Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 86 36
Rank change year-on-year +53 -50 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,102 1,112 3,138
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.06% 3.21% 5.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.29% 3.59% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,212 722 2,046
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,024 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,209 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £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 72,255 30,971 56,368
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 89.48% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 49,937 17,888 37,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,415
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,924 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.31% -2.15% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +90 1,034 £82,500 +10.00% 293
North West +103 587 £85,000 +6.25% 146
South East +11 536 £85,000 +9.68% 353
South West +55 466 £80,000 -5.88% 177
Midlands +30 446 £82,500 +10.00% 155
West Midlands +24 360 £82,500 +8.20% 104
Yorkshire +48 270 £82,500 +10.00% 114
East of England +42 192 £80,150 +12.10% 110
Scotland +54 181 £90,000 +12.50% 107
North East +12 177 £82,750 +27.31% 33
Wales +28 152 £80,000 +15.30% 26
Northern Ireland -16 106 £74,830 -9.63% 43
East Midlands -10 86 £60,000 -14.29% 51
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 August 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.

1 624 (20.12%) Azure
2 461 (14.86%) Microsoft
3 457 (14.73%) Security Cleared
4 404 (13.02%) Roadmaps
5 380 (12.25%) AI
6 365 (11.77%) AWS
7 292 (9.41%) Enterprise Architecture
7 292 (9.41%) SC Cleared
8 291 (9.38%) Agile
9 265 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
10 252 (8.12%) TOGAF
11 229 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
12 209 (6.74%) Data Architecture
12 209 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
12 209 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 209 (6.74%) Technical Architecture
13 205 (6.61%) CI/CD
14 191 (6.16%) Data Modelling
15 186 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
16 182 (5.87%) DevOps
17 181 (5.83%) DV Cleared
18 177 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
19 174 (5.61%) Power Platform
20 172 (5.54%) Decision-Making
21 170 (5.48%) Business Strategy
22 165 (5.32%) Analytics
23 162 (5.22%) Technology Strategy
24 158 (5.09%) Microservices
25 156 (5.03%) Security Architecture
26 151 (4.87%) Infrastructure as Code

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 (0.35%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.23%) Apache
3 7 (0.23%) CMS
4 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.16%) Confluence
5 5 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.13%) SAS
7 3 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.064%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.032%) JBoss
9 1 (0.032%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.032%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (0.29%) Chatbot
1 9 (0.29%) Revit
2 8 (0.26%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.23%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.064%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.064%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.064%) Simulink
5 2 (0.064%) Windchill
6 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.032%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.032%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 36 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
5 5 (0.16%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.097%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.097%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.097%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.064%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.064%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.064%) SAP CAR
8 2 (0.064%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 624 (20.12%) Azure
2 365 (11.77%) AWS
3 174 (5.61%) Power Platform
4 113 (3.64%) GCP
5 112 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 106 (3.42%) SaaS
7 87 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
8 66 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
9 64 (2.06%) Serverless
10 56 (1.81%) Entra ID
11 43 (1.39%) PaaS
12 42 (1.35%) dbt
13 37 (1.19%) IaaS
14 29 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (0.81%) Snowflake
16 22 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 22 (0.71%) GitHub
17 18 (0.58%) iPaaS
18 17 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
19 15 (0.48%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 104 (3.35%) WAN
2 82 (2.64%) LAN
3 63 (2.03%) Firewall
3 63 (2.03%) Network Security
4 44 (1.42%) VPN
5 40 (1.29%) Broadband
5 40 (1.29%) DNS
6 27 (0.87%) SD-WAN
7 20 (0.64%) MPLS
8 18 (0.58%) BGP
9 15 (0.48%) HTTP
9 15 (0.48%) SNMP
9 15 (0.48%) Unified Communications
9 15 (0.48%) VLAN
10 11 (0.35%) DHCP
11 10 (0.32%) ICMP
11 10 (0.32%) IPsec
11 10 (0.32%) SAN
11 10 (0.32%) SSH
11 10 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (2.22%) Metadata
2 39 (1.26%) Data Lake
3 36 (1.16%) Power BI
4 34 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (0.87%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (0.48%) GIS
8 11 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.32%) Tableau
10 9 (0.29%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.26%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.23%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.19%) Delta Lake
13 6 (0.19%) MySQL
14 4 (0.13%) Big Data
14 4 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 41 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 31 (1.00%) GitLab
3 25 (0.81%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.71%) Snyk
5 9 (0.29%) JIRA
6 5 (0.16%) Git
6 5 (0.16%) MLflow
6 5 (0.16%) Toad
6 5 (0.16%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.097%) ERwin
8 2 (0.064%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.064%) JMeter
8 2 (0.064%) Postman
8 2 (0.064%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.064%) Selenium
