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 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 85 38
Rank change year-on-year +54 -47 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,985 1,146 3,243
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.05% 3.36% 5.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.27% 3.75% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,167 758 2,117
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,085 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -3.23%
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 69,861 30,584 60,125
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 89.62% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 48,293 17,580 41,285
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 28 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 28 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 1,004 £82,500 +10.00% 182
North West +105 587 £85,000 +13.33% 97
South East +10 501 £85,000 +9.68% 239
South West +48 447 £80,000 -5.88% 97
Midlands +23 429 £80,000 +6.67% 109
West Midlands +26 344 £82,500 +10.00% 80
Yorkshire +38 252 £80,000 +6.67% 54
East of England +49 180 £80,000 +11.89% 59
Scotland +53 179 £90,000 +12.50% 50
North East +14 165 £80,000 +23.08% 32
Wales +25 153 £80,000 +15.30% 14
Northern Ireland -13 103 £74,830 -9.63% 15
East Midlands -17 85 £60,000 -11.11% 29
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 602 (20.17%) Azure
2 448 (15.01%) Microsoft
3 430 (14.41%) Security Cleared
4 375 (12.56%) Roadmaps
5 351 (11.76%) AI
5 351 (11.76%) AWS
6 276 (9.25%) Enterprise Architecture
6 276 (9.25%) SC Cleared
7 271 (9.08%) Agile
8 260 (8.71%) Cybersecurity
9 244 (8.17%) TOGAF
10 201 (6.73%) CI/CD
11 199 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
12 198 (6.63%) Technical Architecture
13 197 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 195 (6.53%) Data Architecture
15 192 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
16 180 (6.03%) Data Modelling
16 180 (6.03%) DevOps
17 170 (5.70%) DV Cleared
18 169 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
19 168 (5.63%) Power Platform
20 166 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
21 160 (5.36%) Business Strategy
22 157 (5.26%) Analytics
23 152 (5.09%) Decision-Making
24 151 (5.06%) Technology Strategy
25 145 (4.86%) Infrastructure as Code
26 143 (4.79%) Security Architecture
27 138 (4.62%) Microservices

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 10 (0.34%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.27%) CMS
2 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.20%) Apache
3 6 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.17%) Confluence
4 5 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.10%) SAS
7 2 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.034%) Camunda
8 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.034%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.37%) Revit
2 9 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.23%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.067%) ArchiCAD
6 2 (0.067%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.067%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.067%) Simulink
6 2 (0.067%) Windchill
7 1 (0.034%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.034%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.034%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 34 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.17%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.10%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.10%) Oracle Utilities
7 3 (0.10%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.067%) SAP CAR
8 2 (0.067%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.067%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 602 (20.17%) Azure
2 351 (11.76%) AWS
3 168 (5.63%) Power Platform
4 104 (3.48%) GCP
4 104 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (3.08%) SaaS
6 90 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
7 65 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
8 63 (2.11%) Serverless
9 49 (1.64%) Entra ID
10 42 (1.41%) dbt
11 38 (1.27%) PaaS
12 35 (1.17%) IaaS
13 29 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
14 25 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 25 (0.84%) Snowflake
15 23 (0.77%) GitHub
16 17 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (0.50%) Amazon S3
18 14 (0.47%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (3.48%) WAN
2 81 (2.71%) LAN
3 62 (2.08%) Firewall
4 58 (1.94%) Network Security
5 45 (1.51%) VPN
6 41 (1.37%) Broadband
6 41 (1.37%) DNS
7 26 (0.87%) SD-WAN
8 20 (0.67%) BGP
8 20 (0.67%) MPLS
9 17 (0.57%) SNMP
10 16 (0.54%) HTTP
11 15 (0.50%) VLAN
12 14 (0.47%) Unified Communications
13 11 (0.37%) DHCP
14 10 (0.34%) FTP
14 10 (0.34%) ICMP
14 10 (0.34%) IPsec
14 10 (0.34%) SSH
14 10 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (1.98%) Metadata
2 39 (1.31%) Data Lake
3 34 (1.14%) Power BI
4 29 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (0.87%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (0.54%) GIS
8 11 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.30%) Tableau
10 8 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.27%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.27%) Data Vault
10 8 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.23%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.20%) MySQL
12 6 (0.20%) Semantic Layer
13 4 (0.13%) Big Data
13 4 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 42 (1.41%) Jenkins
2 33 (1.11%) GitLab
3 27 (0.90%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.74%) Snyk
5 8 (0.27%) JIRA
6 5 (0.17%) MLflow
6 5 (0.17%) Toad
6 5 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.10%) Git
8 2 (0.067%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.067%) ERwin
8 2 (0.067%) JMeter
8 2 (0.067%) Postman
8 2 (0.067%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.067%) Selenium
9 1 (0.034%) Flyway
9 1 (0.034%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.034%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.034%) Oracle Forms
