Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 91 32
Rank change year-on-year +60 -59 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,636 1,087 2,984
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.25% 3.19% 5.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.56% 3.57% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,505 664 1,808
10th Percentile £61,850 £60,972 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 79,733 30,447 50,940
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 89.28% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 55,193 17,292 29,426
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,946 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Architect in the UK excluding London

Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
North of England +87 1,237 £80,000 +6.67% 520
North West +101 670 £80,000 - 292
South East +18 638 £85,000 +9.68% 594
South West +48 539 £80,000 -5.88% 236
Midlands +28 520 £85,000 +13.33% 301
West Midlands +37 418 £85,000 +13.33% 230
Yorkshire +57 367 £80,000 +6.67% 172
East of England +60 237 £82,500 - 152
North East +11 200 £85,000 +30.77% 56
Scotland +65 187 £85,000 +6.25% 218
Wales +16 165 £80,000 +11.11% 34
Northern Ireland -13 127 £80,000 +6.67% 67
East Midlands -8 102 £80,000 +6.67% 71
Architect
UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 638 (17.55%) Azure
2 560 (15.40%) Security Cleared
3 492 (13.53%) Microsoft
4 455 (12.51%) AI
5 453 (12.46%) Roadmaps
6 418 (11.50%) AWS
7 338 (9.30%) SC Cleared
8 314 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
9 311 (8.55%) Agile
10 308 (8.47%) Enterprise Architecture
11 276 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
12 258 (7.10%) Data Architecture
13 244 (6.71%) Technical Architecture
14 239 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 236 (6.49%) Problem-Solving
16 229 (6.30%) TOGAF
17 228 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
18 219 (6.02%) CI/CD
19 217 (5.97%) Decision-Making
20 213 (5.86%) DV Cleared
21 205 (5.64%) Data Modelling
22 204 (5.61%) Technology Strategy
23 195 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
24 190 (5.23%) Analytics
25 189 (5.20%) Microservices
26 182 (5.01%) Mentoring
27 181 (4.98%) IT Strategy
27 181 (4.98%) Security Architecture
28 177 (4.87%) Business Strategy
28 177 (4.87%) DevOps

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (0.47%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.22%) Apache
2 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
4 6 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.11%) Confluence
7 3 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.028%) JBoss
9 1 (0.028%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.028%) SAS
9 1 (0.028%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.028%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.30%) Revit
2 10 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.055%) Simulink
7 2 (0.055%) Weka
7 2 (0.055%) Windchill
8 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.028%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (0.028%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.028%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 45 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.083%) Lawson
6 3 (0.083%) Movex
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.083%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.083%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.055%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.055%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 638 (17.55%) Azure
2 418 (11.50%) AWS
3 173 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 132 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
5 125 (3.44%) SaaS
6 122 (3.36%) GCP
7 74 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 68 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
9 63 (1.73%) Entra ID
10 59 (1.62%) Serverless
11 42 (1.16%) dbt
12 40 (1.10%) IaaS
12 40 (1.10%) PaaS
13 34 (0.94%) Azure Databricks
14 23 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
15 20 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (0.52%) GitHub
16 19 (0.52%) PowerApps
17 17 (0.47%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (2.94%) WAN
2 92 (2.53%) LAN
3 75 (2.06%) Network Security
4 63 (1.73%) Firewall
5 49 (1.35%) VPN
6 33 (0.91%) DNS
7 29 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.52%) Broadband
8 19 (0.52%) MPLS
8 19 (0.52%) Wireless
9 18 (0.50%) BGP
9 18 (0.50%) VLAN
10 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
11 15 (0.41%) SNMP
12 14 (0.39%) 5G
13 13 (0.36%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
15 11 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
16 10 (0.28%) FTP
16 10 (0.28%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (2.39%) Metadata
2 39 (1.07%) Power BI
3 36 (0.99%) Data Lake
4 28 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.69%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.33%) GIS
6 12 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.30%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
8 10 (0.28%) Tableau
9 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.19%) Big Data
11 7 (0.19%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.19%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.17%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (0.61%) Snyk
2 19 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) GitLab
3 11 (0.30%) JIRA
4 6 (0.17%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
5 5 (0.14%) Git
5 5 (0.14%) MLflow
5 5 (0.14%) Toad
6 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.083%) ERwin
8 2 (0.055%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.055%) JMeter
8 2 (0.055%) Postman
8 2 (0.055%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.055%) Selenium
9 1 (0.028%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.028%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.028%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 514 (14.14%) Finance
2 473 (13.01%) Social Skills
