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 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 88 40
Rank change year-on-year +53 -48 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,735 1,105 3,599
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.88% 3.36% 4.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.10% 3.76% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,033 777 2,373
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,310 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +3.08% -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 66,699 29,386 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.40% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 46,234 16,643 50,240
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,042
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,230 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +88 934 £81,250 +8.33% 168
North West +92 545 £85,000 +13.33% 102
South East +17 461 £85,000 +9.68% 213
South West +47 399 £80,000 -3.03% 106
Midlands +15 390 £80,000 +10.34% 92
West Midlands +21 308 £82,500 +10.00% 73
Yorkshire +39 239 £80,000 - 42
East of England +43 174 £77,500 +12.73% 58
Scotland +41 170 £90,000 +12.50% 52
North East +19 150 £80,000 +23.08% 24
Wales +32 147 £80,000 +13.57% 21
East Midlands -16 81 £60,000 -11.11% 19
Northern Ireland -21 69 £74,830 -13.24% 10
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 July 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.

1 542 (19.82%) Azure
2 388 (14.19%) Microsoft
3 375 (13.71%) Security Cleared
4 340 (12.43%) Roadmaps
5 320 (11.70%) AWS
6 298 (10.90%) AI
7 258 (9.43%) Agile
8 255 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
9 250 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
10 240 (8.78%) TOGAF
11 231 (8.45%) SC Cleared
12 192 (7.02%) CI/CD
13 184 (6.73%) Data Architecture
14 178 (6.51%) DevOps
15 174 (6.36%) Problem-Solving
16 172 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
17 171 (6.25%) Data Modelling
18 161 (5.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 156 (5.70%) DV Cleared
20 153 (5.59%) Power Platform
20 153 (5.59%) Technology Strategy
21 152 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
22 149 (5.45%) Analytics
23 143 (5.23%) Technical Architecture
24 139 (5.08%) IT Strategy
24 139 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
25 132 (4.83%) Security Architecture
26 126 (4.61%) Data Governance
26 126 (4.61%) Decision-Making
27 125 (4.57%) Cloud Security

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 13 (0.48%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.26%) Confluence
4 6 (0.22%) CMS
5 5 (0.18%) Apache
5 5 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.11%) SAS
8 2 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.037%) Camunda
9 1 (0.037%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.037%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.37%) Revit
2 6 (0.22%) AutoCAD
2 6 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.073%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.073%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.073%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.073%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.073%) Simulink
3 2 (0.073%) Windchill
4 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.037%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.15%) SAP CAR
6 4 (0.15%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.15%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.11%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.11%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.037%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.037%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.037%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 1 (0.037%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.037%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.037%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 542 (19.82%) Azure
2 320 (11.70%) AWS
3 153 (5.59%) Power Platform
4 108 (3.95%) GCP
5 87 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
6 86 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
7 84 (3.07%) SaaS
8 62 (2.27%) Serverless
9 39 (1.43%) Entra ID
10 38 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 37 (1.35%) PaaS
12 32 (1.17%) IaaS
13 30 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 29 (1.06%) Snowflake
15 27 (0.99%) dbt
16 22 (0.80%) GitHub
17 14 (0.51%) Amazon S3
17 14 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
18 13 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 75 (2.74%) WAN
2 62 (2.27%) Firewall
3 52 (1.90%) Broadband
3 52 (1.90%) LAN
4 51 (1.86%) Network Security
5 43 (1.57%) VPN
6 42 (1.54%) DNS
7 23 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 21 (0.77%) BGP
9 20 (0.73%) MPLS
10 18 (0.66%) SNMP
11 16 (0.59%) HTTP
12 14 (0.51%) VLAN
13 12 (0.44%) SSL
14 11 (0.40%) DHCP
15 10 (0.37%) FTP
15 10 (0.37%) ICMP
15 10 (0.37%) IPsec
15 10 (0.37%) SSH
15 10 (0.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.23%) Metadata
2 35 (1.28%) Data Lake
3 31 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.02%) Power BI
5 22 (0.80%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (0.51%) GIS
8 10 (0.37%) Tableau
9 9 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.29%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.29%) Data Vault
10 8 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.18%) Big Data
12 5 (0.18%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.18%) MySQL
13 4 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
14 3 (0.11%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 46 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 37 (1.35%) GitLab
3 34 (1.24%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.80%) Snyk
5 6 (0.22%) JIRA
6 5 (0.18%) Toad
6 5 (0.18%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.11%) Git
7 3 (0.11%) MLflow
8 2 (0.073%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.073%) ERwin
8 2 (0.073%) JMeter
