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 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 89 38
Rank change year-on-year +55 -51 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,099 1,110 3,094
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.06% 3.22% 5.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.30% 3.60% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,210 722 1,990
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,243 £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 72,153 30,862 56,371
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 89.57% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 49,865 17,782 37,476
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -6.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8 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 8 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 +93 1,033 £82,500 +10.00% 304
North West +104 589 £85,000 +9.68% 157
South East +10 531 £85,000 +9.68% 350
South West +51 469 £80,000 -5.88% 179
Midlands +33 445 £82,500 +10.00% 160
West Midlands +25 359 £82,500 +8.20% 107
Yorkshire +49 268 £82,500 +10.00% 115
East of England +47 193 £80,150 +12.10% 108
Scotland +58 181 £90,000 +12.50% 114
North East +11 176 £80,500 +23.85% 33
Wales +25 152 £80,000 +15.30% 23
Northern Ireland -14 106 £74,830 -9.63% 43
East Midlands -6 86 £60,000 -12.73% 53
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 625 (20.17%) Azure
2 462 (14.91%) Microsoft
3 458 (14.78%) Security Cleared
4 400 (12.91%) Roadmaps
5 378 (12.20%) AI
6 367 (11.84%) AWS
7 292 (9.42%) SC Cleared
8 291 (9.39%) Agile
8 291 (9.39%) Enterprise Architecture
9 266 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
10 251 (8.10%) TOGAF
11 227 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
12 209 (6.74%) Technical Architecture
13 208 (6.71%) Data Architecture
13 208 (6.71%) Problem-Solving
13 208 (6.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 205 (6.62%) CI/CD
15 190 (6.13%) Data Modelling
16 185 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
17 182 (5.87%) DevOps
18 181 (5.84%) DV Cleared
19 176 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
20 174 (5.61%) Power Platform
21 171 (5.52%) Decision-Making
22 169 (5.45%) Business Strategy
23 163 (5.26%) Analytics
24 162 (5.23%) Technology Strategy
25 157 (5.07%) Microservices
26 155 (5.00%) Security Architecture
27 151 (4.87%) 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 11 (0.35%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.23%) Apache
3 7 (0.23%) CMS
4 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.16%) Confluence
5 5 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.13%) SAS
7 3 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.065%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.032%) JBoss
9 1 (0.032%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.032%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (0.29%) Chatbot
1 9 (0.29%) Revit
2 8 (0.26%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.23%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.065%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.065%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.065%) Simulink
5 2 (0.065%) Windchill
6 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.032%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 35 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
5 5 (0.16%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.097%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.097%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.065%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.065%) SAP CAR
8 2 (0.065%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 625 (20.17%) Azure
2 367 (11.84%) AWS
3 174 (5.61%) Power Platform
4 113 (3.65%) GCP
5 112 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 106 (3.42%) SaaS
7 88 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
8 66 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
9 64 (2.07%) Serverless
10 56 (1.81%) Entra ID
11 43 (1.39%) PaaS
12 42 (1.36%) dbt
13 37 (1.19%) IaaS
14 29 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (0.81%) Snowflake
16 22 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 22 (0.71%) GitHub
17 18 (0.58%) iPaaS
18 17 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
19 15 (0.48%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 104 (3.36%) WAN
2 82 (2.65%) LAN
3 64 (2.07%) Firewall
3 64 (2.07%) Network Security
4 44 (1.42%) VPN
5 40 (1.29%) Broadband
5 40 (1.29%) DNS
6 27 (0.87%) SD-WAN
7 20 (0.65%) MPLS
8 18 (0.58%) BGP
9 15 (0.48%) HTTP
9 15 (0.48%) SNMP
9 15 (0.48%) Unified Communications
9 15 (0.48%) VLAN
10 11 (0.35%) DHCP
11 10 (0.32%) FTP
11 10 (0.32%) ICMP
11 10 (0.32%) IPsec
11 10 (0.32%) SAN
11 10 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (2.23%) Metadata
2 39 (1.26%) Data Lake
3 36 (1.16%) Power BI
4 34 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (0.87%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (0.52%) GIS
8 11 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.32%) Tableau
10 9 (0.29%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.26%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.23%) Data Vault
12 7 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
13 6 (0.19%) Delta Lake
13 6 (0.19%) MySQL
14 4 (0.13%) Big Data
14 4 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 41 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 31 (1.00%) GitLab
3 25 (0.81%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.71%) Snyk
5 9 (0.29%) JIRA
6 5 (0.16%) Git
6 5 (0.16%) MLflow
6 5 (0.16%) Toad
6 5 (0.16%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.097%) ERwin
8 2 (0.065%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.065%) JMeter
8 2 (0.065%) Postman
8 2 (0.065%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.065%) Selenium
9 1 (0.032%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.032%) Flyway
