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 28 September 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 94 31
Rank change year-on-year +63 -63 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,649 1,055 3,008
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.24% 3.07% 5.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.56% 3.43% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 645 1,796
10th Percentile £62,350 £60,725 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £88,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 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 80,107 30,772 51,208
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 89.43% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 55,470 17,291 28,904
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,598 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.54% - -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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +93 1,234 £80,000 +6.67% 488
North West +102 670 £80,000 - 269
South East +23 659 £87,500 +12.90% 465
South West +51 539 £84,500 -0.59% 223
Midlands +40 521 £85,000 +13.33% 262
West Midlands +41 418 £85,000 +13.33% 198
Yorkshire +60 364 £80,000 +6.67% 162
East of England +66 239 £82,500 +3.13% 138
North East +17 200 £85,000 +25.93% 57
Scotland +61 177 £85,000 +6.25% 186
Wales +26 166 £80,000 +12.68% 33
Northern Ireland -13 129 £80,000 +6.67% 63
East Midlands -8 103 £80,000 +6.67% 64
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 September 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.

1 633 (17.35%) Azure
2 564 (15.46%) Security Cleared
3 488 (13.37%) Microsoft
4 451 (12.36%) Roadmaps
5 450 (12.33%) AI
6 409 (11.21%) AWS
7 347 (9.51%) SC Cleared
8 325 (8.91%) Technical Leadership
9 308 (8.44%) Enterprise Architecture
10 305 (8.36%) Agile
11 285 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
12 253 (6.93%) Data Architecture
13 241 (6.60%) Technical Architecture
14 239 (6.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 230 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
16 224 (6.14%) Stakeholder Management
17 221 (6.06%) TOGAF
18 214 (5.86%) Decision-Making
19 213 (5.84%) CI/CD
20 210 (5.76%) DV Cleared
21 207 (5.67%) Technology Strategy
22 200 (5.48%) Data Modelling
23 193 (5.29%) Analytics
24 191 (5.23%) Continuous Improvement
25 190 (5.21%) Microservices
26 188 (5.15%) Security Architecture
27 186 (5.10%) IT Strategy
27 186 (5.10%) Mentoring
28 180 (4.93%) Business Strategy
29 171 (4.69%) Infrastructure as Code

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 16 (0.44%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.22%) Apache
2 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
4 5 (0.14%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.082%) Confluence
6 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.055%) JBoss
7 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.055%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.027%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.027%) SAS
8 1 (0.027%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
1 11 (0.30%) Revit
2 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.055%) Simulink
5 2 (0.055%) Weka
5 2 (0.055%) Windchill
6 1 (0.027%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.027%) Notion
6 1 (0.027%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 44 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.082%) Lawson
6 3 (0.082%) Movex
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.082%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.082%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.082%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.055%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 633 (17.35%) Azure
2 409 (11.21%) AWS
3 171 (4.69%) Power Platform
4 132 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
5 122 (3.34%) SaaS
6 120 (3.29%) GCP
7 73 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
8 68 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
9 67 (1.84%) Entra ID
10 58 (1.59%) Serverless
11 42 (1.15%) dbt
12 40 (1.10%) PaaS
13 39 (1.07%) IaaS
14 35 (0.96%) Azure Databricks
15 23 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
17 19 (0.52%) PowerApps
18 18 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
18 18 (0.49%) OpenShift
19 17 (0.47%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 106 (2.90%) WAN
2 91 (2.49%) LAN
3 76 (2.08%) Network Security
4 60 (1.64%) Firewall
5 48 (1.32%) VPN
6 30 (0.82%) DNS
7 29 (0.79%) SD-WAN
8 20 (0.55%) Wireless
9 19 (0.52%) MPLS
10 18 (0.49%) BGP
10 18 (0.49%) VLAN
11 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.41%) 5G
12 15 (0.41%) SNMP
13 13 (0.36%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) Broadband
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
14 12 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
15 11 (0.30%) Intelligent Network
16 10 (0.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (2.38%) Metadata
2 38 (1.04%) Power BI
3 34 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 27 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.69%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (0.30%) GIS
7 11 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.25%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.22%) Tableau
11 7 (0.19%) Big Data
12 6 (0.16%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.16%) MySQL
12 6 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (0.60%) Snyk
2 12 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) JIRA
4 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.14%) Git
4 5 (0.14%) MLflow
4 5 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (0.14%) Toad
5 4 (0.11%) GitLab
5 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
6 3 (0.082%) ERwin
7 2 (0.055%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.055%) JMeter
7 2 (0.055%) Postman
7 2 (0.055%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.055%) Selenium
8 1 (0.027%) Flyway
8 1 (0.027%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.027%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.027%) Oracle Forms
