Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 95 43
Rank change year-on-year +54 -52 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,448 961 3,564
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.66% 3.29% 4.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.89% 3.69% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 678 2,308
10th Percentile £58,750 £59,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,775 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 63,006 26,020 70,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 89.18% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 42,469 13,838 50,881
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,550 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +1.10% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +88 838 £85,000 +21.43% 343
North West +88 479 £90,000 +29.71% 183
South East +20 403 £85,000 +9.68% 270
Midlands +6 358 £80,000 +14.79% 131
South West +57 346 £80,000 -3.03% 169
West Midlands +2 271 £82,500 +13.79% 98
Yorkshire +38 236 £80,000 -1.54% 100
East of England +51 197 £75,000 +13.29% 86
Scotland +41 169 £90,000 +12.50% 65
North East +18 123 £80,000 +23.08% 61
Wales +36 112 £80,000 +15.30% 48
East Midlands +4 86 £60,000 -7.69% 33
Northern Ireland -19 31 £70,000 -17.65% 21
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 June 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.

1 470 (19.20%) Azure
2 315 (12.87%) Security Cleared
3 291 (11.89%) Microsoft
4 278 (11.36%) AWS
5 257 (10.50%) Roadmaps
6 235 (9.60%) Agile
7 228 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
8 217 (8.86%) TOGAF
9 213 (8.70%) AI
10 192 (7.84%) SC Cleared
11 189 (7.72%) Enterprise Architecture
12 176 (7.19%) Data Modelling
13 171 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
14 162 (6.62%) Data Architecture
15 159 (6.50%) CI/CD
15 159 (6.50%) DevOps
16 149 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
17 148 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
18 136 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
19 134 (5.47%) Analytics
20 130 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 127 (5.19%) Data Governance
22 126 (5.15%) Security Architecture
23 124 (5.07%) Power Platform
24 121 (4.94%) DV Cleared
25 120 (4.90%) Technology Strategy
26 118 (4.82%) Degree
27 115 (4.70%) Migration
28 113 (4.62%) IT Strategy
29 112 (4.58%) Architectural Design

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 14 (0.57%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.49%) Confluence
3 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.25%) Apache
6 5 (0.20%) CMS
6 5 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.041%) Camunda
9 1 (0.041%) IIS
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.29%) Revit
2 6 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.082%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.082%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.082%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.082%) Windchill
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.25%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.25%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.041%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.041%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.041%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.041%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.041%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.041%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 470 (19.20%) Azure
2 278 (11.36%) AWS
3 124 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 99 (4.04%) GCP
5 95 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
6 77 (3.15%) SaaS
7 59 (2.41%) Serverless
8 54 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (1.51%) Entra ID
11 34 (1.39%) PaaS
12 29 (1.18%) IaaS
12 29 (1.18%) Snowflake
13 26 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (0.65%) GitHub
15 13 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.53%) iPaaS
16 9 (0.37%) Amazon S3
16 9 (0.37%) Anthropic Claude
16 9 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.49%) Firewall
2 59 (2.41%) Broadband
3 45 (1.84%) Network Security
4 33 (1.35%) VPN
4 33 (1.35%) WAN
5 32 (1.31%) DNS
6 17 (0.69%) LAN
7 15 (0.61%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.57%) BGP
8 14 (0.57%) MPLS
9 11 (0.45%) SNMP
10 10 (0.41%) HTTP
10 10 (0.41%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.37%) Internet
11 9 (0.37%) NetScaler
11 9 (0.37%) WLAN
12 8 (0.33%) SAN
12 8 (0.33%) SSL
13 6 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.25%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.49%) Metadata
2 42 (1.72%) Power BI
3 33 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.06%) Tableau
6 23 (0.94%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 14 (0.57%) GIS
8 14 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.37%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.33%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.29%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.20%) Big Data
12 5 (0.20%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.16%) DB2
13 4 (0.16%) Delta Lake
13 4 (0.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 40 (1.63%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.47%) GitLab
3 34 (1.39%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.90%) Snyk
5 10 (0.41%) JIRA
6 5 (0.20%) Toad
6 5 (0.20%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) Git
7 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.082%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.082%) ERwin
8 2 (0.082%) JMeter
8 2 (0.082%) MLflow
8 2 (0.082%) Postman
8 2 (0.082%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.082%) Selenium
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
General
1 280 (11.44%) Social Skills
2 251 (10.25%) Finance
