Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 90 33
Rank change year-on-year +57 -57 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,232 1,100 3,196
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.13% 3.17% 5.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.38% 3.54% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,278 705 2,061
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,085 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% -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 73,785 31,064 56,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 89.50% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,989 17,837 37,076
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,679 £47,863 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.06% -4.27% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 19 August 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 19 August 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 1,081 £80,000 +6.67% 261
North West +106 598 £80,000 -1.23% 141
South East +15 566 £85,000 +9.68% 245
South West +57 478 £80,000 -5.88% 131
Midlands +26 458 £82,500 +10.00% 98
West Midlands +31 372 £85,000 +13.33% 76
Yorkshire +58 299 £80,000 +6.67% 84
East of England +62 207 £80,150 +1.78% 52
Scotland +55 188 £87,500 +9.38% 95
North East +7 184 £85,000 +30.77% 38
Wales +25 157 £80,000 +11.89% 14
Northern Ireland -19 109 £74,830 -9.63% 38
East Midlands -9 86 £60,000 -16.38% 22
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 August 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.

1 620 (19.18%) Azure
2 471 (14.57%) Security Cleared
3 469 (14.51%) Microsoft
4 418 (12.93%) Roadmaps
5 404 (12.50%) AI
6 377 (11.66%) AWS
7 295 (9.13%) Enterprise Architecture
8 288 (8.91%) Agile
9 284 (8.79%) SC Cleared
10 264 (8.17%) Cybersecurity
11 248 (7.67%) Technical Leadership
12 243 (7.52%) TOGAF
13 220 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
14 218 (6.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 216 (6.68%) Data Architecture
16 215 (6.65%) Technical Architecture
17 213 (6.59%) CI/CD
18 199 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
19 192 (5.94%) Decision-Making
20 191 (5.91%) DV Cleared
21 188 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
21 188 (5.82%) Data Modelling
22 178 (5.51%) Business Strategy
22 178 (5.51%) DevOps
23 174 (5.38%) Power Platform
24 173 (5.35%) Technology Strategy
25 171 (5.29%) Analytics
26 166 (5.14%) Microservices
27 160 (4.95%) Infrastructure as Code
27 160 (4.95%) Security Architecture

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 16 (0.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.22%) Apache
2 7 (0.22%) CMS
2 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.15%) Confluence
4 5 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.093%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.031%) JBoss
8 1 (0.031%) SAS
8 1 (0.031%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.031%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (0.28%) Chatbot
1 9 (0.28%) Revit
2 8 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.062%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.062%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.062%) Simulink
5 2 (0.062%) Windchill
6 1 (0.031%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.031%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.031%) SketchUp
6 1 (0.031%) Weka
Business Applications
1 42 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.19%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.15%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.12%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.093%) Lawson
6 3 (0.093%) Movex
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.093%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.062%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.062%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 620 (19.18%) Azure
2 377 (11.66%) AWS
3 174 (5.38%) Power Platform
4 120 (3.71%) SaaS
5 118 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 116 (3.59%) GCP
7 81 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
8 70 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
9 65 (2.01%) Serverless
10 56 (1.73%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.30%) dbt
11 42 (1.30%) PaaS
12 38 (1.18%) IaaS
13 26 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (0.65%) GitHub
15 20 (0.62%) Snowflake
16 18 (0.56%) iPaaS
16 18 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
17 17 (0.53%) Amazon S3
17 17 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 106 (3.28%) WAN
2 86 (2.66%) LAN
3 65 (2.01%) Firewall
4 64 (1.98%) Network Security
5 45 (1.39%) VPN
6 40 (1.24%) DNS
7 35 (1.08%) Broadband
8 27 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 20 (0.62%) MPLS
10 17 (0.53%) BGP
11 16 (0.50%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.46%) VLAN
13 14 (0.43%) HTTP
13 14 (0.43%) SNMP
14 11 (0.34%) DHCP
15 10 (0.31%) FTP
15 10 (0.31%) ICMP
15 10 (0.31%) IPsec
15 10 (0.31%) SSH
15 10 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (2.04%) Metadata
2 38 (1.18%) Data Lake
3 37 (1.14%) Power BI
4 32 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (0.80%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (0.40%) GIS
8 12 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.31%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.31%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.31%) Tableau
10 9 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
11 7 (0.22%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.19%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.19%) MySQL
13 5 (0.15%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
14 4 (0.12%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 35 (1.08%) Jenkins
2 26 (0.80%) GitLab
3 22 (0.68%) Snyk
4 20 (0.62%) SonarQube
5 9 (0.28%) JIRA
6 5 (0.15%) Git
6 5 (0.15%) MLflow
6 5 (0.15%) Toad
6 5 (0.15%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.093%) ERwin
8 2 (0.062%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.062%) JMeter
8 2 (0.062%) Postman
8 2 (0.062%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.062%) Selenium
9 1 (0.031%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.031%) Flyway
