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 4 October 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 96 31
Rank change year-on-year +66 -65 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,662 1,044 2,953
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.23% 3.00% 5.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 3.36% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,466 637 1,764
10th Percentile £62,500 £60,775 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -3.23%
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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 80,453 31,096 49,968
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 89.47% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 55,617 17,341 28,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,125 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -6.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £54,987 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.20% -0.02% -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 4 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 4 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 +99 1,222 £80,000 +3.23% 506
North West +104 668 £80,000 - 267
South East +27 668 £87,500 +12.90% 592
South West +48 545 £85,000 +3.03% 242
Midlands +44 528 £85,000 +13.33% 277
West Midlands +46 423 £85,000 +13.33% 206
Yorkshire +52 356 £80,000 +6.67% 169
East of England +57 242 £82,500 +1.54% 204
North East +19 198 £85,000 +28.30% 70
Scotland +56 179 £85,000 +6.25% 255
Wales +18 162 £80,000 +12.68% 90
Northern Ireland -11 132 £77,415 +3.22% 84
East Midlands -20 105 £80,000 +6.67% 71
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 631 (17.23%) Azure
2 566 (15.46%) Security Cleared
3 482 (13.16%) Microsoft
4 452 (12.34%) AI
5 451 (12.32%) Roadmaps
6 407 (11.11%) AWS
7 352 (9.61%) SC Cleared
8 333 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
9 307 (8.38%) Agile
10 302 (8.25%) Enterprise Architecture
11 284 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
12 257 (7.02%) Data Architecture
13 241 (6.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 239 (6.53%) Technical Architecture
15 230 (6.28%) Problem-Solving
16 217 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
17 214 (5.84%) CI/CD
18 213 (5.82%) Decision-Making
19 212 (5.79%) TOGAF
20 210 (5.73%) DV Cleared
21 208 (5.68%) Technology Strategy
22 201 (5.49%) Data Modelling
23 198 (5.41%) Analytics
24 190 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
25 187 (5.11%) IT Strategy
26 185 (5.05%) Microservices
27 183 (5.00%) Mentoring
28 181 (4.94%) Security Architecture
29 172 (4.70%) Power Platform
30 170 (4.64%) Infrastructure as Code

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 15 (0.41%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.25%) Apache
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
3 7 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.082%) Confluence
6 3 (0.082%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.055%) JBoss
7 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.055%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.027%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.027%) SAS
8 1 (0.027%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (0.33%) Revit
2 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.082%) Notion
7 2 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.055%) Simulink
7 2 (0.055%) Weka
7 2 (0.055%) Windchill
8 1 (0.027%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 43 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.082%) Lawson
6 3 (0.082%) Movex
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.082%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.082%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.082%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 631 (17.23%) Azure
2 407 (11.11%) AWS
3 172 (4.70%) Power Platform
4 131 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
5 121 (3.30%) SaaS
6 119 (3.25%) GCP
7 73 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
8 69 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
9 68 (1.86%) Entra ID
10 56 (1.53%) Serverless
11 42 (1.15%) dbt
12 38 (1.04%) IaaS
12 38 (1.04%) PaaS
13 37 (1.01%) Azure Databricks
14 22 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
15 20 (0.55%) PowerApps
16 18 (0.49%) OpenShift
17 17 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
17 17 (0.46%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.84%) WAN
2 90 (2.46%) LAN
3 76 (2.08%) Network Security
4 55 (1.50%) Firewall
5 45 (1.23%) VPN
6 29 (0.79%) SD-WAN
7 27 (0.74%) DNS
8 20 (0.55%) Wireless
9 19 (0.52%) MPLS
10 18 (0.49%) BGP
10 18 (0.49%) VLAN
11 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.41%) 5G
12 15 (0.41%) SNMP
13 13 (0.35%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) Broadband
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
14 12 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
15 11 (0.30%) Intelligent Network
16 10 (0.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (2.46%) Metadata
2 40 (1.09%) Power BI
3 34 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 29 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.68%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.33%) Metadata Repository
6 12 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) GIS
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.22%) Big Data
10 8 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.22%) Tableau
11 7 (0.19%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.16%) MySQL
12 6 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (0.55%) Snyk
2 12 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) JIRA
4 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.14%) Git
4 5 (0.14%) MLflow
4 5 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (0.14%) Toad
5 4 (0.11%) GitLab
5 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
6 3 (0.082%) ERwin
7 2 (0.055%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.055%) JMeter
7 2 (0.055%) Postman
7 2 (0.055%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.055%) Selenium
8 1 (0.027%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.027%) Flyway
