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 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 91 32
Rank change year-on-year +60 -59 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,639 1,076 3,025
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.24% 3.13% 5.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 3.50% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,506 665 1,817
10th Percentile £62,000 £60,976 £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 80,009 30,777 51,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 89.41% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 55,403 17,440 29,602
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 £65,000 £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 25 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 25 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 +89 1,235 £80,000 +6.67% 509
North West +100 670 £80,000 - 282
South East +21 649 £85,000 +9.68% 572
South West +49 538 £83,250 -2.06% 236
Midlands +38 519 £85,000 +13.33% 289
West Midlands +35 416 £85,000 +13.33% 221
Yorkshire +56 364 £80,000 +6.67% 172
East of England +66 238 £82,500 - 156
North East +15 201 £85,000 +25.93% 55
Scotland +63 182 £85,000 +6.25% 208
Wales +22 165 £80,000 +11.11% 32
Northern Ireland -14 127 £80,000 +6.67% 68
East Midlands -8 103 £80,000 +6.67% 68
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 635 (17.45%) Azure
2 565 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 489 (13.44%) Microsoft
4 455 (12.50%) AI
5 445 (12.23%) Roadmaps
6 415 (11.40%) AWS
7 344 (9.45%) SC Cleared
8 320 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
9 309 (8.49%) Enterprise Architecture
10 306 (8.41%) Agile
11 281 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
12 258 (7.09%) Data Architecture
13 244 (6.71%) Technical Architecture
14 239 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 234 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
16 224 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
17 220 (6.05%) TOGAF
18 217 (5.96%) Decision-Making
19 216 (5.94%) CI/CD
20 212 (5.83%) DV Cleared
21 205 (5.63%) Technology Strategy
22 202 (5.55%) Data Modelling
23 191 (5.25%) Continuous Improvement
24 190 (5.22%) Analytics
24 190 (5.22%) Microservices
25 185 (5.08%) Security Architecture
26 183 (5.03%) Mentoring
27 182 (5.00%) IT Strategy
28 176 (4.84%) Business Strategy
29 172 (4.73%) Power Platform

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 17 (0.47%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.22%) Apache
2 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
4 6 (0.16%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.11%) Confluence
7 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.055%) JBoss
8 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.055%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.027%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.027%) SAS
9 1 (0.027%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.30%) Revit
2 10 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.055%) Simulink
7 2 (0.055%) Weka
7 2 (0.055%) Windchill
8 1 (0.027%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (0.027%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
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
7 2 (0.055%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.055%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 635 (17.45%) Azure
2 415 (11.40%) AWS
3 172 (4.73%) Power Platform
4 132 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
5 124 (3.41%) SaaS
6 121 (3.33%) GCP
7 75 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
8 68 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
9 64 (1.76%) Entra ID
10 59 (1.62%) Serverless
11 42 (1.15%) dbt
12 40 (1.10%) PaaS
13 39 (1.07%) IaaS
14 33 (0.91%) Azure Databricks
15 24 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
16 20 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
17 19 (0.52%) GitHub
17 19 (0.52%) PowerApps
18 17 (0.47%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 106 (2.91%) WAN
2 91 (2.50%) LAN
3 76 (2.09%) Network Security
4 61 (1.68%) Firewall
5 48 (1.32%) VPN
6 31 (0.85%) DNS
7 29 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.52%) MPLS
8 19 (0.52%) Wireless
9 18 (0.49%) BGP
9 18 (0.49%) VLAN
10 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
11 15 (0.41%) SNMP
12 14 (0.38%) 5G
13 13 (0.36%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) Broadband
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
15 11 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
16 10 (0.27%) SSH
16 10 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (2.39%) Metadata
2 38 (1.04%) Power BI
3 35 (0.96%) Data Lake
4 27 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.69%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.30%) GIS
7 11 (0.30%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.27%) Metadata Repository
8 10 (0.27%) Tableau
9 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.19%) Big Data
11 7 (0.19%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.19%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.16%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (0.60%) Snyk
2 13 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) JIRA
4 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.14%) Git
4 5 (0.14%) GitLab
4 5 (0.14%) MLflow
4 5 (0.14%) Toad
5 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
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%) Oracle APEX
General
1 516 (14.18%) Finance
2 472 (12.97%) Social Skills
