Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 61 50
Rank change year-on-year +6 -11 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,238 1,118 3,036
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.51% 4.18% 4.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.78% 4.73% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,588 811 1,968
10th Percentile £55,540 £57,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -5.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 59,274 23,640 63,571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 88.46% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 37,696 14,694 46,654
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £26,720
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £76,985
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +25 676 £85,000 +21.43% 156
South East -7 442 £85,000 +6.25% 146
North West +33 362 £90,000 +28.57% 99
Midlands -7 354 £80,000 +10.34% 112
South West +48 308 £77,500 +7.65% 106
West Midlands -2 260 £80,000 +8.47% 81
Yorkshire +8 212 £82,500 +3.13% 42
East of England +19 201 £90,000 +22.45% 59
Scotland +17 159 £90,000 +12.50% 10
North East +1 102 £80,000 +23.08% 15
East Midlands -20 92 £65,000 - 31
Wales +13 71 £80,000 +20.30% 21
Northern Ireland -12 38 £80,000 -8.57% 17
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 April 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.

1 422 (18.86%) Azure
2 326 (14.57%) Security Cleared
3 246 (10.99%) Microsoft
4 244 (10.90%) Roadmaps
5 223 (9.96%) AWS
6 209 (9.34%) Agile
7 203 (9.07%) TOGAF
8 201 (8.98%) Enterprise Architecture
9 189 (8.45%) Data Modelling
10 181 (8.09%) SC Cleared
11 173 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
12 166 (7.42%) Problem-Solving
13 161 (7.19%) Data Architecture
14 153 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 153 (6.84%) DevOps
15 152 (6.79%) Stakeholder Management
16 146 (6.52%) Analytics
17 140 (6.26%) AI
17 140 (6.26%) IT Strategy
18 134 (5.99%) Degree
19 126 (5.63%) Technology Strategy
20 119 (5.32%) DV Cleared
21 114 (5.09%) Data Governance
22 110 (4.92%) Technical Leadership
23 108 (4.83%) Architectural Design
23 108 (4.83%) Mentoring
24 106 (4.74%) CI/CD
25 100 (4.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 98 (4.38%) Decision-Making
27 97 (4.33%) Technology Roadmap

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 20 (0.89%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.67%) Confluence
3 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.27%) CMS
5 5 (0.22%) Apache
6 4 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.13%) SAS
8 2 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.089%) JBoss
8 2 (0.089%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.045%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.045%) Camunda
9 1 (0.045%) IIS
9 1 (0.045%) Strapi
9 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.089%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.089%) Revit
2 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.045%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.27%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.22%) SAP CAR
5 5 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.22%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.089%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.089%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.089%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.089%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.089%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.089%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.089%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.045%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.045%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 422 (18.86%) Azure
2 223 (9.96%) AWS
3 94 (4.20%) Power Platform
4 89 (3.98%) GCP
5 85 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
6 73 (3.26%) SaaS
7 58 (2.59%) Serverless
7 58 (2.59%) Snowflake
8 55 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
9 45 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 39 (1.74%) PaaS
11 35 (1.56%) IaaS
12 30 (1.34%) Entra ID
13 25 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.58%) iPaaS
15 11 (0.49%) GitHub
16 9 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (0.31%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (0.31%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.50%) Broadband
2 51 (2.28%) Firewall
3 33 (1.47%) Network Security
4 23 (1.03%) VPN
5 20 (0.89%) DNS
6 19 (0.85%) WAN
7 11 (0.49%) LAN
8 9 (0.40%) Internet
9 7 (0.31%) MPLS
9 7 (0.31%) NetScaler
9 7 (0.31%) SAN
10 6 (0.27%) BGP
10 6 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.27%) HTTP
10 6 (0.27%) SNMP
11 5 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.18%) SSL
12 4 (0.18%) VLAN
12 4 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
2 56 (2.50%) Metadata
3 39 (1.74%) Power BI
4 21 (0.94%) Tableau
5 20 (0.89%) Data Lake
6 18 (0.80%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.67%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.45%) GIS
8 10 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.40%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.27%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.27%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.18%) Big Data
12 4 (0.18%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.18%) DB2
13 3 (0.13%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.13%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 41 (1.83%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.61%) GitLab
3 34 (1.52%) SonarQube
4 13 (0.58%) JIRA
4 13 (0.58%) Snyk
5 4 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.13%) Git
7 2 (0.089%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.089%) JMeter
7 2 (0.089%) Postman
7 2 (0.089%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.089%) Selenium
8 1 (0.045%) MLflow
8 1 (0.045%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.045%) Yeoman
General
1 281 (12.56%) Social Skills
2 221 (9.87%) Finance
