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 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 33 37
Rank change year-on-year -33 +4 +22
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,335 2,398 1,899
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.55% 5.26% 6.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.93% 5.59% 6.76%
Number of salaries quoted 824 1,470 1,074
10th Percentile £57,875 £55,000 £56,228
25th Percentile £67,750 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% -2.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 33,945 42,922 28,084
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 94.10% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21,393 22,830 21,309
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,416 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -0.16% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,855 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% -4.17% -

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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
South East -29 376 £80,000 +3.23% 303
North of England -40 299 £78,250 +4.33% 69
Midlands -4 258 £80,000 +6.67% 81
South West 0 170 £79,500 +6.00% 72
West Midlands -6 165 £77,250 +2.45% 54
North West -35 146 £80,000 +6.67% 37
Yorkshire -24 110 £79,000 +12.86% 21
East of England -11 99 £90,000 +5.88% 45
East Midlands +2 89 £80,000 +14.29% 26
Scotland -44 69 £80,000 - 36
North East -16 42 £75,000 - 11
Wales -9 36 £75,000 +15.38% 11
Northern Ireland +9 33 £74,915 -6.36% 6
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 November 2025, 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.

1 367 (27.49%) Azure
2 243 (18.20%) Security Cleared
3 217 (16.25%) AWS
4 210 (15.73%) Microsoft
5 205 (15.36%) Agile
6 203 (15.21%) Roadmaps
7 200 (14.98%) Enterprise Architecture
8 173 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 167 (12.51%) TOGAF
10 156 (11.69%) Mentoring
11 143 (10.71%) SC Cleared
12 140 (10.49%) Analytics
13 138 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
14 135 (10.11%) Data Modelling
14 135 (10.11%) DevOps
15 131 (9.81%) AI
16 128 (9.59%) Degree
17 122 (9.14%) GCP
18 121 (9.06%) Python
19 120 (8.99%) DV Cleared
20 114 (8.54%) Data Architecture
20 114 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
21 98 (7.34%) SAP
22 95 (7.12%) Business Strategy
22 95 (7.12%) Project Management
23 94 (7.04%) Architectural Design
23 94 (7.04%) SaaS
24 90 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
24 90 (6.74%) Microservices
25 86 (6.44%) Decision-Making

