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 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 43 44
Rank change year-on-year -20 +1 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,451 1,890 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.45% 4.98% 5.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.82% 5.33% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 895 1,149 1,025
10th Percentile £58,843 £56,250 £56,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.82% -0.46%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 38,008 35,441 26,901
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 93.47% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 23,085 17,749 20,353
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +0.96% -0.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025. 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
South East -27 374 £85,000 +9.68% 468
North of England -15 351 £80,000 +14.29% 335
Midlands -5 268 £80,000 +6.67% 239
South West +9 182 £80,000 +6.67% 165
West Midlands -1 180 £77,500 +3.33% 140
North West -8 176 £80,000 +14.29% 171
East of England +12 125 £90,000 +16.13% 224
Yorkshire -10 125 £80,000 +10.73% 135
East Midlands -5 84 £80,000 +14.29% 84
Scotland -31 80 £85,700 +7.13% 230
North East +10 49 £75,000 +7.14% 30
Wales +4 43 £75,000 +11.11% 51
Northern Ireland +14 34 £80,000 - 17
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, 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.

1 369 (25.43%) Azure
2 230 (15.85%) Security Cleared
3 213 (14.68%) AWS
3 213 (14.68%) Roadmaps
4 207 (14.27%) Microsoft
5 199 (13.71%) Enterprise Architecture
6 196 (13.51%) Agile
7 187 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 175 (12.06%) TOGAF
9 155 (10.68%) Degree
10 152 (10.48%) Mentoring
11 150 (10.34%) Data Modelling
12 140 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 139 (9.58%) SC Cleared
14 134 (9.24%) Analytics
15 131 (9.03%) DevOps
15 131 (9.03%) Problem-Solving
16 129 (8.89%) AI
17 122 (8.41%) Python
18 118 (8.13%) Data Architecture
19 116 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
20 113 (7.79%) Project Management
21 111 (7.65%) GCP
22 105 (7.24%) SAP
23 102 (7.03%) Decision-Making
24 101 (6.96%) Strategic Thinking
25 100 (6.89%) DV Cleared
26 99 (6.82%) Architectural Design
27 98 (6.75%) Business Strategy
28 95 (6.55%) Migration

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 18 (1.24%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.69%) Confluence
3 9 (0.62%) CMS
3 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.48%) Apache
6 6 (0.41%) Appian
7 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.21%) JBoss
9 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.069%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.069%) IIS
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.069%) SAS
10 1 (0.069%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.069%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 65 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (3.38%) SAP MDG
3 37 (2.55%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 19 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.21%) Shopify
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.069%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.069%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.069%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.069%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.069%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 369 (25.43%) Azure
2 213 (14.68%) AWS
3 111 (7.65%) GCP
4 79 (5.44%) SaaS
5 68 (4.69%) Power Platform
6 47 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
6 47 (3.24%) PaaS
7 44 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (2.96%) Snowflake
9 42 (2.89%) IaaS
10 39 (2.69%) Serverless
11 21 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (1.24%) OCI
13 17 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.03%) Entra ID
15 14 (0.96%) GitHub
16 12 (0.83%) Azure Stack
17 10 (0.69%) Amazon S3
18 9 (0.62%) Amazon Bedrock
19 8 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.76%) Firewall
2 25 (1.72%) VPN
3 22 (1.52%) Network Security
3 22 (1.52%) WAN
4 20 (1.38%) LAN
5 18 (1.24%) Broadband
6 6 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.34%) BGP
7 5 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (0.28%) Junos
8 4 (0.28%) MPLS
8 4 (0.28%) OSPF
8 4 (0.28%) SAN
8 4 (0.28%) SSL
8 4 (0.28%) VLAN
9 3 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.21%) IPsec
9 3 (0.21%) VoIP
9 3 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (5.44%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (2.27%) Power BI
3 32 (2.21%) Metadata
4 23 (1.59%) BigQuery
5 19 (1.31%) Tableau
6 17 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.96%) SQL Server
8 7 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 6 (0.41%) Big Data
9 6 (0.41%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.34%) Airbyte
10 5 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.34%) Data Vault
10 5 (0.34%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.34%) Metadata Repository
10 5 (0.34%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.28%) GIS
11 4 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (1.52%) Jenkins
2 18 (1.24%) GitLab
3 15 (1.03%) SonarQube
4 11 (0.76%) JIRA
5 6 (0.41%) MSI
5 6 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (0.41%) Robot Framework
5 6 (0.41%) Selenium
5 6 (0.41%) Snyk
6 5 (0.34%) Git
7 2 (0.14%) MSBuild
7 2 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 325 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 159 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
3 156 (10.75%) Finance
