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 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 36 36
Rank change year-on-year -29 0 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,351 2,259 1,866
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.54% 5.15% 6.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.92% 5.48% 6.80%
Number of salaries quoted 835 1,384 1,044
10th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £68,250 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,800 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -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 34,435 41,212 27,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 93.88% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 21,795 21,736 20,815
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 4 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 4 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 -27 380 £80,750 +4.19% 289
North of England -33 301 £78,250 +7.93% 157
Midlands -3 260 £80,000 +6.67% 99
South West -8 171 £77,500 +3.33% 72
West Midlands -7 165 £77,500 +3.13% 78
North West -34 148 £80,000 +6.67% 87
Yorkshire -21 111 £79,000 +12.86% 49
East of England -13 105 £90,000 +5.88% 48
East Midlands +5 91 £80,000 +14.29% 21
Scotland -32 70 £80,000 - 24
North East -6 41 £75,000 +5.63% 22
Wales -5 36 £75,000 +15.38% 11
Northern Ireland +13 34 £74,830 -6.46% 7
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 373 (27.61%) Azure
2 240 (17.76%) Security Cleared
3 221 (16.36%) AWS
4 209 (15.47%) Microsoft
5 208 (15.40%) Roadmaps
6 205 (15.17%) Agile
7 204 (15.10%) Enterprise Architecture
8 172 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 168 (12.44%) TOGAF
10 155 (11.47%) Mentoring
11 141 (10.44%) SC Cleared
12 140 (10.36%) Analytics
13 139 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
14 137 (10.14%) Data Modelling
15 136 (10.07%) DevOps
16 132 (9.77%) AI
17 128 (9.47%) Degree
18 123 (9.10%) GCP
19 121 (8.96%) Python
20 119 (8.81%) DV Cleared
21 117 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
22 115 (8.51%) Data Architecture
23 98 (7.25%) SAP
24 96 (7.11%) Business Strategy
25 94 (6.96%) Architectural Design
25 94 (6.96%) Project Management
26 93 (6.88%) SaaS
27 91 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
27 91 (6.74%) Microservices
28 87 (6.44%) 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 17 (1.26%) CMS
2 14 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.44%) Apache
4 6 (0.44%) Appian
4 6 (0.44%) Confluence
5 5 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.22%) JBoss
7 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.074%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.074%) nginx
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.074%) SAS
8 1 (0.074%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.074%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.074%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 63 (4.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (3.63%) SAP MDG
3 37 (2.74%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 17 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.30%) Shopify
6 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.074%) Maximo
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.074%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.074%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.074%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.074%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 373 (27.61%) Azure
2 221 (16.36%) AWS
3 123 (9.10%) GCP
4 93 (6.88%) SaaS
5 65 (4.81%) PaaS
6 54 (4.00%) IaaS
7 46 (3.40%) Power Platform
8 45 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
9 44 (3.26%) Snowflake
10 43 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (2.74%) Serverless
12 27 (2.00%) OCI
13 20 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.96%) GitHub
15 12 (0.89%) Azure Stack
15 12 (0.89%) Entra ID
16 10 (0.74%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 9 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (0.67%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.37%) Firewall
2 26 (1.92%) LAN
2 26 (1.92%) VPN
3 25 (1.85%) WAN
4 20 (1.48%) Network Security
5 17 (1.26%) Broadband
6 9 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.52%) Junos
8 6 (0.44%) BGP
9 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.37%) SSL
10 4 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.30%) OSPF
10 4 (0.30%) SAN
11 3 (0.22%) DNS
11 3 (0.22%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.22%) IPsec
11 3 (0.22%) MPLS
11 3 (0.22%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (5.70%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (2.29%) Metadata
3 23 (1.70%) BigQuery
4 19 (1.41%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.11%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.96%) Power BI
7 7 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 6 (0.44%) Big Data
8 6 (0.44%) Delta Lake
8 6 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.37%) Airbyte
9 5 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.37%) Data Vault
9 5 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.22%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 22 (1.63%) Jenkins
2 19 (1.41%) GitLab
3 15 (1.11%) SonarQube
4 9 (0.67%) MSI
5 8 (0.59%) JIRA
6 7 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.44%) Git
7 6 (0.44%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.44%) Selenium
7 6 (0.44%) Snyk
8 4 (0.30%) MSBuild
8 4 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.074%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.074%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 314 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 151 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