8 1 (0.027%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.027%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 524 (14.31%) Finance
2 471 (12.86%) Social Skills
3 292 (7.97%) Public Sector
4 159 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (3.60%) Aerospace
7 99 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 94 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
9 59 (1.61%) Retail
10 56 (1.53%) Law
11 51 (1.39%) Banking
12 49 (1.34%) Manufacturing
13 42 (1.15%) Legal
14 30 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 28 (0.76%) Marketing
16 22 (0.60%) Military
17 19 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (0.44%) Local Government
19 14 (0.38%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (1.45%) Middleware
1 53 (1.45%) Terraform
2 49 (1.34%) .NET
3 36 (0.98%) LDAP
3 36 (0.98%) OAuth
3 36 (0.98%) REST
4 33 (0.90%) SAML
5 26 (0.71%) ModSecurity
6 25 (0.68%) Kafka
7 24 (0.66%) SOAP
8 21 (0.57%) Node.js
9 20 (0.55%) OpenID
10 14 (0.38%) JSON
10 14 (0.38%) XML
11 13 (0.35%) SailPoint
12 11 (0.30%) GraphQL
12 11 (0.30%) RESTful
13 10 (0.27%) Regular Expression
13 10 (0.27%) Spring Boot
13 10 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 177 (4.83%) Cloud Native
2 73 (1.99%) Data Centre
3 58 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
4 49 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
5 43 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (1.15%) Product Ownership
7 40 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
7 40 (1.09%) Onboarding
8 31 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
9 29 (0.79%) Virtual Team
10 27 (0.74%) Operational Technology
11 26 (0.71%) AI Agents
11 26 (0.71%) Management Information System
12 24 (0.66%) Public Cloud
13 23 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
13 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 22 (0.60%) Private Cloud
15 21 (0.57%) Social Media
16 19 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
16 19 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 44 (1.20%) Linux
2 33 (0.90%) Windows
3 19 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.027%) AIX
6 1 (0.027%) CentOS
6 1 (0.027%) Solaris
6 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (12.34%) AI
2 451 (12.32%) Roadmaps
3 333 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 307 (8.38%) Agile
5 302 (8.25%) Enterprise Architecture
6 284 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
7 257 (7.02%) Data Architecture
8 241 (6.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 239 (6.53%) Technical Architecture
10 230 (6.28%) Problem-Solving
11 217 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 214 (5.84%) CI/CD
13 213 (5.82%) Decision-Making
14 212 (5.79%) TOGAF
15 208 (5.68%) Technology Strategy
16 201 (5.49%) Data Modelling
17 198 (5.41%) Analytics
18 190 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
19 187 (5.11%) IT Strategy
20 185 (5.05%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 87 (2.38%) SQL
2 86 (2.35%) Python
3 72 (1.97%) C#
4 51 (1.39%) JavaScript
5 35 (0.96%) Java
6 25 (0.68%) Bicep
7 16 (0.44%) C
8 15 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.33%) C++
10 10 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.25%) Scala
12 7 (0.19%) Rust
13 6 (0.16%) COBOL
13 6 (0.16%) R
13 6 (0.16%) Ruby
14 5 (0.14%) Go
15 4 (0.11%) Bash
15 4 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.11%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 566 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 352 (9.61%) SC Cleared
3 210 (5.73%) DV Cleared
4 136 (3.71%) Degree
5 69 (1.88%) CISSP
6 67 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 54 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 54 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 43 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (0.98%) CISM
11 35 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 18 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 15 (0.41%) CCNP
15 15 (0.41%) CCSP
16 14 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
17 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (2.73%) GRC
2 94 (2.57%) NIST
3 88 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 66 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (1.50%) GDPR
6 53 (1.45%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.66%) NCSC
8 21 (0.57%) QA
9 15 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.19%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.19%) MISRA
13 6 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
13 6 (0.16%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.14%) SLA
15 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 97 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 30 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (0.76%) Docker
4 21 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.55%) Firmware
6 17 (0.46%) vSphere
7 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.25%) NDS
9 3 (0.082%) KVM
10 1 (0.027%) GPFS
10 1 (0.027%) Lustre
10 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.027%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 82 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 33 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.14%) Ansible
7 3 (0.082%) MOM
8 2 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.055%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.055%) Grafana
8 2 (0.055%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.055%) SCCM
8 2 (0.055%) vRealize
9 1 (0.027%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.027%) Salt
Vendors
1 482 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.35%) SAP
3 82 (2.24%) Databricks
4 62 (1.69%) Oracle
5 50 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 48 (1.31%) Cisco
7 46 (1.26%) VMware
8 41 (1.12%) Workday
9 39 (1.06%) Palo Alto
10 32 (0.87%) Computacenter
10 32 (0.87%) Salesforce
11 30 (0.82%) Google
12 24 (0.66%) ForgeRock
12 24 (0.66%) Okta
13 22 (0.60%) Adobe
14 21 (0.57%) Red Hat
14 21 (0.57%) Tenable
15 20 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
15 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
16 18 (0.49%) Thales