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 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 97 42
Rank change year-on-year +61 -55 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,522 983 3,767
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.77% 3.31% 4.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.99% 3.72% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,879 689 2,441
10th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £88,750
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 63,165 26,404 74,165
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 89.04% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 43,749 14,282 53,114
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 £66,296 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £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 14 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 14 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 +91 867 £85,000 +21.43% 192
North West +87 493 £90,000 +29.14% 91
South East +26 417 £85,000 +9.68% 183
Midlands +21 363 £80,000 +14.29% 67
South West +56 361 £80,000 -3.03% 99
West Midlands +16 277 £82,500 +13.79% 54
Yorkshire +40 245 £80,000 +3.23% 57
East of England +54 195 £75,000 +13.29% 40
Scotland +49 172 £90,000 +12.50% 30
North East +16 129 £80,000 +23.08% 45
Wales +34 125 £80,000 +15.30% 24
East Midlands -4 85 £60,000 -7.69% 13
Northern Ireland -19 28 £62,500 -25.51% 8
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 483 (19.15%) Azure
2 330 (13.08%) Security Cleared
3 316 (12.53%) Microsoft
4 286 (11.34%) AWS
5 275 (10.90%) Roadmaps
6 238 (9.44%) Agile
7 235 (9.32%) AI
8 232 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
9 221 (8.76%) TOGAF
10 202 (8.01%) SC Cleared
11 194 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
12 175 (6.94%) Data Modelling
12 175 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
13 170 (6.74%) Data Architecture
14 168 (6.66%) CI/CD
15 162 (6.42%) DevOps
16 139 (5.51%) Analytics
16 139 (5.51%) Technical Leadership
17 136 (5.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 134 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
19 131 (5.19%) Stakeholder Management
20 129 (5.11%) Security Architecture
21 128 (5.08%) Data Governance
22 127 (5.04%) DV Cleared
23 124 (4.92%) Technology Strategy
24 115 (4.56%) IT Strategy
25 114 (4.52%) Architectural Design
26 110 (4.36%) Data Quality
26 110 (4.36%) Power Platform
27 106 (4.20%) 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 14 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.40%) Confluence
4 7 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.24%) Apache
6 5 (0.20%) CMS
6 5 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 2 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.040%) Camunda
10 1 (0.040%) IIS
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.040%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (0.36%) Revit
2 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.079%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.079%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.079%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.079%) Windchill
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.040%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 37 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.28%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.24%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.24%) 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 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.079%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.040%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.040%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.040%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.040%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 483 (19.15%) Azure
2 286 (11.34%) AWS
3 110 (4.36%) Power Platform
4 100 (3.97%) GCP
5 94 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
6 77 (3.05%) SaaS
7 61 (2.42%) Serverless
8 54 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (1.47%) Entra ID
11 34 (1.35%) PaaS
12 29 (1.15%) IaaS
12 29 (1.15%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (0.75%) GitHub
15 13 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.52%) iPaaS
16 11 (0.44%) Amazon S3
17 10 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (2.46%) Firewall
2 60 (2.38%) Broadband
3 48 (1.90%) Network Security
4 37 (1.47%) DNS
4 37 (1.47%) WAN
5 36 (1.43%) VPN
6 19 (0.75%) SD-WAN
7 18 (0.71%) BGP
8 17 (0.67%) LAN
8 17 (0.67%) MPLS
9 15 (0.59%) SNMP
10 13 (0.52%) HTTP
11 10 (0.40%) SSL
11 10 (0.40%) Unified Communications
11 10 (0.40%) VLAN
12 9 (0.36%) NetScaler
12 9 (0.36%) WLAN
13 8 (0.32%) Internet
13 8 (0.32%) SAN
14 7 (0.28%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.54%) Metadata
2 32 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 25 (0.99%) Power BI
5 23 (0.91%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.67%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.59%) GIS
7 15 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.40%) Tableau
9 9 (0.36%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.32%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.32%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.28%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.24%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.20%) Big Data
13 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 42 (1.67%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.43%) GitLab
3 34 (1.35%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.87%) Snyk
5 8 (0.32%) JIRA
6 5 (0.20%) Toad
6 5 (0.20%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) MLflow
7 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.079%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.079%) ERwin
8 2 (0.079%) Git
8 2 (0.079%) JMeter
8 2 (0.079%) Postman
8 2 (0.079%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.079%) Selenium
9 1 (0.040%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.040%) Oracle Forms