9 1 (0.032%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.032%) Flyway
9 1 (0.032%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.032%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle APEX
General
1 416 (13.41%) Finance
2 407 (13.12%) Social Skills
3 236 (7.61%) Public Sector
4 191 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
6 89 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
7 81 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (1.97%) Law
9 56 (1.81%) Marketing
10 47 (1.52%) Aerospace
11 46 (1.48%) Retail
12 45 (1.45%) Manufacturing
13 39 (1.26%) Games
14 30 (0.97%) Legal
15 28 (0.90%) Banking
15 28 (0.90%) Telecoms
16 17 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (0.42%) Advertising
17 13 (0.42%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (1.97%) REST
2 50 (1.61%) .NET
2 50 (1.61%) SOAP
3 41 (1.32%) Middleware
4 35 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
4 35 (1.13%) OAuth
5 33 (1.06%) LDAP
6 29 (0.93%) SAML
7 28 (0.90%) Node.js
8 25 (0.81%) Visualforce
9 24 (0.77%) Kafka
10 18 (0.58%) Regular Expression
11 17 (0.55%) OpenID
11 17 (0.55%) XML
12 16 (0.52%) JSON
12 16 (0.52%) ModSecurity
12 16 (0.52%) XMPP
13 11 (0.35%) GraphQL
14 10 (0.32%) NestJS
14 10 (0.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 153 (4.93%) Cloud Native
2 85 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 63 (2.03%) Product Ownership
4 51 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
5 47 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 36 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
8 35 (1.13%) Operational Technology
9 33 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.00%) Cyberattack
11 30 (0.97%) Onboarding
12 27 (0.87%) Virtual Team
13 19 (0.61%) Social Media
14 18 (0.58%) Management Information System
14 18 (0.58%) PKI
14 18 (0.58%) Public Cloud
15 16 (0.52%) Private Cloud
16 15 (0.48%) AI Agents
16 15 (0.48%) Graphic Design
17 13 (0.42%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.58%) Linux
2 48 (1.55%) Windows
3 34 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.032%) AIX
5 1 (0.032%) CentOS
5 1 (0.032%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.032%) Solaris
5 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (13.02%) Roadmaps
2 380 (12.25%) AI
3 292 (9.41%) Enterprise Architecture
4 291 (9.38%) Agile
5 265 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
6 252 (8.12%) TOGAF
7 229 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
8 209 (6.74%) Data Architecture
8 209 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
8 209 (6.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 209 (6.74%) Technical Architecture
9 205 (6.61%) CI/CD
10 191 (6.16%) Data Modelling
11 186 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 182 (5.87%) DevOps
13 177 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 172 (5.54%) Decision-Making
15 170 (5.48%) Business Strategy
16 165 (5.32%) Analytics
17 162 (5.22%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 97 (3.13%) SQL
2 93 (3.00%) Python
3 60 (1.93%) C#
4 47 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 36 (1.16%) Java
6 30 (0.97%) Apex Code
7 26 (0.84%) Bicep
7 26 (0.84%) SOQL
8 25 (0.81%) SOSL
9 16 (0.52%) C
10 15 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.39%) C++
11 12 (0.39%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.19%) COBOL
12 6 (0.19%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.19%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.19%) R
12 6 (0.19%) Ruby
12 6 (0.19%) Scala
13 5 (0.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 457 (14.73%) Security Cleared
2 292 (9.41%) SC Cleared
3 181 (5.83%) DV Cleared
4 115 (3.71%) Degree
5 57 (1.84%) CISSP
5 57 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
6 48 (1.55%) Azure Certification
7 43 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (1.26%) AWS Certification
8 39 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (1.03%) CISM
10 25 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 19 (0.61%) Master's Degree
12 17 (0.55%) CCNP
13 16 (0.52%) CCSP
14 13 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (0.29%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.19%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.29%) Data Quality
2 96 (3.09%) NIST
3 92 (2.97%) GRC
4 57 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 53 (1.71%) GDPR
6 39 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.77%) NCSC
8 20 (0.64%) QA
9 13 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.23%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.16%) MISRA
15 5 (0.16%) SLA
16 4 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 93 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 26 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (0.81%) Docker
5 24 (0.77%) vSphere
6 12 (0.39%) Firmware
7 10 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.16%) NDS
10 3 (0.097%) KVM
11 1 (0.032%) GPFS
11 1 (0.032%) Lustre
11 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.032%) vCloud
11 1 (0.032%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 68 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 55 (1.77%) Terraform
3 25 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.52%) MOM
5 10 (0.32%) CASB
5 10 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.23%) Ansible
8 3 (0.097%) Grafana
9 2 (0.064%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.064%) Endace
9 2 (0.064%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.064%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.064%) vRealize
10 1 (0.032%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.032%) SCCM
Vendors
1 461 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 85 (2.74%) Databricks
3 79 (2.55%) SAP
4 63 (2.03%) Salesforce
5 60 (1.93%) VMware
6 46 (1.48%) Cisco
7 45 (1.45%) Oracle
8 41 (1.32%) Palo Alto
9 34 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 27 (0.87%) Splunk
11 23 (0.74%) Google
12 22 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.71%) Tenable
13 21 (0.68%) Computacenter
14 20 (0.64%) OpenAI
15 19 (0.61%) Okta
16 18 (0.58%) Red Hat
17 16 (0.52%) ForgeRock
18 14 (0.45%) Workday
19 13 (0.42%) CyberArk