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 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 90 31
Rank change year-on-year +60 -59 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,651 1,040 2,919
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.21% 3.00% 5.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.54% 3.35% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,451 632 1,746
10th Percentile £62,866 £60,875 £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 £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 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 80,470 31,061 49,429
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 89.52% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 55,562 17,295 27,523
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,125 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,566 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% -6.87% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +102 1,217 £80,000 +3.23% 528
South East +27 671 £87,500 +12.90% 643
North West +100 662 £80,000 - 275
South West +46 544 £85,000 +3.03% 240
Midlands +39 524 £85,000 +12.21% 295
West Midlands +46 419 £85,000 +13.33% 220
Yorkshire +56 356 £80,000 +6.67% 179
East of England +68 240 £82,500 +1.54% 215
North East +22 199 £80,500 +19.26% 74
Scotland +57 179 £85,000 +6.25% 230
Wales +17 159 £80,000 +12.68% 59
Northern Ireland -14 133 £77,415 +3.22% 63
East Midlands -6 105 £80,000 +4.92% 75
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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.

1 632 (17.31%) Azure
2 567 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 485 (13.28%) Microsoft
4 454 (12.43%) Roadmaps
5 451 (12.35%) AI
6 410 (11.23%) AWS
7 356 (9.75%) SC Cleared
8 338 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
9 308 (8.44%) Agile
10 300 (8.22%) Enterprise Architecture
11 284 (7.78%) Cybersecurity
12 256 (7.01%) Data Architecture
13 241 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 240 (6.57%) Technical Architecture
15 228 (6.24%) Problem-Solving
16 216 (5.92%) Stakeholder Management
17 215 (5.89%) CI/CD
18 212 (5.81%) Decision-Making
19 210 (5.75%) TOGAF
20 209 (5.72%) DV Cleared
21 207 (5.67%) Technology Strategy
22 201 (5.51%) Data Modelling
23 199 (5.45%) Analytics
24 190 (5.20%) Continuous Improvement
25 186 (5.09%) IT Strategy
25 186 (5.09%) Microservices
26 184 (5.04%) Mentoring
27 177 (4.85%) Security Architecture
28 172 (4.71%) Power Platform
29 170 (4.66%) 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 15 (0.41%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.30%) Apache
3 7 (0.19%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
3 7 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.082%) Confluence
5 3 (0.082%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.082%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.055%) JBoss
6 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.055%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.027%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.027%) SAS
7 1 (0.027%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (0.33%) Revit
2 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.082%) Notion
7 2 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
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 (0.027%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 43 (1.18%) 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%) Dynamics NAV
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
Cloud Services
1 632 (17.31%) Azure
2 410 (11.23%) AWS
3 172 (4.71%) Power Platform
4 131 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
5 120 (3.29%) GCP
6 119 (3.26%) SaaS
7 73 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
8 69 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
9 68 (1.86%) Entra ID
10 57 (1.56%) Serverless
11 42 (1.15%) dbt
12 38 (1.04%) IaaS
12 38 (1.04%) PaaS
13 37 (1.01%) Azure Databricks
14 22 (0.60%) Amazon S3
14 22 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (0.58%) PowerApps
16 19 (0.52%) OpenShift
17 17 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
17 17 (0.47%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.85%) WAN
2 90 (2.47%) LAN
3 76 (2.08%) Network Security
4 55 (1.51%) Firewall
5 45 (1.23%) VPN
6 29 (0.79%) SD-WAN
7 27 (0.74%) DNS
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 90 (2.47%) Metadata
2 40 (1.10%) Power BI
3 33 (0.90%) Data Lake
4 30 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (0.66%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.33%) Metadata Repository
7 12 (0.33%) NoSQL
8 11 (0.30%) GIS
8 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.22%) Big Data
11 8 (0.22%) Tableau
12 7 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.19%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.16%) MySQL
13 6 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (0.52%) 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 1 (0.027%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.027%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.027%) Flyway
7 1 (0.027%) JMeter
7 1 (0.027%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.027%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.027%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.027%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.027%) Selenium
General
1 525 (14.38%) Finance
2 471 (12.90%) Social Skills
3 290 (7.94%) Public Sector
4 156 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
6 133 (3.64%) Aerospace
7 100 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
8 93 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
9 59 (1.62%) Retail
10 56 (1.53%) Law