8 2 (0.073%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.073%) Postman
8 2 (0.073%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.073%) Selenium
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle Forms
General
1 326 (11.92%) Social Skills
2 305 (11.15%) Finance
3 213 (7.79%) Public Sector
4 145 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
7 63 (2.30%) Marketing
8 52 (1.90%) Games
8 52 (1.90%) Law
9 51 (1.86%) Retail
10 46 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 24 (0.88%) Aerospace
13 21 (0.77%) Banking
13 21 (0.77%) Legal
14 19 (0.69%) Telecoms
15 12 (0.44%) Automotive
15 12 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.44%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.37%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (2.41%) REST
2 55 (2.01%) SOAP
3 45 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
4 42 (1.54%) .NET
5 35 (1.28%) Middleware
6 34 (1.24%) Visualforce
7 27 (0.99%) OAuth
8 23 (0.84%) Node.js
9 22 (0.80%) Kafka
10 21 (0.77%) SAML
11 18 (0.66%) LDAP
11 18 (0.66%) Regular Expression
12 17 (0.62%) XML
13 16 (0.59%) JSON
13 16 (0.59%) XMPP
14 11 (0.40%) OpenID
15 10 (0.37%) GraphQL
15 10 (0.37%) NestJS
15 10 (0.37%) RESTful
15 10 (0.37%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 119 (4.35%) Cloud Native
2 75 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 65 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 41 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (1.43%) Operational Technology
6 33 (1.21%) Cyberattack
6 33 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (0.88%) PKI
9 24 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 20 (0.73%) Onboarding
11 18 (0.66%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.59%) Management Information System
13 15 (0.55%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.55%) NHS
14 13 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (0.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 51 (1.86%) Windows
2 44 (1.61%) Linux
3 40 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.037%) AIX
5 1 (0.037%) CentOS
5 1 (0.037%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (12.43%) Roadmaps
2 298 (10.90%) AI
3 258 (9.43%) Agile
4 255 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
5 250 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
6 240 (8.78%) TOGAF
7 192 (7.02%) CI/CD
8 184 (6.73%) Data Architecture
9 178 (6.51%) DevOps
10 174 (6.36%) Problem-Solving
11 172 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
12 171 (6.25%) Data Modelling
13 161 (5.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 153 (5.59%) Technology Strategy
15 152 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 149 (5.45%) Analytics
17 143 (5.23%) Technical Architecture
18 139 (5.08%) IT Strategy
18 139 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
19 132 (4.83%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 93 (3.40%) SQL
2 86 (3.14%) Python
3 41 (1.50%) C#
4 38 (1.39%) Apex Code
5 35 (1.28%) SOQL
6 34 (1.24%) Java
6 34 (1.24%) JavaScript
6 34 (1.24%) SOSL
7 24 (0.88%) Bicep
8 16 (0.59%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.40%) C
9 11 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.37%) C++
11 6 (0.22%) Bash
11 6 (0.22%) Embedded C
11 6 (0.22%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.18%) COBOL
12 5 (0.18%) Ruby
13 4 (0.15%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 375 (13.71%) Security Cleared
2 231 (8.45%) SC Cleared
3 156 (5.70%) DV Cleared
4 99 (3.62%) Degree
5 50 (1.83%) CISSP
6 49 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
7 38 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 30 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 26 (0.95%) CISM
12 22 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 19 (0.69%) CCSP
14 16 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (0.51%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.48%) CCNP
17 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
18 9 (0.33%) ICAEW
19 7 (0.26%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (3.84%) Data Quality
2 98 (3.58%) NIST
3 60 (2.19%) GRC
4 59 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (1.65%) GDPR
6 30 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.88%) QA
8 23 (0.84%) NCSC
9 14 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.29%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.22%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.18%) WCAG
16 4 (0.15%) Def Stans
17 3 (0.11%) IFRS
17 3 (0.11%) MISRA
System Software
1 75 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (0.84%) vSphere
4 20 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.69%) Docker
6 11 (0.40%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.29%) Firmware
8 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.037%) GPFS
9 1 (0.037%) Lustre
9 1 (0.037%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.037%) vCloud
9 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (1.76%) Terraform
2 39 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.59%) MOM
3 16 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.37%) CASB
4 10 (0.37%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.26%) Ansible
7 6 (0.22%) Endace
7 6 (0.22%) vRealize
8 3 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.073%) Grafana
10 1 (0.037%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.037%) Netcool
10 1 (0.037%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.037%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.037%) SCCM
Vendors
1 388 (14.19%) Microsoft
2 84 (3.07%) Databricks
3 69 (2.52%) SAP
4 65 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 54 (1.97%) VMware
6 47 (1.72%) Cisco
7 39 (1.43%) Oracle
7 39 (1.43%) Palo Alto
8 36 (1.32%) Splunk
9 33 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 27 (0.99%) Google
11 22 (0.80%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.80%) Tenable
12 17 (0.62%) Red Hat
13 16 (0.59%) Juniper
14 15 (0.55%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.48%) Computacenter
16 12 (0.44%) McAfee
17 10 (0.37%) Citrix
18 9 (0.33%) BiZZdesign