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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 98 31
Rank change year-on-year +67 -67 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,647 1,042 2,965
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.22% 3.03% 5.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.54% 3.38% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,484 636 1,767
10th Percentile £62,500 £60,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £88,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 80,368 30,802 50,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 89.49% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 55,577 17,131 28,298
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +100 1,228 £80,000 +3.90% 460
North West +106 671 £80,000 - 251
South East +21 656 £87,500 +12.90% 459
South West +48 538 £85,000 - 219
Midlands +39 530 £85,000 +13.33% 254
West Midlands +40 426 £85,000 +13.33% 191
Yorkshire +60 358 £80,000 +4.92% 155
East of England +64 239 £80,150 +0.19% 155
North East +18 199 £85,000 +30.77% 54
Scotland +68 177 £85,000 +6.25% 178
Wales +16 164 £80,000 +12.68% 38
Northern Ireland -12 130 £80,000 +6.67% 63
East Midlands -8 104 £80,000 +6.67% 63
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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.

1 630 (17.27%) Azure
2 564 (15.46%) Security Cleared
3 487 (13.35%) Microsoft
4 451 (12.37%) AI
5 448 (12.28%) Roadmaps
6 410 (11.24%) AWS
7 347 (9.51%) SC Cleared
8 329 (9.02%) Technical Leadership
9 307 (8.42%) Enterprise Architecture
10 306 (8.39%) Agile
11 284 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
12 252 (6.91%) Data Architecture
13 242 (6.64%) Technical Architecture
14 241 (6.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 232 (6.36%) Problem-Solving
16 223 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
17 221 (6.06%) TOGAF
18 216 (5.92%) CI/CD
19 215 (5.90%) Decision-Making
20 210 (5.76%) DV Cleared
21 205 (5.62%) Technology Strategy
22 201 (5.51%) Data Modelling
23 192 (5.26%) Analytics
24 191 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
24 191 (5.24%) Microservices
25 188 (5.15%) Security Architecture
26 187 (5.13%) Mentoring
27 184 (5.05%) IT Strategy
28 174 (4.77%) Business Strategy
29 172 (4.72%) 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 16 (0.44%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.22%) Apache
2 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
4 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.082%) Confluence
6 3 (0.082%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.055%) JBoss
7 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.055%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.027%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.027%) SAS
8 1 (0.027%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
1 11 (0.30%) Revit
2 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.055%) Notion
5 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.055%) Simulink
5 2 (0.055%) Weka
5 2 (0.055%) Windchill
6 1 (0.027%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.027%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 44 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.082%) Lawson
6 3 (0.082%) Movex
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.082%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.082%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.082%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.055%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 630 (17.27%) Azure
2 410 (11.24%) AWS
3 171 (4.69%) Power Platform
4 131 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
5 121 (3.32%) GCP
6 120 (3.29%) SaaS
7 72 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
8 68 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
8 68 (1.86%) Entra ID
9 58 (1.59%) Serverless
10 42 (1.15%) dbt
11 39 (1.07%) PaaS
12 38 (1.04%) IaaS
13 35 (0.96%) Azure Databricks
14 22 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
15 20 (0.55%) PowerApps
16 18 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (0.49%) OpenShift
17 17 (0.47%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 106 (2.91%) WAN
2 92 (2.52%) LAN
3 76 (2.08%) Network Security
4 59 (1.62%) Firewall
5 48 (1.32%) VPN
6 30 (0.82%) DNS
7 29 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 20 (0.55%) Wireless
9 19 (0.52%) MPLS
10 18 (0.49%) BGP
10 18 (0.49%) VLAN
11 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.41%) 5G
12 15 (0.41%) SNMP
13 13 (0.36%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) Broadband
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
14 12 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
15 11 (0.30%) Intelligent Network
16 10 (0.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (2.36%) Metadata
2 39 (1.07%) Power BI
3 34 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 27 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.69%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.30%) GIS
7 11 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.25%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.22%) Tableau
11 7 (0.19%) Big Data
12 6 (0.16%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.16%) MySQL
12 6 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (0.60%) Snyk
2 12 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) JIRA
4 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.14%) Git
4 5 (0.14%) MLflow
4 5 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (0.14%) Toad
5 4 (0.11%) GitLab
5 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
6 3 (0.082%) ERwin
7 2 (0.055%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.055%) JMeter
7 2 (0.055%) Postman
7 2 (0.055%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.055%) Selenium
8 1 (0.027%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.027%) Flyway
8 1 (0.027%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.027%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 520 (14.26%) Finance
