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 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 43 40
Rank change year-on-year -23 -3 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,419 1,993 1,729
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.43% 5.01% 6.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.82% 5.35% 6.34%
Number of salaries quoted 877 1,222 1,018
10th Percentile £59,125 £55,025 £56,219
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.85% -2.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £83,672 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +4.59% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 37,176 37,275 27,254
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.88% 93.78% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 22,452 19,197 20,612
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,119 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025. 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
South East -28 386 £82,500 +6.45% 464
North of England -22 331 £80,000 +14.29% 306
Midlands -11 267 £80,000 +6.67% 245
South West +2 177 £78,500 +4.67% 167
West Midlands -13 176 £78,750 +5.00% 135
North West -14 163 £80,000 +14.29% 164
Yorkshire -11 119 £80,000 +12.68% 108
East of England -1 116 £90,000 +7.46% 199
East Midlands 0 87 £80,000 +14.29% 95
Scotland -33 72 £80,000 - 101
North East 0 48 £75,000 +7.14% 35
Wales +4 40 £75,000 +11.11% 45
Northern Ireland +13 36 £75,000 -6.25% 21
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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.

1 365 (25.72%) Azure
2 236 (16.63%) Security Cleared
3 216 (15.22%) AWS
4 213 (15.01%) Enterprise Architecture
5 208 (14.66%) Roadmaps
6 205 (14.45%) Agile
6 205 (14.45%) Microsoft
7 190 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 170 (11.98%) TOGAF
9 155 (10.92%) Mentoring
10 149 (10.50%) Degree
11 145 (10.22%) Data Modelling
12 138 (9.73%) SC Cleared
12 138 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
13 136 (9.58%) Analytics
14 135 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
15 132 (9.30%) DevOps
16 131 (9.23%) AI
17 119 (8.39%) Python
18 117 (8.25%) Data Architecture
19 116 (8.17%) GCP
20 113 (7.96%) DV Cleared
21 111 (7.82%) Project Management
22 107 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
23 103 (7.26%) Decision-Making
24 101 (7.12%) SAP
24 101 (7.12%) Strategic Thinking
25 97 (6.84%) Architectural Design
25 97 (6.84%) Business Strategy
26 94 (6.62%) Migration

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 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.92%) CMS
3 8 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (0.56%) Confluence
4 6 (0.42%) Apache
4 6 (0.42%) Appian
5 5 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.21%) JBoss
7 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.070%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.070%) SAS
8 1 (0.070%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.070%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 64 (4.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (3.45%) SAP MDG
3 37 (2.61%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 19 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.21%) Shopify
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.070%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.070%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.070%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.070%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.070%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 365 (25.72%) Azure
2 216 (15.22%) AWS
3 116 (8.17%) GCP
4 86 (6.06%) SaaS
5 69 (4.86%) Power Platform
6 54 (3.81%) PaaS
7 46 (3.24%) IaaS
8 45 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
9 43 (3.03%) Snowflake
10 39 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (2.75%) Serverless
11 24 (1.69%) OCI
12 21 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (0.92%) GitHub
14 12 (0.85%) Azure Stack
14 12 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 11 (0.78%) Entra ID
16 10 (0.70%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.63%) Amazon Bedrock
18 8 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.26%) Firewall
2 22 (1.55%) VPN
3 20 (1.41%) LAN
4 19 (1.34%) WAN
5 17 (1.20%) Broadband
6 16 (1.13%) Network Security
7 5 (0.35%) BGP
7 5 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (0.28%) Junos
8 4 (0.28%) OSPF
8 4 (0.28%) SAN
8 4 (0.28%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.28%) SSL
9 3 (0.21%) IPsec
9 3 (0.21%) MPLS
9 3 (0.21%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.21%) VLAN
9 3 (0.21%) VoIP
10 2 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (2.26%) Metadata
2 32 (2.26%) Power BI
3 23 (1.62%) BigQuery
4 19 (1.34%) Tableau
5 17 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 14 (0.99%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 6 (0.42%) Big Data
8 6 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.35%) Airbyte
9 5 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.35%) Data Vault
9 5 (0.35%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (0.35%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (1.55%) Jenkins
2 18 (1.27%) GitLab
3 15 (1.06%) SonarQube
4 10 (0.70%) JIRA
5 9 (0.63%) MSI
6 6 (0.42%) Git
6 6 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (0.42%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.42%) Selenium
6 6 (0.42%) Snyk
7 3 (0.21%) MSBuild
7 3 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.070%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.070%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 324 (22.83%) Social Skills