4 120 (8.27%) Public Sector
5 88 (6.06%) Marketing
6 67 (4.62%) Law
7 58 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (2.89%) Legal
10 36 (2.48%) Games
11 34 (2.34%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.38%) Retail
14 19 (1.31%) Banking
14 19 (1.31%) Electronics
15 15 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (0.90%) Publishing
17 10 (0.69%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.48%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.48%) Middleware
2 28 (1.93%) REST
3 26 (1.79%) React
4 25 (1.72%) .NET
4 25 (1.72%) Node.js
5 24 (1.65%) Django
5 24 (1.65%) Kafka
6 21 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 20 (1.38%) SOAP
8 15 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (1.03%) Visualforce
9 14 (0.96%) EDI
10 9 (0.62%) Web Services
11 7 (0.48%) GraphQL
12 6 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.41%) gRPC
13 5 (0.34%) PySpark
13 5 (0.34%) RESTful
13 5 (0.34%) Spring
14 4 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.58%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (2.41%) Data Centre
4 31 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (1.93%) Product Ownership
6 26 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 22 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 12 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (0.83%) IoT
10 11 (0.76%) AI Agents
10 11 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (0.69%) PKI
12 9 (0.62%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.55%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.55%) Reference Data
14 7 (0.48%) Operational Technology
15 6 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (0.34%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.72%) Windows
2 12 (0.83%) Linux
3 7 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.14%) Android
4 2 (0.14%) Unix
5 1 (0.069%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.069%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.069%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.069%) VMS
5 1 (0.069%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (14.68%) Roadmaps
2 199 (13.71%) Enterprise Architecture
3 196 (13.51%) Agile
4 187 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 175 (12.06%) TOGAF
6 152 (10.48%) Mentoring
7 150 (10.34%) Data Modelling
8 140 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 134 (9.24%) Analytics
10 131 (9.03%) DevOps
10 131 (9.03%) Problem-Solving
11 129 (8.89%) AI
12 118 (8.13%) Data Architecture
13 116 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
14 113 (7.79%) Project Management
15 102 (7.03%) Decision-Making
16 101 (6.96%) Strategic Thinking
17 99 (6.82%) Architectural Design
18 98 (6.75%) Business Strategy
19 95 (6.55%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 122 (8.41%) Python
2 64 (4.41%) Java
3 57 (3.93%) C#
4 51 (3.51%) SQL
5 26 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.59%) Go
6 23 (1.59%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.17%) C++
8 15 (1.03%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.03%) SOQL
8 15 (1.03%) SOSL
9 12 (0.83%) Bicep
10 4 (0.28%) Bash
10 4 (0.28%) PHP
11 3 (0.21%) ABAP
11 3 (0.21%) R
11 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.069%) C
Qualifications
1 230 (15.85%) Security Cleared
2 155 (10.68%) Degree
3 139 (9.58%) SC Cleared
4 100 (6.89%) DV Cleared
5 77 (5.31%) TOGAF Certification
6 63 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (3.51%) AWS Certification
8 45 (3.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 45 (3.10%) CISSP
9 44 (3.03%) Azure Certification
10 43 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.34%) CISM
12 29 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 26 (1.79%) DBS Check
14 25 (1.72%) Chartered Engineer
15 18 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
15 18 (1.24%) PMI Certification
15 18 (1.24%) PMP
16 11 (0.76%) CCNP
17 7 (0.48%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.48%) Accessibility
1 36 (2.48%) Data Quality
2 26 (1.79%) GRC
3 24 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 21 (1.45%) GDPR
4 21 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.17%) NIST
6 14 (0.96%) QA
7 12 (0.83%) NCSC
8 8 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.34%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.28%) SEPA
10 4 (0.28%) TARGET2
11 3 (0.21%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.14%) PMO
13 1 (0.069%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 28 (1.93%) Docker
2 20 (1.38%) Firmware
3 13 (0.90%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.14%) vSphere
9 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.07%) Terraform
3 12 (0.83%) Ansible
4 8 (0.55%) Endace
5 7 (0.48%) WMI
6 6 (0.41%) Netcool
6 6 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.34%) vRealize
8 3 (0.21%) CASB
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.21%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.14%) VxRail
10 1 (0.069%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.069%) Argo
10 1 (0.069%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.069%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.069%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 207 (14.27%) Microsoft
2 105 (7.24%) SAP
3 45 (3.10%) Google
4 38 (2.62%) Oracle
5 37 (2.55%) OpenText
6 36 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.27%) Databricks
8 30 (2.07%) Salesforce
9 28 (1.93%) VMware
10 26 (1.79%) Cisco
10 26 (1.79%) Workday
11 25 (1.72%) Adobe
11 25 (1.72%) Palo Alto
12 21 (1.45%) Juniper
13 20 (1.38%) Anaplan
13 20 (1.38%) Splunk
14 18 (1.24%) Apple
14 18 (1.24%) Genesys
14 18 (1.24%) Verint
15 16 (1.10%) Palantir