General
1 522 (14.31%) Finance
2 471 (12.91%) Social Skills
3 296 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 166 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 143 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 130 (3.56%) Aerospace
7 100 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
8 92 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
9 59 (1.62%) Retail
10 57 (1.56%) Law
11 50 (1.37%) Banking
12 47 (1.29%) Manufacturing
13 40 (1.10%) Legal
14 32 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 30 (0.82%) Marketing
16 20 (0.55%) Military
17 19 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (0.41%) Games
19 15 (0.41%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (1.56%) Middleware
2 55 (1.51%) Terraform
3 46 (1.26%) .NET
4 36 (0.99%) LDAP
4 36 (0.99%) OAuth
5 35 (0.96%) REST
6 33 (0.90%) SAML
7 26 (0.71%) ModSecurity
8 25 (0.69%) Kafka
9 24 (0.66%) SOAP
10 21 (0.58%) Node.js
11 20 (0.55%) OpenID
12 16 (0.44%) XML
13 15 (0.41%) JSON
14 13 (0.36%) SailPoint
15 11 (0.30%) GraphQL
15 11 (0.30%) Regular Expression
15 11 (0.30%) RESTful
15 11 (0.30%) XMPP
16 10 (0.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 176 (4.82%) Cloud Native
2 77 (2.11%) Data Centre
3 56 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
4 50 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 41 (1.12%) Onboarding
6 41 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 40 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (0.79%) Virtual Team
9 28 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (0.77%) Operational Technology
10 26 (0.71%) Management Information System
11 23 (0.63%) AI Agents
11 23 (0.63%) Cyberattack
11 23 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
11 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 23 (0.63%) Public Cloud
12 22 (0.60%) Private Cloud
13 21 (0.58%) Social Media
14 19 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 44 (1.21%) Linux
2 35 (0.96%) Windows
3 21 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.027%) AIX
6 1 (0.027%) CentOS
6 1 (0.027%) Solaris
6 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (12.36%) Roadmaps
2 450 (12.33%) AI
3 325 (8.91%) Technical Leadership
4 308 (8.44%) Enterprise Architecture
5 305 (8.36%) Agile
6 285 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
7 253 (6.93%) Data Architecture
8 241 (6.60%) Technical Architecture
9 239 (6.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 230 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
11 224 (6.14%) Stakeholder Management
12 221 (6.06%) TOGAF
13 214 (5.86%) Decision-Making
14 213 (5.84%) CI/CD
15 207 (5.67%) Technology Strategy
16 200 (5.48%) Data Modelling
17 193 (5.29%) Analytics
18 191 (5.23%) Continuous Improvement
19 190 (5.21%) Microservices
20 188 (5.15%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 89 (2.44%) SQL
2 84 (2.30%) Python
3 68 (1.86%) C#
4 49 (1.34%) JavaScript
5 36 (0.99%) Java
6 25 (0.69%) Bicep
7 17 (0.47%) C
8 15 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 13 (0.36%) C++
10 10 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.22%) Scala
12 7 (0.19%) Rust
13 6 (0.16%) COBOL
13 6 (0.16%) R
13 6 (0.16%) Ruby
14 5 (0.14%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.14%) Embedded C++
14 5 (0.14%) Go
15 4 (0.11%) Bash
16 3 (0.082%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 564 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 347 (9.51%) SC Cleared
3 210 (5.76%) DV Cleared
4 139 (3.81%) Degree
5 71 (1.95%) CISSP
6 65 (1.78%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 53 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 50 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 43 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 38 (1.04%) CISM
12 37 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (0.58%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (0.47%) CCSP
15 17 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (0.41%) CCNP
17 14 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
18 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (2.80%) GRC
1 102 (2.80%) NIST
2 86 (2.36%) Data Quality
3 69 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 57 (1.56%) GDPR
5 52 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 24 (0.66%) NCSC
7 22 (0.60%) QA
8 15 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (0.38%) NIST 800
10 11 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.19%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.19%) MISRA
13 6 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.14%) SLA
15 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 97 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (0.74%) Docker
4 23 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.55%) Firmware
6 18 (0.49%) vSphere
7 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.25%) NDS
10 3 (0.082%) KVM
11 1 (0.027%) GPFS
11 1 (0.027%) Lustre
11 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.027%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 82 (2.25%) Kubernetes
2 32 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.27%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.27%) MOM
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.14%) Ansible
7 3 (0.082%) Grafana
8 2 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.055%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.055%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.055%) SCCM
8 2 (0.055%) vRealize
9 1 (0.027%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.027%) Salt
Vendors
1 488 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.36%) SAP
3 80 (2.19%) Databricks
4 59 (1.62%) Oracle
5 50 (1.37%) VMware
6 48 (1.32%) Cisco
6 48 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 41 (1.12%) Palo Alto
8 38 (1.04%) Workday
9 31 (0.85%) Computacenter
10 30 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 29 (0.79%) Google
12 24 (0.66%) ForgeRock
12 24 (0.66%) Okta
13 23 (0.63%) Tenable
14 22 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
14 22 (0.60%) Red Hat
15 21 (0.58%) Adobe
16 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
17 18 (0.49%) CyberArk