General
1 385 (12.90%) Social Skills
2 378 (12.66%) Finance
3 216 (7.24%) Public Sector
4 170 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
6 84 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
7 79 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
8 57 (1.91%) Law
8 57 (1.91%) Marketing
9 49 (1.64%) Retail
10 41 (1.37%) Games
11 39 (1.31%) Manufacturing
12 33 (1.11%) Aerospace
13 28 (0.94%) Legal
14 26 (0.87%) Banking
15 24 (0.80%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (0.44%) Advertising
18 12 (0.40%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (2.04%) REST
2 49 (1.64%) SOAP
3 47 (1.57%) .NET
4 37 (1.24%) Lightning Web Components
5 35 (1.17%) Middleware
6 29 (0.97%) OAuth
7 28 (0.94%) Node.js
8 27 (0.90%) Visualforce
9 26 (0.87%) LDAP
10 23 (0.77%) Kafka
10 23 (0.77%) SAML
11 18 (0.60%) Regular Expression
12 17 (0.57%) XML
13 16 (0.54%) JSON
13 16 (0.54%) XMPP
14 11 (0.37%) GraphQL
14 11 (0.37%) OpenID
14 11 (0.37%) Spring Boot
15 10 (0.34%) NestJS
16 9 (0.30%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 143 (4.79%) Cloud Native
2 84 (2.81%) Data Centre
3 65 (2.18%) Product Ownership
4 46 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
7 35 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 35 (1.17%) Operational Technology
8 33 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
9 31 (1.04%) Cyberattack
10 27 (0.90%) Virtual Team
11 26 (0.87%) Onboarding
12 20 (0.67%) PKI
13 16 (0.54%) Management Information System
14 14 (0.47%) Graphic Design
15 13 (0.44%) Low-Code
15 13 (0.44%) NHS
16 12 (0.40%) Private Cloud
16 12 (0.40%) Public Cloud
16 12 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.57%) Windows
2 46 (1.54%) Linux
3 35 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.034%) AIX
5 1 (0.034%) CentOS
5 1 (0.034%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.034%) Solaris
5 1 (0.034%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (12.56%) Roadmaps
2 351 (11.76%) AI
3 276 (9.25%) Enterprise Architecture
4 271 (9.08%) Agile
5 260 (8.71%) Cybersecurity
6 244 (8.17%) TOGAF
7 201 (6.73%) CI/CD
8 199 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
9 198 (6.63%) Technical Architecture
10 197 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 195 (6.53%) Data Architecture
12 192 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
13 180 (6.03%) Data Modelling
13 180 (6.03%) DevOps
14 169 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 166 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 160 (5.36%) Business Strategy
17 157 (5.26%) Analytics
18 152 (5.09%) Decision-Making
19 151 (5.06%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 99 (3.32%) SQL
2 93 (3.12%) Python
3 54 (1.81%) C#
4 46 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 32 (1.07%) Apex Code
5 32 (1.07%) Java
6 28 (0.94%) SOQL
7 27 (0.90%) SOSL
8 26 (0.87%) Bicep
9 15 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.47%) C
11 13 (0.44%) PowerShell
12 11 (0.37%) C++
13 6 (0.20%) COBOL
13 6 (0.20%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.20%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.20%) Ruby
14 4 (0.13%) Bash
14 4 (0.13%) Rust
14 4 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 430 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 276 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 170 (5.70%) DV Cleared
4 105 (3.52%) Degree
5 50 (1.68%) CISSP
5 50 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
6 39 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
7 38 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.07%) AWS Certification
10 26 (0.87%) CISM
11 20 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 20 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (0.60%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.57%) CCSP
14 16 (0.54%) CCNP
15 14 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.30%) ICAEW
16 9 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
17 7 (0.23%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (3.48%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.18%) NIST
3 90 (3.02%) GRC
4 57 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (1.64%) GDPR
6 37 (1.24%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.80%) NCSC
8 21 (0.70%) QA
9 13 (0.44%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.30%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.23%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.17%) SLA
14 5 (0.17%) WCAG
15 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.13%) MISRA
System Software
1 83 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (0.80%) vSphere
4 21 (0.70%) Docker
5 10 (0.34%) Firmware
6 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.17%) NDS
9 1 (0.034%) GPFS
9 1 (0.034%) KVM
9 1 (0.034%) Lustre
9 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.034%) vCloud
9 1 (0.034%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (1.84%) Kubernetes
2 53 (1.78%) Terraform
3 19 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.54%) MOM
5 10 (0.34%) CASB
5 10 (0.34%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.23%) Ansible
8 4 (0.13%) Endace
9 3 (0.10%) Grafana
10 2 (0.067%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.067%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.067%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.067%) vRealize
11 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.034%) Netcool
11 1 (0.034%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.034%) SCCM
Vendors
1 448 (15.01%) Microsoft
2 81 (2.71%) Databricks
3 71 (2.38%) SAP
4 61 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 57 (1.91%) VMware
6 49 (1.64%) Cisco
7 43 (1.44%) Oracle
8 41 (1.37%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 29 (0.97%) Splunk
11 22 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.74%) Tenable
12 20 (0.67%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.64%) Google
14 18 (0.60%) Computacenter
15 17 (0.57%) Red Hat
16 13 (0.44%) Juniper
17 12 (0.40%) Citrix
17 12 (0.40%) McAfee
17 12 (0.40%) Okta