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 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 88 32
Rank change year-on-year +57 -56 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,627 1,079 3,007
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.26% 3.16% 5.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.57% 3.54% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,504 662 1,817
10th Percentile £61,250 £61,000 £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 £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +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 79,433 30,469 51,513
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 89.29% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 55,031 17,322 29,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 22 September 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 22 September 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 +91 1,236 £80,000 +6.67% 492
North West +98 667 £80,000 - 283
South East +17 634 £85,000 +9.68% 562
South West +48 536 £80,000 -5.88% 202
Midlands +32 520 £85,000 +13.33% 284
West Midlands +33 417 £85,000 +13.33% 208
Yorkshire +61 368 £80,000 +6.67% 154
East of England +63 237 £82,500 - 131
North East +13 201 £85,000 +30.77% 55
Scotland +66 185 £85,000 +6.25% 214
Wales +20 166 £80,000 +11.11% 31
Northern Ireland -10 127 £80,000 +6.67% 63
East Midlands -5 103 £78,750 +5.00% 76
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 September 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.

1 639 (17.62%) Azure
2 561 (15.47%) Security Cleared
3 493 (13.59%) Microsoft
4 455 (12.54%) AI
5 453 (12.49%) Roadmaps
6 417 (11.50%) AWS
7 338 (9.32%) SC Cleared
8 311 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
9 309 (8.52%) Agile
10 307 (8.46%) Enterprise Architecture
11 277 (7.64%) Cybersecurity
12 257 (7.09%) Data Architecture
13 243 (6.70%) Technical Architecture
14 238 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
14 238 (6.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 228 (6.29%) TOGAF
16 225 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
17 219 (6.04%) CI/CD
18 217 (5.98%) Decision-Making
19 213 (5.87%) DV Cleared
20 205 (5.65%) Data Modelling
20 205 (5.65%) Technology Strategy
21 196 (5.40%) Continuous Improvement
22 190 (5.24%) Microservices
23 188 (5.18%) Analytics
24 182 (5.02%) IT Strategy
25 181 (4.99%) Mentoring
25 181 (4.99%) Security Architecture
26 178 (4.91%) DevOps
27 177 (4.88%) Business Strategy

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 17 (0.47%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.22%) Apache
2 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.19%) CMS
4 6 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.11%) Confluence
7 3 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.028%) JBoss
9 1 (0.028%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.028%) SAS
9 1 (0.028%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.028%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.30%) Revit
2 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.083%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.055%) Simulink
6 2 (0.055%) Weka
6 2 (0.055%) Windchill
7 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.028%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.028%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.028%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 43 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
6 3 (0.083%) Lawson
6 3 (0.083%) Movex
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.083%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.083%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.055%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.055%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.055%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 639 (17.62%) Azure
2 417 (11.50%) AWS
3 173 (4.77%) Power Platform
4 133 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
5 125 (3.45%) SaaS
6 122 (3.36%) GCP
7 74 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 69 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
9 63 (1.74%) Entra ID
10 59 (1.63%) Serverless
11 42 (1.16%) dbt
12 41 (1.13%) IaaS
12 41 (1.13%) PaaS
13 34 (0.94%) Azure Databricks
14 23 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
15 20 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (0.52%) GitHub
16 19 (0.52%) PowerApps
17 17 (0.47%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (2.95%) WAN
2 92 (2.54%) LAN
3 76 (2.10%) Network Security
4 64 (1.76%) Firewall
5 49 (1.35%) VPN
6 33 (0.91%) DNS
7 29 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 19 (0.52%) Broadband
8 19 (0.52%) MPLS
8 19 (0.52%) Wireless
9 18 (0.50%) BGP
9 18 (0.50%) VLAN
10 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
11 15 (0.41%) SNMP
12 14 (0.39%) 5G
13 13 (0.36%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
15 11 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
16 10 (0.28%) FTP
16 10 (0.28%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (2.40%) Metadata
2 39 (1.08%) Power BI
3 36 (0.99%) Data Lake
4 28 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.69%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.33%) GIS
6 12 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.30%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
8 10 (0.28%) Tableau
9 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.19%) Big Data
11 7 (0.19%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.19%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.17%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (0.61%) Snyk
2 19 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) GitLab
4 10 (0.28%) JIRA
5 6 (0.17%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.14%) Git
6 5 (0.14%) MLflow
6 5 (0.14%) Toad
7 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
8 3 (0.083%) ERwin
8 3 (0.083%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.055%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.055%) JMeter
9 2 (0.055%) Postman
9 2 (0.055%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.055%) Selenium
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.028%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 509 (14.03%) Finance
