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 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 43 46
Rank change year-on-year -20 +3 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,442 1,932 1,609
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.44% 5.02% 5.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.82% 5.37% 5.99%
Number of salaries quoted 888 1,179 1,014
10th Percentile £59,125 £56,250 £56,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £66,506
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.85% -2.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -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 37,771 35,980 26,862
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 93.54% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 22,930 18,207 20,433
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,589 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 19 December 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 19 December 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 -29 382 £85,000 +9.68% 425
North of England -16 342 £80,000 +14.29% 276
Midlands -13 267 £80,000 +6.67% 263
South West +9 180 £80,000 +6.67% 167
West Midlands -7 179 £78,750 +5.00% 154
North West -11 169 £80,000 +14.29% 144
Yorkshire -12 123 £80,000 +11.13% 117
East of England +7 119 £90,000 +12.15% 186
East Midlands -5 84 £80,000 +14.29% 97
Scotland -26 80 £85,700 +7.13% 77
North East +6 49 £75,000 +7.14% 16
Wales +8 44 £75,000 +11.11% 39
Northern Ireland +13 34 £75,000 -6.25% 13
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 December 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.

1 363 (25.17%) Azure
2 234 (16.23%) Security Cleared
3 213 (14.77%) AWS
4 210 (14.56%) Roadmaps
5 208 (14.42%) Microsoft
6 207 (14.36%) Enterprise Architecture
7 198 (13.73%) Agile
8 187 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 170 (11.79%) TOGAF
10 154 (10.68%) Degree
11 153 (10.61%) Mentoring
12 149 (10.33%) Data Modelling
13 139 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
14 138 (9.57%) SC Cleared
15 134 (9.29%) Analytics
16 130 (9.02%) DevOps
16 130 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
17 129 (8.95%) AI
18 121 (8.39%) Python
19 117 (8.11%) Data Architecture
20 115 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
21 111 (7.70%) GCP
21 111 (7.70%) Project Management
22 108 (7.49%) DV Cleared
23 102 (7.07%) SAP
23 102 (7.07%) Strategic Thinking
24 101 (7.00%) Decision-Making
25 97 (6.73%) Architectural Design
25 97 (6.73%) Business Strategy
26 94 (6.52%) Microservices

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 17 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.62%) CMS
2 9 (0.62%) Confluence
3 8 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.42%) Apache
4 6 (0.42%) Appian
5 5 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.21%) JBoss
7 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.069%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.069%) SAS
8 1 (0.069%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.069%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 64 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (3.40%) SAP MDG
3 37 (2.57%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 19 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.21%) Shopify
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.069%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.069%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.069%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.069%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.069%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 363 (25.17%) Azure
2 213 (14.77%) AWS
3 111 (7.70%) GCP
4 77 (5.34%) SaaS
5 70 (4.85%) Power Platform
6 46 (3.19%) PaaS
7 44 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
8 43 (2.98%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.84%) IaaS
9 41 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (2.70%) Serverless
11 20 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.25%) OCI
13 16 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (0.90%) Entra ID
14 13 (0.90%) GitHub
15 12 (0.83%) Azure Stack
16 10 (0.69%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.62%) Amazon Bedrock
18 8 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.57%) Firewall
2 25 (1.73%) VPN
3 22 (1.53%) WAN
4 21 (1.46%) LAN
5 20 (1.39%) Network Security
6 18 (1.25%) Broadband
7 6 (0.42%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.35%) BGP
8 5 (0.35%) SSL
8 5 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (0.28%) Junos
9 4 (0.28%) OSPF
9 4 (0.28%) SAN
9 4 (0.28%) VLAN
10 3 (0.21%) MPLS
10 3 (0.21%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.21%) VoIP
10 3 (0.21%) Wireless
10 3 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (2.29%) Power BI
3 32 (2.22%) Metadata
4 23 (1.60%) BigQuery
5 19 (1.32%) Tableau
6 17 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 13 (0.90%) SQL Server
8 7 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 6 (0.42%) Big Data
9 6 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.35%) Airbyte
10 5 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.35%) Data Vault
10 5 (0.35%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
10 5 (0.35%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 18 (1.25%) GitLab
3 15 (1.04%) SonarQube
4 10 (0.69%) JIRA
5 9 (0.62%) MSI
6 6 (0.42%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.42%) Selenium
6 6 (0.42%) Snyk
7 5 (0.35%) Git
7 5 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.14%) MSBuild
8 2 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 323 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 158 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
3 150 (10.40%) Finance
4 116 (8.04%) Public Sector
5 87 (6.03%) Marketing
6 67 (4.65%) Law
7 58 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (2.91%) Legal
