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 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 79 49
Rank change year-on-year +25 -30 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,332 1,045 3,201
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.52% 3.66% 4.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% 4.11% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,655 776 2,053
10th Percentile £55,344 £57,670 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -4.15%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,612 £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 61,834 25,405 64,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 88.99% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 39,807 14,709 47,194
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +10.38% -11.67%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +42 725 £85,000 +21.43% 207
South East +5 434 £85,000 +6.25% 209
North West +55 404 £88,000 +25.71% 120
Midlands +3 369 £80,000 +10.34% 124
South West +48 321 £77,500 +7.65% 117
West Midlands +5 278 £80,000 +6.67% 78
Yorkshire +7 217 £82,500 +3.13% 53
East of England +55 208 £90,000 +35.95% 83
Scotland +24 161 £90,000 +12.50% 36
North East +10 104 £80,000 +23.08% 34
East Midlands -6 89 £65,000 - 46
Wales +21 85 £80,000 +19.19% 52
Northern Ireland -9 38 £70,000 -20.00% 19
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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.

1 438 (18.78%) Azure
2 317 (13.59%) Security Cleared
3 247 (10.59%) AWS
3 247 (10.59%) Microsoft
4 237 (10.16%) Roadmaps
5 225 (9.65%) Agile
6 196 (8.40%) TOGAF
7 191 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
8 187 (8.02%) Data Modelling
9 183 (7.85%) Enterprise Architecture
10 177 (7.59%) SC Cleared
11 175 (7.50%) AI
12 172 (7.38%) Problem-Solving
13 162 (6.95%) Data Architecture
14 157 (6.73%) DevOps
15 151 (6.48%) Stakeholder Management
16 150 (6.43%) Analytics
17 145 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
18 126 (5.40%) CI/CD
19 125 (5.36%) Degree
19 125 (5.36%) IT Strategy
20 120 (5.15%) DV Cleared
21 118 (5.06%) Data Governance
22 117 (5.02%) Technology Strategy
23 116 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
24 106 (4.55%) Architectural Design
25 103 (4.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 102 (4.37%) Security Architecture
27 100 (4.29%) Power Platform
28 97 (4.16%) Integration Patterns

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 20 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.64%) Confluence
3 13 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.26%) Apache
5 6 (0.26%) CMS
6 5 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
6 5 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.13%) SAS
8 2 (0.086%) JBoss
8 2 (0.086%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.043%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.043%) Camunda
9 1 (0.043%) IIS
9 1 (0.043%) Strapi
9 1 (0.043%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.086%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.086%) Revit
3 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.043%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.26%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.26%) SAP MM
4 5 (0.21%) SAP CAR
4 5 (0.21%) SAP Retail
5 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.13%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.086%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.043%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.043%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.043%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.043%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.043%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.043%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 438 (18.78%) Azure
2 247 (10.59%) AWS
3 100 (4.29%) Power Platform
4 90 (3.86%) GCP
5 81 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
6 70 (3.00%) SaaS
7 58 (2.49%) Serverless
8 53 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
9 50 (2.14%) Snowflake
10 43 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 40 (1.72%) PaaS
12 35 (1.50%) IaaS
13 31 (1.33%) Entra ID
14 27 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (0.60%) GitHub
16 13 (0.56%) iPaaS
17 10 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
18 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
18 7 (0.30%) Mimecast
18 7 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.40%) Broadband
2 55 (2.36%) Firewall
3 37 (1.59%) Network Security
4 30 (1.29%) VPN
5 24 (1.03%) DNS
6 20 (0.86%) WAN
7 11 (0.47%) LAN
8 9 (0.39%) Internet
8 9 (0.39%) NetScaler
8 9 (0.39%) SAN
9 7 (0.30%) BGP
9 7 (0.30%) MPLS
9 7 (0.30%) SNMP
10 6 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.26%) HTTP
10 6 (0.26%) NAS
10 6 (0.26%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.21%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (2.44%) Metadata
2 49 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (1.72%) Power BI
4 24 (1.03%) Tableau
5 23 (0.99%) Data Lake
6 20 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 17 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 11 (0.47%) GIS
8 11 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.39%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.34%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.26%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.26%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.21%) Big Data
14 4 (0.17%) DB2
14 4 (0.17%) Delta Lake
15 3 (0.13%) ClickHouse
15 3 (0.13%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 41 (1.76%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.54%) GitLab
3 34 (1.46%) SonarQube
4 17 (0.73%) Snyk
5 13 (0.56%) JIRA
6 4 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.13%) Git
7 3 (0.13%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.086%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.086%) JMeter
8 2 (0.086%) MLflow
8 2 (0.086%) Postman
8 2 (0.086%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.086%) Selenium
8 2 (0.086%) Toad
9 1 (0.043%) Oracle APEX
General
