IT architect: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2133)
About £47,866 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +6.5% on last year
£5,360 a month About £3,989 a month after tax 184 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £49,512 in 2021 to £64,326 in 2026 (+30%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £29,637 | £37,890 | £49,512 | £64,009 | x |
| 2022 | £31,712 | £38,497 | £50,071 | £64,149 | x |
| 2023 | £31,691 | £40,178 | £52,874 | £67,825 | x |
| 2024 | £33,996 | £42,356 | £55,004 | £73,083 | x |
| 2025 | £35,537 | £46,176 | £60,380 | £83,050 | x |
| 2026 | £36,577 | £47,285 | £64,326 | £86,010 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £64,326 a year and half earn more. That is 57% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £47,285 and £86,010; one in ten earns less than £36,577.
Ranked by median, it is number 15 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,989 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,836 in Scotland.
The median for men is £65,853 and for women £54,131, a gap of 18% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £36,577 | £3,048 |
| 20th | £44,179 | £3,682 |
| 25th (P25) | £47,285 | £3,940 |
| 30th | £50,269 | £4,189 |
| 40th | £57,206 | £4,767 |
| Median (50th) | £64,326 | £5,360 |
| 60th | £71,562 | £5,963 |
| 70th | £80,788 | £6,732 |
| 75th (P75) | £86,010 | £7,168 |
| 80th | £91,628 | £7,636 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £65,853 | £74,167 | 156 |
| Women | £54,131 | £67,984 | 28 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £47,866 | £3,989 |
| Scotland | £46,030 | £3,836 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £64,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 119 job titles to SOC 2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Agent architect
- AI agent architect
- AI architect
- AI cloud architect
- AI governance architect
- AI integration specialist
- AI research scientist
- AI safety researcher
- Ai scientist
- AI solutions architect
- AI solutions consultant
- AI systems integrator
- Ambient systems engineer
- Architect
- Artificial intelligence scientist
- Bi architect
- Big data engineer
- Business analyst
- Business intelligence architect
- Change analyst
- Cloud architect
- Cloud engineer
- Cloud services specialist
- Cloud technical architect
- Communications voice analyst
- Computer analyst
- Computer design engineer
- Computer designer
- Computer engineer
- Computer scientist
- Computer systems engineer
- Computer technical specialist
- Computer vision scientist
- Customer solution architect
- Customer solutions architect
- Data architect
- Data comms analyst
- Data communications analyst
- Data engineer
- Data scientist
- Data visualisation specialist
- Data warehouse analyst
- Data warehouse developer
- Database architect
- Database designer
- Datawarehouse architect
- Digital architect
- Domain architect
- Embodied ai researcher
- Enterprise architect
- Erp consultant
- Functional architect
- Information architect
- Information systems analyst
- Information technology planner
- Infrastructure architect
- Infrastructure engineer
- Integration architect
- IT architect
- IT business analyst
Show all 119 titles
- IT infrastructure engineer
- IT solution architect
- IT solutions architect
- IT strategist
- IT system analyst
- IT systems consultant
- IT systems engineer
- IT technical architect
- Maintenance analyst
- Multimedia specialist
- Network architect
- Operations analyst
- Platform architect
- Process architect
- Product analyst
- Product architect
- Sap technology architect
- Service design researcher
- Service designer
- Services architect
- Solution architect
- Solution consultant
- Solution designer
- Solution engineer
- Solutions architect
- Solutions consultant
- Solutions designer
- Solutions engineer
- Strategic architect
- Supply chain architect
- Synthetic data engineer
- Synthetic data specialist
- System analyst
- System architect
- Systems accountant
- Systems adviser
- Systems analyst
- Systems architect
- Systems consultant
- Systems designer
- Systems development officer
- Systems engineer
- Systems integrator
- Systems specialist
- Technical analyst
- Technical architect
- Technical business analyst
- Technical comms analyst
- Technical solution architect
- Technical solutions architect
- Technical specialist
- Technical writer
- Technology architect
- Technology strategist
- Telecommunications analyst
- User experience architect
- User interface architect
- UX architect
- Web architect
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.