Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 99 31
Rank change year-on-year +70 -68 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,658 1,040 2,958
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.23% 3.01% 5.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 3.36% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,465 636 1,767
10th Percentile £62,500 £60,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £89,250 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% +3.13% -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 80,427 30,960 50,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 89.49% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 55,661 17,214 28,172
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +100 1,225 £80,000 +3.23% 505
North West +108 669 £80,000 - 272
South East +26 662 £87,500 +12.90% 593
South West +47 542 £85,000 +6.25% 250
Midlands +46 529 £85,000 +13.33% 287
West Midlands +45 424 £85,000 +13.33% 212
Yorkshire +54 358 £80,000 +6.67% 170
East of England +54 242 £82,500 +1.54% 189
North East +20 198 £85,000 +28.30% 63
Scotland +58 180 £85,000 +6.25% 240
Wales +18 163 £80,000 +12.68% 57
Northern Ireland -15 131 £80,000 +6.67% 81
East Midlands -11 105 £80,000 +6.67% 75
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 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.

1 635 (17.36%) Azure
2 564 (15.42%) Security Cleared
3 484 (13.23%) Microsoft
4 453 (12.38%) AI
5 450 (12.30%) Roadmaps
6 410 (11.21%) AWS
7 350 (9.57%) SC Cleared
8 332 (9.08%) Technical Leadership
9 308 (8.42%) Agile
10 301 (8.23%) Enterprise Architecture
11 284 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
12 255 (6.97%) Data Architecture
13 242 (6.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 240 (6.56%) Technical Architecture
15 232 (6.34%) Problem-Solving
16 218 (5.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 217 (5.93%) CI/CD
18 213 (5.82%) Decision-Making
18 213 (5.82%) TOGAF
19 209 (5.71%) DV Cleared
20 208 (5.69%) Technology Strategy
21 203 (5.55%) Data Modelling
22 198 (5.41%) Analytics
23 191 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
24 187 (5.11%) IT Strategy
25 186 (5.08%) Microservices
26 184 (5.03%) Mentoring
27 183 (5.00%) Security Architecture
28 173 (4.73%) Power Platform
29 170 (4.65%) 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 (0.41%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.25%) Apache
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
3 7 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.082%) Confluence
6 3 (0.082%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.055%) JBoss
7 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.055%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.027%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.027%) SAS
8 1 (0.027%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
1 11 (0.30%) Revit
2 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.082%) Notion
6 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.055%) Simulink
6 2 (0.055%) Weka
6 2 (0.055%) Windchill
7 1 (0.027%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.027%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 44 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.082%) Lawson
6 3 (0.082%) Movex
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.082%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.082%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.082%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 635 (17.36%) Azure
2 410 (11.21%) AWS
3 173 (4.73%) Power Platform
4 131 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
5 121 (3.31%) GCP
5 121 (3.31%) SaaS
6 74 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
7 69 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
8 68 (1.86%) Entra ID
9 58 (1.59%) Serverless
10 42 (1.15%) dbt
11 38 (1.04%) IaaS
11 38 (1.04%) PaaS
12 37 (1.01%) Azure Databricks
13 22 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
14 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
14 20 (0.55%) PowerApps
15 18 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (0.49%) OpenShift
16 17 (0.46%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (2.87%) WAN
2 91 (2.49%) LAN
3 76 (2.08%) Network Security
4 56 (1.53%) Firewall
5 46 (1.26%) VPN
6 29 (0.79%) SD-WAN
7 28 (0.77%) DNS
8 20 (0.55%) Wireless
9 19 (0.52%) MPLS
10 18 (0.49%) BGP
10 18 (0.49%) VLAN
11 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.41%) 5G
12 15 (0.41%) SNMP
13 13 (0.36%) Broadband
13 13 (0.36%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
14 12 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
15 11 (0.30%) Intelligent Network
16 10 (0.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (2.46%) Metadata
2 40 (1.09%) Power BI
3 34 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 29 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.68%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.33%) Metadata Repository
6 12 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) GIS
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.22%) Big Data
10 8 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.22%) Tableau
11 7 (0.19%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.16%) MySQL
12 6 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (0.60%) Snyk
2 12 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) JIRA
4 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.14%) Git
4 5 (0.14%) MLflow
4 5 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (0.14%) Toad
5 4 (0.11%) GitLab
5 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
6 3 (0.082%) ERwin
7 2 (0.055%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.055%) JMeter
7 2 (0.055%) Postman
7 2 (0.055%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.055%) Selenium
8 1 (0.027%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.027%) Flyway
8 1 (0.027%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.027%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 524 (14.32%) Finance
