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 5 November 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 68 31
Rank change year-on-year +41 -37 +5
Permanent Architect jobs 4,049 1,172 2,576
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.49% 3.37% 5.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.90% 3.75% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,504 739 1,575
10th Percentile £63,335 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £67,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.10% -0.20%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £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 adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 82,698 31,235 45,382
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.63% 89.92% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 56,005 19,305 24,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.38% -8.70% -4.17%

Architect Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Architect job postings 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 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 November 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 Architect jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England +67 1,236 £80,000 - 99
South East +23 889 £90,000 +16.13% 230
North West +58 653 £80,000 - 53
South West +36 608 £85,000 +6.25% 117
Midlands +24 564 £80,000 +3.23% 88
West Midlands +27 430 £81,267 +6.23% 64
Yorkshire +52 368 £80,000 - 32
East of England +29 251 £85,000 -1.45% 32
North East +17 215 £80,000 +6.67% 14
Scotland +50 213 £85,000 +6.25% 32
Wales +18 179 £80,000 +6.67% 12
East Midlands -11 134 £80,000 - 24
Northern Ireland -3 132 £80,000 +6.67% 8
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, Architect job ads cited 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 Architect job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Cleared16.2%656
2Azure15.2%615
3Roadmaps12.4%501
4Microsoft11.8%478
5AI10.8%436
6AWS10.5%425
7SC Cleared10.4%420
8Technical Leadership10.0%405
9Cybersecurity8.3%335
10Enterprise Architecture7.8%315
11Agile7.2%292
12Stakeholder Management6.6%268
13Stakeholder Engagement6.5%263
14Data Architecture6.4%259
15Decision-Making6.3%257
16Technical Architecture6.3%254
17Mentoring6.0%242
18DV Cleared5.9%239
19Technology Strategy5.6%226
20Problem-Solving5.5%223
21TOGAF5.5%221
22IT Strategy5.3%215
23CI/CD4.9%200
24Architectural Patterns4.9%199
25Microservices4.9%197
26Continuous Improvement4.8%193
27Business Strategy4.6%188
27Data Modelling4.6%188
29Degree4.5%183
30Migration4.4%179

Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Solutions Architect27.3%1,107
2Technical Architect16.5%669
3Senior Architect13.5%546
4Data Architect11.8%478
5Lead Architect11.7%474
6Security Architect11.5%466
7Enterprise Architect7.7%312
8Systems Architect5.5%224
9Cloud Architect4.8%195
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.8%152
11Senior Data Architect3.6%144
12Technical Leader3.4%137
13Software Architect3.0%121
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%113
15Principal Architect2.7%109
16Platform Architect2.4%99
17Senior Technical Architect2.4%97
18Network Architect2.1%86
19AWS Architect2.1%85
20Cybersecurity Architect2.0%83
616 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London