General
1 282 (11.18%) Social Skills
2 257 (10.19%) Finance
3 204 (8.09%) Public Sector
4 125 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
7 64 (2.54%) Marketing
8 56 (2.22%) Games
9 50 (1.98%) Retail
10 29 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 22 (0.87%) Legal
12 21 (0.83%) Law
12 21 (0.83%) Telecoms
13 19 (0.75%) Aerospace
14 18 (0.71%) Banking
15 12 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.40%) Financial Institution
17 10 (0.40%) Local Government
18 9 (0.36%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (2.46%) REST
2 54 (2.14%) SOAP
3 44 (1.74%) Lightning Web Components
4 39 (1.55%) .NET
5 34 (1.35%) Visualforce
6 32 (1.27%) Middleware
7 23 (0.91%) OAuth
8 19 (0.75%) LDAP
8 19 (0.75%) Node.js
8 19 (0.75%) XML
9 18 (0.71%) JSON
9 18 (0.71%) Kafka
9 18 (0.71%) Regular Expression
10 17 (0.67%) SAML
11 16 (0.63%) XMPP
12 11 (0.44%) OpenID
13 10 (0.40%) NestJS
14 9 (0.36%) JWT
14 9 (0.36%) PySpark
14 9 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.93%) Cloud Native
2 69 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 63 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 42 (1.67%) Operational Technology
5 41 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (1.35%) Cyberattack
9 28 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (0.99%) PKI
11 24 (0.95%) Virtual Team
12 20 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (0.71%) Management Information System
14 17 (0.67%) NHS
14 17 (0.67%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.59%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.59%) Low-Code
16 13 (0.52%) Onboarding
16 13 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
17 12 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (1.98%) Windows
2 42 (1.67%) Linux
3 40 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.040%) AIX
5 1 (0.040%) CentOS
5 1 (0.040%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (10.90%) Roadmaps
2 238 (9.44%) Agile
3 235 (9.32%) AI
4 232 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
5 221 (8.76%) TOGAF
6 194 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
7 175 (6.94%) Data Modelling
7 175 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
8 170 (6.74%) Data Architecture
9 168 (6.66%) CI/CD
10 162 (6.42%) DevOps
11 139 (5.51%) Analytics
11 139 (5.51%) Technical Leadership
12 136 (5.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 134 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 131 (5.19%) Stakeholder Management
15 129 (5.11%) Security Architecture
16 128 (5.08%) Data Governance
17 124 (4.92%) Technology Strategy
18 115 (4.56%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 95 (3.77%) SQL
2 89 (3.53%) Python
3 43 (1.70%) C#
4 38 (1.51%) Java
5 37 (1.47%) Apex Code
6 35 (1.39%) SOQL
7 34 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 34 (1.35%) SOSL
8 18 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 17 (0.67%) Bicep
10 15 (0.59%) PowerShell
11 7 (0.28%) C
11 7 (0.28%) C++
12 5 (0.20%) Bash
12 5 (0.20%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.20%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.12%) R
13 3 (0.12%) Scala
14 2 (0.079%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 330 (13.08%) Security Cleared
2 202 (8.01%) SC Cleared
3 127 (5.04%) DV Cleared
4 103 (4.08%) Degree
5 53 (2.10%) CISSP
6 50 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 41 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.39%) AWS Certification
8 35 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 28 (1.11%) CISM
11 22 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.75%) CCSP
13 16 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 16 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.48%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.44%) CCNP
16 9 (0.36%) ICAEW
17 7 (0.28%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (4.36%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.77%) NIST
3 58 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 45 (1.78%) GDPR
5 28 (1.11%) GRC
6 26 (1.03%) QA
7 21 (0.83%) NCSC
8 20 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.28%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.28%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.20%) WCAG
13 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.12%) IFRS
15 2 (0.079%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.079%) PMO
System Software
1 76 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (0.83%) vSphere
4 19 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.56%) Docker
6 9 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.040%) GPFS
8 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.040%) Lustre
8 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.040%) vCloud
8 1 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (1.43%) Terraform
2 27 (1.07%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.63%) MOM
4 15 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.36%) CASB
6 7 (0.28%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.28%) vRealize
7 6 (0.24%) Endace
7 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.20%) Ansible
8 5 (0.20%) Netcool
9 3 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.079%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.040%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.040%) Grafana
11 1 (0.040%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.040%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.040%) SCCM
Vendors
1 316 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 90 (3.57%) Databricks
3 72 (2.85%) SAP
4 61 (2.42%) Salesforce
5 51 (2.02%) VMware
6 40 (1.59%) Oracle
6 40 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 36 (1.43%) Cisco
7 36 (1.43%) Splunk
8 34 (1.35%) Palo Alto
9 24 (0.95%) Google
10 22 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (0.87%) Tenable
11 21 (0.83%) Palantir
12 19 (0.75%) Juniper
13 17 (0.67%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.48%) McAfee
15 10 (0.40%) Sparx
16 9 (0.36%) HP
16 9 (0.36%) OpenAI