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 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 90 32
Rank change year-on-year +59 -58 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,624 1,081 3,007
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.23% 3.15% 5.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.54% 3.53% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 665 1,808
10th Percentile £62,000 £61,000 £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 £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +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 79,899 30,633 51,702
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 89.34% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 55,249 17,421 29,497
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 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -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 24 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 24 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 +91 1,231 £80,000 +6.67% 489
North West +98 665 £80,000 - 269
South East +16 642 £85,000 +9.68% 569
South West +45 538 £83,250 -2.06% 231
Midlands +37 517 £85,000 +13.33% 267
West Midlands +31 415 £85,000 +13.33% 206
Yorkshire +57 366 £80,000 +6.67% 164
East of England +61 237 £82,500 - 144
North East +9 200 £85,000 +30.77% 56
Scotland +60 181 £85,000 +6.25% 203
Wales +16 165 £80,000 +11.11% 33
Northern Ireland -11 127 £80,000 +6.67% 70
East Midlands -4 102 £80,000 +6.67% 61
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 635 (17.52%) Azure
2 562 (15.51%) Security Cleared
3 489 (13.49%) Microsoft
4 454 (12.53%) AI
5 445 (12.28%) Roadmaps
6 416 (11.48%) AWS
7 341 (9.41%) SC Cleared
8 316 (8.72%) Technical Leadership
9 309 (8.53%) Enterprise Architecture
10 305 (8.42%) Agile
11 277 (7.64%) Cybersecurity
12 257 (7.09%) Data Architecture
13 244 (6.73%) Technical Architecture
14 238 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 234 (6.46%) Problem-Solving
16 224 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
17 221 (6.10%) TOGAF
18 217 (5.99%) Decision-Making
19 214 (5.91%) CI/CD
20 212 (5.85%) DV Cleared
21 206 (5.68%) Technology Strategy
22 203 (5.60%) Data Modelling
23 191 (5.27%) Analytics
24 190 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
25 189 (5.22%) Microservices
26 184 (5.08%) Security Architecture
27 183 (5.05%) IT Strategy
28 182 (5.02%) Mentoring
29 176 (4.86%) Business Strategy
30 172 (4.75%) Power Platform

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 17 (0.47%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.22%) Apache
2 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
4 6 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.11%) Confluence
7 3 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.055%) JBoss
8 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.055%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.028%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.028%) SAS
9 1 (0.028%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.30%) Revit
2 10 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.055%) Simulink
7 2 (0.055%) Weka
7 2 (0.055%) Windchill
8 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.028%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (0.028%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.028%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 45 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.083%) Lawson
6 3 (0.083%) Movex
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.083%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.083%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.055%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.055%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 635 (17.52%) Azure
2 416 (11.48%) AWS
3 172 (4.75%) Power Platform
4 131 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 124 (3.42%) SaaS
6 121 (3.34%) GCP
7 75 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
8 68 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
9 63 (1.74%) Entra ID
10 59 (1.63%) Serverless
11 42 (1.16%) dbt
12 40 (1.10%) PaaS
13 39 (1.08%) IaaS
14 33 (0.91%) Azure Databricks
15 23 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
16 20 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
17 19 (0.52%) GitHub
17 19 (0.52%) PowerApps
18 17 (0.47%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 106 (2.92%) WAN
2 91 (2.51%) LAN
3 76 (2.10%) Network Security
4 61 (1.68%) Firewall
5 48 (1.32%) VPN
6 31 (0.86%) DNS
7 29 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.52%) MPLS
8 19 (0.52%) Wireless
9 18 (0.50%) BGP
9 18 (0.50%) VLAN
10 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
11 15 (0.41%) SNMP
12 14 (0.39%) 5G
13 13 (0.36%) Broadband
13 13 (0.36%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
15 11 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
16 10 (0.28%) ICMP
16 10 (0.28%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (2.40%) Metadata
2 38 (1.05%) Power BI
3 36 (0.99%) Data Lake
4 27 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.69%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.33%) GIS
6 12 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.30%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
8 10 (0.28%) Tableau
9 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.19%) Big Data
11 7 (0.19%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.19%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.17%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (0.61%) Snyk
2 13 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) JIRA
4 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.14%) Git
4 5 (0.14%) GitLab
4 5 (0.14%) MLflow
4 5 (0.14%) Toad
5 4 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
6 3 (0.083%) 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 (0.028%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.028%) Flyway
8 1 (0.028%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.028%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 514 (14.18%) Finance
