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 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 66 50
Rank change year-on-year +11 -16 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,279 1,081 3,104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.50% 3.98% 4.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.76% 4.51% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,618 806 2,017
10th Percentile £55,540 £57,500 £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% - -5.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,150 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.05% +0.19% -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 60,588 23,968 64,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 88.29% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 38,708 14,653 46,923
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +26 691 £85,000 +21.43% 165
South East -6 443 £85,000 +6.25% 182
North West +35 376 £90,000 +28.57% 102
Midlands -1 367 £80,000 +10.34% 124
South West +55 312 £77,500 +7.65% 102
West Midlands 0 275 £80,000 +6.67% 89
Yorkshire +5 214 £82,500 +3.13% 36
East of England +41 207 £90,000 +33.33% 63
Scotland +12 158 £90,000 +12.50% 15
North East -1 101 £80,000 +23.08% 27
East Midlands -14 90 £65,000 - 33
Wales +12 73 £80,000 +19.74% 39
Northern Ireland -10 38 £67,500 -22.86% 18
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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.

1 428 (18.78%) Azure
2 316 (13.87%) Security Cleared
3 241 (10.57%) Microsoft
4 238 (10.44%) Roadmaps
5 232 (10.18%) AWS
6 215 (9.43%) Agile
7 198 (8.69%) TOGAF
8 192 (8.42%) Enterprise Architecture
9 190 (8.34%) Data Modelling
10 185 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
11 172 (7.55%) SC Cleared
12 165 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
13 162 (7.11%) Data Architecture
14 156 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 156 (6.85%) DevOps
15 149 (6.54%) AI
15 149 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
16 145 (6.36%) Analytics
17 137 (6.01%) IT Strategy
18 132 (5.79%) Degree
19 125 (5.48%) Technology Strategy
20 119 (5.22%) DV Cleared
21 116 (5.09%) CI/CD
22 115 (5.05%) Data Governance
23 110 (4.83%) Technical Leadership
24 108 (4.74%) Architectural Design
25 100 (4.39%) Mentoring
25 100 (4.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 98 (4.30%) Security Architecture
27 97 (4.26%) Strategic Thinking

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 20 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.66%) Confluence
3 13 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.26%) Apache
6 5 (0.22%) CMS
7 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.13%) SAS
9 2 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.088%) JBoss
9 2 (0.088%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.044%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.044%) Camunda
10 1 (0.044%) IIS
10 1 (0.044%) Strapi
10 1 (0.044%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.088%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.088%) Revit
2 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.044%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.044%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 36 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.26%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.22%) SAP CAR
5 5 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.22%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.088%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.088%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.044%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.044%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.044%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.044%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.044%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.044%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.044%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 428 (18.78%) Azure
2 232 (10.18%) AWS
3 95 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 87 (3.82%) GCP
5 79 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
6 71 (3.12%) SaaS
7 58 (2.54%) Serverless
8 57 (2.50%) Snowflake
9 54 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
10 45 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 39 (1.71%) PaaS
12 35 (1.54%) IaaS
13 30 (1.32%) Entra ID
14 27 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.57%) GitHub
15 13 (0.57%) iPaaS
16 10 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (0.35%) Azure Logic Apps
18 7 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
18 7 (0.31%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.46%) Broadband
2 54 (2.37%) Firewall
3 35 (1.54%) Network Security
4 29 (1.27%) VPN
5 22 (0.97%) DNS
6 20 (0.88%) WAN
7 11 (0.48%) LAN
8 9 (0.39%) Internet
9 8 (0.35%) NetScaler
9 8 (0.35%) SAN
10 7 (0.31%) BGP
10 7 (0.31%) MPLS
10 7 (0.31%) SNMP
11 6 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.26%) HTTP
12 5 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.22%) NAS
12 5 (0.22%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.22%) VLAN
12 5 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
2 57 (2.50%) Metadata
3 39 (1.71%) Power BI
4 22 (0.97%) Data Lake
5 21 (0.92%) Tableau
6 18 (0.79%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.66%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.44%) GIS
8 10 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.39%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.31%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.26%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.22%) Big Data
12 5 (0.22%) Data Vault
13 4 (0.18%) DB2
13 4 (0.18%) Delta Lake
14 3 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.13%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 41 (1.80%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.58%) GitLab
3 34 (1.49%) SonarQube
4 16 (0.70%) Snyk
5 13 (0.57%) JIRA
6 4 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.13%) Git
8 2 (0.088%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.088%) JMeter
8 2 (0.088%) MLflow
8 2 (0.088%) Postman
8 2 (0.088%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.088%) Selenium
