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 9 November 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 69 32
Rank change year-on-year +42 -37 +4
Permanent Architect jobs 4,141 1,205 2,557
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.53% 3.38% 5.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.94% 3.76% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,546 754 1,563
10th Percentile £63,721 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £67,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.45% -0.53%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,625 £97,400
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
9 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,767 32,018 45,206
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.62% 89.86% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 56,419 19,699 24,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,200 £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 £64,750 £66,067
90th Percentile £88,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,813 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.93% -8.70% -4.17%

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 9 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 9 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 +64 1,241 £80,000 +1.27% 94
South East +24 923 £90,000 +16.13% 138
North West +62 656 £80,000 - 49
South West +37 632 £85,000 +6.25% 108
Midlands +20 579 £80,000 +3.23% 71
West Midlands +25 438 £80,634 +7.51% 52
Yorkshire +47 365 £80,000 - 33
East of England +36 253 £85,000 -5.56% 30
North East +16 220 £80,000 +6.67% 12
Scotland +57 213 £85,000 +6.25% 25
Wales +15 188 £80,000 +6.67% 14
East Midlands -11 141 £80,000 - 19
Northern Ireland -3 135 £80,000 +6.67% 6
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 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 Cleared16.3%677
2Azure14.8%612
3Roadmaps12.4%515
4Microsoft11.4%472
5AI10.9%451
6AWS10.5%434
7SC Cleared10.4%432
8Technical Leadership10.0%413
9Cybersecurity8.3%344
10Enterprise Architecture7.7%319
11Agile7.0%291
12Stakeholder Management6.9%287
13Data Architecture6.4%266
14Stakeholder Engagement6.4%265
15Decision-Making6.4%263
16Technical Architecture6.2%256
17Mentoring5.9%246
18DV Cleared5.8%241
19Technology Strategy5.5%227
20Problem-Solving5.5%226
21TOGAF5.3%221
22IT Strategy5.2%217
23CI/CD4.8%200
24Microservices4.8%199
25Architectural Patterns4.8%197
26Continuous Improvement4.7%196
27Business Strategy4.6%192
28Data Modelling4.6%190
28Degree4.6%190
30Analytics4.4%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 Architect27.2%1,126
2Technical Architect16.6%689
3Senior Architect13.5%559
4Data Architect11.7%485
5Lead Architect11.5%478
5Security Architect11.5%478
7Enterprise Architect7.6%315
8Systems Architect5.6%233
9Cloud Architect4.8%197
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.7%153
11Senior Data Architect3.5%147
12Technical Leader3.3%137
13Software Architect3.1%130
14Senior Solutions Architect2.7%112
15Principal Architect2.7%110
16Senior Technical Architect2.5%103
17Platform Architect2.4%100
18Cybersecurity Architect2.1%88
19Network Architect2.1%86
20AWS Architect2.1%85
484 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London