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 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 88 40
Rank change year-on-year +55 -48 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,835 1,143 3,556
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.97% 3.38% 4.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.19% 3.79% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,113 788 2,340
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,170 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,500 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -2.60%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 67,627 30,197 69,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.36% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 46,831 17,274 49,258
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,100 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +92 972 £80,000 +6.67% 198
North West +87 569 £85,000 +13.33% 112
South East +16 478 £85,000 +9.68% 200
South West +38 415 £80,000 -4.48% 143
Midlands +18 401 £80,000 +10.34% 93
West Midlands +20 320 £82,500 +10.00% 74
Yorkshire +30 243 £80,000 - 49
East of England +42 175 £80,000 +14.29% 52
Scotland +44 174 £90,000 +12.50% 51
North East +12 160 £80,000 +23.08% 37
Wales +36 155 £80,000 +15.30% 17
East Midlands -25 80 £60,000 -11.11% 19
Northern Ireland -17 75 £74,830 -13.24% 14
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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.

1 552 (19.47%) Azure
2 409 (14.43%) Security Cleared
3 399 (14.07%) Microsoft
4 341 (12.03%) Roadmaps
5 337 (11.89%) AWS
6 314 (11.08%) AI
7 276 (9.74%) Agile
8 264 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
9 260 (9.17%) Enterprise Architecture
9 260 (9.17%) SC Cleared
10 244 (8.61%) TOGAF
11 199 (7.02%) CI/CD
12 194 (6.84%) Data Architecture
13 184 (6.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 183 (6.46%) Technical Leadership
15 182 (6.42%) DevOps
16 178 (6.28%) Data Modelling
16 178 (6.28%) Problem-Solving
17 166 (5.86%) DV Cleared
18 164 (5.78%) Technical Architecture
19 159 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
20 155 (5.47%) Power Platform
21 154 (5.43%) Analytics
22 151 (5.33%) Technology Strategy
23 142 (5.01%) Stakeholder Management
24 136 (4.80%) Decision-Making
25 134 (4.73%) IT Strategy
26 132 (4.66%) Security Architecture
27 128 (4.51%) Cloud Security
27 128 (4.51%) 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 13 (0.46%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.25%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.25%) Confluence
4 6 (0.21%) CMS
5 5 (0.18%) Apache
5 5 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.11%) SAS
8 2 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.035%) Camunda
9 1 (0.035%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.035%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.35%) Revit
2 9 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.21%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.071%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.071%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.071%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.071%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.071%) Simulink
4 2 (0.071%) Windchill
5 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.035%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 36 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.25%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.14%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.14%) SAP CAR
7 4 (0.14%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.11%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.11%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.071%) Oracle Utilities
10 1 (0.035%) Infor CloudSuite
10 1 (0.035%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.035%) Raiser’s Edge
10 1 (0.035%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 1 (0.035%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 552 (19.47%) Azure
2 337 (11.89%) AWS
3 155 (5.47%) Power Platform
4 109 (3.84%) GCP
5 88 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
6 87 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
7 83 (2.93%) SaaS
8 63 (2.22%) Serverless
9 40 (1.41%) dbt
9 40 (1.41%) Entra ID
10 38 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
11 37 (1.31%) PaaS
12 32 (1.13%) IaaS
13 30 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
14 29 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 29 (1.02%) Snowflake
15 22 (0.78%) GitHub
16 15 (0.53%) Amazon S3
17 14 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 76 (2.68%) WAN
2 63 (2.22%) Firewall
3 53 (1.87%) Network Security
4 52 (1.83%) LAN
5 51 (1.80%) Broadband
6 45 (1.59%) VPN
7 42 (1.48%) DNS
8 24 (0.85%) SD-WAN
9 22 (0.78%) BGP
10 20 (0.71%) MPLS
11 19 (0.67%) SNMP
12 16 (0.56%) HTTP
13 15 (0.53%) VLAN
14 12 (0.42%) SSL
15 11 (0.39%) DHCP
15 11 (0.39%) Unified Communications
16 10 (0.35%) FTP
16 10 (0.35%) ICMP
16 10 (0.35%) IPsec
16 10 (0.35%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.26%) Metadata
2 36 (1.27%) Data Lake
3 30 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (0.99%) Power BI
5 22 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.56%) GIS
6 16 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (0.35%) Tableau
8 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.28%) Data Vault
8 8 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.18%) Big Data
10 5 (0.18%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.18%) MySQL
11 4 (0.14%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 47 (1.66%) Jenkins
2 37 (1.31%) GitLab
3 34 (1.20%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.78%) Snyk
5 6 (0.21%) JIRA
6 5 (0.18%) Toad
6 5 (0.18%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.11%) Git
7 3 (0.11%) MLflow
8 2 (0.071%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.071%) ERwin
8 2 (0.071%) JMeter
8 2 (0.071%) Postman
8 2 (0.071%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.071%) Selenium