3 150 (11.10%) Finance
4 97 (7.18%) Public Sector
5 89 (6.59%) Marketing
6 65 (4.81%) Law
7 52 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (3.33%) Legal
9 37 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (2.22%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.70%) Retail
12 21 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.26%) Electronics
13 17 (1.26%) Games
14 15 (1.11%) Banking
15 13 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (0.67%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.67%) Publishing
17 9 (0.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.66%) Middleware
2 31 (2.29%) REST
3 27 (2.00%) .NET
4 26 (1.92%) React
5 25 (1.85%) Node.js
6 24 (1.78%) Django
7 23 (1.70%) Kafka
8 21 (1.55%) SOAP
9 20 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.18%) Lightning Web Components
11 15 (1.11%) Visualforce
12 13 (0.96%) Web Services
13 10 (0.74%) EDI
14 8 (0.59%) gRPC
14 8 (0.59%) XML
15 7 (0.52%) GraphQL
16 6 (0.44%) Apache NiFi
16 6 (0.44%) CSS
16 6 (0.44%) HTML
17 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.29%) Cloud Native
2 42 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
3 36 (2.66%) Data Centre
4 34 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
5 27 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 25 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 23 (1.70%) Management Information System
8 19 (1.41%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (0.81%) AI Agents
11 11 (0.81%) PKI
11 11 (0.81%) Private Cloud
12 10 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (0.74%) IoT
13 8 (0.59%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.52%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.52%) Reference Data
15 6 (0.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.00%) Windows
2 14 (1.04%) Linux
3 5 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.22%) AIX
5 2 (0.15%) Android
5 2 (0.15%) Unix
6 1 (0.074%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.074%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.074%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.074%) VMS
6 1 (0.074%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (15.40%) Roadmaps
2 205 (15.17%) Agile
3 204 (15.10%) Enterprise Architecture
4 172 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 168 (12.44%) TOGAF
6 155 (11.47%) Mentoring
7 140 (10.36%) Analytics
8 139 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
9 137 (10.14%) Data Modelling
10 136 (10.07%) DevOps
11 132 (9.77%) AI
12 117 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 115 (8.51%) Data Architecture
14 96 (7.11%) Business Strategy
15 94 (6.96%) Architectural Design
15 94 (6.96%) Project Management
16 91 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
16 91 (6.74%) Microservices
17 87 (6.44%) Decision-Making
17 87 (6.44%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.96%) Python
2 65 (4.81%) C#
3 60 (4.44%) Java
4 56 (4.15%) SQL
5 24 (1.78%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.70%) Go
7 19 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.33%) C++
8 18 (1.33%) PowerShell
9 16 (1.18%) Apex Code
10 15 (1.11%) SOQL
10 15 (1.11%) SOSL
11 11 (0.81%) Bicep
12 7 (0.52%) PHP
13 4 (0.30%) Bash
14 3 (0.22%) ABAP
14 3 (0.22%) R
14 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.074%) C
Qualifications
1 240 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 141 (10.44%) SC Cleared
3 128 (9.47%) Degree
4 119 (8.81%) DV Cleared
5 73 (5.40%) TOGAF Certification
6 59 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (3.55%) AWS Certification
8 44 (3.26%) Azure Certification
9 43 (3.18%) CISSP
10 41 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 39 (2.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 34 (2.52%) CISM
13 26 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
14 25 (1.85%) Chartered Engineer
15 24 (1.78%) DBS Check
16 23 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
17 15 (1.11%) CCNP
18 11 (0.81%) CCNA
19 7 (0.52%) JNCIA
20 5 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.66%) Accessibility
2 34 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 26 (1.92%) GRC
4 24 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 21 (1.55%) GDPR
6 20 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.41%) NIST
8 11 (0.81%) QA
9 9 (0.67%) NCSC
10 7 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.30%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.30%) SEPA
12 4 (0.30%) TARGET2
13 3 (0.22%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.22%) SLA
14 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.15%) PMO
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (2.29%) Docker
2 24 (1.78%) Firmware
3 11 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.37%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 1 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 56 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.52%) Terraform
3 15 (1.11%) Ansible
4 10 (0.74%) WMI
5 8 (0.59%) Endace
6 4 (0.30%) Netcool
6 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.22%) vRealize
7 3 (0.22%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.15%) VxRail
9 1 (0.074%) Argo
9 1 (0.074%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.074%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 209 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 98 (7.25%) SAP
3 48 (3.55%) Google
4 37 (2.74%) OpenText
5 36 (2.66%) Oracle
6 34 (2.52%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.07%) Cisco
8 26 (1.92%) Databricks
9 25 (1.85%) Adobe
9 25 (1.85%) Palo Alto
10 24 (1.78%) Juniper
11 22 (1.63%) VMware
11 22 (1.63%) Workday
12 20 (1.48%) Splunk
13 18 (1.33%) Apple
14 14 (1.04%) BiZZdesign
15 12 (0.89%) Ariba
16 11 (0.81%) Fortinet
17 8 (0.59%) UiPath
18 7 (0.52%) Sparx