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 18 (1.35%) CMS
2 14 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.45%) Apache
4 6 (0.45%) Appian
4 6 (0.45%) Confluence
5 5 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.22%) JBoss
7 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.075%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.075%) nginx
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.075%) SAS
8 1 (0.075%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.075%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.075%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 63 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (3.67%) SAP MDG
3 37 (2.77%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 16 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.37%) Shopify
6 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.075%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.075%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.075%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.075%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.075%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 367 (27.49%) Azure
2 217 (16.25%) AWS
3 122 (9.14%) GCP
4 94 (7.04%) SaaS
5 65 (4.87%) PaaS
6 54 (4.04%) IaaS
7 46 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (3.37%) Power Platform
9 44 (3.30%) Snowflake
10 42 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
11 36 (2.70%) Serverless
12 27 (2.02%) OCI
13 19 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.97%) GitHub
15 12 (0.90%) Azure Stack
16 11 (0.82%) Entra ID
17 10 (0.75%) Amazon S3
18 9 (0.67%) Amazon Bedrock
18 9 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
18 9 (0.67%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.40%) Firewall
2 27 (2.02%) LAN
3 26 (1.95%) VPN
3 26 (1.95%) WAN
4 21 (1.57%) Network Security
5 17 (1.27%) Broadband
6 9 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.52%) Junos
8 6 (0.45%) BGP
9 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.37%) SSL
10 4 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.30%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.30%) OSPF
10 4 (0.30%) SAN
10 4 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.30%) VoIP
11 3 (0.22%) DNS
11 3 (0.22%) MPLS
11 3 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (2.25%) Metadata
3 23 (1.72%) BigQuery
4 19 (1.42%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.12%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.97%) Power BI
7 7 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 6 (0.45%) Big Data
8 6 (0.45%) Delta Lake
8 6 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.37%) Airbyte
9 5 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.37%) Data Vault
9 5 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (1.65%) Jenkins
2 19 (1.42%) GitLab
3 15 (1.12%) SonarQube
4 9 (0.67%) MSI
5 8 (0.60%) JIRA
6 7 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.45%) Git
7 6 (0.45%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.45%) Selenium
7 6 (0.45%) Snyk
8 4 (0.30%) MSBuild
8 4 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.075%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 309 (23.15%) Social Skills
2 151 (11.31%) Analytical Skills
3 148 (11.09%) Finance
4 94 (7.04%) Public Sector
5 89 (6.67%) Marketing
6 65 (4.87%) Law
7 52 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (3.30%) Legal
9 38 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 21 (1.57%) Retail
12 18 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.27%) Games
14 16 (1.20%) Electronics
15 15 (1.12%) Banking
16 12 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (0.67%) Financial Institution
18 9 (0.67%) Publishing
18 9 (0.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.62%) Middleware
2 31 (2.32%) REST
3 27 (2.02%) .NET
4 26 (1.95%) React
5 25 (1.87%) Node.js
6 24 (1.80%) Django
7 23 (1.72%) Kafka
8 21 (1.57%) SOAP
9 20 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
11 15 (1.12%) Visualforce
12 13 (0.97%) Web Services
13 10 (0.75%) EDI
14 8 (0.60%) gRPC
14 8 (0.60%) XML
15 7 (0.52%) GraphQL
16 6 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
16 6 (0.45%) CSS
16 6 (0.45%) HTML
17 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 84 (6.29%) Cloud Native
2 41 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
3 37 (2.77%) Data Centre
4 33 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (2.02%) Product Ownership
6 26 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (1.87%) Virtual Team
8 22 (1.65%) Management Information System
9 20 (1.50%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (0.82%) AI Agents
12 11 (0.82%) PKI
12 11 (0.82%) Private Cloud
13 10 (0.75%) IoT
14 9 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.60%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.60%) Operational Technology
16 7 (0.52%) Reference Data
17 6 (0.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.02%) Windows
2 16 (1.20%) Linux
3 5 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.30%) AIX
5 2 (0.15%) Android
5 2 (0.15%) Unix
6 1 (0.075%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.075%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.075%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.075%) VMS
6 1 (0.075%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (15.36%) Agile
2 203 (15.21%) Roadmaps
3 200 (14.98%) Enterprise Architecture
4 173 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 167 (12.51%) TOGAF
6 156 (11.69%) Mentoring
7 140 (10.49%) Analytics
8 138 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 135 (10.11%) Data Modelling
9 135 (10.11%) DevOps
10 131 (9.81%) AI
11 114 (8.54%) Data Architecture
11 114 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 95 (7.12%) Business Strategy
12 95 (7.12%) Project Management
13 94 (7.04%) Architectural Design
14 90 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
14 90 (6.74%) Microservices
15 86 (6.44%) Decision-Making
16 85 (6.37%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 121 (9.06%) Python
2 66 (4.94%) C#
3 61 (4.57%) Java
4 56 (4.19%) SQL
5 24 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.72%) Go
7 20 (1.50%) C++
8 19 (1.42%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.35%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.20%) Apex Code
11 15 (1.12%) SOQL
11 15 (1.12%) SOSL
12 11 (0.82%) Bicep
13 7 (0.52%) PHP
14 4 (0.30%) Bash
15 3 (0.22%) ABAP
15 3 (0.22%) R
15 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.075%) C
Qualifications
1 243 (18.20%) Security Cleared
2 143 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 128 (9.59%) Degree
4 120 (8.99%) DV Cleared
5 74 (5.54%) TOGAF Certification
6 59 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (3.60%) AWS Certification
8 44 (3.30%) Azure Certification
9 42 (3.15%) CISSP
10 40 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
11 39 (2.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 34 (2.55%) CISM
13 26 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 24 (1.80%) Chartered Engineer
14 24 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
14 24 (1.80%) DBS Check
15 15 (1.12%) CCNP
16 11 (0.82%) CCNA
17 7 (0.52%) JNCIA
18 6 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 32 (2.40%) Data Quality
3 26 (1.95%) GRC
4 23 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 21 (1.57%) GDPR
6 20 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.42%) NIST
8 10 (0.75%) QA
9 9 (0.67%) NCSC
10 7 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.30%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.30%) SEPA
12 4 (0.30%) TARGET2
13 3 (0.22%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.22%) SLA
14 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.15%) PMO
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (2.32%) Docker
2 25 (1.87%) Firmware
3 10 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.37%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 1 (0.075%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 56 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.55%) Terraform
3 15 (1.12%) Ansible
4 10 (0.75%) WMI
5 8 (0.60%) Endace
6 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.22%) Netcool
7 3 (0.22%) vRealize
7 3 (0.22%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.15%) VxRail
9 1 (0.075%) Argo
9 1 (0.075%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.075%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 210 (15.73%) Microsoft
2 98 (7.34%) SAP
3 48 (3.60%) Google
4 37 (2.77%) OpenText
5 36 (2.70%) Oracle
6 34 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.10%) Cisco
8 25 (1.87%) Adobe
8 25 (1.87%) Databricks
8 25 (1.87%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.80%) Juniper
10 22 (1.65%) VMware
10 22 (1.65%) Workday
11 20 (1.50%) Splunk
12 18 (1.35%) Apple
13 14 (1.05%) BiZZdesign
14 12 (0.90%) Ariba
15 11 (0.82%) Fortinet
16 8 (0.60%) UiPath
17 6 (0.45%) Thales