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 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 91 50
Rank change year-on-year +39 -41 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,338 1,023 3,227
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.52% 3.48% 4.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.76% 3.90% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,702 749 2,100
10th Percentile £55,544 £59,168 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,000 £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 62,155 26,263 65,587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 89.46% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 41,146 14,496 47,795
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,000 £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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +73 770 £85,000 +18.07% 184
North West +87 435 £90,000 +28.57% 99
South East +15 408 £85,000 +6.25% 179
Midlands +9 363 £80,000 +14.29% 87
South West +54 327 £77,500 -3.13% 92
West Midlands 0 276 £80,000 +10.34% 59
Yorkshire +26 224 £80,000 - 52
East of England +52 200 £87,250 +31.80% 59
Scotland +31 158 £90,000 +12.50% 42
North East +13 111 £80,000 +23.08% 35
Wales +18 88 £80,000 +18.41% 45
East Midlands -3 85 £60,000 -7.69% 28
Northern Ireland -18 32 £62,500 -27.54% 8
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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.

1 441 (18.86%) Azure
2 307 (13.13%) Security Cleared
3 256 (10.95%) AWS
4 250 (10.69%) Microsoft
5 236 (10.09%) Roadmaps
6 227 (9.71%) Agile
7 208 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
8 202 (8.64%) TOGAF
9 187 (8.00%) AI
10 184 (7.87%) SC Cleared
11 177 (7.57%) Enterprise Architecture
12 170 (7.27%) Data Modelling
13 167 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
14 155 (6.63%) DevOps
15 152 (6.50%) Data Architecture
16 144 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
17 134 (5.73%) CI/CD
17 134 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
18 126 (5.39%) Analytics
19 122 (5.22%) Data Governance
20 119 (5.09%) Degree
20 119 (5.09%) Technical Leadership
21 116 (4.96%) IT Strategy
22 115 (4.92%) Technology Strategy
23 114 (4.88%) Power Platform
24 112 (4.79%) DV Cleared
24 112 (4.79%) Security Architecture
25 111 (4.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 110 (4.70%) Architectural Design
27 107 (4.58%) Migration

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 19 (0.81%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.56%) Confluence
3 12 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.26%) Apache
5 6 (0.26%) CMS
6 5 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
6 5 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.13%) SAS
8 2 (0.086%) JBoss
8 2 (0.086%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.043%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.043%) Camunda
9 1 (0.043%) IIS
9 1 (0.043%) Strapi
9 1 (0.043%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.13%) Revit
3 2 (0.086%) ArchiCAD
4 1 (0.043%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.043%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.043%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.043%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.043%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 36 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.30%) SAP ERP
3 7 (0.30%) SAP MM
4 6 (0.26%) SAP CAR
4 6 (0.26%) SAP Retail
4 6 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.13%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.043%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.043%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.043%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.043%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.043%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 1 (0.043%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.043%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.043%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 441 (18.86%) Azure
2 256 (10.95%) AWS
3 114 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 90 (3.85%) GCP
5 84 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
6 69 (2.95%) SaaS
7 59 (2.52%) Serverless
8 56 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 38 (1.63%) PaaS
11 33 (1.41%) IaaS
11 33 (1.41%) Snowflake
12 32 (1.37%) Entra ID
13 27 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (0.60%) GitHub
15 13 (0.56%) iPaaS
16 11 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.30%) Mimecast
18 6 (0.26%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.48%) Firewall
2 57 (2.44%) Broadband
3 40 (1.71%) Network Security
4 31 (1.33%) VPN
5 26 (1.11%) WAN
6 25 (1.07%) DNS
7 14 (0.60%) LAN
8 10 (0.43%) BGP
8 10 (0.43%) MPLS
8 10 (0.43%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.38%) Internet
9 9 (0.38%) NetScaler
10 8 (0.34%) SAN
10 8 (0.34%) SNMP
11 7 (0.30%) HTTP
12 6 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.26%) NAS
12 6 (0.26%) Wireshark
13 5 (0.21%) SSL
13 5 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (2.52%) Metadata
2 40 (1.71%) Power BI
3 32 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (1.15%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.03%) Tableau
6 20 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 15 (0.64%) NoSQL
8 12 (0.51%) GIS
9 11 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.38%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.34%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.26%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.26%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.21%) Big Data
15 4 (0.17%) DB2
15 4 (0.17%) Delta Lake
16 3 (0.13%) ClickHouse
16 3 (0.13%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 40 (1.71%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.54%) GitLab
3 34 (1.45%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.94%) Snyk
5 11 (0.47%) JIRA
6 4 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.13%) Toad
8 2 (0.086%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.086%) Git
8 2 (0.086%) JMeter
8 2 (0.086%) MLflow
8 2 (0.086%) Postman