9 1 (0.032%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.032%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle APEX
General
1 412 (13.29%) Finance
2 405 (13.07%) Social Skills
3 236 (7.62%) Public Sector
4 190 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
6 89 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
7 81 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (1.97%) Law
9 56 (1.81%) Marketing
10 48 (1.55%) Retail
11 45 (1.45%) Aerospace
11 45 (1.45%) Manufacturing
12 39 (1.26%) Games
13 30 (0.97%) Legal
14 28 (0.90%) Banking
15 27 (0.87%) Telecoms
16 17 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (0.42%) Advertising
18 13 (0.42%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (1.97%) REST
2 50 (1.61%) .NET
2 50 (1.61%) SOAP
3 41 (1.32%) Middleware
4 35 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (1.10%) OAuth
6 32 (1.03%) LDAP
7 28 (0.90%) Node.js
7 28 (0.90%) SAML
8 25 (0.81%) Visualforce
9 24 (0.77%) Kafka
10 18 (0.58%) Regular Expression
11 17 (0.55%) XML
12 16 (0.52%) JSON
12 16 (0.52%) OpenID
12 16 (0.52%) XMPP
13 15 (0.48%) ModSecurity
14 11 (0.35%) GraphQL
15 10 (0.32%) NestJS
15 10 (0.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 151 (4.87%) Cloud Native
2 85 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 63 (2.03%) Product Ownership
4 51 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
5 47 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 36 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
8 35 (1.13%) Operational Technology
9 33 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.00%) Cyberattack
11 30 (0.97%) Onboarding
12 27 (0.87%) Virtual Team
13 18 (0.58%) Management Information System
13 18 (0.58%) PKI
13 18 (0.58%) Social Media
14 17 (0.55%) Public Cloud
15 16 (0.52%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.48%) Graphic Design
17 14 (0.45%) AI Agents
18 13 (0.42%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.58%) Linux
2 48 (1.55%) Windows
3 34 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.032%) AIX
5 1 (0.032%) CentOS
5 1 (0.032%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.032%) Solaris
5 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (12.91%) Roadmaps
2 378 (12.20%) AI
3 291 (9.39%) Agile
3 291 (9.39%) Enterprise Architecture
4 266 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
5 251 (8.10%) TOGAF
6 227 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
7 209 (6.74%) Technical Architecture
8 208 (6.71%) Data Architecture
8 208 (6.71%) Problem-Solving
8 208 (6.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 205 (6.62%) CI/CD
10 190 (6.13%) Data Modelling
11 185 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 182 (5.87%) DevOps
13 176 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 171 (5.52%) Decision-Making
15 169 (5.45%) Business Strategy
16 163 (5.26%) Analytics
17 162 (5.23%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 97 (3.13%) SQL
2 93 (3.00%) Python
3 60 (1.94%) C#
4 47 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 36 (1.16%) Java
6 30 (0.97%) Apex Code
7 26 (0.84%) Bicep
7 26 (0.84%) SOQL
8 25 (0.81%) SOSL
9 16 (0.52%) C
10 15 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.39%) C++
11 12 (0.39%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.19%) COBOL
12 6 (0.19%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.19%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.19%) R
12 6 (0.19%) Ruby
12 6 (0.19%) Scala
13 5 (0.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 458 (14.78%) Security Cleared
2 292 (9.42%) SC Cleared
3 181 (5.84%) DV Cleared
4 114 (3.68%) Degree
5 56 (1.81%) CISSP
5 56 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
6 47 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 42 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (1.26%) AWS Certification
8 39 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (1.00%) CISM
10 24 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 18 (0.58%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.55%) CCNP
14 16 (0.52%) CCSP
15 13 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.29%) ICAEW
16 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
17 6 (0.19%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.29%) Data Quality
2 96 (3.10%) NIST
3 92 (2.97%) GRC
4 57 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 53 (1.71%) GDPR
6 38 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.77%) NCSC
8 20 (0.65%) QA
9 13 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.23%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.16%) MISRA
15 5 (0.16%) SLA
16 4 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 93 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (0.81%) Docker
5 24 (0.77%) vSphere
6 12 (0.39%) Firmware
7 10 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.16%) NDS
10 3 (0.097%) KVM
11 1 (0.032%) GPFS
11 1 (0.032%) Lustre
11 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.032%) vCloud
11 1 (0.032%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 67 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 55 (1.77%) Terraform
3 24 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.52%) MOM
5 10 (0.32%) CASB
5 10 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.23%) Ansible
8 3 (0.097%) Grafana
9 2 (0.065%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.065%) Endace
9 2 (0.065%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.065%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.065%) vRealize
10 1 (0.032%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.032%) SCCM
Vendors
1 462 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 85 (2.74%) Databricks
3 78 (2.52%) SAP
4 63 (2.03%) Salesforce
5 61 (1.97%) VMware
6 47 (1.52%) Cisco
7 45 (1.45%) Oracle
8 41 (1.32%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 27 (0.87%) Splunk
11 23 (0.74%) Google
12 22 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.71%) Tenable
13 21 (0.68%) Computacenter
14 20 (0.65%) OpenAI
15 18 (0.58%) Okta
15 18 (0.58%) Red Hat
16 15 (0.48%) ForgeRock
17 13 (0.42%) CyberArk
17 13 (0.42%) Workday