2 472 (12.90%) Social Skills
3 294 (8.04%) Public Sector
4 161 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 144 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (3.61%) Aerospace
7 99 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
8 94 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
9 60 (1.64%) Retail
10 56 (1.53%) Law
11 50 (1.37%) Banking
11 50 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 42 (1.15%) Legal
13 30 (0.82%) Telecoms
14 28 (0.77%) Marketing
15 22 (0.60%) Military
16 19 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (0.44%) Local Government
18 14 (0.38%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (1.50%) Middleware
2 53 (1.45%) Terraform
3 49 (1.34%) .NET
4 37 (1.01%) REST
5 36 (0.98%) LDAP
5 36 (0.98%) OAuth
6 33 (0.90%) SAML
7 26 (0.71%) ModSecurity
8 25 (0.68%) Kafka
8 25 (0.68%) SOAP
9 21 (0.57%) Node.js
10 20 (0.55%) OpenID
11 15 (0.41%) JSON
11 15 (0.41%) XML
12 13 (0.36%) SailPoint
13 11 (0.30%) GraphQL
13 11 (0.30%) RESTful
14 10 (0.27%) Regular Expression
14 10 (0.27%) Spring Boot
14 10 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 177 (4.84%) Cloud Native
2 75 (2.05%) Data Centre
3 58 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
4 48 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
5 43 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (1.15%) Product Ownership
7 40 (1.09%) Onboarding
8 39 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
9 31 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (0.79%) Virtual Team
11 26 (0.71%) Management Information System
11 26 (0.71%) Operational Technology
12 25 (0.68%) AI Agents
13 23 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
13 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 23 (0.63%) Public Cloud
14 21 (0.57%) Private Cloud
14 21 (0.57%) Social Media
15 19 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 44 (1.20%) Linux
2 34 (0.93%) Windows
3 20 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.027%) AIX
6 1 (0.027%) CentOS
6 1 (0.027%) Solaris
6 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (12.38%) AI
2 450 (12.30%) Roadmaps
3 332 (9.08%) Technical Leadership
4 308 (8.42%) Agile
5 301 (8.23%) Enterprise Architecture
6 284 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
7 255 (6.97%) Data Architecture
8 242 (6.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 240 (6.56%) Technical Architecture
10 232 (6.34%) Problem-Solving
11 218 (5.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 217 (5.93%) CI/CD
13 213 (5.82%) Decision-Making
13 213 (5.82%) TOGAF
14 208 (5.69%) Technology Strategy
15 203 (5.55%) Data Modelling
16 198 (5.41%) Analytics
17 191 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
18 187 (5.11%) IT Strategy
19 186 (5.08%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 88 (2.41%) SQL
2 86 (2.35%) Python
3 72 (1.97%) C#
4 51 (1.39%) JavaScript
5 36 (0.98%) Java
6 25 (0.68%) Bicep
7 16 (0.44%) C
8 15 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.33%) C++
10 10 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.25%) Scala
12 7 (0.19%) Rust
13 6 (0.16%) COBOL
13 6 (0.16%) R
13 6 (0.16%) Ruby
14 5 (0.14%) Go
15 4 (0.11%) Bash
15 4 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.11%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 564 (15.42%) Security Cleared
2 350 (9.57%) SC Cleared
3 209 (5.71%) DV Cleared
4 136 (3.72%) Degree
5 69 (1.89%) CISSP
6 67 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 54 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
9 53 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 43 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 36 (0.98%) CISM
12 35 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (0.55%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 18 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 15 (0.41%) CCNP
16 15 (0.41%) CCSP
17 14 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
18 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (2.79%) GRC
2 94 (2.57%) NIST
3 89 (2.43%) Data Quality
4 66 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 57 (1.56%) GDPR
6 53 (1.45%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.66%) NCSC
8 22 (0.60%) QA
9 15 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 11 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.19%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.19%) MISRA
13 6 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
13 6 (0.16%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.14%) SLA
15 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 97 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 32 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (0.77%) Docker
4 21 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.55%) Firmware
6 17 (0.46%) vSphere
7 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.25%) NDS
9 3 (0.082%) KVM
10 1 (0.027%) GPFS
10 1 (0.027%) Lustre
10 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.027%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 82 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 33 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.14%) Ansible
7 3 (0.082%) MOM
8 2 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.055%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.055%) Grafana
8 2 (0.055%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.055%) SCCM
8 2 (0.055%) vRealize
9 1 (0.027%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.027%) Salt
Vendors
1 484 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.35%) SAP
3 82 (2.24%) Databricks
4 62 (1.69%) Oracle
5 50 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 48 (1.31%) Cisco
7 47 (1.28%) VMware
8 41 (1.12%) Palo Alto
8 41 (1.12%) Workday
9 33 (0.90%) Salesforce
10 32 (0.87%) Computacenter
11 30 (0.82%) Google
12 24 (0.66%) ForgeRock
12 24 (0.66%) Okta
13 23 (0.63%) Tenable
14 22 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
15 21 (0.57%) Adobe
15 21 (0.57%) Red Hat
16 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
17 18 (0.49%) Thales