricata
5 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.18%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 102 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 94 (16.58%) Google
3 31 (5.47%) Sparx
4 29 (5.11%) Oracle
5 19 (3.35%) IBM
6 18 (3.17%) Adobe
7 16 (2.82%) Cognizant
8 13 (2.29%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.12%) Guidewire
9 12 (2.12%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.76%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.41%) Citrix
11 8 (1.41%) Micro Focus
12 7 (1.23%) SAP
13 6 (1.06%) Cisco
14 4 (0.71%) ESRI
14 4 (0.71%) Juniper
14 4 (0.71%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.71%) Splunk
15 3 (0.53%) ServiceNow