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 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 94 34
Rank change year-on-year +61 -60 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,158 1,096 3,172
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.09% 3.15% 5.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.33% 3.53% 5.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,239 707 2,059
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,085 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £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 72,860 31,084 56,821
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 89.47% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 50,337 17,810 37,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 13 August 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 13 August 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 +99 1,054 £82,500 +10.00% 394
North West +112 589 £81,250 +1.56% 219
South East +14 554 £85,000 +9.68% 406
South West +58 471 £80,000 -5.88% 230
Midlands +26 447 £82,500 +10.00% 186
West Midlands +25 363 £82,500 +6.45% 129
Yorkshire +53 282 £81,250 +8.33% 128
East of England +57 198 £81,325 +4.94% 120
Scotland +60 186 £90,000 +12.50% 158
North East +13 183 £85,000 +30.77% 49
Wales +25 153 £80,000 +11.89% 29
Northern Ireland -15 106 £74,830 -9.63% 73
East Midlands -14 84 £60,000 -14.29% 57
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 August 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.

1 617 (19.54%) Azure
2 466 (14.76%) Security Cleared
3 465 (14.72%) Microsoft
4 405 (12.82%) Roadmaps
5 396 (12.54%) AI
6 368 (11.65%) AWS
7 295 (9.34%) Enterprise Architecture
8 288 (9.12%) SC Cleared
9 286 (9.06%) Agile
10 264 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
11 242 (7.66%) TOGAF
12 235 (7.44%) Technical Leadership
13 216 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
14 212 (6.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 210 (6.65%) Technical Architecture
16 206 (6.52%) CI/CD
16 206 (6.52%) Data Architecture
17 187 (5.92%) Stakeholder Management
18 186 (5.89%) DV Cleared
19 184 (5.83%) Data Modelling
20 181 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
21 179 (5.67%) Decision-Making
22 177 (5.60%) Power Platform
23 176 (5.57%) DevOps
24 172 (5.45%) Business Strategy
25 168 (5.32%) Analytics
26 166 (5.26%) Technology Strategy
27 161 (5.10%) Microservices
28 156 (4.94%) Security Architecture
29 152 (4.81%) Infrastructure as Code

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 15 (0.47%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.22%) Apache
2 7 (0.22%) CMS
2 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.16%) Confluence
4 5 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.032%) JBoss
8 1 (0.032%) SAS
8 1 (0.032%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.032%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (0.28%) Chatbot
1 9 (0.28%) Revit
2 8 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.063%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.063%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.063%) Simulink
5 2 (0.063%) Windchill
6 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.032%) SketchUp
6 1 (0.032%) Weka
Business Applications
1 36 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.19%) Oracle Utilities
4 6 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.16%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.095%) Infor M3
7 3 (0.095%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.095%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.095%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.095%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.063%) Lawson
8 2 (0.063%) Movex
8 2 (0.063%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.063%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 617 (19.54%) Azure
2 368 (11.65%) AWS
3 177 (5.60%) Power Platform
4 118 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
5 113 (3.58%) GCP
6 112 (3.55%) SaaS
7 86 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
8 66 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
9 63 (1.99%) Serverless
10 56 (1.77%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.33%) dbt
11 42 (1.33%) PaaS
12 39 (1.23%) IaaS
13 29 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (0.66%) GitHub
15 20 (0.63%) Snowflake
16 19 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 18 (0.57%) iPaaS
18 17 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
19 15 (0.47%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 104 (3.29%) WAN
2 82 (2.60%) LAN
3 63 (1.99%) Firewall
4 62 (1.96%) Network Security
5 45 (1.42%) VPN
6 40 (1.27%) DNS
7 35 (1.11%) Broadband
8 27 (0.85%) SD-WAN
9 21 (0.66%) MPLS
10 18 (0.57%) BGP
11 16 (0.51%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.47%) HTTP
12 15 (0.47%) SNMP
12 15 (0.47%) VLAN
13 11 (0.35%) DHCP
14 10 (0.32%) FTP
14 10 (0.32%) ICMP
14 10 (0.32%) IPsec
14 10 (0.32%) SSH
14 10 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.03%) Metadata
2 36 (1.14%) Data Lake
2 36 (1.14%) Power BI
3 31 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (0.82%) SQL Server
5 17 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (0.47%) GIS
7 11 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.32%) Tableau
9 9 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
11 7 (0.22%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.19%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.19%) MySQL
13 5 (0.16%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.13%) Big Data
14 4 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 36 (1.14%) Jenkins
2 26 (0.82%) GitLab
3 22 (0.70%) Snyk
4 20 (0.63%) SonarQube
5 9 (0.28%) JIRA
6 5 (0.16%) Git
6 5 (0.16%) MLflow
6 5 (0.16%) Toad
6 5 (0.16%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.095%) ERwin
8 2 (0.063%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.063%) JMeter
8 2 (0.063%) Postman
8 2 (0.063%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.063%) Selenium
9 1 (0.032%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.032%) Flyway
