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 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 88 33
Rank change year-on-year +55 -55 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,222 1,103 3,173
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.12% 3.17% 5.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.37% 3.55% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,273 706 2,057
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,085 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £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 73,779 31,098 56,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 89.47% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 51,014 17,850 37,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £56,950 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.55% - -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 18 August 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 August 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 +103 1,079 £81,500 +8.67% 248
North West +108 596 £85,000 +4.94% 135
South East +15 565 £85,000 +9.68% 241
South West +52 479 £80,000 -5.88% 137
Midlands +34 456 £82,500 +10.00% 103
West Midlands +33 370 £82,500 +6.45% 80
Yorkshire +53 298 £80,000 +6.67% 78
East of England +55 204 £81,325 +3.27% 47
Scotland +57 187 £90,000 +12.50% 85
North East +9 185 £85,000 +30.77% 37
Wales +20 157 £80,000 +11.89% 16
Northern Ireland -22 107 £74,830 -9.63% 39
East Midlands -9 86 £60,000 -16.38% 23
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 August 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.

1 617 (19.15%) Azure
2 469 (14.56%) Security Cleared
3 468 (14.53%) Microsoft
4 416 (12.91%) Roadmaps
5 403 (12.51%) AI
6 377 (11.70%) AWS
7 296 (9.19%) Enterprise Architecture
8 289 (8.97%) Agile
9 283 (8.78%) SC Cleared
10 263 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
11 245 (7.60%) Technical Leadership
12 244 (7.57%) TOGAF
13 217 (6.73%) Problem-Solving
14 216 (6.70%) Data Architecture
14 216 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 213 (6.61%) CI/CD
16 212 (6.58%) Technical Architecture
17 199 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
18 190 (5.90%) Decision-Making
18 190 (5.90%) DV Cleared
19 188 (5.83%) Data Modelling
20 186 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
21 179 (5.56%) DevOps
22 177 (5.49%) Business Strategy
23 175 (5.43%) Power Platform
24 173 (5.37%) Analytics
25 172 (5.34%) Technology Strategy
26 166 (5.15%) Microservices
27 158 (4.90%) Infrastructure as Code
27 158 (4.90%) Security Architecture

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 16 (0.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.22%) Apache
2 7 (0.22%) CMS
2 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.16%) Confluence
4 5 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.093%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.031%) JBoss
8 1 (0.031%) SAS
8 1 (0.031%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.031%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (0.28%) Chatbot
1 9 (0.28%) Revit
2 8 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.062%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.062%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.062%) Simulink
5 2 (0.062%) Windchill
6 1 (0.031%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.031%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.031%) SketchUp
6 1 (0.031%) Weka
Business Applications
1 40 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.19%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.19%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.16%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.12%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.093%) Lawson
6 3 (0.093%) Movex
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.093%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.093%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.062%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.062%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 617 (19.15%) Azure
2 377 (11.70%) AWS
3 175 (5.43%) Power Platform
4 119 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
4 119 (3.69%) SaaS
5 116 (3.60%) GCP
6 81 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
7 68 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
8 65 (2.02%) Serverless
9 56 (1.74%) Entra ID
10 42 (1.30%) dbt
10 42 (1.30%) PaaS
11 39 (1.21%) IaaS
12 27 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (0.68%) Snowflake
14 21 (0.65%) GitHub
15 18 (0.56%) iPaaS
15 18 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 104 (3.23%) WAN
2 84 (2.61%) LAN
3 63 (1.96%) Firewall
4 62 (1.92%) Network Security
5 45 (1.40%) VPN
6 40 (1.24%) DNS
7 35 (1.09%) Broadband
8 27 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 20 (0.62%) MPLS
10 17 (0.53%) BGP
11 16 (0.50%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.47%) VLAN
13 14 (0.43%) HTTP
13 14 (0.43%) SNMP
14 11 (0.34%) DHCP
15 10 (0.31%) FTP
15 10 (0.31%) ICMP
15 10 (0.31%) IPsec
15 10 (0.31%) SSH
15 10 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (2.05%) Metadata
2 38 (1.18%) Data Lake
3 37 (1.15%) Power BI
4 32 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (0.81%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (0.40%) GIS
8 12 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.31%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.31%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.31%) Tableau
10 9 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
11 7 (0.22%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.19%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.19%) MySQL
13 5 (0.16%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
14 4 (0.12%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 35 (1.09%) Jenkins
2 26 (0.81%) GitLab
3 22 (0.68%) Snyk
4 20 (0.62%) SonarQube
5 9 (0.28%) JIRA
6 5 (0.16%) Git
6 5 (0.16%) MLflow
6 5 (0.16%) Toad
6 5 (0.16%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.093%) ERwin
8 2 (0.062%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.062%) JMeter
8 2 (0.062%) Postman
8 2 (0.062%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.062%) Selenium