8 2 (0.086%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.086%) Selenium
9 1 (0.043%) Oracle APEX
General
1 259 (11.08%) Social Skills
2 237 (10.14%) Finance
3 181 (7.74%) Public Sector
4 121 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
6 71 (3.04%) Games
7 67 (2.87%) Marketing
8 58 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (2.18%) Retail
10 32 (1.37%) Manufacturing
11 26 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (1.07%) Law
12 25 (1.07%) Legal
13 20 (0.86%) Telecoms
14 16 (0.68%) Banking
15 13 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.51%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.38%) Electronics
18 8 (0.34%) Local Government
18 8 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (2.61%) REST
2 55 (2.35%) SOAP
3 44 (1.88%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (1.75%) Middleware
5 39 (1.67%) .NET
6 34 (1.45%) Visualforce
7 21 (0.90%) XML
8 19 (0.81%) Kafka
9 18 (0.77%) JSON
10 16 (0.68%) Node.js
10 16 (0.68%) OAuth
11 14 (0.60%) LDAP
11 14 (0.60%) Regular Expression
12 12 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
12 12 (0.51%) XMPP
13 10 (0.43%) NestJS
13 10 (0.43%) OpenID
13 10 (0.43%) SAML
14 8 (0.34%) JWT
14 8 (0.34%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (3.51%) Cloud Native
2 67 (2.87%) Data Centre
3 58 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 52 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
6 33 (1.41%) Cyberattack
6 33 (1.41%) Operational Technology
7 32 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (1.11%) PKI
9 23 (0.98%) Virtual Team
10 20 (0.86%) Management Information System
11 16 (0.68%) NHS
12 15 (0.64%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.60%) Data Structures
13 14 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (0.51%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.47%) IoT
16 11 (0.47%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.14%) Windows
2 36 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 34 (1.45%) Linux
4 16 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.043%) AIX
5 1 (0.043%) CentOS
5 1 (0.043%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (10.09%) Roadmaps
2 227 (9.71%) Agile
3 208 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
4 202 (8.64%) TOGAF
5 187 (8.00%) AI
6 177 (7.57%) Enterprise Architecture
7 170 (7.27%) Data Modelling
8 167 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
9 155 (6.63%) DevOps
10 152 (6.50%) Data Architecture
11 144 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 134 (5.73%) CI/CD
12 134 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 126 (5.39%) Analytics
14 122 (5.22%) Data Governance
15 119 (5.09%) Technical Leadership
16 116 (4.96%) IT Strategy
17 115 (4.92%) Technology Strategy
18 112 (4.79%) Security Architecture
19 111 (4.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 84 (3.59%) SQL
2 74 (3.17%) Python
3 38 (1.63%) C#
4 37 (1.58%) Apex Code
4 37 (1.58%) Java
5 35 (1.50%) SOQL
6 34 (1.45%) SOSL
7 26 (1.11%) JavaScript
8 17 (0.73%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.68%) PowerShell
10 10 (0.43%) Bicep
11 5 (0.21%) Bash
11 5 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.17%) C
12 4 (0.17%) C++
12 4 (0.17%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.17%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.086%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.086%) R
13 2 (0.086%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 307 (13.13%) Security Cleared
2 184 (7.87%) SC Cleared
3 119 (5.09%) Degree
4 112 (4.79%) DV Cleared
5 49 (2.10%) CISSP
6 45 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
7 35 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 33 (1.41%) Azure Certification
9 30 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (0.98%) CISM
11 21 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 19 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 19 (0.81%) PMP
13 17 (0.73%) CCSP
14 13 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.43%) CCNP
16 8 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (4.06%) Data Quality
2 71 (3.04%) NIST
3 39 (1.67%) GDPR
4 38 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (1.33%) QA
6 26 (1.11%) GRC
7 19 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 18 (0.77%) NCSC
9 11 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.17%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.17%) WCAG
12 3 (0.13%) IFRS
12 3 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 3 (0.13%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.086%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.086%) SLA
13 2 (0.086%) Solvency II
System Software
1 63 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.73%) vSphere
5 13 (0.56%) Docker
6 11 (0.47%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.043%) GPFS
7 1 (0.043%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.043%) Lustre
7 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.043%) vCloud
7 1 (0.043%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (1.11%) Terraform
2 18 (0.77%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.68%) MOM
4 14 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.38%) Netcool
5 9 (0.38%) vRealize
6 7 (0.30%) Endace
7 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.21%) Ansible
9 4 (0.17%) CASB
10 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.043%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.043%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.043%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.043%) Grafana
11 1 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.043%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.043%) SCCM
Vendors
1 250 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 84 (3.59%) Databricks
3 78 (3.34%) SAP
4 68 (2.91%) ServiceNow
5 63 (2.69%) Salesforce
6 49 (2.10%) VMware
7 38 (1.63%) Oracle
8 36 (1.54%) Splunk
9 28 (1.20%) Palo Alto
10 27 (1.15%) Cisco
11 24 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
12 23 (0.98%) Anaplan
13 22 (0.94%) Google
13 22 (0.94%) Tenable
14 21 (0.90%) Palantir
15 18 (0.77%) Genesys
15 18 (0.77%) Verint
16 17 (0.73%) Juniper
17 13 (0.56%) Red Hat
17 13 (0.56%) Sparx