Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £80,075 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 97 41
Rank change year-on-year +62 -56 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,563 998 3,846
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.78% 3.32% 4.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 3.73% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,914 702 2,505
10th Percentile £60,000 £59,775 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,075 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £87,500
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 64,029 26,778 75,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 89.04% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 44,390 14,530 54,102
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,350 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,225
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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +100 888 £85,000 +21.43% 172
North West +96 502 £88,000 +26.83% 91
South East +24 424 £85,000 +9.68% 201
Midlands +24 375 £80,000 +14.29% 78
South West +48 371 £80,000 -1.54% 82
West Midlands +20 284 £82,500 +13.79% 64
Yorkshire +41 249 £80,000 +6.67% 47
East of England +56 192 £75,000 +9.09% 39
Scotland +46 166 £90,000 +12.50% 27
North East +15 137 £80,000 +23.08% 35
Wales +34 127 £80,000 +13.57% 22
East Midlands -6 90 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Northern Ireland -21 27 £55,000 -34.45% 9
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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.

1 495 (19.31%) Azure
2 340 (13.27%) Security Cleared
3 326 (12.72%) Microsoft
4 296 (11.55%) AWS
5 292 (11.39%) Roadmaps
6 247 (9.64%) Agile
7 244 (9.52%) AI
8 235 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
9 226 (8.82%) TOGAF
10 211 (8.23%) SC Cleared
11 205 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
12 180 (7.02%) Data Architecture
13 179 (6.98%) Data Modelling
14 175 (6.83%) CI/CD
15 173 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
16 170 (6.63%) DevOps
17 153 (5.97%) Technical Leadership
18 141 (5.50%) Analytics
19 140 (5.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 136 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
21 133 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
22 132 (5.15%) Data Governance
23 131 (5.11%) DV Cleared
24 130 (5.07%) Technology Strategy
25 129 (5.03%) Security Architecture
26 117 (4.56%) Architectural Design
26 117 (4.56%) IT Strategy
27 115 (4.49%) Power Platform
28 112 (4.37%) Data Quality
29 111 (4.33%) Cloud Security

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 11 (0.43%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.31%) Confluence
2 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.20%) Apache
4 5 (0.20%) CMS
4 5 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.12%) SAS
7 2 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.039%) Camunda
8 1 (0.039%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.039%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (0.35%) Revit
2 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.078%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.078%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.078%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.078%) Simulink
4 2 (0.078%) Windchill
5 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.039%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.27%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.23%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.23%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.078%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.039%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.039%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.039%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.039%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.039%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 495 (19.31%) Azure
2 296 (11.55%) AWS
3 115 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 105 (4.10%) GCP
5 95 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
6 77 (3.00%) SaaS
7 62 (2.42%) Serverless
8 51 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (1.44%) Entra ID
10 36 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 34 (1.33%) PaaS
12 29 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (1.13%) IaaS
12 29 (1.13%) Snowflake
13 19 (0.74%) GitHub
14 14 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.51%) iPaaS
16 11 (0.43%) Amazon S3
16 11 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.30%) Broadband
2 57 (2.22%) Firewall
3 46 (1.79%) Network Security
4 38 (1.48%) DNS
5 36 (1.40%) VPN
6 35 (1.37%) WAN
7 19 (0.74%) BGP
8 18 (0.70%) SD-WAN
9 17 (0.66%) MPLS
10 16 (0.62%) SNMP
11 15 (0.59%) LAN
12 14 (0.55%) HTTP
13 12 (0.47%) VLAN
14 10 (0.39%) SSL
15 9 (0.35%) NetScaler
15 9 (0.35%) Unified Communications
16 8 (0.31%) DHCP
16 8 (0.31%) FTP
16 8 (0.31%) ICMP
16 8 (0.31%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (2.61%) Metadata
2 32 (1.25%) Data Lake
3 31 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.09%) Power BI
5 23 (0.90%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.66%) NoSQL
7 16 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (0.59%) GIS
9 10 (0.39%) Tableau
10 9 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.31%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.31%) Data Vault
12 7 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.27%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.23%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.20%) Big Data
14 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 43 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 37 (1.44%) GitLab
3 34 (1.33%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.86%) Snyk
5 7 (0.27%) JIRA
6 5 (0.20%) Toad
6 5 (0.20%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) Git
7 3 (0.12%) MLflow
8 2 (0.078%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.078%) ERwin
8 2 (0.078%) JMeter
8 2 (0.078%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.078%) Postman
