Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £80,150 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 93 43
Rank change year-on-year +56 -50 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,460 985 3,699
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.72% 3.34% 4.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.94% 3.75% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,825 690 2,396
10th Percentile £58,950 £59,207 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,569 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,150 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £88,750
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 62,390 26,239 72,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 89.06% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 43,046 14,192 52,127
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,950
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +96 852 £85,000 +21.43% 222
North West +100 488 £90,000 +29.14% 108
South East +28 402 £85,000 +9.68% 170
Midlands +19 354 £80,000 +14.29% 79
South West +55 348 £80,000 - 66
West Midlands +11 267 £82,500 +13.79% 65
Yorkshire +41 239 £80,000 -1.54% 63
East of England +55 195 £75,000 +13.29% 42
Scotland +44 171 £90,000 +12.50% 29
North East +15 125 £80,000 +23.08% 52
Wales +32 115 £80,000 +15.30% 31
East Midlands +1 86 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Northern Ireland -24 29 £70,000 -16.57% 8
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 478 (19.43%) Azure
2 322 (13.09%) Security Cleared
3 300 (12.20%) Microsoft
4 285 (11.59%) AWS
5 262 (10.65%) Roadmaps
6 234 (9.51%) Agile
7 228 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
8 225 (9.15%) AI
9 219 (8.90%) TOGAF
10 199 (8.09%) SC Cleared
11 188 (7.64%) Enterprise Architecture
12 177 (7.20%) Data Modelling
13 175 (7.11%) Problem-Solving
14 169 (6.87%) Data Architecture
15 165 (6.71%) CI/CD
16 160 (6.50%) DevOps
17 144 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
18 139 (5.65%) Analytics
19 138 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
20 136 (5.53%) Technical Leadership
21 135 (5.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 132 (5.37%) Security Architecture
23 129 (5.24%) Data Governance
24 122 (4.96%) DV Cleared
25 120 (4.88%) Technology Strategy
26 118 (4.80%) Power Platform
27 113 (4.59%) IT Strategy
28 111 (4.51%) Architectural Design
28 111 (4.51%) Data Quality
29 107 (4.35%) Degree

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 14 (0.57%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.49%) Confluence
3 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.24%) Apache
6 5 (0.20%) CMS
6 5 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.041%) Camunda
9 1 (0.041%) IIS
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.33%) Revit
2 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.081%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.081%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.081%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.081%) Windchill
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.041%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 37 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.28%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.24%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.24%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.041%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.041%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.041%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.041%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.041%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.041%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 478 (19.43%) Azure
2 285 (11.59%) AWS
3 118 (4.80%) Power Platform
4 103 (4.19%) GCP
5 93 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
6 77 (3.13%) SaaS
7 59 (2.40%) Serverless
8 55 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 36 (1.46%) Entra ID
11 32 (1.30%) PaaS
12 29 (1.18%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.10%) IaaS
14 26 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (0.73%) GitHub
16 13 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.53%) iPaaS
17 10 (0.41%) Amazon S3
18 9 (0.37%) Anthropic Claude
18 9 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 62 (2.52%) Firewall
2 60 (2.44%) Broadband
3 47 (1.91%) Network Security
4 36 (1.46%) DNS
5 35 (1.42%) VPN
5 35 (1.42%) WAN
6 17 (0.69%) LAN
6 17 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 16 (0.65%) BGP
7 16 (0.65%) MPLS
8 13 (0.53%) SNMP
9 12 (0.49%) HTTP
10 10 (0.41%) SSL
10 10 (0.41%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.37%) Internet
11 9 (0.37%) NetScaler
11 9 (0.37%) WLAN
12 8 (0.33%) SAN
12 8 (0.33%) VLAN
13 6 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.60%) Metadata
2 35 (1.42%) Power BI
3 34 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 23 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 18 (0.73%) Tableau
7 17 (0.69%) NoSQL
8 15 (0.61%) GIS
8 15 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.37%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.33%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.33%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.28%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.24%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.20%) Big Data
13 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.20%) MySQL
14 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.16%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 41 (1.67%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.46%) GitLab
3 34 (1.38%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.89%) Snyk
5 10 (0.41%) JIRA
6 5 (0.20%) Toad
6 5 (0.20%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) Git
7 3 (0.12%) MLflow
7 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.081%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.081%) ERwin
