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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 58 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,166 1,123 2,963
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.50% 4.32% 4.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% 4.86% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,538 799 1,934
10th Percentile £55,544 £56,809 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,117
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -5.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £81,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% +1.88% -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 57,397 23,094 62,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 88.80% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 36,565 14,506 46,264
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,822 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 +11 651 £85,000 +21.43% 141
South East -7 438 £85,000 +6.25% 177
North West +25 352 £90,000 +36.36% 75
Midlands -2 343 £80,000 +10.34% 107
South West +51 297 £77,500 +7.65% 103
West Midlands -2 250 £80,000 +10.34% 76
Yorkshire +5 201 £82,500 +3.13% 52
East of England +18 187 £90,000 +21.62% 64
Scotland +12 157 £90,000 +12.50% 20
North East +10 98 £80,000 +23.08% 16
East Midlands -11 91 £65,000 - 31
Wales +9 67 £80,000 +20.30% 27
Northern Ireland -14 37 £80,000 -8.57% 8
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 April 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.

1 414 (19.11%) Azure
2 315 (14.54%) Security Cleared
3 243 (11.22%) Microsoft
4 235 (10.85%) Roadmaps
5 217 (10.02%) AWS
6 206 (9.51%) Agile
7 200 (9.23%) TOGAF
8 198 (9.14%) Enterprise Architecture
9 184 (8.49%) Data Modelling
10 176 (8.13%) SC Cleared
11 168 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
12 159 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
13 158 (7.29%) Data Architecture
14 149 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 148 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
16 147 (6.79%) DevOps
17 144 (6.65%) Analytics
18 134 (6.19%) Degree
18 134 (6.19%) IT Strategy
19 130 (6.00%) AI
20 120 (5.54%) Technology Strategy
21 114 (5.26%) DV Cleared
22 108 (4.99%) Mentoring
23 106 (4.89%) Data Governance
24 105 (4.85%) Architectural Design
24 105 (4.85%) Technical Leadership
25 102 (4.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 100 (4.62%) Technology Roadmap
27 96 (4.43%) Decision-Making
28 95 (4.39%) CI/CD

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 20 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.74%) Confluence
3 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.23%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.23%) CMS
5 4 (0.18%) Apache
5 4 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.14%) SAS
6 3 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.092%) JBoss
7 2 (0.092%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.046%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.046%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.046%) Camunda
8 1 (0.046%) IIS
8 1 (0.046%) Strapi
8 1 (0.046%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.092%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.092%) Revit
2 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.046%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.046%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.23%) SAP CAR
5 5 (0.23%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.092%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.092%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.092%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.092%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.092%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.046%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.046%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.046%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 414 (19.11%) Azure
2 217 (10.02%) AWS
3 89 (4.11%) Power Platform
4 87 (4.02%) GCP
5 84 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
6 74 (3.42%) SaaS
7 59 (2.72%) Snowflake
8 57 (2.63%) Serverless
9 54 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
10 44 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 39 (1.80%) PaaS
12 36 (1.66%) IaaS
13 29 (1.34%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.60%) iPaaS
16 11 (0.51%) GitHub
17 7 (0.32%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (0.32%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
18 6 (0.28%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 55 (2.54%) Broadband
2 49 (2.26%) Firewall
3 29 (1.34%) Network Security
4 23 (1.06%) VPN
5 19 (0.88%) DNS
5 19 (0.88%) WAN
6 11 (0.51%) LAN
7 9 (0.42%) Internet
8 7 (0.32%) MPLS
9 6 (0.28%) BGP
9 6 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (0.28%) HTTP
9 6 (0.28%) NetScaler
9 6 (0.28%) SAN
9 6 (0.28%) SNMP
10 5 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.18%) Radio Access Network
11 4 (0.18%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.18%) SSL
11 4 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
2 49 (2.26%) Metadata
3 37 (1.71%) Power BI
4 21 (0.97%) Tableau
5 17 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 16 (0.74%) Data Lake
7 15 (0.69%) SQL Server
8 11 (0.51%) GIS
9 10 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.42%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.28%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.23%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.18%) DB2
14 3 (0.14%) Big Data
14 3 (0.14%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.14%) TIBCO EBX
15 2 (0.092%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.092%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 42 (1.94%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.66%) GitLab
3 34 (1.57%) SonarQube
4 14 (0.65%) JIRA
5 11 (0.51%) Snyk
6 4 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.092%) Git
8 1 (0.046%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.046%) JMeter
8 1 (0.046%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.046%) Postman
