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 13 November 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 74 32
Rank change year-on-year +47 -42 +3
Permanent Architect jobs 4,197 1,240 2,553
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.58% 3.39% 5.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% 3.78% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,570 775 1,563
10th Percentile £63,744 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £67,625 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.45% -0.53%
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 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
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,994 32,797 45,172
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.56% 89.72% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 56,409 20,186 24,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £50,055
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -7.10% -4.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -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 13 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 13 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 +53 1,239 £80,000 +1.27% 428
South East +29 945 £90,000 +16.13% 525
North West +41 651 £80,000 - 237
South West +35 645 £85,000 +6.25% 152
Midlands +19 590 £80,000 - 238
West Midlands +32 446 £80,634 +5.40% 173
Yorkshire +51 367 £80,000 - 134
East of England +42 254 £85,000 -5.56% 180
Scotland +55 221 £85,000 +6.25% 169
North East +13 221 £80,000 +6.67% 57
Wales +15 191 £80,000 +6.67% 28
East Midlands -4 144 £80,000 - 65
Northern Ireland -8 136 £80,000 +6.67% 68
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 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 Cleared16.6%695
2Azure14.6%613
3Roadmaps12.6%527
4Microsoft11.2%472
5AI11.0%460
6SC Cleared10.6%443
7AWS10.5%441
8Technical Leadership10.2%426
9Cybersecurity8.3%350
10Enterprise Architecture7.8%327
11Stakeholder Management7.2%303
12Agile7.0%295
13Decision-Making6.5%272
14Stakeholder Engagement6.3%265
15Data Architecture6.3%264
16Mentoring6.1%258
17Technical Architecture6.1%255
18DV Cleared5.8%243
19Technology Strategy5.5%232
20Problem-Solving5.5%230
21TOGAF5.4%225
22IT Strategy5.3%222
23Microservices5.0%209
24CI/CD4.8%202
25Continuous Improvement4.8%201
26Architectural Patterns4.8%200
27Degree4.6%195
28Business Strategy4.6%193
29Data Modelling4.5%188
30Analytics4.3%181

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 Architect27.2%1,143
2Technical Architect16.7%701
3Senior Architect13.3%558
4Data Architect11.6%485
5Security Architect11.4%480
6Lead Architect11.4%478
7Enterprise Architect7.7%324
8Systems Architect5.8%242
9Cloud Architect4.5%190
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.6%151
11Senior Data Architect3.5%148
12Software Architect3.2%136
12Technical Leader3.2%136
14Principal Architect2.7%114
15Senior Solutions Architect2.6%111
16Senior Technical Architect2.5%103
17Platform Architect2.3%98
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%91
19Network Architect2.1%87
20Lead Solutions Architect2.0%86
1,767 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London