8 2 (0.078%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.078%) Selenium
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle Forms
General
1 283 (11.04%) Social Skills
2 259 (10.11%) Finance
3 201 (7.84%) Public Sector
4 125 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
6 70 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
7 64 (2.50%) Marketing
8 57 (2.22%) Games
9 55 (2.15%) Retail
10 30 (1.17%) Manufacturing
11 21 (0.82%) Law
12 20 (0.78%) Aerospace
12 20 (0.78%) Legal
12 20 (0.78%) Telecoms
13 18 (0.70%) Banking
14 14 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (0.43%) Automotive
15 11 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (0.43%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.39%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (2.46%) REST
2 55 (2.15%) SOAP
3 45 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (1.60%) .NET
5 36 (1.40%) Middleware
6 34 (1.33%) Visualforce
7 24 (0.94%) OAuth
8 19 (0.74%) Kafka
8 19 (0.74%) LDAP
8 19 (0.74%) Node.js
8 19 (0.74%) XML
9 18 (0.70%) JSON
9 18 (0.70%) Regular Expression
9 18 (0.70%) SAML
10 16 (0.62%) XMPP
11 11 (0.43%) OpenID
12 10 (0.39%) NestJS
12 10 (0.39%) RESTful
13 9 (0.35%) JWT
13 9 (0.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 105 (4.10%) Cloud Native
2 70 (2.73%) Data Centre
3 65 (2.54%) Product Ownership
4 42 (1.64%) Operational Technology
5 38 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.33%) Cyberattack
8 28 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
9 24 (0.94%) PKI
9 24 (0.94%) Virtual Team
10 21 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 18 (0.70%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.62%) NHS
13 15 (0.59%) Data Structures
13 15 (0.59%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.59%) Onboarding
14 13 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.91%) Windows
2 42 (1.64%) Linux
3 39 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.039%) AIX
5 1 (0.039%) CentOS
5 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (11.39%) Roadmaps
2 247 (9.64%) Agile
3 244 (9.52%) AI
4 235 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
5 226 (8.82%) TOGAF
6 205 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 180 (7.02%) Data Architecture
8 179 (6.98%) Data Modelling
9 175 (6.83%) CI/CD
10 173 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
11 170 (6.63%) DevOps
12 153 (5.97%) Technical Leadership
13 141 (5.50%) Analytics
14 140 (5.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 136 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
16 133 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
17 132 (5.15%) Data Governance
18 130 (5.07%) Technology Strategy
19 129 (5.03%) Security Architecture
20 117 (4.56%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 96 (3.75%) SQL
2 88 (3.43%) Python
3 42 (1.64%) C#
4 38 (1.48%) Apex Code
5 37 (1.44%) Java
6 35 (1.37%) SOQL
7 34 (1.33%) SOSL
8 33 (1.29%) JavaScript
9 19 (0.74%) Bicep
10 16 (0.62%) TypeScript
11 13 (0.51%) PowerShell
12 8 (0.31%) C
12 8 (0.31%) C++
13 6 (0.23%) Bash
13 6 (0.23%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.23%) Embedded C++
14 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.12%) R
15 3 (0.12%) Scala
16 2 (0.078%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 340 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 211 (8.23%) SC Cleared
3 131 (5.11%) DV Cleared
4 102 (3.98%) Degree
5 52 (2.03%) CISSP
6 51 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
7 39 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.37%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 34 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (1.09%) CISM
11 22 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.74%) CCSP
13 15 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 15 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.51%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.39%) CCNP
17 9 (0.35%) ICAEW
18 7 (0.27%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (4.37%) Data Quality
2 97 (3.78%) NIST
3 58 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 45 (1.76%) GDPR
5 29 (1.13%) GRC
6 26 (1.01%) QA
7 21 (0.82%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.78%) NCSC
9 18 (0.70%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.27%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.20%) WCAG
15 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
16 3 (0.12%) IFRS
17 2 (0.078%) IFRS 17
17 2 (0.078%) PMO
System Software
1 78 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (0.82%) vSphere
4 20 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.62%) Docker
6 8 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.12%) Firmware
7 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.039%) GPFS
8 1 (0.039%) Lustre
8 1 (0.039%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.039%) vCloud
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (1.48%) Terraform
2 30 (1.17%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.62%) MOM
4 14 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.31%) CASB
5 8 (0.31%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.23%) Ansible
6 6 (0.23%) Endace
6 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.23%) vRealize
7 4 (0.16%) Netcool
8 3 (0.12%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.078%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.078%) Grafana
10 1 (0.039%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.039%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.039%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.039%) SCCM
Vendors
1 326 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 90 (3.51%) Databricks
3 73 (2.85%) SAP
4 63 (2.46%) Salesforce
5 50 (1.95%) VMware
6 42 (1.64%) Oracle
7 36 (1.40%) Cisco
7 36 (1.40%) ServiceNow
7 36 (1.40%) Splunk
8 34 (1.33%) Palo Alto
9 26 (1.01%) Google
10 22 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (0.86%) Tenable
11 18 (0.70%) Juniper
12 17 (0.66%) Red Hat
13 12 (0.47%) McAfee
14 9 (0.35%) Citrix
14 9 (0.35%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.35%) Palantir
14 9 (0.35%) Sparx