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 19 October 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 94 31
Rank change year-on-year +64 -63 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,771 1,031 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.29% 3.02% 5.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.65% 3.37% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,455 629 1,658
10th Percentile £63,134 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -1.32%
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
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 81,101 30,557 46,802
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 89.65% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 55,824 17,559 25,602
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.25% -6.67%

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 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 19 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 1,215 £80,000 +3.23% 456
South East +30 735 £90,000 +16.13% 519
North West +88 659 £80,000 - 235
South West +48 563 £85,000 +6.25% 178
Midlands +47 534 £82,500 +10.00% 242
West Midlands +44 418 £85,000 +13.33% 189
Yorkshire +61 352 £80,000 +1.27% 161
East of England +57 244 £87,500 +2.94% 183
North East +22 204 £80,000 +10.34% 61
Scotland +61 197 £85,000 +6.25% 204
Wales +16 169 £80,000 +6.79% 45
Northern Ireland -7 132 £80,000 +6.79% 53
East Midlands -1 116 £80,000 +2.56% 53
Architect
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 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
1Azure16.6%626
2Security Cleared15.8%597
3Microsoft13.0%491
4Roadmaps12.4%468
5AI12.0%453
6AWS10.8%407
7SC Cleared10.2%385
8Technical Leadership9.8%370
9Agile8.1%305
10Cybersecurity8.0%301
10Enterprise Architecture8.0%301
12Data Architecture6.8%256
13Technical Architecture6.7%251
14Stakeholder Engagement6.6%250
15Stakeholder Management6.4%242
16Problem-Solving6.2%233
17Decision-Making6.1%229
18DV Cleared5.7%216
18TOGAF5.7%216
20Technology Strategy5.6%210
21Analytics5.5%206
22CI/CD5.4%202
23Mentoring5.2%197
24Data Modelling5.1%193
25IT Strategy5.1%192
26Continuous Improvement5.1%191
27Architectural Patterns4.8%180
27Microservices4.8%180
29Migration4.7%178
30Power Platform4.5%171

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 Architect27.7%1,043
2Technical Architect15.1%568
3Senior Architect12.5%473
4Data Architect12.5%471
5Lead Architect12.1%456
6Security Architect12.0%451
7Enterprise Architect7.8%295
8Cloud Architect5.5%208
9Systems Architect4.8%182
10Artificial Intelligence Architect4.1%154
11Technical Leader3.7%138
12Senior Data Architect3.3%126
13Software Architect3.0%113
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%107
15Platform Architect2.7%100
15Principal Architect2.7%100
17AWS Architect2.3%88
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%83
19Network Architect1.9%71
20Digital Architect1.8%68
1,875 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London