9 1 (0.031%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.031%) Flyway
9 1 (0.031%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.031%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.031%) Oracle Forms
General
1 446 (13.84%) Finance
2 418 (12.97%) Social Skills
3 247 (7.67%) Public Sector
4 194 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 131 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
6 92 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 86 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
8 59 (1.83%) Law
9 57 (1.77%) Aerospace
10 52 (1.61%) Marketing
11 47 (1.46%) Manufacturing
11 47 (1.46%) Retail
12 35 (1.09%) Banking
12 35 (1.09%) Games
13 31 (0.96%) Telecoms
14 30 (0.93%) Legal
15 17 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (0.40%) Advertising
16 13 (0.40%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (1.68%) REST
2 52 (1.61%) .NET
3 47 (1.46%) Middleware
4 44 (1.37%) SOAP
5 37 (1.15%) OAuth
6 35 (1.09%) LDAP
7 31 (0.96%) SAML
8 29 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
8 29 (0.90%) Node.js
9 25 (0.78%) Kafka
10 20 (0.62%) ModSecurity
10 20 (0.62%) Visualforce
11 19 (0.59%) OpenID
12 18 (0.56%) Regular Expression
13 17 (0.53%) XML
14 16 (0.50%) JSON
14 16 (0.50%) XMPP
15 11 (0.34%) NestJS
16 10 (0.31%) GraphQL
16 10 (0.31%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 163 (5.06%) Cloud Native
2 84 (2.61%) Data Centre
3 55 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
3 55 (1.71%) Product Ownership
4 46 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
5 40 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 37 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
7 35 (1.09%) Operational Technology
8 33 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (0.96%) Onboarding
10 30 (0.93%) Cyberattack
11 27 (0.84%) Virtual Team
12 22 (0.68%) Public Cloud
13 21 (0.65%) Social Media
14 19 (0.59%) Private Cloud
15 18 (0.56%) AI Agents
16 17 (0.53%) Management Information System
17 15 (0.47%) Graphic Design
17 15 (0.47%) Industrial Internet of Things
18 14 (0.43%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.49%) Linux
2 43 (1.33%) Windows
3 31 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.031%) AIX
5 1 (0.031%) CentOS
5 1 (0.031%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.031%) Solaris
5 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (12.91%) Roadmaps
2 403 (12.51%) AI
3 296 (9.19%) Enterprise Architecture
4 289 (8.97%) Agile
5 263 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
6 245 (7.60%) Technical Leadership
7 244 (7.57%) TOGAF
8 217 (6.73%) Problem-Solving
9 216 (6.70%) Data Architecture
9 216 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 213 (6.61%) CI/CD
11 212 (6.58%) Technical Architecture
12 199 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 190 (5.90%) Decision-Making
14 188 (5.83%) Data Modelling
15 186 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 179 (5.56%) DevOps
17 177 (5.49%) Business Strategy
18 173 (5.37%) Analytics
19 172 (5.34%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 98 (3.04%) SQL
2 97 (3.01%) Python
3 63 (1.96%) C#
4 50 (1.55%) JavaScript
5 37 (1.15%) Java
6 26 (0.81%) Bicep
7 24 (0.74%) Apex Code
8 21 (0.65%) SOQL
9 20 (0.62%) SOSL
10 16 (0.50%) C
11 15 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.37%) C++
13 8 (0.25%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.22%) Scala
15 6 (0.19%) COBOL
15 6 (0.19%) Embedded C
15 6 (0.19%) Embedded C++
15 6 (0.19%) Go
15 6 (0.19%) R
15 6 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 469 (14.56%) Security Cleared
2 283 (8.78%) SC Cleared
3 190 (5.90%) DV Cleared
4 116 (3.60%) Degree
5 59 (1.83%) CISSP
6 53 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
7 50 (1.55%) Azure Certification
8 42 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 42 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (1.06%) CISM
11 24 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (0.47%) CCNP
14 15 (0.47%) CCSP
15 9 (0.28%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (2.95%) Data Quality
2 94 (2.92%) GRC
3 93 (2.89%) NIST
4 58 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (1.58%) GDPR
6 39 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 21 (0.65%) NCSC
8 18 (0.56%) QA
9 12 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.22%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.19%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.16%) MISRA
15 5 (0.16%) SLA
16 4 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 95 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 33 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 25 (0.78%) Docker
3 25 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (0.78%) vSphere
4 14 (0.43%) Firmware
5 10 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.28%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.16%) NDS
8 3 (0.093%) KVM
9 1 (0.031%) GPFS
9 1 (0.031%) Lustre
9 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.031%) vCloud
9 1 (0.031%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 72 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 58 (1.80%) Terraform
3 28 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.50%) MOM
5 10 (0.31%) CASB
5 10 (0.31%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.22%) Ansible
8 3 (0.093%) Grafana
9 2 (0.062%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.062%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.062%) SCCM
9 2 (0.062%) vRealize
10 1 (0.031%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.031%) Endace
10 1 (0.031%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 468 (14.53%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.67%) Databricks
3 84 (2.61%) SAP
4 59 (1.83%) VMware
5 58 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 46 (1.43%) Oracle
7 44 (1.37%) Cisco
8 41 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 35 (1.09%) ServiceNow
10 26 (0.81%) Google
11 22 (0.68%) Computacenter
11 22 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.68%) Splunk
11 22 (0.68%) Tenable
12 20 (0.62%) Okta
12 20 (0.62%) OpenAI
12 20 (0.62%) Red Hat
13 19 (0.59%) ForgeRock
14 18 (0.56%) Workday
15 13 (0.40%) CyberArk