3 291 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 175 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 143 (3.93%) Analytical Skills
6 121 (3.33%) Aerospace
7 100 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
8 93 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 58 (1.60%) Law
9 58 (1.60%) Retail
10 50 (1.38%) Banking
11 46 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 40 (1.10%) Legal
13 37 (1.02%) Marketing
14 32 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 21 (0.58%) Games
15 21 (0.58%) Military
16 20 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (0.41%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (1.54%) Middleware
2 55 (1.51%) Terraform
3 48 (1.32%) .NET
4 42 (1.16%) REST
5 38 (1.05%) LDAP
6 37 (1.02%) OAuth
7 33 (0.91%) SAML
8 30 (0.83%) SOAP
9 26 (0.72%) ModSecurity
10 25 (0.69%) Kafka
11 21 (0.58%) Node.js
12 20 (0.55%) OpenID
13 16 (0.44%) XML
14 15 (0.41%) JSON
15 13 (0.36%) Regular Expression
15 13 (0.36%) XMPP
16 12 (0.33%) GraphQL
16 12 (0.33%) Lightning Web Components
16 12 (0.33%) SailPoint
17 11 (0.30%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.81%) Cloud Native
2 78 (2.15%) Data Centre
3 55 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
4 49 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
5 48 (1.32%) Product Ownership
6 43 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 39 (1.07%) Onboarding
9 32 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (0.80%) Virtual Team
11 28 (0.77%) Operational Technology
12 26 (0.72%) Cyberattack
13 25 (0.69%) Management Information System
14 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 23 (0.63%) Public Cloud
15 22 (0.61%) AI Agents
15 22 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
16 21 (0.58%) Private Cloud
16 21 (0.58%) Social Media
17 20 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (1.24%) Linux
2 35 (0.96%) Windows
3 24 (0.66%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.028%) AIX
6 1 (0.028%) CentOS
6 1 (0.028%) Solaris
6 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (12.51%) AI
2 453 (12.46%) Roadmaps
3 314 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
4 311 (8.55%) Agile
5 308 (8.47%) Enterprise Architecture
6 276 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
7 258 (7.10%) Data Architecture
8 244 (6.71%) Technical Architecture
9 239 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 236 (6.49%) Problem-Solving
11 229 (6.30%) TOGAF
12 228 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 219 (6.02%) CI/CD
14 217 (5.97%) Decision-Making
15 205 (5.64%) Data Modelling
16 204 (5.61%) Technology Strategy
17 195 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
18 190 (5.23%) Analytics
19 189 (5.20%) Microservices
20 182 (5.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 92 (2.53%) SQL
2 90 (2.48%) Python
3 68 (1.87%) C#
4 49 (1.35%) JavaScript
5 37 (1.02%) Java
6 26 (0.72%) Bicep
7 17 (0.47%) C
8 15 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 13 (0.36%) C++
10 10 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.25%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.25%) Scala
12 6 (0.17%) COBOL
12 6 (0.17%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.17%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.17%) R
12 6 (0.17%) Ruby
12 6 (0.17%) Rust
12 6 (0.17%) SOQL
12 6 (0.17%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 560 (15.40%) Security Cleared
2 338 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 213 (5.86%) DV Cleared
4 131 (3.60%) Degree
5 68 (1.87%) CISSP
6 63 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 56 (1.54%) AWS Certification
8 54 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
9 44 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 43 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 38 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
12 37 (1.02%) CISM
13 21 (0.58%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (0.47%) CCSP
16 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (0.41%) CCNP
18 10 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
19 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (2.81%) GRC
2 100 (2.75%) NIST
3 90 (2.48%) Data Quality
4 68 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (1.51%) GDPR
6 51 (1.40%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.66%) NCSC
8 21 (0.58%) QA
9 13 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 12 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.25%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.17%) MISRA
16 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.14%) SLA
17 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 95 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (0.77%) Docker
4 23 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.55%) vSphere
6 18 (0.50%) Firmware
7 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.25%) NDS
10 3 (0.083%) KVM
11 1 (0.028%) GPFS
11 1 (0.028%) Lustre
11 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.028%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 81 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 32 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.28%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.28%) MOM
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.17%) Ansible
7 3 (0.083%) Grafana
8 2 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.055%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.055%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.055%) SCCM
8 2 (0.055%) vRealize
9 1 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.028%) Salt
Vendors
1 492 (13.53%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.45%) SAP
3 82 (2.26%) Databricks
4 60 (1.65%) Oracle
5 52 (1.43%) VMware
6 47 (1.29%) Cisco
6 47 (1.29%) ServiceNow
7 41 (1.13%) Palo Alto
8 37 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 37 (1.02%) Workday
9 30 (0.83%) Computacenter
10 29 (0.80%) Google
11 24 (0.66%) ForgeRock
11 24 (0.66%) Okta
12 23 (0.63%) Tenable
13 22 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
13 22 (0.61%) Red Hat
14 21 (0.58%) Adobe
15 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
16 18 (0.50%) CyberArk