8 2 (0.088%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.044%) Oracle APEX
General
1 280 (12.29%) Social Skills
2 227 (9.96%) Finance
3 170 (7.46%) Public Sector
4 115 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (3.16%) Games
7 68 (2.98%) Marketing
8 49 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
9 48 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (1.89%) Retail
11 40 (1.76%) Manufacturing
12 32 (1.40%) Legal
13 28 (1.23%) Law
14 20 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 17 (0.75%) Banking
16 13 (0.57%) Electronics
17 11 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.44%) Aerospace
19 9 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
20 8 (0.35%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (2.54%) REST
2 52 (2.28%) SOAP
3 44 (1.93%) Lightning Web Components
3 44 (1.93%) Middleware
4 39 (1.71%) .NET
5 34 (1.49%) Node.js
5 34 (1.49%) Visualforce
6 21 (0.92%) React
7 20 (0.88%) XML
8 17 (0.75%) JSON
9 16 (0.70%) Kafka
10 14 (0.61%) Django
11 13 (0.57%) LDAP
12 12 (0.53%) OAuth
12 12 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
12 12 (0.53%) Regular Expression
13 10 (0.44%) EDI
13 10 (0.44%) NestJS
13 10 (0.44%) XMPP
14 8 (0.35%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 80 (3.51%) Cloud Native
2 54 (2.37%) Product Ownership
3 53 (2.33%) Data Centre
3 53 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
6 32 (1.40%) Operational Technology
7 31 (1.36%) Cyberattack
8 30 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.23%) PKI
10 25 (1.10%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 23 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 17 (0.75%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.61%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (0.57%) IoT
15 10 (0.44%) NHS
15 10 (0.44%) Taxonomies
16 9 (0.39%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.02%) Windows
2 34 (1.49%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.05%) Linux
4 14 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.044%) AIX
5 1 (0.044%) Android
5 1 (0.044%) CentOS
5 1 (0.044%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (10.44%) Roadmaps
2 215 (9.43%) Agile
3 198 (8.69%) TOGAF
4 192 (8.42%) Enterprise Architecture
5 190 (8.34%) Data Modelling
6 185 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
7 165 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
8 162 (7.11%) Data Architecture
9 156 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 156 (6.85%) DevOps
10 149 (6.54%) AI
10 149 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 145 (6.36%) Analytics
12 137 (6.01%) IT Strategy
13 125 (5.48%) Technology Strategy
14 116 (5.09%) CI/CD
15 115 (5.05%) Data Governance
16 110 (4.83%) Technical Leadership
17 108 (4.74%) Architectural Design
18 100 (4.39%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 78 (3.42%) Python
2 74 (3.25%) SQL
3 38 (1.67%) Java
4 37 (1.62%) Apex Code
5 35 (1.54%) C#
5 35 (1.54%) SOQL
6 34 (1.49%) SOSL
7 20 (0.88%) JavaScript
8 19 (0.83%) PowerShell
9 18 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.53%) Bicep
11 6 (0.26%) Bash
12 5 (0.22%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.18%) C
13 4 (0.18%) C++
13 4 (0.18%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.18%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.088%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.088%) PHP
14 2 (0.088%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 316 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 172 (7.55%) SC Cleared
3 132 (5.79%) Degree
4 119 (5.22%) DV Cleared
5 49 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
7 44 (1.93%) CISSP
8 39 (1.71%) AWS Certification
9 36 (1.58%) Azure Certification
10 28 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 26 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
13 24 (1.05%) CISM
14 19 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (0.83%) PMI Certification
14 19 (0.83%) PMP
15 17 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 15 (0.66%) CCSP
17 10 (0.44%) Chartered Engineer
18 9 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (3.51%) Data Quality
2 65 (2.85%) NIST
3 41 (1.80%) Accessibility
4 33 (1.45%) GDPR
4 33 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.23%) QA
6 21 (0.92%) PCI DSS
7 18 (0.79%) GRC
8 17 (0.75%) NCSC
9 9 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 8 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.13%) IFRS
11 3 (0.13%) WCAG
12 2 (0.088%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.088%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.088%) PMO
12 2 (0.088%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.088%) SLA
12 2 (0.088%) Solvency II
System Software
1 58 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.66%) vSphere
5 12 (0.53%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.48%) Docker
7 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.044%) GPFS
8 1 (0.044%) Lustre
8 1 (0.044%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.044%) vCloud
8 1 (0.044%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (1.18%) Terraform
2 16 (0.70%) MOM
3 13 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 12 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.44%) vRealize
6 9 (0.39%) Netcool
7 8 (0.35%) Endace
8 6 (0.26%) Ansible
9 5 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.13%) CASB
11 1 (0.044%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.044%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.044%) Grafana
11 1 (0.044%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.044%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.044%) SCCM
Vendors
1 241 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 81 (3.55%) SAP
3 69 (3.03%) Databricks
4 66 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 62 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 51 (2.24%) VMware
7 34 (1.49%) Oracle
7 34 (1.49%) Splunk
8 23 (1.01%) Anaplan
8 23 (1.01%) Cisco
8 23 (1.01%) Google
9 21 (0.92%) Palo Alto
10 20 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
10 20 (0.88%) Palantir
11 18 (0.79%) Genesys
11 18 (0.79%) Verint
12 17 (0.75%) Sparx
13 16 (0.70%) Tenable
14 14 (0.61%) Juniper
15 12 (0.53%) Fortinet