Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 33 29
Rank change year-on-year -59 -4 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,101 3,057 2,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.22% 5.55% 6.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.60% 5.83% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 678 1,854 1,205
10th Percentile £61,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -3.23% +2.65%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £101,550
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 30,543 52,477 32,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 95.20% 93.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,279 31,143 24,618
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,620 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Architect 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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
South East -29 358 £77,500 - 333
North of England -84 263 £75,000 - 195
Midlands -35 209 £75,000 - 153
North West -100 138 £80,000 +6.67% 123
West Midlands -23 136 £75,000 -3.23% 81
South West -36 96 £85,000 +13.33% 107
Yorkshire -44 87 £76,250 +5.92% 58
East Midlands -33 71 £74,750 +6.79% 66
East of England -60 70 £81,250 -4.41% 81
Scotland -24 67 £80,000 +6.67% 69
North East -12 39 £66,250 -13.62% 16
Northern Ireland -3 24 £78,901 -1.37% 21
Wales -30 18 £71,500 +10.00% 21
Architect
UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 321 (29.16%) Azure
2 303 (27.52%) Social Skills
3 260 (23.61%) Agile
4 217 (19.71%) Roadmaps
5 212 (19.26%) AWS
5 212 (19.26%) Security Cleared
6 203 (18.44%) TOGAF
7 176 (15.99%) DevOps
8 175 (15.89%) Enterprise Architecture
9 159 (14.44%) Mentoring
10 158 (14.35%) Finance
11 150 (13.62%) Microsoft
12 144 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
13 140 (12.72%) SC Cleared
14 131 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 131 (11.90%) Business Strategy
15 125 (11.35%) GCP
16 124 (11.26%) Degree
17 119 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
18 118 (10.72%) Technical Leadership
19 111 (10.08%) SaaS
20 110 (9.99%) Stakeholder Management
20 110 (9.99%) Data Modelling
21 109 (9.90%) Risk Management
22 106 (9.63%) Migration
22 106 (9.63%) Microservices
23 103 (9.36%) SQL
24 101 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
24 101 (9.17%) DV Cleared
24 101 (9.17%) Architectural Design

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (2.45%) CMS
2 12 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.82%) Appian
5 8 (0.73%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.54%) Apache
7 3 (0.27%) Confluence
7 3 (0.27%) nginx
8 1 (0.091%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.091%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.091%) IIS
8 1 (0.091%) Mendix
8 1 (0.091%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.091%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.54%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.091%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 55 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (4.45%) SAP MDG
3 37 (3.36%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 9 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.45%) Shopify
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.091%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.091%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.091%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 321 (29.16%) Azure
2 212 (19.26%) AWS
3 125 (11.35%) GCP
4 111 (10.08%) SaaS
5 72 (6.54%) PaaS
6 55 (5.00%) IaaS
7 50 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (4.45%) Power Platform
9 39 (3.54%) OCI
10 38 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
11 35 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
13 30 (2.72%) Serverless
14 26 (2.36%) Entra ID
15 19 (1.73%) iPaaS
15 19 (1.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 17 (1.54%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 16 (1.45%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.45%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.27%) VPN
2 43 (3.91%) Firewall
2 43 (3.91%) WAN
3 40 (3.63%) Network Security
4 30 (2.72%) LAN
5 20 (1.82%) SD-WAN
6 19 (1.73%) DNS
7 15 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (1.18%) Junos
9 11 (1.00%) SDH
10 10 (0.91%) ATM
10 10 (0.91%) Frame Relay
11 7 (0.64%) SSL
11 7 (0.64%) VoIP
12 6 (0.54%) BGP
13 5 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
14 4 (0.36%) Ethernet
14 4 (0.36%) MPLS
15 3 (0.27%) Broadband
15 3 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (2.91%) NoSQL
3 31 (2.82%) BigQuery
4 24 (2.18%) Data Lake
4 24 (2.18%) Power BI
5 23 (2.09%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (1.27%) MySQL
8 11 (1.00%) Metadata
9 10 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (0.91%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.45%) Big Data
11 5 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.36%) Airbyte
12 4 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.36%) Cloud Spanner