2 163 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
3 149 (10.50%) Finance
4 104 (7.33%) Public Sector
5 90 (6.34%) Marketing
6 67 (4.72%) Law
7 57 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
9 44 (3.10%) Legal
10 35 (2.47%) Games
11 32 (2.26%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (1.55%) Retail
14 18 (1.27%) Electronics
15 16 (1.13%) Banking
16 15 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.78%) Publishing
18 9 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (0.63%) Telecoms
19 8 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.54%) Middleware
2 29 (2.04%) REST
3 27 (1.90%) .NET
4 26 (1.83%) React
5 25 (1.76%) Node.js
6 24 (1.69%) Django
6 24 (1.69%) Kafka
7 21 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
8 20 (1.41%) SOAP
9 16 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (1.06%) Visualforce
11 13 (0.92%) EDI
12 11 (0.78%) Web Services
13 7 (0.49%) GraphQL
13 7 (0.49%) gRPC
14 6 (0.42%) Apache NiFi
14 6 (0.42%) XML
15 5 (0.35%) ASP.NET
15 5 (0.35%) CSS
15 5 (0.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.78%) Cloud Native
2 46 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
3 33 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 32 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (1.90%) Product Ownership
6 26 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (1.76%) Virtual Team
8 22 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 14 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (0.92%) Public Cloud
11 12 (0.85%) IoT
12 11 (0.78%) AI Agents
12 11 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.70%) PKI
14 9 (0.63%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.56%) Reference Data
16 7 (0.49%) Operational Technology
16 7 (0.49%) Private Cloud
17 6 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.83%) Windows
2 11 (0.78%) Linux
3 4 (0.28%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.14%) Android
4 2 (0.14%) Unix
5 1 (0.070%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.070%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.070%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.070%) VMS
5 1 (0.070%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (15.01%) Enterprise Architecture
2 208 (14.66%) Roadmaps
3 205 (14.45%) Agile
4 190 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 170 (11.98%) TOGAF
6 155 (10.92%) Mentoring
7 145 (10.22%) Data Modelling
8 138 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 136 (9.58%) Analytics
10 135 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
11 132 (9.30%) DevOps
12 131 (9.23%) AI
13 117 (8.25%) Data Architecture
14 111 (7.82%) Project Management
15 107 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
16 103 (7.26%) Decision-Making
17 101 (7.12%) Strategic Thinking
18 97 (6.84%) Architectural Design
18 97 (6.84%) Business Strategy
19 94 (6.62%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 119 (8.39%) Python
2 61 (4.30%) C#
2 61 (4.30%) Java
3 53 (3.74%) SQL
4 25 (1.76%) JavaScript
5 23 (1.62%) Go
6 21 (1.48%) TypeScript
7 18 (1.27%) C++
8 16 (1.13%) Apex Code
8 16 (1.13%) PowerShell
9 15 (1.06%) SOQL
9 15 (1.06%) SOSL
10 11 (0.78%) Bicep
11 5 (0.35%) PHP
12 4 (0.28%) Bash
13 3 (0.21%) ABAP
13 3 (0.21%) R
13 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.070%) C
Qualifications
1 236 (16.63%) Security Cleared
2 149 (10.50%) Degree
3 138 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 113 (7.96%) DV Cleared
5 74 (5.21%) TOGAF Certification
6 59 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (3.38%) AWS Certification
8 43 (3.03%) Azure Certification
8 43 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 43 (3.03%) CISSP
9 40 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 34 (2.40%) CISM
11 27 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 25 (1.76%) Chartered Engineer
13 24 (1.69%) DBS Check
14 18 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.27%) PMI Certification
14 18 (1.27%) PMP
15 11 (0.78%) CCNP
16 7 (0.49%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.54%) Accessibility
2 34 (2.40%) Data Quality
3 26 (1.83%) GRC
4 24 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 20 (1.41%) GDPR
6 19 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.20%) NIST
8 14 (0.99%) QA
9 10 (0.70%) NCSC
10 5 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.28%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.28%) SEPA
11 4 (0.28%) TARGET2
12 3 (0.21%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.14%) PMO
13 2 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (2.04%) Docker
2 23 (1.62%) Firmware
3 10 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.14%) vSphere
8 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 53 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.11%) Terraform
3 13 (0.92%) Ansible
4 10 (0.70%) WMI
5 8 (0.56%) Endace
6 5 (0.35%) Netcool
6 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.28%) vRealize
8 3 (0.21%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.14%) VxRail
10 1 (0.070%) Argo
10 1 (0.070%) CASB
10 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.070%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.070%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 205 (14.45%) Microsoft
2 101 (7.12%) SAP
3 45 (3.17%) Google
4 38 (2.68%) Oracle
5 37 (2.61%) OpenText
6 33 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 30 (2.11%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.90%) Databricks
9 25 (1.76%) Adobe
10 24 (1.69%) Cisco
10 24 (1.69%) Palo Alto
10 24 (1.69%) Workday
11 23 (1.62%) VMware
12 21 (1.48%) Juniper
13 20 (1.41%) Splunk
14 18 (1.27%) Anaplan
14 18 (1.27%) Apple
14 18 (1.27%) Genesys
14 18 (1.27%) Verint
15 15 (1.06%) BiZZdesign