8 1 (0.046%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.046%) Selenium
8 1 (0.046%) Yeoman
General
1 278 (12.83%) Social Skills
2 210 (9.70%) Finance
3 167 (7.71%) Public Sector
4 107 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (3.28%) Games
7 68 (3.14%) Marketing
8 52 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 40 (1.85%) Retail
12 32 (1.48%) Legal
13 23 (1.06%) Law
14 19 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 16 (0.74%) Banking
16 15 (0.69%) Electronics
17 12 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (0.42%) Publishing
19 7 (0.32%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.49%) REST
2 48 (2.22%) SOAP
3 44 (2.03%) Lightning Web Components
4 35 (1.62%) .NET
4 35 (1.62%) Middleware
5 34 (1.57%) Node.js
5 34 (1.57%) Visualforce
6 20 (0.92%) React
7 15 (0.69%) Django
8 13 (0.60%) Kafka
8 13 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (0.60%) XML
9 11 (0.51%) LDAP
10 10 (0.46%) EDI
10 10 (0.46%) JSON
10 10 (0.46%) NestJS
10 10 (0.46%) OAuth
11 8 (0.37%) GraphQL
11 8 (0.37%) Regular Expression
12 7 (0.32%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 70 (3.23%) Cloud Native
2 54 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
3 50 (2.31%) Product Ownership
4 40 (1.85%) Data Centre
5 36 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (1.48%) Operational Technology
7 29 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
7 29 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.20%) PKI
9 23 (1.06%) Cyberattack
9 23 (1.06%) Virtual Team
10 17 (0.78%) Public Cloud
11 15 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (0.65%) IoT
13 13 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.55%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.42%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.42%) NHS
16 8 (0.37%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.94%) Windows
2 30 (1.39%) Windows Server
3 20 (0.92%) Linux
4 10 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.092%) Android
6 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (10.85%) Roadmaps
2 206 (9.51%) Agile
3 200 (9.23%) TOGAF
4 198 (9.14%) Enterprise Architecture
5 184 (8.49%) Data Modelling
6 168 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
7 159 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (7.29%) Data Architecture
9 149 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 148 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 147 (6.79%) DevOps
12 144 (6.65%) Analytics
13 134 (6.19%) IT Strategy
14 130 (6.00%) AI
15 120 (5.54%) Technology Strategy
16 108 (4.99%) Mentoring
17 106 (4.89%) Data Governance
18 105 (4.85%) Architectural Design
18 105 (4.85%) Technical Leadership
19 102 (4.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 87 (4.02%) Python
2 68 (3.14%) SQL
3 39 (1.80%) Java
4 37 (1.71%) Apex Code
5 35 (1.62%) C#
5 35 (1.62%) SOQL
6 34 (1.57%) SOSL
7 23 (1.06%) JavaScript
8 21 (0.97%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.88%) PowerShell
10 10 (0.46%) Bicep
11 7 (0.32%) Bash
12 6 (0.28%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.23%) C++
14 3 (0.14%) C
14 3 (0.14%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.14%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.092%) ABAP
15 2 (0.092%) PHP
Qualifications
1 315 (14.54%) Security Cleared
2 176 (8.13%) SC Cleared
3 134 (6.19%) Degree
4 114 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 57 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
6 47 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 38 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 36 (1.66%) CISSP
10 31 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 30 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.02%) CISM
13 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (0.88%) PMI Certification
14 19 (0.88%) PMP
15 14 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (0.55%) CCSP
17 10 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
17 10 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (3.32%) Data Quality
2 53 (2.45%) NIST
3 44 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 31 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.15%) GDPR
6 24 (1.11%) QA
7 20 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 17 (0.78%) NCSC
9 12 (0.55%) GRC
10 9 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 8 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.092%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.092%) PMO
13 2 (0.092%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.092%) WCAG
14 1 (0.046%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.046%) HL7
14 1 (0.046%) NIST 800
System Software
1 53 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.55%) vSphere
6 11 (0.51%) Docker
7 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.046%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.046%) Firmware
8 1 (0.046%) vCloud
8 1 (0.046%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (1.11%) Terraform
2 16 (0.74%) MOM
3 14 (0.65%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.46%) vRealize
5 9 (0.42%) Netcool
5 9 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.37%) Ansible
6 8 (0.37%) Endace
7 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.14%) CASB
9 1 (0.046%) Argo
9 1 (0.046%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.046%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.046%) Grafana
9 1 (0.046%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.046%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.046%) SCCM
9 1 (0.046%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.046%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 243 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 77 (3.55%) SAP
3 65 (3.00%) ServiceNow
4 62 (2.86%) Databricks
4 62 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 48 (2.22%) VMware
6 35 (1.62%) Splunk
7 33 (1.52%) Oracle
8 28 (1.29%) Google
9 23 (1.06%) Anaplan
9 23 (1.06%) Cisco
10 20 (0.92%) Palantir
11 18 (0.83%) Genesys
11 18 (0.83%) Verint
12 17 (0.78%) Sparx
13 16 (0.74%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
15 14 (0.65%) Juniper
16 12 (0.55%) Fortinet
17 11 (0.51%) Siemens