3 194 (7.92%) Public Sector
4 126 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (2.94%) Games
7 65 (2.66%) Marketing
8 64 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
9 50 (2.04%) Retail
10 30 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (0.98%) Law
13 23 (0.94%) Legal
14 21 (0.86%) Telecoms
15 19 (0.78%) Banking
16 16 (0.65%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.37%) Aviation
18 9 (0.37%) Financial Institution
18 9 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.45%) REST
2 54 (2.21%) SOAP
3 44 (1.80%) Lightning Web Components
4 39 (1.59%) .NET
5 34 (1.39%) Visualforce
6 31 (1.27%) Middleware
7 20 (0.82%) OAuth
8 19 (0.78%) XML
9 18 (0.74%) JSON
9 18 (0.74%) Kafka
10 17 (0.69%) LDAP
10 17 (0.69%) Node.js
10 17 (0.69%) Regular Expression
11 15 (0.61%) XMPP
12 14 (0.57%) SAML
13 11 (0.45%) OpenID
14 10 (0.41%) NestJS
14 10 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
15 9 (0.37%) JWT
15 9 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 93 (3.80%) Cloud Native
2 67 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 58 (2.37%) Product Ownership
4 44 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 38 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
7 34 (1.39%) Cyberattack
8 32 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (0.98%) PKI
10 24 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 19 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (0.78%) Management Information System
12 18 (0.74%) NHS
13 16 (0.65%) Low-Code
13 16 (0.65%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.61%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.53%) Onboarding
15 13 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.04%) Windows
2 40 (1.63%) Linux
3 39 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.041%) AIX
5 1 (0.041%) CentOS
5 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (10.50%) Roadmaps
2 235 (9.60%) Agile
3 228 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
4 217 (8.86%) TOGAF
5 213 (8.70%) AI
6 189 (7.72%) Enterprise Architecture
7 176 (7.19%) Data Modelling
8 171 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (6.62%) Data Architecture
10 159 (6.50%) CI/CD
10 159 (6.50%) DevOps
11 149 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 148 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 136 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
14 134 (5.47%) Analytics
15 130 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 127 (5.19%) Data Governance
17 126 (5.15%) Security Architecture
18 120 (4.90%) Technology Strategy
19 115 (4.70%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 91 (3.72%) SQL
2 86 (3.51%) Python
3 44 (1.80%) C#
4 37 (1.51%) Apex Code
5 36 (1.47%) Java
6 35 (1.43%) SOQL
7 34 (1.39%) SOSL
8 32 (1.31%) JavaScript
9 19 (0.78%) TypeScript
10 15 (0.61%) PowerShell
11 14 (0.57%) Bicep
12 5 (0.20%) Bash
12 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.16%) C
13 4 (0.16%) C++
13 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.16%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.12%) R
15 2 (0.082%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.082%) Scala
Qualifications
1 315 (12.87%) Security Cleared
2 192 (7.84%) SC Cleared
3 121 (4.94%) DV Cleared
4 118 (4.82%) Degree
5 52 (2.12%) CISSP
6 49 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
7 40 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.47%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.39%) Azure Certification
9 34 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (1.06%) CISM
11 22 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.78%) CCSP
12 19 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 19 (0.78%) PMP
13 18 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 18 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.45%) CCNP
16 9 (0.37%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (4.37%) Data Quality
2 91 (3.72%) NIST
3 53 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (1.76%) GDPR
5 29 (1.18%) QA
6 28 (1.14%) GRC
7 19 (0.78%) NCSC
7 19 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.74%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.25%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.20%) WCAG
14 3 (0.12%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.12%) IFRS
15 2 (0.082%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.082%) PMO
System Software
1 73 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (0.82%) vSphere
4 19 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.61%) Docker
6 9 (0.37%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.041%) GPFS
7 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.041%) Lustre
7 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.041%) vCloud
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (1.23%) Terraform
2 25 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.65%) MOM
4 15 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.29%) CASB
5 7 (0.29%) vRealize
6 6 (0.25%) Endace
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.25%) Netcool
7 5 (0.20%) Ansible
8 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.041%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.041%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.041%) Grafana
10 1 (0.041%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.041%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.041%) SCCM
Vendors
1 291 (11.89%) Microsoft
2 85 (3.47%) Databricks
3 76 (3.10%) SAP
4 63 (2.57%) ServiceNow
5 61 (2.49%) Salesforce
6 50 (2.04%) VMware
7 41 (1.67%) Oracle
8 36 (1.47%) Splunk
9 33 (1.35%) Cisco
10 31 (1.27%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.94%) Anaplan
11 23 (0.94%) Google
12 22 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.90%) Tenable
13 21 (0.86%) Palantir
14 19 (0.78%) Juniper
15 18 (0.74%) Genesys
15 18 (0.74%) Verint
16 16 (0.65%) Red Hat
17 13 (0.53%) Sparx