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 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 96 41
Rank change year-on-year +58 -55 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,446 968 3,641
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.68% 3.29% 4.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.90% 3.70% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 679 2,347
10th Percentile £59,100 £59,950 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,925 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £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 62,690 26,189 71,219
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 89.08% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 42,700 13,998 51,272
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £76,250
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 6 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 6 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 +93 838 £85,000 +19.73% 346
North West +101 480 £90,000 +28.57% 182
South East +22 407 £85,000 +9.68% 275
Midlands +13 353 £80,000 +14.29% 121
South West +57 344 £80,000 -1.54% 157
West Midlands +7 266 £82,500 +13.79% 93
Yorkshire +37 235 £80,000 -1.54% 98
East of England +59 199 £75,000 +13.29% 84
Scotland +36 168 £90,000 +12.50% 66
North East +17 123 £80,000 +23.08% 67
Wales +36 114 £80,000 +15.30% 50
East Midlands -3 86 £60,000 -7.69% 28
Northern Ireland -22 29 £70,000 -17.65% 23
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 474 (19.38%) Azure
2 318 (13.00%) Security Cleared
3 294 (12.02%) Microsoft
4 283 (11.57%) AWS
5 259 (10.59%) Roadmaps
6 236 (9.65%) Agile
7 228 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
8 219 (8.95%) AI
8 219 (8.95%) TOGAF
9 194 (7.93%) SC Cleared
10 188 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
11 174 (7.11%) Data Modelling
12 173 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
13 164 (6.70%) CI/CD
14 162 (6.62%) Data Architecture
15 161 (6.58%) DevOps
16 141 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 139 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
18 137 (5.60%) Analytics
18 137 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
19 130 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 129 (5.27%) Security Architecture
21 127 (5.19%) Data Governance
22 121 (4.95%) DV Cleared
23 118 (4.82%) Power Platform
23 118 (4.82%) Technology Strategy
24 114 (4.66%) Architectural Design
25 111 (4.54%) IT Strategy
26 108 (4.42%) Data Quality
27 107 (4.37%) 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 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.25%) 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 7 (0.29%) Revit
2 6 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.082%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.082%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.082%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.082%) 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 38 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.25%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.25%) 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 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.041%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.041%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.041%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.041%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.041%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 474 (19.38%) Azure
2 283 (11.57%) AWS
3 118 (4.82%) Power Platform
4 100 (4.09%) GCP
5 94 (3.84%) Dynamics 365
6 76 (3.11%) SaaS
7 59 (2.41%) Serverless
8 56 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (1.51%) Entra ID
11 33 (1.35%) PaaS
12 29 (1.19%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.14%) IaaS
14 27 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (0.74%) 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 (2.53%) Firewall
2 59 (2.41%) Broadband
3 46 (1.88%) Network Security
4 34 (1.39%) DNS
4 34 (1.39%) VPN
4 34 (1.39%) WAN
5 17 (0.70%) LAN
6 16 (0.65%) SD-WAN
7 15 (0.61%) BGP
7 15 (0.61%) MPLS
8 12 (0.49%) SNMP
9 11 (0.45%) HTTP
10 10 (0.41%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.37%) Internet
11 9 (0.37%) NetScaler
11 9 (0.37%) SSL
11 9 (0.37%) WLAN
12 8 (0.33%) SAN
13 7 (0.29%) VLAN
14 6 (0.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.49%) Metadata
2 34 (1.39%) Power BI
3 33 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 23 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 18 (0.74%) Tableau
7 17 (0.70%) NoSQL
8 15 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (0.57%) GIS
10 9 (0.37%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.33%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.33%) Data Vault
12 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.25%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.20%) Big Data
14 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.20%) MySQL
15 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.16%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 41 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.47%) GitLab
3 34 (1.39%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.90%) 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 (0.082%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.082%) ERwin
8 2 (0.082%) JMeter
8 2 (0.082%) Postman
8 2 (0.082%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.082%) Selenium
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
General
1 281 (11.49%) Social Skills
