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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 93 41
Rank change year-on-year +57 -52 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,602 1,019 3,770
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.80% 3.35% 4.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.02% 3.77% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,931 720 2,461
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £88,750
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 64,740 27,027 74,412
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 88.92% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 44,916 14,743 53,334
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,280 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +95 896 £83,750 +16.33% 160
North West +91 508 £87,500 +25.00% 92
South East +20 441 £85,000 +9.68% 166
South West +51 380 £80,000 - 69
Midlands +20 376 £80,000 +10.34% 61
West Midlands +19 289 £82,500 +13.79% 50
Yorkshire +39 247 £80,000 +6.67% 40
East of England +57 191 £75,000 +9.09% 38
Scotland +43 167 £90,000 +12.50% 37
North East +22 141 £80,000 +23.08% 30
Wales +32 132 £80,000 +11.89% 24
East Midlands -7 86 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Northern Ireland -26 27 £55,000 -34.45% 11
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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.

1 496 (19.06%) Azure
2 343 (13.18%) Security Cleared
3 330 (12.68%) Microsoft
4 299 (11.49%) AWS
4 299 (11.49%) Roadmaps
5 254 (9.76%) AI
6 247 (9.49%) Agile
7 237 (9.11%) Cybersecurity
8 228 (8.76%) TOGAF
9 211 (8.11%) SC Cleared
10 207 (7.96%) Enterprise Architecture
11 182 (6.99%) CI/CD
12 181 (6.96%) Data Architecture
13 175 (6.73%) Data Modelling
14 171 (6.57%) DevOps
14 171 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
15 156 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
16 143 (5.50%) Analytics
17 139 (5.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 136 (5.23%) DV Cleared
19 135 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
20 134 (5.15%) Technology Strategy
21 130 (5.00%) Security Architecture
21 130 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
22 128 (4.92%) Data Governance
23 120 (4.61%) IT Strategy
24 118 (4.53%) Cloud Security
25 117 (4.50%) Power Platform
26 115 (4.42%) Architectural Design
27 114 (4.38%) 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 11 (0.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.31%) Confluence
2 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.19%) Apache
4 5 (0.19%) CMS
4 5 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.12%) SAS
7 2 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.038%) Camunda
8 1 (0.038%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.038%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.38%) Revit
2 6 (0.23%) AutoCAD
2 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.077%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.077%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.077%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.077%) Simulink
3 2 (0.077%) Windchill
4 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.038%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 36 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.27%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.23%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.23%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.077%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.038%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.038%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.038%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.038%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.038%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 496 (19.06%) Azure
2 299 (11.49%) AWS
3 117 (4.50%) Power Platform
4 108 (4.15%) GCP
5 92 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
6 80 (3.07%) SaaS
7 63 (2.42%) Serverless
8 50 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (1.46%) Entra ID
10 35 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 35 (1.35%) PaaS
11 30 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (1.15%) IaaS
12 29 (1.11%) Snowflake
13 21 (0.81%) GitHub
14 14 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.50%) Amazon S3
15 13 (0.50%) iPaaS
16 12 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.27%) Broadband
2 58 (2.23%) Firewall
3 47 (1.81%) Network Security
4 39 (1.50%) DNS
5 38 (1.46%) VPN
6 36 (1.38%) WAN
7 19 (0.73%) BGP
7 19 (0.73%) SD-WAN
8 17 (0.65%) MPLS
9 16 (0.61%) LAN
9 16 (0.61%) SNMP
10 14 (0.54%) HTTP
11 12 (0.46%) VLAN
12 10 (0.38%) SSL
13 9 (0.35%) DHCP
13 9 (0.35%) NetScaler
13 9 (0.35%) Unified Communications
14 8 (0.31%) FTP
14 8 (0.31%) ICMP
14 8 (0.31%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.46%) Metadata
2 34 (1.31%) Data Lake
3 31 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.08%) Power BI
5 22 (0.85%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (0.58%) GIS
8 13 (0.50%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.38%) Tableau
10 8 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.31%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.31%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.23%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.19%) Big Data
13 5 (0.19%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.19%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.19%) MySQL
13 5 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (1.73%) Jenkins
2 37 (1.42%) GitLab
3 34 (1.31%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.85%) Snyk
5 7 (0.27%) JIRA
6 5 (0.19%) Toad
6 5 (0.19%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) Git
7 3 (0.12%) MLflow
8 2 (0.077%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.077%) ERwin
8 2 (0.077%) JMeter
8 2 (0.077%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.077%) Postman
8 2 (0.077%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.077%) Selenium