2 469 (12.93%) Social Skills
3 289 (7.97%) Public Sector
4 175 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 120 (3.31%) Aerospace
7 100 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
8 92 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
9 59 (1.63%) Law
10 57 (1.57%) Retail
11 50 (1.38%) Banking
12 46 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 39 (1.08%) Legal
14 37 (1.02%) Marketing
15 32 (0.88%) Telecoms
16 21 (0.58%) Games
17 20 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (0.52%) Military
19 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
20 15 (0.41%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (1.52%) Middleware
1 55 (1.52%) Terraform
2 48 (1.32%) .NET
3 42 (1.16%) REST
4 38 (1.05%) LDAP
5 37 (1.02%) OAuth
6 33 (0.91%) SAML
7 30 (0.83%) SOAP
8 26 (0.72%) ModSecurity
9 25 (0.69%) Kafka
10 21 (0.58%) Node.js
11 20 (0.55%) OpenID
12 16 (0.44%) XML
13 15 (0.41%) JSON
14 13 (0.36%) Regular Expression
14 13 (0.36%) XMPP
15 12 (0.33%) GraphQL
15 12 (0.33%) Lightning Web Components
15 12 (0.33%) SailPoint
16 11 (0.30%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.82%) Cloud Native
2 79 (2.18%) Data Centre
3 54 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 48 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
5 46 (1.27%) Product Ownership
6 43 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
8 39 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 32 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 28 (0.77%) Virtual Team
11 27 (0.74%) Operational Technology
12 26 (0.72%) Cyberattack
13 25 (0.69%) Management Information System
14 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 23 (0.63%) Public Cloud
15 22 (0.61%) AI Agents
15 22 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
16 21 (0.58%) Private Cloud
16 21 (0.58%) Social Media
17 20 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (1.24%) Linux
2 35 (0.96%) Windows
3 24 (0.66%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.055%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.028%) AIX
6 1 (0.028%) CentOS
6 1 (0.028%) Solaris
6 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (12.54%) AI
2 453 (12.49%) Roadmaps
3 311 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
4 309 (8.52%) Agile
5 307 (8.46%) Enterprise Architecture
6 277 (7.64%) Cybersecurity
7 257 (7.09%) Data Architecture
8 243 (6.70%) Technical Architecture
9 238 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
9 238 (6.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 228 (6.29%) TOGAF
11 225 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 219 (6.04%) CI/CD
13 217 (5.98%) Decision-Making
14 205 (5.65%) Data Modelling
14 205 (5.65%) Technology Strategy
15 196 (5.40%) Continuous Improvement
16 190 (5.24%) Microservices
17 188 (5.18%) Analytics
18 182 (5.02%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 92 (2.54%) SQL
2 91 (2.51%) Python
3 68 (1.87%) C#
4 49 (1.35%) JavaScript
5 37 (1.02%) Java
6 26 (0.72%) Bicep
7 17 (0.47%) C
8 15 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 13 (0.36%) C++
10 10 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.25%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.25%) Scala
12 6 (0.17%) COBOL
12 6 (0.17%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.17%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.17%) R
12 6 (0.17%) Ruby
12 6 (0.17%) Rust
12 6 (0.17%) SOQL
12 6 (0.17%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 561 (15.47%) Security Cleared
2 338 (9.32%) SC Cleared
3 213 (5.87%) DV Cleared
4 131 (3.61%) Degree
5 68 (1.87%) CISSP
6 62 (1.71%) Azure Certification
7 56 (1.54%) AWS Certification
8 53 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
9 44 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 43 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 38 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
12 37 (1.02%) CISM
13 22 (0.61%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (0.47%) CCSP
16 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
17 15 (0.41%) CCNP
18 10 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
19 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (2.81%) GRC
2 100 (2.76%) NIST
3 90 (2.48%) Data Quality
4 68 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (1.52%) GDPR
6 51 (1.41%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.66%) NCSC
8 19 (0.52%) QA
9 13 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 12 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.25%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.17%) MISRA
16 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.14%) SLA
17 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 95 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (0.77%) Docker
4 24 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.55%) vSphere
6 18 (0.50%) Firmware
7 11 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 9 (0.25%) NDS
10 3 (0.083%) KVM
11 1 (0.028%) GPFS
11 1 (0.028%) Lustre
11 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.028%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 81 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 32 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.28%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.28%) MOM
5 9 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.17%) Ansible
7 3 (0.083%) Grafana
8 2 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.055%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.055%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.055%) SCCM
8 2 (0.055%) vRealize
9 1 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.028%) Salt
Vendors
1 493 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 87 (2.40%) SAP
3 83 (2.29%) Databricks
4 59 (1.63%) Oracle
5 53 (1.46%) VMware
6 48 (1.32%) Cisco
7 47 (1.30%) ServiceNow
8 41 (1.13%) Palo Alto
9 37 (1.02%) Workday
10 36 (0.99%) Salesforce
11 30 (0.83%) Computacenter
12 29 (0.80%) Google
13 24 (0.66%) ForgeRock
13 24 (0.66%) Okta
14 23 (0.63%) Tenable
15 22 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
15 22 (0.61%) Red Hat
16 21 (0.58%) Adobe
17 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
18 18 (0.50%) CyberArk