9 1 (0.031%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.031%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.031%) Oracle Forms
General
1 447 (13.83%) Finance
2 421 (13.03%) Social Skills
3 247 (7.64%) Public Sector
4 194 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 132 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
6 93 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
7 84 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (1.89%) Aerospace
9 59 (1.83%) Law
10 52 (1.61%) Marketing
11 47 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 47 (1.45%) Retail
12 35 (1.08%) Banking
12 35 (1.08%) Games
13 31 (0.96%) Telecoms
14 29 (0.90%) Legal
15 17 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (0.43%) Military
17 13 (0.40%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (1.67%) REST
2 51 (1.58%) .NET
3 46 (1.42%) Middleware
4 44 (1.36%) SOAP
5 37 (1.14%) OAuth
6 35 (1.08%) LDAP
7 31 (0.96%) SAML
8 29 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
8 29 (0.90%) Node.js
9 25 (0.77%) Kafka
10 22 (0.68%) ModSecurity
11 20 (0.62%) Visualforce
12 19 (0.59%) OpenID
13 18 (0.56%) Regular Expression
14 17 (0.53%) XML
15 16 (0.50%) JSON
15 16 (0.50%) XMPP
16 11 (0.34%) NestJS
17 10 (0.31%) GraphQL
17 10 (0.31%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 162 (5.01%) Cloud Native
2 84 (2.60%) Data Centre
3 55 (1.70%) Product Ownership
4 54 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 46 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
6 40 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 37 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
8 35 (1.08%) Operational Technology
9 32 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (0.96%) Onboarding
11 30 (0.93%) Cyberattack
12 27 (0.84%) Virtual Team
13 22 (0.68%) Public Cloud
14 21 (0.65%) Social Media
15 19 (0.59%) Management Information System
15 19 (0.59%) Private Cloud
16 18 (0.56%) AI Agents
17 15 (0.46%) Graphic Design
17 15 (0.46%) Industrial Internet of Things
18 14 (0.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.52%) Linux
2 43 (1.33%) Windows
3 31 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.031%) AIX
5 1 (0.031%) CentOS
5 1 (0.031%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.031%) Solaris
5 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (12.93%) Roadmaps
2 404 (12.50%) AI
3 295 (9.13%) Enterprise Architecture
4 288 (8.91%) Agile
5 264 (8.17%) Cybersecurity
6 248 (7.67%) Technical Leadership
7 243 (7.52%) TOGAF
8 220 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
9 218 (6.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 216 (6.68%) Data Architecture
11 215 (6.65%) Technical Architecture
12 213 (6.59%) CI/CD
13 199 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
14 192 (5.94%) Decision-Making
15 188 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 188 (5.82%) Data Modelling
16 178 (5.51%) Business Strategy
16 178 (5.51%) DevOps
17 173 (5.35%) Technology Strategy
18 171 (5.29%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 98 (3.03%) SQL
2 96 (2.97%) Python
3 63 (1.95%) C#
4 50 (1.55%) JavaScript
5 37 (1.14%) Java
6 26 (0.80%) Bicep
7 24 (0.74%) Apex Code
8 21 (0.65%) SOQL
9 20 (0.62%) SOSL
10 16 (0.50%) C
11 15 (0.46%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.37%) C++
13 8 (0.25%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.22%) Scala
15 6 (0.19%) COBOL
15 6 (0.19%) Embedded C
15 6 (0.19%) Embedded C++
15 6 (0.19%) Go
15 6 (0.19%) R
15 6 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 471 (14.57%) Security Cleared
2 284 (8.79%) SC Cleared
3 191 (5.91%) DV Cleared
4 115 (3.56%) Degree
5 61 (1.89%) CISSP
6 52 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 52 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
7 44 (1.36%) AWS Certification
8 42 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (1.11%) CISM
10 25 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 18 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 15 (0.46%) CCNP
13 15 (0.46%) CCSP
14 9 (0.28%) ICAEW
14 9 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (2.97%) GRC
2 95 (2.94%) NIST
3 93 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 60 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (1.58%) GDPR
6 39 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 21 (0.65%) NCSC
8 18 (0.56%) QA
9 12 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.34%) NIST 800
10 11 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
13 6 (0.19%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.15%) MISRA
14 5 (0.15%) SLA
15 4 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 94 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 33 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (0.77%) Docker
3 25 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (0.77%) vSphere
4 14 (0.43%) Firmware
5 10 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.28%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.15%) NDS
8 3 (0.093%) KVM
9 1 (0.031%) GPFS
9 1 (0.031%) Lustre
9 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.031%) vCloud
9 1 (0.031%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 72 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 58 (1.79%) Terraform
3 29 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.50%) MOM
5 11 (0.34%) CASB
6 10 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.22%) Ansible
9 3 (0.093%) Grafana
10 2 (0.062%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.062%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.062%) SCCM
10 2 (0.062%) vRealize
11 1 (0.031%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.031%) Endace
11 1 (0.031%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 469 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.66%) Databricks
3 84 (2.60%) SAP
4 59 (1.83%) VMware
5 56 (1.73%) Salesforce
6 46 (1.42%) Oracle
7 44 (1.36%) Cisco
8 41 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.11%) ServiceNow
10 26 (0.80%) Google
11 22 (0.68%) Computacenter
11 22 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.68%) Splunk
11 22 (0.68%) Tenable
12 20 (0.62%) Okta
12 20 (0.62%) OpenAI
12 20 (0.62%) Red Hat
13 19 (0.59%) ForgeRock
13 19 (0.59%) Workday
14 13 (0.40%) CyberArk