Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 75 31
Rank change year-on-year +48 -44 +5
Permanent Architect jobs 4,055 1,149 2,629
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.48% 3.29% 5.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.88% 3.65% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,522 723 1,571
10th Percentile £63,542 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £67,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.10% -0.20%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -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 adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,015 31,446 45,386
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.71% 89.99% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 56,313 18,988 24,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%

Architect Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Architect job postings 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 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 November 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 Architect jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England +73 1,242 £80,000 +1.27% 121
South East +27 887 £90,000 +16.13% 247
North West +76 662 £80,000 - 66
South West +40 609 £85,000 +6.25% 139
Midlands +27 568 £80,000 - 108
West Midlands +33 433 £80,000 +4.58% 80
Yorkshire +56 365 £80,000 +1.27% 38
East of England +30 252 £85,000 -1.45% 42
North East +16 215 £80,250 +7.00% 17
Scotland +59 212 £85,000 +6.25% 45
Wales +19 178 £80,000 +6.67% 22
East Midlands -13 135 £80,000 - 28
Northern Ireland -4 130 £80,000 +6.67% 10
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, Architect job ads cited 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 Architect job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Cleared16.2%658
2Azure15.3%621
3Roadmaps12.4%502
4Microsoft12.0%487
5AI10.6%428
6AWS10.5%426
7SC Cleared10.4%423
8Technical Leadership10.0%404
9Cybersecurity8.2%332
10Enterprise Architecture7.8%316
11Agile7.4%300
12Stakeholder Management6.7%270
13Stakeholder Engagement6.5%264
14Data Architecture6.5%263
15Technical Architecture6.4%258
16Decision-Making6.3%255
17DV Cleared5.9%239
18Mentoring5.8%236
19Technology Strategy5.5%225
20Problem-Solving5.5%223
20TOGAF5.5%223
22IT Strategy5.3%214
23Architectural Patterns4.9%198
23Continuous Improvement4.9%198
25CI/CD4.9%197
26Data Modelling4.8%193
26Microservices4.8%193
28Business Strategy4.7%189
29Degree4.5%183
29Migration4.5%183

Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Solutions Architect27.1%1,098
2Technical Architect16.5%670
3Senior Architect13.5%547
4Data Architect11.9%484
5Lead Architect11.6%470
6Security Architect11.5%468
7Enterprise Architect7.8%317
8Systems Architect5.5%223
9Cloud Architect4.9%200
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.7%151
11Senior Data Architect3.5%142
12Technical Leader3.4%136
13Software Architect3.0%121
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%114
15Principal Architect2.6%105
16Platform Architect2.5%100
17Senior Technical Architect2.4%97
18AWS Architect2.1%86
19Network Architect2.1%85
20Cybersecurity Architect2.0%83
732 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London