9 1 (0.035%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle Forms
General
1 347 (12.24%) Social Skills
2 312 (11.01%) Finance
3 218 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 163 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 99 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
7 62 (2.19%) Marketing
8 53 (1.87%) Law
8 53 (1.87%) Retail
9 52 (1.83%) Games
10 49 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
11 33 (1.16%) Manufacturing
12 26 (0.92%) Aerospace
13 22 (0.78%) Banking
13 22 (0.78%) Legal
14 21 (0.74%) Telecoms
15 12 (0.42%) Automotive
15 12 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.42%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.39%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (2.33%) REST
2 54 (1.90%) SOAP
3 45 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
4 42 (1.48%) .NET
5 35 (1.23%) Middleware
6 34 (1.20%) Visualforce
7 27 (0.95%) OAuth
8 25 (0.88%) Node.js
9 22 (0.78%) Kafka
10 21 (0.74%) SAML
11 18 (0.63%) LDAP
11 18 (0.63%) Regular Expression
12 16 (0.56%) XML
12 16 (0.56%) XMPP
13 15 (0.53%) JSON
14 11 (0.39%) GraphQL
14 11 (0.39%) OpenID
14 11 (0.39%) Spring Boot
15 10 (0.35%) NestJS
15 10 (0.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 126 (4.44%) Cloud Native
2 78 (2.75%) Data Centre
3 66 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 42 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 34 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (1.16%) Cyberattack
8 33 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
9 30 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (0.88%) PKI
10 25 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 22 (0.78%) Onboarding
12 19 (0.67%) Public Cloud
13 17 (0.60%) Management Information System
14 15 (0.53%) Low-Code
14 15 (0.53%) NHS
15 12 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (0.39%) Graphic Design
16 11 (0.39%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 51 (1.80%) Windows
2 44 (1.55%) Linux
3 40 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.035%) AIX
5 1 (0.035%) CentOS
5 1 (0.035%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (12.03%) Roadmaps
2 314 (11.08%) AI
3 276 (9.74%) Agile
4 264 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
5 260 (9.17%) Enterprise Architecture
6 244 (8.61%) TOGAF
7 199 (7.02%) CI/CD
8 194 (6.84%) Data Architecture
9 184 (6.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 183 (6.46%) Technical Leadership
11 182 (6.42%) DevOps
12 178 (6.28%) Data Modelling
12 178 (6.28%) Problem-Solving
13 164 (5.78%) Technical Architecture
14 159 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 154 (5.43%) Analytics
16 151 (5.33%) Technology Strategy
17 142 (5.01%) Stakeholder Management
18 136 (4.80%) Decision-Making
19 134 (4.73%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 92 (3.25%) SQL
2 85 (3.00%) Python
3 42 (1.48%) C#
4 38 (1.34%) Apex Code
5 35 (1.23%) JavaScript
5 35 (1.23%) SOQL
6 34 (1.20%) Java
6 34 (1.20%) SOSL
7 24 (0.85%) Bicep
8 15 (0.53%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.42%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.39%) C
11 10 (0.35%) C++
12 6 (0.21%) Bash
12 6 (0.21%) COBOL
12 6 (0.21%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.21%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.21%) Ruby
13 4 (0.14%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 409 (14.43%) Security Cleared
2 260 (9.17%) SC Cleared
3 166 (5.86%) DV Cleared
4 100 (3.53%) Degree
5 50 (1.76%) CISSP
6 49 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
7 37 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (1.09%) AWS Certification
9 31 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 25 (0.88%) CISM
11 21 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 18 (0.63%) CCSP
13 17 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (0.53%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.46%) CCNP
16 10 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (0.32%) ICAEW
18 7 (0.25%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 98 (3.46%) NIST
3 60 (2.12%) GRC
4 58 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (1.62%) GDPR
6 36 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.85%) NCSC
8 23 (0.81%) QA
9 14 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.25%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.21%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.18%) WCAG
16 4 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
17 3 (0.11%) MISRA
System Software
1 76 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (0.81%) vSphere
4 21 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.67%) Docker
6 11 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.32%) Firmware
8 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.035%) GPFS
9 1 (0.035%) Lustre
9 1 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.035%) vCloud
9 1 (0.035%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (1.76%) Terraform
2 45 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.56%) MOM
3 16 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.35%) CASB
4 10 (0.35%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.25%) Ansible
7 6 (0.21%) Endace
7 6 (0.21%) vRealize
8 3 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.071%) Grafana
10 1 (0.035%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.035%) Netcool
10 1 (0.035%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.035%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.035%) SCCM
Vendors
1 399 (14.07%) Microsoft
2 83 (2.93%) Databricks
3 71 (2.50%) SAP
4 65 (2.29%) Salesforce
5 55 (1.94%) VMware
6 50 (1.76%) Cisco
7 41 (1.45%) Oracle
8 39 (1.38%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.27%) Splunk
10 33 (1.16%) ServiceNow
11 27 (0.95%) Google
12 22 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.78%) Tenable
13 20 (0.71%) OpenAI
14 17 (0.60%) Red Hat
15 16 (0.56%) Juniper
16 15 (0.53%) Computacenter
17 12 (0.42%) McAfee
18 11 (0.39%) Citrix
19 9 (0.32%) Avaya