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 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 94 31
Rank change year-on-year +62 -63 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,706 1,034 2,769
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.25% 3.03% 5.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.60% 3.38% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,434 638 1,697
10th Percentile £62,898 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £66,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -1.96%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 80,602 30,608 47,448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 89.75% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 55,718 17,467 26,033
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.15% -2.73% -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 16 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 16 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 +91 1,207 £80,000 +3.23% 451
South East +29 704 £90,000 +16.13% 481
North West +91 659 £80,000 - 240
South West +49 554 £85,000 +6.25% 178
Midlands +46 522 £82,500 +10.00% 232
West Midlands +45 412 £83,750 +11.67% 186
Yorkshire +57 349 £80,000 +1.27% 156
East of England +61 250 £82,500 -1.49% 158
North East +17 199 £80,250 +10.69% 56
Scotland +58 190 £85,000 +6.25% 205
Wales +16 165 £80,000 +6.79% 49
Northern Ireland -10 132 £80,000 +6.79% 50
East Midlands -8 110 £80,000 +3.23% 46
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure17.1%633
2Security Cleared15.8%586
3Microsoft13.3%492
4Roadmaps12.6%468
5AI12.3%455
6AWS11.0%409
7SC Cleared10.1%374
8Technical Leadership9.8%365
9Agile8.3%309
10Enterprise Architecture8.1%300
11Cybersecurity7.8%290
12Data Architecture6.9%254
13Stakeholder Engagement6.8%252
14Technical Architecture6.5%242
15Stakeholder Management6.4%238
16Problem-Solving6.3%233
17Decision-Making6.1%226
18DV Cleared5.8%214
18TOGAF5.8%214
20Analytics5.6%207
21Technology Strategy5.5%203
22CI/CD5.5%202
23Data Modelling5.3%196
24Continuous Improvement5.1%189
24Mentoring5.1%189
26IT Strategy5.0%185
27Microservices4.9%183
28Migration4.8%179
29Architectural Patterns4.7%175
30Security Architecture4.6%169

Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Solutions Architect28.0%1,038
2Technical Architect14.9%552
3Data Architect12.4%460
4Senior Architect12.4%458
5Lead Architect12.3%457
6Security Architect12.0%443
7Enterprise Architect7.8%288
8Cloud Architect5.5%204
9Systems Architect4.6%172
10Artificial Intelligence Architect4.1%152
11Technical Leader3.8%140
12Senior Data Architect3.3%121
13Software Architect3.0%111
14Senior Solutions Architect2.9%106
15Platform Architect2.7%101
16Principal Architect2.7%100
17AWS Architect2.3%86
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%83
19Network Architect2.0%73
20Azure Architect1.8%67
1,800 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London