11 53 (1.45%) Banking
12 50 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 42 (1.15%) Legal
14 30 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 27 (0.74%) Marketing
16 22 (0.60%) Military
17 19 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (0.41%) Local Government
20 14 (0.38%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (1.45%) Middleware
1 53 (1.45%) Terraform
2 51 (1.40%) .NET
3 36 (0.99%) LDAP
3 36 (0.99%) OAuth
3 36 (0.99%) REST
4 33 (0.90%) SAML
5 26 (0.71%) ModSecurity
6 25 (0.68%) Kafka
7 24 (0.66%) SOAP
8 20 (0.55%) Node.js
8 20 (0.55%) OpenID
9 14 (0.38%) JSON
9 14 (0.38%) XML
10 13 (0.36%) SailPoint
11 11 (0.30%) GraphQL
12 10 (0.27%) Regular Expression
12 10 (0.27%) RESTful
12 10 (0.27%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.27%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 177 (4.85%) Cloud Native
2 71 (1.94%) Data Centre
3 59 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
4 50 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 43 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (1.15%) Product Ownership
7 40 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
7 40 (1.10%) Onboarding
8 33 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
9 29 (0.79%) Virtual Team
10 26 (0.71%) AI Agents
10 26 (0.71%) Management Information System
10 26 (0.71%) Operational Technology
11 24 (0.66%) Public Cloud
12 23 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
12 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 22 (0.60%) Private Cloud
14 21 (0.58%) Social Media
15 19 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 44 (1.21%) Linux
2 33 (0.90%) Windows
3 19 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.30%) 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
1 454 (12.43%) Roadmaps
2 451 (12.35%) AI
3 338 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
4 308 (8.44%) Agile
5 300 (8.22%) Enterprise Architecture
6 284 (7.78%) Cybersecurity
7 256 (7.01%) Data Architecture
8 241 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 240 (6.57%) Technical Architecture
10 228 (6.24%) Problem-Solving
11 216 (5.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 215 (5.89%) CI/CD
13 212 (5.81%) Decision-Making
14 210 (5.75%) TOGAF
15 207 (5.67%) Technology Strategy
16 201 (5.51%) Data Modelling
17 199 (5.45%) Analytics
18 190 (5.20%) Continuous Improvement
19 186 (5.09%) IT Strategy
19 186 (5.09%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 86 (2.36%) SQL
2 85 (2.33%) Python
3 74 (2.03%) C#
4 51 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 35 (0.96%) Java
6 25 (0.68%) Bicep
7 16 (0.44%) C
8 14 (0.38%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.33%) C++
10 11 (0.30%) Scala
11 10 (0.27%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.19%) Rust
13 6 (0.16%) COBOL
13 6 (0.16%) R
13 6 (0.16%) Ruby
14 5 (0.14%) Go
15 4 (0.11%) Bash
15 4 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.11%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 567 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 356 (9.75%) SC Cleared
3 209 (5.72%) DV Cleared
4 134 (3.67%) Degree
5 69 (1.89%) CISSP
6 67 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 55 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 54 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 43 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 36 (0.99%) CISM
12 35 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (0.55%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 18 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 17 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 15 (0.41%) CCNP
17 15 (0.41%) CCSP
18 14 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
19 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (2.71%) GRC
2 92 (2.52%) NIST
3 87 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 66 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 54 (1.48%) GDPR
6 52 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.66%) NCSC
8 19 (0.52%) QA
9 15 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.19%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.19%) MISRA
13 6 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
13 6 (0.16%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.14%) SLA
15 4 (0.11%) Def Stans
System Software
1 97 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 29 (0.79%) Docker
2 29 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.55%) Firmware
5 17 (0.47%) vSphere
6 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.25%) NDS
8 3 (0.082%) KVM
9 1 (0.027%) GPFS
9 1 (0.027%) Lustre
9 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.027%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 83 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 33 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.14%) Ansible
7 2 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.055%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.055%) Grafana
7 2 (0.055%) MOM
7 2 (0.055%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.055%) SCCM
7 2 (0.055%) vRealize
8 1 (0.027%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.027%) Salt
Vendors
1 485 (13.28%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.36%) SAP
3 82 (2.25%) Databricks
4 63 (1.73%) Oracle
5 49 (1.34%) ServiceNow
6 48 (1.31%) Cisco
7 47 (1.29%) VMware
8 41 (1.12%) Workday
9 38 (1.04%) Palo Alto
10 32 (0.88%) Salesforce
11 31 (0.85%) Computacenter
11 31 (0.85%) Google
12 24 (0.66%) ForgeRock
12 24 (0.66%) Okta
13 23 (0.63%) Red Hat
14 22 (0.60%) Adobe
15 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
15 20 (0.55%) Tenable
16 19 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
16 19 (0.52%) Thales