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 18 October 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 95 30
Rank change year-on-year +65 -65 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,748 1,034 2,708
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.27% 3.03% 5.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.63% 3.37% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,447 634 1,676
10th Percentile £62,930 £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
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 80,907 30,649 46,936
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 89.72% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 55,756 17,542 25,700
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,725 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +11.90% -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 18 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 18 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 +90 1,214 £80,000 +3.23% 454
South East +32 724 £90,000 +16.13% 511
North West +86 661 £80,000 - 235
South West +45 559 £85,000 +6.25% 187
Midlands +42 529 £82,500 +10.00% 246
West Midlands +44 414 £85,000 +13.33% 192
Yorkshire +63 352 £80,000 +1.27% 158
East of England +57 248 £82,500 -2.94% 187
North East +22 201 £80,500 +11.03% 62
Scotland +56 192 £85,000 +6.25% 209
Wales +16 168 £80,000 +6.79% 47
Northern Ireland -7 132 £80,000 +6.79% 50
East Midlands +2 115 £80,000 +2.56% 54
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 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
1Azure16.7%627
2Security Cleared15.8%593
3Microsoft13.1%490
4Roadmaps12.5%470
5AI12.1%454
6AWS10.9%408
7SC Cleared10.2%382
8Technical Leadership9.8%369
9Agile8.1%304
10Enterprise Architecture8.1%302
11Cybersecurity8.0%299
12Data Architecture6.8%254
13Technical Architecture6.7%251
14Stakeholder Engagement6.7%250
15Stakeholder Management6.4%241
16Problem-Solving6.2%233
17Decision-Making6.1%229
18TOGAF5.8%218
19DV Cleared5.7%215
20Technology Strategy5.6%210
21Analytics5.5%206
22CI/CD5.4%202
23Mentoring5.2%195
24Data Modelling5.1%193
25Continuous Improvement5.1%192
25IT Strategy5.1%192
27Microservices4.8%181
28Architectural Patterns4.8%179
29Migration4.7%178
30Security Architecture4.6%173

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%1,039
2Technical Architect15.0%562
3Senior Architect12.5%467
4Data Architect12.4%463
5Lead Architect12.2%457
6Security Architect12.0%449
7Enterprise Architect7.9%295
8Cloud Architect5.5%205
9Systems Architect4.7%178
10Artificial Intelligence Architect4.1%153
11Technical Leader3.7%138
12Senior Data Architect3.3%125
13Software Architect3.0%112
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%105
15Principal Architect2.7%102
16Platform Architect2.7%101
17AWS Architect2.3%87
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%83
19Network Architect1.9%71
20Digital Architect1.8%68
1,881 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London