9 1 (0.032%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle Forms
General
1 428 (13.55%) Finance
2 409 (12.95%) Social Skills
3 243 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 191 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 89 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 82 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 60 (1.90%) Law
9 52 (1.65%) Aerospace
9 52 (1.65%) Marketing
10 47 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 47 (1.49%) Retail
11 35 (1.11%) Games
12 31 (0.98%) Banking
12 31 (0.98%) Legal
13 30 (0.95%) Telecoms
14 17 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
14 17 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (0.41%) Advertising
15 13 (0.41%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (1.71%) REST
2 51 (1.61%) .NET
3 44 (1.39%) Middleware
3 44 (1.39%) SOAP
4 36 (1.14%) OAuth
5 34 (1.08%) LDAP
6 30 (0.95%) SAML
7 29 (0.92%) Lightning Web Components
8 28 (0.89%) Node.js
9 24 (0.76%) Kafka
10 20 (0.63%) Visualforce
11 18 (0.57%) ModSecurity
11 18 (0.57%) OpenID
11 18 (0.57%) Regular Expression
12 17 (0.54%) XML
13 16 (0.51%) JSON
13 16 (0.51%) XMPP
14 10 (0.32%) GraphQL
14 10 (0.32%) NestJS
14 10 (0.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 157 (4.97%) Cloud Native
2 83 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 55 (1.74%) Product Ownership
4 54 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
5 47 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 36 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
8 35 (1.11%) Operational Technology
9 32 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 30 (0.95%) Cyberattack
10 30 (0.95%) Onboarding
11 27 (0.85%) Virtual Team
12 21 (0.66%) Social Media
13 20 (0.63%) Public Cloud
14 18 (0.57%) Management Information System
14 18 (0.57%) Private Cloud
15 16 (0.51%) AI Agents
16 15 (0.47%) Graphic Design
16 15 (0.47%) PKI
17 14 (0.44%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.52%) Linux
2 44 (1.39%) Windows
3 31 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.032%) AIX
5 1 (0.032%) CentOS
5 1 (0.032%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.032%) Solaris
5 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (12.82%) Roadmaps
2 396 (12.54%) AI
3 295 (9.34%) Enterprise Architecture
4 286 (9.06%) Agile
5 264 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
6 242 (7.66%) TOGAF
7 235 (7.44%) Technical Leadership
8 216 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
9 212 (6.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 210 (6.65%) Technical Architecture
11 206 (6.52%) CI/CD
11 206 (6.52%) Data Architecture
12 187 (5.92%) Stakeholder Management
13 184 (5.83%) Data Modelling
14 181 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 179 (5.67%) Decision-Making
16 176 (5.57%) DevOps
17 172 (5.45%) Business Strategy
18 168 (5.32%) Analytics
19 166 (5.26%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 97 (3.07%) Python
1 97 (3.07%) SQL
2 63 (1.99%) C#
3 49 (1.55%) JavaScript
4 36 (1.14%) Java
5 25 (0.79%) Bicep
6 24 (0.76%) Apex Code
7 21 (0.66%) SOQL
8 20 (0.63%) SOSL
9 16 (0.51%) C
10 15 (0.47%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.38%) C++
12 8 (0.25%) PowerShell
13 7 (0.22%) Scala
14 6 (0.19%) COBOL
14 6 (0.19%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.19%) Embedded C++
14 6 (0.19%) Go
14 6 (0.19%) R
14 6 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 466 (14.76%) Security Cleared
2 288 (9.12%) SC Cleared
3 186 (5.89%) DV Cleared
4 117 (3.70%) Degree
5 57 (1.80%) CISSP
6 53 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
7 48 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 42 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 38 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 37 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (1.01%) CISM
12 25 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 16 (0.51%) CCNP
16 15 (0.47%) CCSP
17 13 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 9 (0.28%) ICAEW
18 9 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
19 6 (0.19%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (3.04%) Data Quality
2 92 (2.91%) GRC
2 92 (2.91%) NIST
3 56 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (1.61%) GDPR
5 39 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 21 (0.66%) NCSC
7 19 (0.60%) QA
8 12 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (0.32%) NIST 800
11 9 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
13 6 (0.19%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.16%) MISRA
14 5 (0.16%) SLA
15 4 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 93 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 33 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (0.79%) Docker
4 24 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (0.76%) vSphere
5 13 (0.41%) Firmware
6 10 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.16%) NDS
9 3 (0.095%) KVM
10 1 (0.032%) GPFS
10 1 (0.032%) Lustre
10 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.032%) vCloud
10 1 (0.032%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 70 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 55 (1.74%) Terraform
3 27 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.51%) MOM
5 10 (0.32%) CASB
5 10 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.25%) Ansible
8 3 (0.095%) Grafana
9 2 (0.063%) Endace
9 2 (0.063%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.063%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.063%) vRealize
10 1 (0.032%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.032%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.032%) SCCM
Vendors
1 465 (14.72%) Microsoft
2 85 (2.69%) Databricks
3 79 (2.50%) SAP
4 58 (1.84%) Salesforce
4 58 (1.84%) VMware
5 46 (1.46%) Cisco
6 45 (1.42%) Oracle
7 41 (1.30%) Palo Alto
8 33 (1.04%) ServiceNow
9 25 (0.79%) Google
10 22 (0.70%) Computacenter
10 22 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (0.70%) Splunk
10 22 (0.70%) Tenable
11 21 (0.66%) Okta
12 20 (0.63%) OpenAI
12 20 (0.63%) Red Hat
13 18 (0.57%) ForgeRock
13 18 (0.57%) Workday
14 13 (0.41%) CyberArk