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 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 83 38
Rank change year-on-year +50 -45 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,043 1,135 3,112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.05% 3.30% 5.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.28% 3.68% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,190 746 2,015
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £62,500
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 £81,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% +1.88% -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 71,166 30,850 56,540
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.60% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 49,190 17,817 37,989
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £38,250 £32,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,600
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 3 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 3 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 +89 1,017 £82,500 +10.00% 237
North West +104 584 £85,000 +7.94% 113
South East +11 527 £85,000 +9.68% 320
South West +41 455 £80,000 -5.88% 130
Midlands +26 434 £82,500 +10.00% 139
West Midlands +25 351 £82,500 +6.45% 100
Yorkshire +45 260 £82,500 +8.20% 90
East of England +44 186 £80,000 +11.89% 70
Scotland +55 178 £90,000 +12.50% 78
North East +11 173 £80,000 +23.08% 36
Wales +27 153 £80,000 +15.30% 19
Northern Ireland -19 103 £74,830 -9.63% 46
East Midlands -11 83 £60,000 -11.11% 39
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 611 (20.08%) Azure
2 460 (15.12%) Microsoft
3 447 (14.69%) Security Cleared
4 392 (12.88%) Roadmaps
5 363 (11.93%) AI
6 358 (11.76%) AWS
7 287 (9.43%) SC Cleared
8 284 (9.33%) Enterprise Architecture
9 279 (9.17%) Agile
10 262 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
11 248 (8.15%) TOGAF
12 215 (7.07%) Technical Leadership
13 204 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 202 (6.64%) CI/CD
14 202 (6.64%) Data Architecture
14 202 (6.64%) Problem-Solving
14 202 (6.64%) Technical Architecture
15 184 (6.05%) Data Modelling
16 181 (5.95%) DevOps
17 179 (5.88%) DV Cleared
18 176 (5.78%) Stakeholder Management
19 172 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
20 170 (5.59%) Power Platform
21 166 (5.46%) Business Strategy
22 165 (5.42%) Decision-Making
23 159 (5.23%) Analytics
24 156 (5.13%) Technology Strategy
25 150 (4.93%) Microservices
26 148 (4.86%) Infrastructure as Code
26 148 (4.86%) Security Architecture

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 (0.36%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.26%) CMS
2 8 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.20%) Apache
4 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.16%) Confluence
4 5 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.099%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.099%) SAS
6 3 (0.099%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.033%) JBoss
8 1 (0.033%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.033%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.033%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.33%) Revit
2 9 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.23%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.066%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.066%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.066%) Simulink
6 2 (0.066%) Windchill
7 1 (0.033%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.033%) ArchiCAD
7 1 (0.033%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.033%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.033%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.033%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 35 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.16%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.13%) Oracle Utilities
6 4 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.099%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.099%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.099%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.099%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.099%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.066%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.066%) SAP CAR
8 2 (0.066%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 611 (20.08%) Azure
2 358 (11.76%) AWS
3 170 (5.59%) Power Platform
4 111 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
5 107 (3.52%) GCP
6 97 (3.19%) SaaS
7 90 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
8 66 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
9 62 (2.04%) Serverless
10 53 (1.74%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.38%) dbt
12 40 (1.31%) PaaS
13 36 (1.18%) IaaS
14 29 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
15 24 (0.79%) Snowflake
16 23 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 22 (0.72%) GitHub
18 17 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
19 15 (0.49%) Amazon S3
19 15 (0.49%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (3.45%) WAN
2 82 (2.69%) LAN
3 64 (2.10%) Firewall
4 61 (2.00%) Network Security
5 45 (1.48%) VPN
6 41 (1.35%) Broadband
6 41 (1.35%) DNS
7 27 (0.89%) SD-WAN
8 21 (0.69%) MPLS
9 19 (0.62%) BGP
10 16 (0.53%) HTTP
10 16 (0.53%) SNMP
11 15 (0.49%) Unified Communications
11 15 (0.49%) VLAN
12 11 (0.36%) DHCP
13 10 (0.33%) FTP
13 10 (0.33%) ICMP
13 10 (0.33%) IPsec
13 10 (0.33%) SAN
13 10 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.10%) Metadata
2 39 (1.28%) Data Lake
3 34 (1.12%) Power BI
4 30 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (0.89%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (0.53%) GIS
8 11 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.30%) Tableau
11 8 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.26%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.26%) Data Vault
11 8 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.23%) Delta Lake
12 7 (0.23%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.20%) MySQL
13 6 (0.20%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (0.13%) Big Data
14 4 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 41 (1.35%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.05%) GitLab
3 26 (0.85%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.72%) Snyk
