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 31 October 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 80 31
Rank change year-on-year +54 -49 +2
Permanent Architect jobs 4,037 1,130 2,637
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.48% 3.22% 5.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.88% 3.57% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,520 706 1,590
10th Percentile £63,701 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £66,589 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,970
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +5.31% +0.55%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £98,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +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 adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 82,692 31,645 45,568
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.80% 90.09% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 56,217 18,688 24,792
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%

Architect Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Architect job postings 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 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 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 Architect jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England +83 1,253 £80,000 +3.23% 84
South East +28 867 £90,000 +16.13% 167
North West +82 672 £80,000 - 41
South West +41 599 £85,000 +6.25% 113
Midlands +28 565 £81,267 +4.86% 73
West Midlands +39 431 £82,500 +10.00% 50
Yorkshire +52 364 £80,000 +2.24% 26
East of England +49 251 £85,000 - 32
North East +18 217 £80,250 +7.00% 17
Scotland +67 213 £85,000 +6.25% 31
Wales +21 176 £80,000 +6.67% 19
East Midlands -3 134 £80,000 - 23
Northern Ireland -7 134 £80,000 +6.67% 8
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, Architect job ads cited 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 Architect job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Cleared16.0%646
2Azure15.5%626
3Roadmaps12.2%493
4Microsoft12.1%488
5AI11.2%454
6AWS10.6%429
7SC Cleared10.4%419
8Technical Leadership9.7%392
9Cybersecurity8.0%322
10Enterprise Architecture7.7%311
11Agile7.5%302
12Technical Architecture6.9%278
13Stakeholder Engagement6.5%263
13Stakeholder Management6.5%263
15Data Architecture6.5%262
16Decision-Making6.2%250
17Problem-Solving6.0%241
18DV Cleared5.8%234
19Mentoring5.6%228
20Technology Strategy5.5%223
21TOGAF5.4%219
22IT Strategy5.2%210
23CI/CD5.0%200
24Analytics4.9%198
25Continuous Improvement4.9%196
26Architectural Patterns4.8%194
27Data Modelling4.8%193
28Microservices4.8%192
29Business Strategy4.6%185
30Migration4.5%182

Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Solutions Architect27.3%1,103
2Technical Architect16.5%666
3Senior Architect13.3%538
4Data Architect12.1%488
5Lead Architect11.7%474
6Security Architect11.3%456
7Enterprise Architect7.7%312
8Systems Architect5.3%213
9Cloud Architect5.0%200
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.8%153
11Senior Data Architect3.4%139
12Technical Leader3.4%137
13Software Architect3.0%120
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%112
15Principal Architect2.6%106
16Platform Architect2.5%100
17Senior Technical Architect2.4%95
18AWS Architect2.2%89
19Network Architect2.1%85
20Cybersecurity Architect2.0%79
523 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London