10 36 (2.50%) Games
11 33 (2.29%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.39%) Retail
14 18 (1.25%) Banking
14 18 (1.25%) Electronics
15 15 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.76%) Publishing
17 10 (0.69%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.49%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.42%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.50%) Middleware
2 28 (1.94%) REST
3 26 (1.80%) React
4 25 (1.73%) Node.js
5 24 (1.66%) .NET
5 24 (1.66%) Django
5 24 (1.66%) Kafka
6 22 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
7 20 (1.39%) SOAP
8 15 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (1.04%) Visualforce
9 14 (0.97%) EDI
10 10 (0.69%) Web Services
11 7 (0.49%) GraphQL
12 6 (0.42%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.42%) gRPC
13 5 (0.35%) PySpark
13 5 (0.35%) RESTful
13 5 (0.35%) Spring
14 4 (0.28%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.62%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (2.43%) Data Centre
4 30 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (1.94%) Product Ownership
6 26 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (1.73%) Virtual Team
8 22 (1.53%) Management Information System
9 12 (0.83%) IoT
10 11 (0.76%) AI Agents
10 11 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (0.76%) PKI
11 9 (0.62%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.55%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.55%) Reference Data
13 7 (0.49%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (0.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.87%) Windows
2 11 (0.76%) Linux
3 6 (0.42%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.14%) Android
4 2 (0.14%) Unix
5 1 (0.069%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.069%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.069%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.069%) VMS
5 1 (0.069%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (14.56%) Roadmaps
2 207 (14.36%) Enterprise Architecture
3 198 (13.73%) Agile
4 187 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 170 (11.79%) TOGAF
6 153 (10.61%) Mentoring
7 149 (10.33%) Data Modelling
8 139 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 134 (9.29%) Analytics
10 130 (9.02%) DevOps
10 130 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
11 129 (8.95%) AI
12 117 (8.11%) Data Architecture
13 115 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
14 111 (7.70%) Project Management
15 102 (7.07%) Strategic Thinking
16 101 (7.00%) Decision-Making
17 97 (6.73%) Architectural Design
17 97 (6.73%) Business Strategy
18 94 (6.52%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.39%) Python
2 63 (4.37%) Java
3 58 (4.02%) C#
4 53 (3.68%) SQL
5 26 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.60%) Go
6 23 (1.60%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.18%) C++
7 17 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.04%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.04%) SOQL
8 15 (1.04%) SOSL
9 11 (0.76%) Bicep
10 4 (0.28%) Bash
10 4 (0.28%) PHP
11 3 (0.21%) ABAP
11 3 (0.21%) R
11 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.069%) C
Qualifications
1 234 (16.23%) Security Cleared
2 154 (10.68%) Degree
3 138 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 108 (7.49%) DV Cleared
5 75 (5.20%) TOGAF Certification
6 63 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (3.47%) AWS Certification
8 45 (3.12%) CISSP
9 44 (3.05%) Azure Certification
10 43 (2.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 43 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.36%) CISM
12 29 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 25 (1.73%) Chartered Engineer
14 24 (1.66%) DBS Check
15 19 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
16 18 (1.25%) PMI Certification
16 18 (1.25%) PMP
17 12 (0.83%) CCNP
18 7 (0.49%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.50%) Accessibility
2 35 (2.43%) Data Quality
3 26 (1.80%) GRC
4 24 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 21 (1.46%) GDPR
6 20 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.18%) NIST
8 14 (0.97%) QA
9 12 (0.83%) NCSC
10 7 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.35%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.28%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.28%) SEPA
12 4 (0.28%) TARGET2
13 3 (0.21%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.14%) PMO
15 1 (0.069%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 28 (1.94%) Docker
2 21 (1.46%) Firmware
3 11 (0.76%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.49%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.14%) vSphere
9 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 53 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.01%) Terraform
3 12 (0.83%) Ansible
4 10 (0.69%) WMI
5 8 (0.55%) Endace
6 6 (0.42%) Netcool
6 6 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.35%) vRealize
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.21%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.14%) CASB
9 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.14%) VxRail
10 1 (0.069%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.069%) Argo
10 1 (0.069%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.069%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.069%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 208 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 102 (7.07%) SAP
3 45 (3.12%) Google
4 39 (2.70%) Oracle
5 37 (2.57%) OpenText
6 34 (2.36%) ServiceNow
7 32 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 31 (2.15%) Databricks
9 25 (1.73%) Adobe
9 25 (1.73%) Cisco
9 25 (1.73%) Palo Alto
10 24 (1.66%) VMware
10 24 (1.66%) Workday
11 20 (1.39%) Anaplan
11 20 (1.39%) Juniper
11 20 (1.39%) Splunk
12 18 (1.25%) Apple
12 18 (1.25%) Genesys
12 18 (1.25%) Verint
13 16 (1.11%) BiZZdesign