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 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 62 54
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,105 1,112 2,863
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.52% 4.30% 4.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.80% 4.82% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,485 804 1,905
10th Percentile £55,544 £56,809 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -5.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £89,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +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 55,324 23,054 60,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 89.16% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 35,462 14,499 45,243
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 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 8 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 +8 626 £82,500 +17.86% 194
South East -10 425 £85,000 +6.25% 256
North West +18 344 £90,000 +36.36% 100
Midlands 0 326 £80,000 +14.29% 95
South West +47 289 £78,500 +9.04% 98
West Midlands 0 234 £80,000 +10.34% 69
East of England +12 187 £90,000 +22.03% 71
Yorkshire +7 187 £80,000 - 70
Scotland +17 164 £90,000 +12.50% 35
North East +9 95 £80,000 +23.08% 28
East Midlands -20 90 £65,000 - 26
Wales +9 64 £80,000 +22.37% 24
Northern Ireland -8 36 £80,000 -8.57% 4
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 417 (19.81%) Azure
2 311 (14.77%) Security Cleared
3 240 (11.40%) Roadmaps
4 235 (11.16%) Microsoft
5 226 (10.74%) Agile
6 220 (10.45%) AWS
7 202 (9.60%) TOGAF
8 194 (9.22%) Enterprise Architecture
9 183 (8.69%) Data Modelling
10 175 (8.31%) SC Cleared
11 162 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 160 (7.60%) Data Architecture
13 158 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
14 157 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
15 154 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
16 151 (7.17%) DevOps
17 148 (7.03%) Analytics
18 139 (6.60%) Degree
19 134 (6.37%) IT Strategy
20 121 (5.75%) AI
21 119 (5.65%) Technology Strategy
22 112 (5.32%) DV Cleared
23 110 (5.23%) Architectural Design
24 109 (5.18%) Mentoring
24 109 (5.18%) Technical Leadership
24 109 (5.18%) Technology Roadmap
25 106 (5.04%) Data Governance
26 103 (4.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
27 98 (4.66%) CI/CD
28 95 (4.51%) Decision-Making

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 19 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 17 (0.81%) Confluence
3 13 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.24%) Apache
4 5 (0.24%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.19%) CMS
6 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.14%) SAS
7 2 (0.095%) JBoss
7 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.095%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.048%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.048%) Appian
8 1 (0.048%) Camunda
8 1 (0.048%) IIS
8 1 (0.048%) Strapi
8 1 (0.048%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.095%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.095%) Revit
2 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.048%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.048%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.24%) SAP CAR
5 5 (0.24%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.095%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.048%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.048%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.048%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 417 (19.81%) Azure
2 220 (10.45%) AWS
3 83 (3.94%) GCP
4 82 (3.90%) Power Platform
5 78 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
6 75 (3.56%) SaaS
7 62 (2.95%) Snowflake
8 55 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
9 51 (2.42%) Serverless
10 44 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 39 (1.85%) PaaS
12 36 (1.71%) IaaS
13 28 (1.33%) Entra ID
14 24 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.62%) GitHub
16 9 (0.43%) iPaaS
17 7 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (0.33%) Azure Service Bus
17 7 (0.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.90%) Broadband
2 49 (2.33%) Firewall
3 26 (1.24%) Network Security
4 23 (1.09%) VPN
5 21 (1.00%) WAN
6 19 (0.90%) DNS
7 12 (0.57%) LAN
8 8 (0.38%) Internet
9 7 (0.33%) MPLS
9 7 (0.33%) SAN
10 6 (0.29%) BGP
10 6 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.29%) HTTP
10 6 (0.29%) NetScaler
10 6 (0.29%) SNMP
11 5 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.19%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.19%) SSL
12 4 (0.19%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
2 50 (2.38%) Metadata
3 37 (1.76%) Power BI
4 21 (1.00%) Tableau
5 17 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 16 (0.76%) Data Lake
7 15 (0.71%) SQL Server
8 11 (0.52%) GIS
9 10 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.43%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.29%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.24%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.19%) Big Data
13 4 (0.19%) DB2
14 3 (0.14%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.14%) TIBCO EBX
15 2 (0.095%) Delta Lake
15 2 (0.095%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 48 (2.28%) Jenkins
2 42 (2.00%) GitLab
3 40 (1.90%) SonarQube
4 16 (0.76%) JIRA
5 8 (0.38%) Snyk
6 5 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.095%) Git
7 2 (0.095%) Selenium
8 1 (0.048%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.048%) JMeter
8 1 (0.048%) MSI
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.048%) Postman
8 1 (0.048%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.048%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.048%) Yeoman
General
1 281 (13.35%) Social Skills
2 205 (9.74%) Finance
3 164 (7.79%) Public Sector
4 107 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 77 (3.66%) Games