3 295 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 168 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
6 127 (3.49%) Aerospace
7 100 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
8 93 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 59 (1.62%) Retail
10 58 (1.59%) Law
11 50 (1.37%) Banking
12 47 (1.29%) Manufacturing
13 42 (1.15%) Legal
14 32 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 31 (0.85%) Marketing
16 21 (0.58%) Military
17 20 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (0.41%) Automotive
19 15 (0.41%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (1.57%) Middleware
2 55 (1.51%) Terraform
3 47 (1.29%) .NET
4 37 (1.02%) LDAP
4 37 (1.02%) OAuth
5 36 (0.99%) REST
6 33 (0.91%) SAML
7 26 (0.71%) Kafka
7 26 (0.71%) ModSecurity
8 24 (0.66%) SOAP
9 21 (0.58%) Node.js
10 20 (0.55%) OpenID
11 16 (0.44%) XML
12 15 (0.41%) JSON
13 12 (0.33%) GraphQL
13 12 (0.33%) Regular Expression
13 12 (0.33%) SailPoint
13 12 (0.33%) XMPP
14 11 (0.30%) RESTful
15 10 (0.27%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 176 (4.84%) Cloud Native
2 77 (2.12%) Data Centre
3 55 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
4 50 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 44 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (1.15%) Product Ownership
7 40 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
7 40 (1.10%) Onboarding
8 32 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 29 (0.80%) Operational Technology
9 29 (0.80%) Virtual Team
10 25 (0.69%) Management Information System
11 24 (0.66%) Cyberattack
12 23 (0.63%) AI Agents
12 23 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
12 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 23 (0.63%) Public Cloud
13 22 (0.60%) Private Cloud
14 21 (0.58%) Social Media
15 20 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 46 (1.26%) Linux
2 35 (0.96%) Windows
3 22 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.36%) 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
1 455 (12.50%) AI
2 445 (12.23%) Roadmaps
3 320 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
4 309 (8.49%) Enterprise Architecture
5 306 (8.41%) Agile
6 281 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
7 258 (7.09%) Data Architecture
8 244 (6.71%) Technical Architecture
9 239 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 234 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
11 224 (6.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 220 (6.05%) TOGAF
13 217 (5.96%) Decision-Making
14 216 (5.94%) CI/CD
15 205 (5.63%) Technology Strategy
16 202 (5.55%) Data Modelling
17 191 (5.25%) Continuous Improvement
18 190 (5.22%) Analytics
18 190 (5.22%) Microservices
19 185 (5.08%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 89 (2.45%) Python
1 89 (2.45%) SQL
2 68 (1.87%) C#
3 49 (1.35%) JavaScript
4 36 (0.99%) Java
5 26 (0.71%) Bicep
6 18 (0.49%) C
7 15 (0.41%) TypeScript
8 14 (0.38%) C++
9 11 (0.30%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.25%) Scala
11 7 (0.19%) Rust
12 6 (0.16%) COBOL
12 6 (0.16%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.16%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.16%) R
12 6 (0.16%) Ruby
13 5 (0.14%) Bash
13 5 (0.14%) Go
14 3 (0.082%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 565 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 344 (9.45%) SC Cleared
3 212 (5.83%) DV Cleared
4 136 (3.74%) Degree
5 70 (1.92%) CISSP
6 66 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 53 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
9 46 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 44 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 38 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (1.04%) CISM
12 21 (0.58%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 17 (0.47%) CCSP
14 17 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.41%) CCNP
16 11 (0.30%) Chartered Engineer
17 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (2.80%) GRC
1 102 (2.80%) NIST
2 88 (2.42%) Data Quality
3 69 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 56 (1.54%) GDPR
5 51 (1.40%) Accessibility
6 25 (0.69%) NCSC
7 21 (0.58%) QA
8 14 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 11 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.19%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.19%) MISRA
13 6 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.14%) SLA
15 4 (0.11%) Def Stans
System Software
1 95 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (0.77%) Docker
4 23 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.52%) Firmware
5 19 (0.52%) vSphere
6 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.25%) NDS
9 3 (0.082%) KVM
10 1 (0.027%) GPFS
10 1 (0.027%) Lustre
10 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.027%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 81 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 32 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.27%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.27%) MOM
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.16%) Ansible
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
1 489 (13.44%) Microsoft
2 88 (2.42%) SAP
3 80 (2.20%) Databricks
4 59 (1.62%) Oracle
5 51 (1.40%) VMware
6 48 (1.32%) Cisco
6 48 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 41 (1.13%) Palo Alto
8 38 (1.04%) Workday
9 30 (0.82%) Computacenter
9 30 (0.82%) 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
14 21 (0.58%) Adobe
14 21 (0.58%) Red Hat
15 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
16 18 (0.49%) CyberArk