2 472 (13.02%) Social Skills
3 292 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 167 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (3.45%) Aerospace
7 100 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
8 93 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
9 58 (1.60%) Law
9 58 (1.60%) Retail
10 50 (1.38%) Banking
11 47 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 42 (1.16%) Legal
13 32 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 31 (0.86%) Marketing
15 21 (0.58%) Military
16 20 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (0.41%) Automotive
18 15 (0.41%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (1.57%) Middleware
2 55 (1.52%) Terraform
3 47 (1.30%) .NET
4 37 (1.02%) LDAP
4 37 (1.02%) OAuth
5 36 (0.99%) REST
6 33 (0.91%) SAML
7 26 (0.72%) Kafka
7 26 (0.72%) ModSecurity
8 24 (0.66%) SOAP
9 21 (0.58%) Node.js
10 20 (0.55%) OpenID
11 16 (0.44%) XML
12 15 (0.41%) JSON
13 12 (0.33%) GraphQL
13 12 (0.33%) Regular Expression
13 12 (0.33%) SailPoint
13 12 (0.33%) XMPP
14 11 (0.30%) RESTful
15 10 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.83%) Cloud Native
2 77 (2.12%) Data Centre
3 54 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 50 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
5 44 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 41 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 39 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 32 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (0.80%) Operational Technology
10 29 (0.80%) Virtual Team
11 25 (0.69%) Management Information System
12 24 (0.66%) Cyberattack
13 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 22 (0.61%) AI Agents
14 22 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
14 22 (0.61%) Public Cloud
15 21 (0.58%) Private Cloud
15 21 (0.58%) Social Media
16 20 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (1.24%) Linux
2 34 (0.94%) Windows
3 22 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.028%) AIX
6 1 (0.028%) CentOS
6 1 (0.028%) Solaris
6 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (12.53%) AI
2 445 (12.28%) Roadmaps
3 316 (8.72%) Technical Leadership
4 309 (8.53%) Enterprise Architecture
5 305 (8.42%) Agile
6 277 (7.64%) Cybersecurity
7 257 (7.09%) Data Architecture
8 244 (6.73%) Technical Architecture
9 238 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 234 (6.46%) Problem-Solving
11 224 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 221 (6.10%) TOGAF
13 217 (5.99%) Decision-Making
14 214 (5.91%) CI/CD
15 206 (5.68%) Technology Strategy
16 203 (5.60%) Data Modelling
17 191 (5.27%) Analytics
18 190 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
19 189 (5.22%) Microservices
20 184 (5.08%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 89 (2.46%) SQL
2 88 (2.43%) Python
3 68 (1.88%) C#
4 49 (1.35%) JavaScript
5 36 (0.99%) Java
6 26 (0.72%) Bicep
7 17 (0.47%) C
8 15 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 13 (0.36%) C++
10 11 (0.30%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.25%) Scala
12 6 (0.17%) COBOL
12 6 (0.17%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.17%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.17%) R
12 6 (0.17%) Ruby
12 6 (0.17%) Rust
13 5 (0.14%) Bash
13 5 (0.14%) Go
14 3 (0.083%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 562 (15.51%) Security Cleared
2 341 (9.41%) SC Cleared
3 212 (5.85%) DV Cleared
4 133 (3.67%) Degree
5 70 (1.93%) CISSP
6 64 (1.77%) Azure Certification
7 56 (1.55%) AWS Certification
8 54 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
9 45 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 44 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 38 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (1.05%) CISM
12 21 (0.58%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 17 (0.47%) CCSP
15 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (0.41%) CCNP
17 10 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
18 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (2.81%) GRC
2 101 (2.79%) NIST
3 89 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 68 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (1.52%) GDPR
6 51 (1.41%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.69%) NCSC
8 21 (0.58%) QA
9 14 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.36%) NIST 800
11 11 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.22%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.19%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.17%) MISRA
15 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.14%) SLA
16 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 95 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (0.77%) Docker
4 23 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.52%) vSphere
6 18 (0.50%) Firmware
7 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.25%) NDS
10 3 (0.083%) KVM
11 1 (0.028%) GPFS
11 1 (0.028%) Lustre
11 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.028%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 81 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 32 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.28%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.28%) MOM
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.17%) Ansible
7 3 (0.083%) 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 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.028%) Salt
Vendors
1 489 (13.49%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.46%) SAP
3 81 (2.24%) Databricks
4 59 (1.63%) Oracle
5 51 (1.41%) VMware
6 48 (1.32%) Cisco
6 48 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 41 (1.13%) Palo Alto
8 38 (1.05%) Workday
9 31 (0.86%) Salesforce
10 30 (0.83%) Computacenter
11 29 (0.80%) Google
12 24 (0.66%) ForgeRock
12 24 (0.66%) Okta
13 23 (0.63%) Tenable
14 22 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
15 21 (0.58%) Adobe
15 21 (0.58%) Red Hat
16 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
17 18 (0.50%) CyberArk