7 73 (3.47%) Marketing
8 51 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
9 50 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (2.04%) Manufacturing
11 36 (1.71%) Retail
12 33 (1.57%) Legal
13 24 (1.14%) Law
14 20 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 17 (0.81%) Electronics
16 16 (0.76%) Banking
17 14 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.52%) Publishing
19 9 (0.43%) Aerospace
19 9 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.80%) REST
2 53 (2.52%) SOAP
3 48 (2.28%) Lightning Web Components
4 40 (1.90%) Visualforce
5 38 (1.81%) Node.js
6 34 (1.62%) Middleware
7 33 (1.57%) .NET
8 24 (1.14%) React
9 20 (0.95%) Django
10 15 (0.71%) Kafka
11 13 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
12 12 (0.57%) XML
13 11 (0.52%) LDAP
14 10 (0.48%) EDI
14 10 (0.48%) NestJS
14 10 (0.48%) OAuth
15 9 (0.43%) JSON
16 8 (0.38%) GraphQL
16 8 (0.38%) Regular Expression
16 8 (0.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 71 (3.37%) Cloud Native
2 55 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
3 54 (2.57%) Product Ownership
4 37 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 32 (1.52%) Operational Technology
7 31 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
9 26 (1.24%) Management Information System
9 26 (1.24%) PKI
10 23 (1.09%) Virtual Team
11 19 (0.90%) Cyberattack
12 18 (0.86%) Public Cloud
13 15 (0.71%) IoT
14 14 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (0.57%) Data Structures
16 9 (0.43%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.38%) NHS
17 8 (0.38%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.00%) Windows
2 29 (1.38%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.00%) Linux
4 10 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.095%) Android
6 1 (0.048%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (11.40%) Roadmaps
2 226 (10.74%) Agile
3 202 (9.60%) TOGAF
4 194 (9.22%) Enterprise Architecture
5 183 (8.69%) Data Modelling
6 162 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 160 (7.60%) Data Architecture
8 158 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
9 157 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
10 154 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 151 (7.17%) DevOps
12 148 (7.03%) Analytics
13 134 (6.37%) IT Strategy
14 121 (5.75%) AI
15 119 (5.65%) Technology Strategy
16 110 (5.23%) Architectural Design
17 109 (5.18%) Mentoring
17 109 (5.18%) Technical Leadership
17 109 (5.18%) Technology Roadmap
18 106 (5.04%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 95 (4.51%) Python
2 69 (3.28%) SQL
3 42 (2.00%) Apex Code
4 41 (1.95%) SOQL
5 40 (1.90%) SOSL
6 39 (1.85%) Java
7 34 (1.62%) C#
8 23 (1.09%) JavaScript
9 21 (1.00%) TypeScript
10 20 (0.95%) PowerShell
11 11 (0.52%) Bicep
12 7 (0.33%) Bash
12 7 (0.33%) C++
12 7 (0.33%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.14%) C
13 3 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.095%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.095%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.095%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.095%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 311 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 175 (8.31%) SC Cleared
3 139 (6.60%) Degree
4 112 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 56 (2.66%) TOGAF Certification
6 49 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.00%) AWS Certification
8 38 (1.81%) Azure Certification
9 37 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 33 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 33 (1.57%) CISSP
11 23 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (0.95%) CISM
14 19 (0.90%) PMI Certification
14 19 (0.90%) PMP
15 12 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (0.57%) Chartered Engineer
16 10 (0.48%) CCSP
16 10 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 47 (2.23%) NIST
3 46 (2.19%) Accessibility
4 29 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (1.09%) GDPR
5 23 (1.09%) QA
6 19 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 17 (0.81%) NCSC
8 11 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 8 (0.38%) GRC
10 4 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.095%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.095%) PMO
11 2 (0.095%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.048%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.048%) HL7
12 1 (0.048%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.048%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.57%) Docker
3 12 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (0.57%) VMware NSX
3 12 (0.57%) vSphere
4 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.095%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.048%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 26 (1.24%) Terraform
2 17 (0.81%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.76%) MOM
4 10 (0.48%) Ansible
4 10 (0.48%) Netcool
5 9 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.43%) vRealize
6 8 (0.38%) Endace
7 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.095%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.048%) Argo
10 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.048%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.048%) Grafana
10 1 (0.048%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.048%) WMI
10 1 (0.048%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 235 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 79 (3.75%) SAP
3 65 (3.09%) Salesforce
4 64 (3.04%) ServiceNow
5 62 (2.95%) Databricks
6 49 (2.33%) VMware
7 41 (1.95%) Splunk
8 32 (1.52%) Oracle
9 28 (1.33%) Google
10 24 (1.14%) Cisco
11 23 (1.09%) Anaplan
12 19 (0.90%) Palantir
13 18 (0.86%) Genesys
13 18 (0.86%) Verint
14 17 (0.81%) Sparx
15 14 (0.67%) Juniper
16 13 (0.62%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.62%) Workday
17 12 (0.57%) Fortinet
17 12 (0.57%) Siemens