Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £81,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 94 47
Rank change year-on-year +44 -47 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,409 945 3,350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.57% 3.32% 4.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.81% 3.73% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,767 671 2,185
10th Percentile £57,806 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £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 63,254 25,325 67,646
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 88.96% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 42,166 13,423 49,263
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +79 813 £85,000 +18.07% 254
North West +80 457 £90,000 +28.57% 137
South East +22 404 £85,000 +9.68% 243
Midlands +12 360 £80,000 +14.29% 110
South West +57 341 £80,000 - 138
West Midlands 0 270 £82,500 +13.79% 75
Yorkshire +32 237 £80,000 -4.48% 71
East of England +47 201 £76,238 +15.16% 59
Scotland +30 163 £90,000 +12.50% 65
North East +11 119 £80,000 +23.08% 48
Wales +26 104 £80,000 +15.30% 55
East Midlands -1 89 £60,000 -7.69% 35
Northern Ireland -16 30 £70,000 -18.84% 22
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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.

1 471 (19.55%) Azure
2 309 (12.83%) Security Cleared
3 276 (11.46%) AWS
3 276 (11.46%) Microsoft
4 260 (10.79%) Roadmaps
5 238 (9.88%) Agile
6 225 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
7 219 (9.09%) TOGAF
8 202 (8.39%) AI
9 191 (7.93%) Enterprise Architecture
10 186 (7.72%) SC Cleared
11 180 (7.47%) Data Modelling
12 170 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
13 163 (6.77%) DevOps
14 161 (6.68%) Data Architecture
15 156 (6.48%) CI/CD
16 150 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
17 148 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
18 136 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
19 134 (5.56%) Analytics
20 130 (5.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 129 (5.35%) Data Governance
22 123 (5.11%) Security Architecture
23 122 (5.06%) Degree
24 120 (4.98%) DV Cleared
25 119 (4.94%) Power Platform
25 119 (4.94%) Technology Strategy
26 114 (4.73%) IT Strategy
26 114 (4.73%) Migration
27 111 (4.61%) Architectural Design

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 (0.66%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.50%) Confluence
3 11 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.25%) Apache
5 6 (0.25%) CMS
6 5 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
6 5 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.042%) Camunda
9 1 (0.042%) IIS
9 1 (0.042%) Strapi
9 1 (0.042%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.25%) Revit
1 6 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.12%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.083%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.083%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.083%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.083%) Windchill
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.25%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.25%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.042%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.042%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.042%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.042%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.042%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.042%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.042%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 471 (19.55%) Azure
2 276 (11.46%) AWS
3 119 (4.94%) Power Platform
4 99 (4.11%) GCP
5 89 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
6 72 (2.99%) SaaS
7 61 (2.53%) Serverless
8 54 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
9 42 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 35 (1.45%) Entra ID
10 35 (1.45%) PaaS
11 30 (1.25%) IaaS
12 29 (1.20%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (0.62%) GitHub
15 13 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.54%) iPaaS
16 9 (0.37%) Amazon S3
17 8 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
18 7 (0.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.45%) Broadband
1 59 (2.45%) Firewall
2 44 (1.83%) Network Security
3 32 (1.33%) WAN
4 31 (1.29%) VPN
5 29 (1.20%) DNS
6 17 (0.71%) LAN
7 14 (0.58%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.54%) BGP
8 13 (0.54%) MPLS
9 10 (0.42%) SNMP
10 9 (0.37%) HTTP
10 9 (0.37%) Internet
10 9 (0.37%) NetScaler
10 9 (0.37%) Unified Communications
11 8 (0.33%) SAN
11 8 (0.33%) WLAN
12 7 (0.29%) SSL
13 6 (0.25%) NAS
13 6 (0.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (2.57%) Metadata
2 41 (1.70%) Power BI
3 33 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (1.25%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.08%) Tableau
6 23 (0.95%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.66%) NoSQL
8 14 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (0.54%) GIS
10 9 (0.37%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.29%) Data Vault
12 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.21%) Big Data
13 5 (0.21%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.17%) DB2
14 4 (0.17%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 40 (1.66%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.49%) GitLab
3 34 (1.41%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.91%) Snyk
5 10 (0.42%) JIRA
6 5 (0.21%) Toad
6 5 (0.21%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) Git
7 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.083%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.083%) ERwin
8 2 (0.083%) JMeter
8 2 (0.083%) MLflow
8 2 (0.083%) Postman
8 2 (0.083%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.083%) Selenium
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle APEX
General
1 284 (11.79%) Social Skills