2 475 (13.02%) Social Skills
3 297 (8.14%) Public Sector
4 166 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 145 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (3.62%) Aerospace
7 100 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
8 93 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
9 60 (1.65%) Retail
10 56 (1.54%) Law
11 51 (1.40%) Banking
12 49 (1.34%) Manufacturing
13 40 (1.10%) Legal
14 32 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 28 (0.77%) Marketing
16 20 (0.55%) Military
16 20 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (0.41%) Games
18 15 (0.41%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (1.56%) Middleware
2 55 (1.51%) Terraform
3 48 (1.32%) .NET
4 36 (0.99%) LDAP
4 36 (0.99%) OAuth
4 36 (0.99%) REST
5 33 (0.90%) SAML
6 26 (0.71%) ModSecurity
7 25 (0.69%) Kafka
8 24 (0.66%) SOAP
9 21 (0.58%) Node.js
10 20 (0.55%) OpenID
11 14 (0.38%) JSON
11 14 (0.38%) XML
12 13 (0.36%) SailPoint
13 11 (0.30%) GraphQL
13 11 (0.30%) Regular Expression
13 11 (0.30%) RESTful
13 11 (0.30%) XMPP
14 10 (0.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 176 (4.83%) Cloud Native
2 75 (2.06%) Data Centre
3 57 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
4 51 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 41 (1.12%) Onboarding
6 41 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 40 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
8 29 (0.80%) Virtual Team
9 26 (0.71%) Management Information System
9 26 (0.71%) Operational Technology
10 23 (0.63%) AI Agents
10 23 (0.63%) Cyberattack
10 23 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
10 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 23 (0.63%) Public Cloud
11 22 (0.60%) Private Cloud
12 21 (0.58%) Social Media
13 20 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 44 (1.21%) Linux
2 35 (0.96%) Windows
3 21 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.027%) AIX
6 1 (0.027%) CentOS
6 1 (0.027%) Solaris
6 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (12.37%) AI
2 448 (12.28%) Roadmaps
3 329 (9.02%) Technical Leadership
4 307 (8.42%) Enterprise Architecture
5 306 (8.39%) Agile
6 284 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
7 252 (6.91%) Data Architecture
8 242 (6.64%) Technical Architecture
9 241 (6.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 232 (6.36%) Problem-Solving
11 223 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 221 (6.06%) TOGAF
13 216 (5.92%) CI/CD
14 215 (5.90%) Decision-Making
15 205 (5.62%) Technology Strategy
16 201 (5.51%) Data Modelling
17 192 (5.26%) Analytics
18 191 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
18 191 (5.24%) Microservices
19 188 (5.15%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 89 (2.44%) SQL
2 85 (2.33%) Python
3 70 (1.92%) C#
4 49 (1.34%) JavaScript
5 36 (0.99%) Java
6 25 (0.69%) Bicep
7 17 (0.47%) C
8 15 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 13 (0.36%) C++
10 10 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.22%) Scala
12 7 (0.19%) Rust
13 6 (0.16%) COBOL
13 6 (0.16%) R
13 6 (0.16%) Ruby
14 5 (0.14%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.14%) Embedded C++
14 5 (0.14%) Go
15 4 (0.11%) Bash
16 3 (0.082%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 564 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 347 (9.51%) SC Cleared
3 210 (5.76%) DV Cleared
4 139 (3.81%) Degree
5 72 (1.97%) CISSP
6 66 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 53 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 50 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 43 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 38 (1.04%) CISM
12 37 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (0.58%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 18 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
16 17 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 17 (0.47%) CCSP
17 15 (0.41%) CCNP
18 14 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
19 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (2.82%) NIST
2 102 (2.80%) GRC
3 87 (2.39%) Data Quality
4 69 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 58 (1.59%) GDPR
6 52 (1.43%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.66%) NCSC
8 22 (0.60%) QA
9 15 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 11 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.22%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.19%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.19%) MISRA
14 6 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.14%) SLA
16 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 98 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (0.77%) Docker
4 22 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.55%) Firmware
6 18 (0.49%) vSphere
7 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.25%) NDS
10 3 (0.082%) KVM
11 1 (0.027%) GPFS
11 1 (0.027%) Lustre
11 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.027%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 82 (2.25%) Kubernetes
2 32 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.14%) Ansible
6 5 (0.14%) MOM
7 3 (0.082%) Grafana
8 2 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.055%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.055%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.055%) SCCM
8 2 (0.055%) vRealize
9 1 (0.027%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.027%) Salt
Vendors
1 487 (13.35%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.36%) SAP
3 79 (2.17%) Databricks
4 60 (1.65%) Oracle
5 49 (1.34%) VMware
6 48 (1.32%) Cisco
6 48 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 41 (1.12%) Palo Alto
8 39 (1.07%) Workday
9 31 (0.85%) Computacenter
9 31 (0.85%) Salesforce
10 29 (0.80%) Google
11 24 (0.66%) ForgeRock
11 24 (0.66%) Okta
12 23 (0.63%) Tenable
13 22 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
13 22 (0.60%) Red Hat
14 21 (0.58%) Adobe
15 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
16 18 (0.49%) Thales