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle Forms
General
1 279 (10.72%) Social Skills
2 265 (10.18%) Finance
3 202 (7.76%) Public Sector
4 125 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 69 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
7 64 (2.46%) Marketing
8 57 (2.19%) Games
9 56 (2.15%) Retail
10 32 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 22 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 21 (0.81%) Law
13 20 (0.77%) Legal
13 20 (0.77%) Telecoms
14 19 (0.73%) Banking
15 14 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.46%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.42%) Automotive
18 10 (0.38%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (2.50%) REST
2 55 (2.11%) SOAP
3 45 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (1.58%) .NET
5 37 (1.42%) Middleware
6 34 (1.31%) Visualforce
7 24 (0.92%) OAuth
8 21 (0.81%) Node.js
9 19 (0.73%) Kafka
9 19 (0.73%) LDAP
9 19 (0.73%) XML
10 18 (0.69%) JSON
10 18 (0.69%) Regular Expression
10 18 (0.69%) SAML
11 16 (0.61%) XMPP
12 11 (0.42%) OpenID
13 10 (0.38%) GraphQL
13 10 (0.38%) NestJS
13 10 (0.38%) RESTful
14 9 (0.35%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 112 (4.30%) Cloud Native
2 72 (2.77%) Data Centre
3 64 (2.46%) Product Ownership
4 43 (1.65%) Operational Technology
5 38 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.31%) Cyberattack
8 29 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
9 25 (0.96%) PKI
10 24 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (0.92%) Virtual Team
11 18 (0.69%) Public Cloud
12 17 (0.65%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.61%) NHS
13 16 (0.61%) Onboarding
14 15 (0.58%) Low-Code
15 13 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
17 11 (0.42%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (1.92%) Windows
2 43 (1.65%) Linux
3 39 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.038%) AIX
5 1 (0.038%) CentOS
5 1 (0.038%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (11.49%) Roadmaps
2 254 (9.76%) AI
3 247 (9.49%) Agile
4 237 (9.11%) Cybersecurity
5 228 (8.76%) TOGAF
6 207 (7.96%) Enterprise Architecture
7 182 (6.99%) CI/CD
8 181 (6.96%) Data Architecture
9 175 (6.73%) Data Modelling
10 171 (6.57%) DevOps
10 171 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
11 156 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
12 143 (5.50%) Analytics
13 139 (5.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 135 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
15 134 (5.15%) Technology Strategy
16 130 (5.00%) Security Architecture
16 130 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
17 128 (4.92%) Data Governance
18 120 (4.61%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 95 (3.65%) SQL
2 86 (3.31%) Python
3 40 (1.54%) C#
4 38 (1.46%) Apex Code
5 37 (1.42%) Java
6 35 (1.35%) SOQL
7 34 (1.31%) SOSL
8 31 (1.19%) JavaScript
9 22 (0.85%) Bicep
10 14 (0.54%) PowerShell
10 14 (0.54%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.35%) C
11 9 (0.35%) C++
12 7 (0.27%) Bash
13 6 (0.23%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.23%) Embedded C++
14 5 (0.19%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.15%) COBOL
15 4 (0.15%) Ruby
16 3 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 343 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 211 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 136 (5.23%) DV Cleared
4 98 (3.77%) Degree
5 52 (2.00%) CISSP
6 50 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
7 37 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.31%) AWS Certification
10 33 (1.27%) Azure Certification
11 28 (1.08%) CISM
12 22 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 19 (0.73%) CCSP
14 16 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
15 15 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 13 (0.50%) Master's Degree
17 11 (0.42%) CCNP
17 11 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
18 9 (0.35%) ICAEW
19 7 (0.27%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (4.23%) Data Quality
2 97 (3.73%) NIST
3 59 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (1.77%) GDPR
5 29 (1.11%) GRC
6 26 (1.00%) QA
7 23 (0.88%) NCSC
8 22 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.27%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.19%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.19%) WCAG
15 4 (0.15%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 3 (0.12%) IFRS
System Software
1 78 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (0.81%) vSphere
4 20 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (0.69%) Docker
6 9 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.19%) Firmware
8 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.038%) GPFS
9 1 (0.038%) Lustre
9 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.038%) vCloud
9 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (1.73%) Terraform
2 35 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.61%) MOM
4 14 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.31%) CASB
5 8 (0.31%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.27%) Ansible
7 6 (0.23%) Endace
7 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.23%) vRealize
8 4 (0.15%) Netcool
9 3 (0.12%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.077%) Grafana
11 1 (0.038%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.038%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.038%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.038%) SCCM
Vendors
1 330 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 89 (3.42%) Databricks
3 73 (2.81%) SAP
4 63 (2.42%) Salesforce
5 51 (1.96%) VMware
6 41 (1.58%) Oracle
7 36 (1.38%) Cisco
7 36 (1.38%) Splunk
8 35 (1.35%) Palo Alto
9 34 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.04%) Google
11 22 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.85%) Tenable
12 17 (0.65%) Juniper
12 17 (0.65%) Red Hat
13 12 (0.46%) McAfee
14 9 (0.35%) Citrix
14 9 (0.35%) Computacenter
14 9 (0.35%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.35%) Sparx