8 2 (0.081%) JMeter
8 2 (0.081%) Postman
8 2 (0.081%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.081%) Selenium
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
General
1 280 (11.38%) Social Skills
2 248 (10.08%) Finance
3 196 (7.97%) Public Sector
4 128 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
6 65 (2.64%) Marketing
7 62 (2.52%) Games
8 48 (1.95%) Retail
9 30 (1.22%) Manufacturing
10 24 (0.98%) Law
11 23 (0.93%) Legal
12 21 (0.85%) Telecoms
13 19 (0.77%) Banking
14 18 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (0.69%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.41%) Local Government
18 9 (0.37%) Automotive
18 9 (0.37%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (2.48%) REST
2 54 (2.20%) SOAP
3 44 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
4 39 (1.59%) .NET
5 34 (1.38%) Visualforce
6 32 (1.30%) Middleware
7 22 (0.89%) OAuth
8 19 (0.77%) XML
9 18 (0.73%) JSON
9 18 (0.73%) Kafka
9 18 (0.73%) LDAP
9 18 (0.73%) Node.js
9 18 (0.73%) Regular Expression
10 16 (0.65%) SAML
10 16 (0.65%) XMPP
11 11 (0.45%) OpenID
12 10 (0.41%) NestJS
13 9 (0.37%) JWT
13 9 (0.37%) PySpark
13 9 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 94 (3.82%) Cloud Native
2 67 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 58 (2.36%) Product Ownership
4 41 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (1.67%) Operational Technology
5 39 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
6 34 (1.38%) Cyberattack
6 34 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
8 25 (1.02%) PKI
9 24 (0.98%) Virtual Team
10 19 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (0.69%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.69%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.65%) Low-Code
12 16 (0.65%) NHS
13 15 (0.61%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.53%) Onboarding
14 13 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.03%) Windows
2 41 (1.67%) Linux
3 40 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.041%) AIX
5 1 (0.041%) CentOS
5 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (10.65%) Roadmaps
2 234 (9.51%) Agile
3 228 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
4 225 (9.15%) AI
5 219 (8.90%) TOGAF
6 188 (7.64%) Enterprise Architecture
7 177 (7.20%) Data Modelling
8 175 (7.11%) Problem-Solving
9 169 (6.87%) Data Architecture
10 165 (6.71%) CI/CD
11 160 (6.50%) DevOps
12 144 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 139 (5.65%) Analytics
14 138 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
15 136 (5.53%) Technical Leadership
16 135 (5.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 132 (5.37%) Security Architecture
18 129 (5.24%) Data Governance
19 120 (4.88%) Technology Strategy
20 113 (4.59%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 95 (3.86%) SQL
2 89 (3.62%) Python
3 45 (1.83%) C#
4 37 (1.50%) Apex Code
4 37 (1.50%) Java
5 35 (1.42%) SOQL
6 34 (1.38%) SOSL
7 33 (1.34%) JavaScript
8 18 (0.73%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 14 (0.57%) Bicep
11 6 (0.24%) C
11 6 (0.24%) C++
12 5 (0.20%) Bash
12 5 (0.20%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.20%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.12%) R
13 3 (0.12%) Scala
14 2 (0.081%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 322 (13.09%) Security Cleared
2 199 (8.09%) SC Cleared
3 122 (4.96%) DV Cleared
4 107 (4.35%) Degree
5 53 (2.15%) CISSP
6 49 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
7 39 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.42%) AWS Certification
8 35 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.10%) CISM
11 22 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.77%) CCSP
13 18 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.45%) CCNP
17 9 (0.37%) ICAEW
17 9 (0.37%) PMI Certification
17 9 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (4.51%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.86%) NIST
3 57 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 45 (1.83%) GDPR
5 28 (1.14%) GRC
5 28 (1.14%) QA
6 21 (0.85%) NCSC
7 20 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.73%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.28%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.28%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.20%) WCAG
13 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.12%) IFRS
15 2 (0.081%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 73 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (0.85%) vSphere
4 19 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.61%) Docker
6 9 (0.37%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.041%) Firmware
7 1 (0.041%) GPFS
7 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.041%) Lustre
7 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.041%) vCloud
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (1.30%) Terraform
2 26 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.65%) MOM
4 15 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.37%) CASB
6 7 (0.28%) vRealize
7 6 (0.24%) Endace
7 6 (0.24%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.20%) Ansible
8 5 (0.20%) Netcool
9 3 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.081%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.041%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.041%) Grafana
11 1 (0.041%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.041%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.041%) SCCM
Vendors
1 300 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 89 (3.62%) Databricks
3 74 (3.01%) SAP
4 61 (2.48%) Salesforce
5 51 (2.07%) ServiceNow
5 51 (2.07%) VMware
6 41 (1.67%) Oracle
7 36 (1.46%) Splunk
8 35 (1.42%) Cisco
9 33 (1.34%) Palo Alto
10 25 (1.02%) Google
11 22 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.89%) Tenable
12 21 (0.85%) Palantir
13 19 (0.77%) Juniper
14 17 (0.69%) Red Hat
15 13 (0.53%) Anaplan
15 13 (0.53%) Sparx
16 12 (0.49%) McAfee
17 9 (0.37%) HP