ICT system architect
ICT system architects design architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a multi-components system to meet specified requirements.
ICT system architect iCT system architects design architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a multi-components system to meet specified requirements. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include systems development life-cycle, hardware platforms, digital systems, web programming, business process modelling.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £60,288 a year for IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £45,860 to £81,932 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2133). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only ICT system architect, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Computers and Electronics
- English Language
- Telecommunications
- Customer and Personal Service
- Engineering and Technology
- Administration and Management
- Design
- Mathematics
What you'd actually do
- Communicate with staff or clients to understand specific system requirements.
- Investigate system component suitability for specified purposes, and make recommendations regarding component use.
- Provide customers or installation teams guidelines for implementing secure systems.
- Direct the analysis, development, and operation of complete computer systems.
- Direct the installation of operating systems, network or application software, or computer or network hardware.
- Monitor system operation to detect potential problems.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does ICT system architect do?
ICT system architects design architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a multi-components system to meet specified requirements.
What skills does ICT system architect need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include systems development life-cycle, hardware platforms, digital systems, web programming, business process modelling, database development tools. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace ICT system architect?
Our AI-durability model gives ICT system architect a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.