5 8 (0.26%) JIRA
6 5 (0.16%) MLflow
6 5 (0.16%) Toad
6 5 (0.16%) Yeoman
7 4 (0.13%) Git
8 2 (0.066%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.066%) ERwin
8 2 (0.066%) JMeter
8 2 (0.066%) Postman
8 2 (0.066%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.066%) Selenium
9 1 (0.033%) Flyway
9 1 (0.033%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.033%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.033%) Oracle Forms
General
1 396 (13.01%) Finance
2 394 (12.95%) Social Skills
3 229 (7.53%) Public Sector
4 179 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 122 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
6 87 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 79 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 59 (1.94%) Law
9 55 (1.81%) Marketing
10 49 (1.61%) Retail
11 42 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 41 (1.35%) Aerospace
13 40 (1.31%) Games
14 29 (0.95%) Legal
15 27 (0.89%) Banking
16 26 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
19 13 (0.43%) Advertising
20 12 (0.39%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.94%) REST
2 48 (1.58%) .NET
2 48 (1.58%) SOAP
3 39 (1.28%) Middleware
4 36 (1.18%) Lightning Web Components
5 32 (1.05%) OAuth
6 30 (0.99%) LDAP
7 27 (0.89%) Node.js
8 26 (0.85%) SAML
8 26 (0.85%) Visualforce
9 22 (0.72%) Kafka
10 18 (0.59%) Regular Expression
11 17 (0.56%) XML
12 16 (0.53%) JSON
12 16 (0.53%) XMPP
13 14 (0.46%) OpenID
14 12 (0.39%) ModSecurity
15 11 (0.36%) GraphQL
16 10 (0.33%) NestJS
16 10 (0.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 147 (4.83%) Cloud Native
2 86 (2.83%) Data Centre
3 65 (2.14%) Product Ownership
4 48 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
6 37 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 35 (1.15%) Operational Technology
8 34 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
8 34 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 31 (1.02%) Cyberattack
10 27 (0.89%) Onboarding
10 27 (0.89%) Virtual Team
11 19 (0.62%) PKI
12 18 (0.59%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.53%) Social Media
14 15 (0.49%) Graphic Design
14 15 (0.49%) Private Cloud
14 15 (0.49%) Public Cloud
15 13 (0.43%) NHS
16 12 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.58%) Linux
1 48 (1.58%) Windows
2 35 (1.15%) Windows Server
3 20 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.033%) AIX
4 1 (0.033%) CentOS
4 1 (0.033%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.033%) Solaris
4 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (12.88%) Roadmaps
2 363 (11.93%) AI
3 284 (9.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 279 (9.17%) Agile
5 262 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
6 248 (8.15%) TOGAF
7 215 (7.07%) Technical Leadership
8 204 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 202 (6.64%) CI/CD
9 202 (6.64%) Data Architecture
9 202 (6.64%) Problem-Solving
9 202 (6.64%) Technical Architecture
10 184 (6.05%) Data Modelling
11 181 (5.95%) DevOps
12 176 (5.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 172 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
14 166 (5.46%) Business Strategy
15 165 (5.42%) Decision-Making
16 159 (5.23%) Analytics
17 156 (5.13%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 97 (3.19%) SQL
2 91 (2.99%) Python
3 58 (1.91%) C#
4 47 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 33 (1.08%) Java
6 31 (1.02%) Apex Code
7 27 (0.89%) SOQL
8 26 (0.85%) Bicep
8 26 (0.85%) SOSL
9 16 (0.53%) C
10 14 (0.46%) TypeScript
11 13 (0.43%) PowerShell
12 12 (0.39%) C++
13 6 (0.20%) COBOL
13 6 (0.20%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.20%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.20%) Ruby
14 5 (0.16%) Rust
14 5 (0.16%) Scala
15 4 (0.13%) Go
Qualifications
1 447 (14.69%) Security Cleared
2 287 (9.43%) SC Cleared
3 179 (5.88%) DV Cleared
4 110 (3.61%) Degree
5 54 (1.77%) CISSP
6 53 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
7 43 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 40 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 29 (0.95%) CISM
12 23 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 18 (0.59%) Master's Degree
15 17 (0.56%) CCNP
16 16 (0.53%) CCSP
17 13 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 9 (0.30%) ICAEW
18 9 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
19 6 (0.20%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (3.32%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.12%) NIST
3 91 (2.99%) GRC
4 57 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 50 (1.64%) GDPR
6 38 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.79%) NCSC
8 20 (0.66%) QA
9 13 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.30%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.23%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.16%) MISRA
14 5 (0.16%) SLA
15 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 89 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 26 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (0.79%) vSphere
5 21 (0.69%) Docker
6 11 (0.36%) Firmware
7 10 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.16%) NDS
10 3 (0.099%) KVM
11 1 (0.033%) GPFS
11 1 (0.033%) Lustre
11 1 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.033%) vCloud
11 1 (0.033%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 60 (1.97%) Kubernetes
2 53 (1.74%) Terraform
3 22 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.53%) MOM
5 10 (0.33%) CASB
5 10 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.23%) Ansible
8 3 (0.099%) Endace
8 3 (0.099%) Grafana
9 2 (0.066%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.066%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.066%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.066%) vRealize
10 1 (0.033%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.033%) SCCM
Vendors
1 460 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 82 (2.69%) Databricks
3 73 (2.40%) SAP
4 61 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 60 (1.97%) VMware
6 48 (1.58%) Cisco
7 43 (1.41%) Oracle
8 41 (1.35%) Palo Alto
9 34 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 28 (0.92%) Splunk
11 22 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.72%) Tenable
12 21 (0.69%) Computacenter
13 20 (0.66%) Google
13 20 (0.66%) OpenAI
14 17 (0.56%) Red Hat
15 16 (0.53%) Okta
16 13 (0.43%) CyberArk
16 13 (0.43%) ForgeRock
17 12 (0.39%) McAfee