1 269 (11.54%) Social Skills
2 245 (10.51%) Finance
3 184 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 118 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (3.09%) Games
7 67 (2.87%) Marketing
8 49 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
9 47 (2.02%) Retail
10 39 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 37 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (1.29%) Law
13 25 (1.07%) Legal
14 21 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 17 (0.73%) Banking
16 12 (0.51%) Electronics
17 11 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.43%) Aerospace
19 8 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
19 8 (0.34%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.57%) REST
2 54 (2.32%) SOAP
3 44 (1.89%) Lightning Web Components
4 42 (1.80%) Middleware
5 40 (1.72%) .NET
6 34 (1.46%) Visualforce
7 26 (1.11%) Node.js
8 21 (0.90%) XML
9 18 (0.77%) JSON
10 17 (0.73%) Kafka
11 14 (0.60%) LDAP
11 14 (0.60%) OAuth
11 14 (0.60%) React
11 14 (0.60%) Regular Expression
12 12 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
12 12 (0.51%) XMPP
13 10 (0.43%) NestJS
14 9 (0.39%) Django
15 8 (0.34%) OpenID
15 8 (0.34%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (3.43%) Cloud Native
2 57 (2.44%) Data Centre
2 57 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 55 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
4 37 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (1.46%) Operational Technology
5 34 (1.46%) Virtual Team
6 32 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.33%) Cyberattack
8 29 (1.24%) PKI
9 26 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (0.94%) Management Information System
12 17 (0.73%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.60%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.56%) IoT
14 13 (0.56%) NHS
15 12 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.43%) Low-Code
16 10 (0.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.10%) Windows
2 36 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.24%) Linux
4 16 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.043%) AIX
5 1 (0.043%) CentOS
5 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (10.16%) Roadmaps
2 225 (9.65%) Agile
3 196 (8.40%) TOGAF
4 191 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
5 187 (8.02%) Data Modelling
6 183 (7.85%) Enterprise Architecture
7 175 (7.50%) AI
8 172 (7.38%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (6.95%) Data Architecture
10 157 (6.73%) DevOps
11 151 (6.48%) Stakeholder Management
12 150 (6.43%) Analytics
13 145 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
14 126 (5.40%) CI/CD
15 125 (5.36%) IT Strategy
16 118 (5.06%) Data Governance
17 117 (5.02%) Technology Strategy
18 116 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
19 106 (4.55%) Architectural Design
20 103 (4.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 79 (3.39%) SQL
2 78 (3.34%) Python
3 38 (1.63%) Java
4 37 (1.59%) Apex Code
5 36 (1.54%) C#
6 35 (1.50%) SOQL
7 34 (1.46%) SOSL
8 23 (0.99%) JavaScript
9 19 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 17 (0.73%) PowerShell
11 12 (0.51%) Bicep
12 6 (0.26%) Bash
13 5 (0.21%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.17%) C
14 4 (0.17%) C++
14 4 (0.17%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.17%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.086%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.086%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.086%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 317 (13.59%) Security Cleared
2 177 (7.59%) SC Cleared
3 125 (5.36%) Degree
4 120 (5.15%) DV Cleared
5 49 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
7 45 (1.93%) CISSP
8 37 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.46%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 25 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (1.07%) CISM
11 23 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 19 (0.81%) PMP
13 18 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 16 (0.69%) CCSP
15 8 (0.34%) CCNP
15 8 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (3.73%) Data Quality
2 67 (2.87%) NIST
3 36 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 36 (1.54%) GDPR
4 32 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.29%) QA
6 21 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 20 (0.86%) GRC
8 17 (0.73%) NCSC
9 10 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 4 (0.17%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.17%) WCAG
13 3 (0.13%) IFRS
14 2 (0.086%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.086%) PMO
14 2 (0.086%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.086%) SLA
14 2 (0.086%) Solvency II
System Software
1 61 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.73%) vSphere
5 14 (0.60%) Docker
6 12 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.086%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.043%) GPFS
8 1 (0.043%) Lustre
8 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.043%) vCloud
8 1 (0.043%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.20%) Terraform
2 17 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.69%) MOM
4 14 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.43%) vRealize
6 9 (0.39%) Netcool
7 7 (0.30%) Endace
8 6 (0.26%) Ansible
9 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.13%) CASB
11 1 (0.043%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.043%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.043%) Grafana
11 1 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.043%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.043%) SCCM
Vendors
1 247 (10.59%) Microsoft
2 82 (3.52%) SAP
3 76 (3.26%) Databricks
4 68 (2.92%) ServiceNow
5 62 (2.66%) Salesforce
6 52 (2.23%) VMware
7 37 (1.59%) Oracle
8 35 (1.50%) Splunk
9 23 (0.99%) Anaplan
9 23 (0.99%) Google
10 22 (0.94%) Cisco
11 21 (0.90%) Palantir
11 21 (0.90%) Palo Alto
12 20 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
13 18 (0.77%) Genesys
13 18 (0.77%) Verint
14 17 (0.73%) Tenable
15 16 (0.69%) Sparx
16 13 (0.56%) Juniper
16 13 (0.56%) Red Hat