2 248 (10.29%) Finance
3 193 (8.01%) Public Sector
4 126 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (2.99%) Games
7 69 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
8 66 (2.74%) Marketing
9 52 (2.16%) Retail
10 30 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (1.04%) Legal
13 24 (1.00%) Law
14 21 (0.87%) Telecoms
15 16 (0.66%) Banking
16 15 (0.62%) Aerospace
17 14 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.37%) Financial Institution
18 9 (0.37%) Local Government
19 8 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.45%) REST
2 53 (2.20%) SOAP
3 44 (1.83%) Lightning Web Components
4 39 (1.62%) .NET
5 35 (1.45%) Middleware
6 34 (1.41%) Visualforce
7 19 (0.79%) OAuth
7 19 (0.79%) XML
8 18 (0.75%) JSON
8 18 (0.75%) Kafka
9 17 (0.71%) Node.js
10 15 (0.62%) LDAP
10 15 (0.62%) Regular Expression
11 13 (0.54%) SAML
11 13 (0.54%) XMPP
12 11 (0.46%) OpenID
12 11 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (0.42%) NestJS
14 9 (0.37%) JWT
14 9 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 91 (3.78%) Cloud Native
2 67 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 58 (2.41%) Product Ownership
4 47 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (1.54%) Operational Technology
7 34 (1.41%) Cyberattack
8 32 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (1.00%) PKI
10 24 (1.00%) Virtual Team
11 20 (0.83%) Management Information System
12 18 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (0.75%) NHS
13 16 (0.66%) Low-Code
13 16 (0.66%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.62%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.50%) Onboarding
17 11 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.08%) Windows
2 38 (1.58%) Linux
2 38 (1.58%) Windows Server
3 17 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.042%) AIX
4 1 (0.042%) CentOS
4 1 (0.042%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.042%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (10.79%) Roadmaps
2 238 (9.88%) Agile
3 225 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
4 219 (9.09%) TOGAF
5 202 (8.39%) AI
6 191 (7.93%) Enterprise Architecture
7 180 (7.47%) Data Modelling
8 170 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
9 163 (6.77%) DevOps
10 161 (6.68%) Data Architecture
11 156 (6.48%) CI/CD
12 150 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
13 148 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 136 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
15 134 (5.56%) Analytics
16 130 (5.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 129 (5.35%) Data Governance
18 123 (5.11%) Security Architecture
19 119 (4.94%) Technology Strategy
20 114 (4.73%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 88 (3.65%) SQL
2 84 (3.49%) Python
3 43 (1.78%) C#
4 37 (1.54%) Apex Code
4 37 (1.54%) Java
5 35 (1.45%) SOQL
6 34 (1.41%) SOSL
7 31 (1.29%) JavaScript
8 20 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.62%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.50%) Bicep
11 5 (0.21%) Bash
11 5 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.17%) C
12 4 (0.17%) C++
12 4 (0.17%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.17%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.12%) R
14 2 (0.083%) Scala
14 2 (0.083%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 309 (12.83%) Security Cleared
2 186 (7.72%) SC Cleared
3 122 (5.06%) Degree
4 120 (4.98%) DV Cleared
5 52 (2.16%) CISSP
6 50 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
7 42 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 35 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 35 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (1.04%) CISM
11 22 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 19 (0.79%) CCSP
12 19 (0.79%) PMI Certification
12 19 (0.79%) PMP
13 18 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.50%) CCNP
16 9 (0.37%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (4.44%) Data Quality
2 86 (3.57%) NIST
3 51 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (1.74%) GDPR
5 30 (1.25%) QA
6 28 (1.16%) GRC
7 19 (0.79%) NCSC
7 19 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.75%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.21%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.21%) WCAG
13 3 (0.12%) IFRS
14 2 (0.083%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.083%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.083%) PMO
System Software
1 70 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.75%) vSphere
5 15 (0.62%) Docker
6 10 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.042%) GPFS
7 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.042%) Lustre
7 1 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.042%) vCloud
7 1 (0.042%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (1.12%) Terraform
2 24 (1.00%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.66%) MOM
4 14 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.33%) Netcool
5 8 (0.33%) vRealize
6 6 (0.25%) CASB
6 6 (0.25%) Endace
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.21%) Ansible
8 3 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.042%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.042%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.042%) Grafana
9 1 (0.042%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.042%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.042%) SCCM
Vendors
1 276 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 87 (3.61%) Databricks
3 76 (3.15%) SAP
4 65 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 62 (2.57%) Salesforce
6 49 (2.03%) VMware
7 41 (1.70%) Oracle
8 36 (1.49%) Splunk
9 32 (1.33%) Cisco
10 30 (1.25%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.95%) Anaplan
12 22 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.91%) Google
12 22 (0.91%) Tenable
13 21 (0.87%) Palantir
14 19 (0.79%) Juniper
15 18 (0.75%) Genesys
15 18 (0.75%) Verint
16 15 (0.62%) Sparx
17 14 (0.58%) Red Hat