2 250 (10.22%) Finance
3 196 (8.01%) Public Sector
4 127 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 110 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (2.66%) Marketing
7 64 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (2.53%) Games
9 50 (2.04%) Retail
10 30 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 24 (0.98%) Law
11 24 (0.98%) Legal
12 21 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 18 (0.74%) Banking
13 18 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (0.65%) Aerospace
15 12 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.37%) Automotive
16 9 (0.37%) Aviation
16 9 (0.37%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (2.49%) REST
2 54 (2.21%) SOAP
3 44 (1.80%) Lightning Web Components
4 39 (1.59%) .NET
5 34 (1.39%) Visualforce
6 32 (1.31%) Middleware
7 21 (0.86%) OAuth
8 19 (0.78%) XML
9 18 (0.74%) JSON
9 18 (0.74%) Kafka
9 18 (0.74%) LDAP
9 18 (0.74%) Node.js
9 18 (0.74%) Regular Expression
10 16 (0.65%) XMPP
11 15 (0.61%) SAML
12 11 (0.45%) OpenID
13 10 (0.41%) NestJS
14 9 (0.37%) JWT
14 9 (0.37%) PySpark
14 9 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 95 (3.88%) Cloud Native
2 67 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 58 (2.37%) Product Ownership
4 42 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 38 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
7 34 (1.39%) Cyberattack
8 33 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (1.02%) PKI
11 24 (0.98%) Virtual Team
12 19 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
13 17 (0.70%) Management Information System
13 17 (0.70%) NHS
14 16 (0.65%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.65%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.61%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.53%) Onboarding
16 13 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.09%) Windows
2 41 (1.68%) Linux
3 40 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.82%) 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
1 259 (10.59%) Roadmaps
2 236 (9.65%) Agile
3 228 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
4 219 (8.95%) AI
4 219 (8.95%) TOGAF
5 188 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
6 174 (7.11%) Data Modelling
7 173 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
8 164 (6.70%) CI/CD
9 162 (6.62%) Data Architecture
10 161 (6.58%) DevOps
11 141 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 139 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
13 137 (5.60%) Analytics
13 137 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
14 130 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 129 (5.27%) Security Architecture
16 127 (5.19%) Data Governance
17 118 (4.82%) Technology Strategy
18 114 (4.66%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 94 (3.84%) SQL
2 88 (3.60%) Python
3 45 (1.84%) C#
4 37 (1.51%) Apex Code
4 37 (1.51%) Java
5 35 (1.43%) SOQL
6 34 (1.39%) SOSL
7 33 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 18 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 14 (0.57%) Bicep
11 6 (0.25%) C
11 6 (0.25%) 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 (0.082%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 318 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 194 (7.93%) SC Cleared
3 121 (4.95%) DV Cleared
4 107 (4.37%) Degree
5 53 (2.17%) CISSP
6 50 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
7 39 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.51%) AWS Certification
9 35 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (1.39%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.10%) CISM
12 22 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 19 (0.78%) CCSP
14 18 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 18 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.45%) CCNP
15 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (0.37%) ICAEW
16 9 (0.37%) PMI Certification
16 9 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (4.42%) Data Quality
2 93 (3.80%) NIST
3 55 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 44 (1.80%) GDPR
5 29 (1.19%) QA
6 28 (1.14%) GRC
7 21 (0.86%) NCSC
8 20 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.74%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.25%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.20%) WCAG
15 3 (0.12%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.12%) IFRS
16 2 (0.082%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.082%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (0.86%) vSphere
4 19 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.61%) Docker
6 9 (0.37%) VMware NSX
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 (1.31%) Terraform
2 25 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.65%) MOM
4 15 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.33%) CASB
6 7 (0.29%) vRealize
7 6 (0.25%) Endace
7 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.25%) Netcool
8 5 (0.20%) Ansible
8 5 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.082%) 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
1 294 (12.02%) Microsoft
2 86 (3.52%) Databricks
3 76 (3.11%) SAP
4 61 (2.49%) Salesforce
5 52 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 51 (2.09%) VMware
7 41 (1.68%) Oracle
8 36 (1.47%) Splunk
9 34 (1.39%) Cisco
10 32 (1.31%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.94%) Google
12 22 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.90%) Tenable
13 21 (0.86%) Palantir
14 19 (0.78%) Juniper
15 17 (0.70%) Red Hat
16 13 (0.53%) Anaplan
16 13 (0.53%) Sparx
17 12 (0.49%) McAfee
18 9 (0.37%) HP