3 172 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 110 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (3.22%) Games
7 68 (3.04%) Marketing
8 53 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
9 48 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (1.88%) Retail
11 40 (1.79%) Manufacturing
12 32 (1.43%) Legal
13 24 (1.07%) Law
14 19 (0.85%) Telecoms
15 18 (0.80%) Banking
16 13 (0.58%) Electronics
17 11 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
19 8 (0.36%) Aerospace
19 8 (0.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (2.50%) REST
2 50 (2.23%) SOAP
3 44 (1.97%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (1.83%) Middleware
5 37 (1.65%) .NET
6 34 (1.52%) Node.js
6 34 (1.52%) Visualforce
7 21 (0.94%) React
8 18 (0.80%) XML
9 15 (0.67%) Django
9 15 (0.67%) JSON
10 14 (0.63%) Kafka
11 13 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
12 12 (0.54%) LDAP
13 10 (0.45%) EDI
13 10 (0.45%) NestJS
13 10 (0.45%) OAuth
13 10 (0.45%) Regular Expression
14 8 (0.36%) GraphQL
14 8 (0.36%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (3.44%) Cloud Native
2 54 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
3 53 (2.37%) Product Ownership
4 48 (2.14%) Data Centre
5 36 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
7 32 (1.43%) Operational Technology
8 31 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.30%) Cyberattack
10 27 (1.21%) PKI
11 26 (1.16%) Management Information System
12 23 (1.03%) Virtual Team
13 20 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.76%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.63%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (0.58%) IoT
17 10 (0.45%) Taxonomies
18 9 (0.40%) Low-Code
18 9 (0.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.01%) Windows
2 32 (1.43%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.07%) Linux
4 12 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.045%) AIX
5 1 (0.045%) Android
5 1 (0.045%) CentOS
5 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (10.90%) Roadmaps
2 209 (9.34%) Agile
3 203 (9.07%) TOGAF
4 201 (8.98%) Enterprise Architecture
5 189 (8.45%) Data Modelling
6 173 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
7 166 (7.42%) Problem-Solving
8 161 (7.19%) Data Architecture
9 153 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 153 (6.84%) DevOps
10 152 (6.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 146 (6.52%) Analytics
12 140 (6.26%) AI
12 140 (6.26%) IT Strategy
13 126 (5.63%) Technology Strategy
14 114 (5.09%) Data Governance
15 110 (4.92%) Technical Leadership
16 108 (4.83%) Architectural Design
16 108 (4.83%) Mentoring
17 106 (4.74%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 82 (3.66%) Python
2 74 (3.31%) SQL
3 37 (1.65%) Apex Code
3 37 (1.65%) Java
4 35 (1.56%) C#
4 35 (1.56%) SOQL
5 34 (1.52%) SOSL
6 21 (0.94%) JavaScript
7 19 (0.85%) PowerShell
7 19 (0.85%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.49%) Bicep
9 6 (0.27%) Bash
9 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.18%) C
10 4 (0.18%) C++
10 4 (0.18%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.18%) Embedded C++
11 2 (0.089%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.089%) PHP
11 2 (0.089%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 326 (14.57%) Security Cleared
2 181 (8.09%) SC Cleared
3 134 (5.99%) Degree
4 119 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 49 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
6 48 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 37 (1.65%) CISSP
9 36 (1.61%) Azure Certification
10 29 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 24 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (0.98%) CISM
14 20 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (0.85%) PMI Certification
15 19 (0.85%) PMP
16 15 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 13 (0.58%) CCSP
18 10 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
18 10 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.49%) Data Quality
2 57 (2.55%) NIST
3 44 (1.97%) Accessibility
4 30 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.30%) GDPR
6 26 (1.16%) QA
7 21 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 17 (0.76%) NCSC
9 14 (0.63%) GRC
10 9 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 3 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.13%) WCAG
12 2 (0.089%) IFRS
12 2 (0.089%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.089%) PMO
12 2 (0.089%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.089%) SLA
13 1 (0.045%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.045%) NIST 800
System Software
1 56 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.58%) vSphere
5 12 (0.54%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.40%) Docker
7 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.045%) GPFS
8 1 (0.045%) Lustre
8 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.045%) vCloud
8 1 (0.045%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (1.07%) Terraform
2 16 (0.71%) MOM
3 11 (0.49%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.45%) vRealize
5 9 (0.40%) Netcool
6 8 (0.36%) Endace
7 7 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.27%) Ansible
9 5 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.13%) CASB
11 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.045%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.045%) Grafana
11 1 (0.045%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.045%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.045%) SCCM
11 1 (0.045%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 246 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 77 (3.44%) SAP
3 66 (2.95%) Databricks
4 65 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 62 (2.77%) Salesforce
6 49 (2.19%) VMware
7 36 (1.61%) Oracle
8 35 (1.56%) Splunk
9 27 (1.21%) Google
10 23 (1.03%) Anaplan
10 23 (1.03%) Cisco
11 20 (0.89%) Palantir
12 18 (0.80%) Genesys
12 18 (0.80%) Palo Alto
12 18 (0.80%) Verint
13 17 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
13 17 (0.76%) Sparx
14 14 (0.63%) Juniper
15 13 (0.58%) Tenable
16 12 (0.54%) Fortinet