12 4 (0.36%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.36%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (2.91%) Git
2 20 (1.82%) MSI
3 19 (1.73%) Visual Studio
4 16 (1.45%) MSBuild
4 16 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
4 16 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (0.91%) GitLab
5 10 (0.91%) Selenium
6 9 (0.82%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.82%) Robot Framework
6 9 (0.82%) Snyk
7 7 (0.64%) JIRA
8 5 (0.45%) ERwin
9 2 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.091%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.091%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.091%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.091%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 303 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 158 (14.35%) Finance
3 144 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (9.08%) Marketing
5 89 (8.08%) Law
6 47 (4.27%) Legal
7 44 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 43 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (3.91%) Retail
9 31 (2.82%) Electronics
9 31 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (2.09%) Banking
11 22 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.45%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.27%) Advertising
14 14 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (0.82%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.64%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (4.45%) REST
2 45 (4.09%) .NET
3 42 (3.81%) Middleware
4 26 (2.36%) SOAP
5 25 (2.27%) Kafka
6 24 (2.18%) Lightning Web Components
7 20 (1.82%) CSS
7 20 (1.82%) gRPC
7 20 (1.82%) HTML
7 20 (1.82%) XML
8 18 (1.63%) JSON
9 17 (1.54%) ASP.NET
10 16 (1.45%) Bootstrap
11 15 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
12 11 (1.00%) React
13 9 (0.82%) Apache NiFi
13 9 (0.82%) RESTful
14 8 (0.73%) Web Services
15 6 (0.54%) Node.js
16 5 (0.45%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.36%) Cloud Native
2 60 (5.45%) Data Centre
3 48 (4.36%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
6 28 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.00%) Public Cloud
8 21 (1.91%) Product Ownership
9 18 (1.63%) Operational Technology
10 16 (1.45%) Private Cloud
11 15 (1.36%) NHS
12 12 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.09%) Low-Code
13 11 (1.00%) PKI
14 10 (0.91%) IoT
15 9 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
16 8 (0.73%) SCADA
17 6 (0.54%) Smartphone
18 5 (0.45%) Mobile App
18 5 (0.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.91%) Windows
2 21 (1.91%) Linux
3 4 (0.36%) AIX
4 3 (0.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.18%) Unix
6 1 (0.091%) Android
6 1 (0.091%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.091%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.091%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.091%) VMS
6 1 (0.091%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (23.61%) Agile
2 217 (19.71%) Roadmaps
3 203 (18.44%) TOGAF
4 176 (15.99%) DevOps
5 175 (15.89%) Enterprise Architecture
6 159 (14.44%) Mentoring
7 131 (11.90%) Business Strategy
7 131 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 119 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
9 118 (10.72%) Technical Leadership
10 110 (9.99%) Data Modelling
10 110 (9.99%) Stakeholder Management
11 109 (9.90%) Risk Management
12 106 (9.63%) Microservices
12 106 (9.63%) Migration
13 101 (9.17%) Architectural Design
13 101 (9.17%) CI/CD
13 101 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
14 99 (8.99%) Analytics
14 99 (8.99%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 103 (9.36%) SQL
2 87 (7.90%) Python
3 74 (6.72%) C#
4 61 (5.54%) Java
5 46 (4.18%) PowerShell
6 32 (2.91%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.18%) Apex Code
8 23 (2.09%) Go
9 20 (1.82%) Bicep
9 20 (1.82%) C++
10 8 (0.73%) PHP
11 7 (0.64%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.36%) C
12 4 (0.36%) Scala
12 4 (0.36%) SOQL
13 2 (0.18%) Bash
13 2 (0.18%) R
13 2 (0.18%) SOSL
14 1 (0.091%) Groovy
14 1 (0.091%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 212 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 140 (12.72%) SC Cleared
3 124 (11.26%) Degree
4 101 (9.17%) DV Cleared
5 76 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 71 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
7 47 (4.27%) Azure Certification
8 41 (3.72%) CISSP
9 38 (3.45%) DBS Check
10 36 (3.27%) AWS Certification
11 31 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
11 31 (2.82%) CISM
12 28 (2.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 26 (2.36%) Master's Degree
14 24 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
14 24 (2.18%) CCNP
15 20 (1.82%) CCNA
16 18 (1.63%) Chartered Engineer
17 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
18 13 (1.18%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.36%) Data Quality
2 42 (3.81%) GDPR
3 39 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (3.27%) NIST
5 27 (2.45%) GRC
6 24 (2.18%) NCSC
7 19 (1.73%) QA
8 18 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 17 (1.54%) HIPAA
9 17 (1.54%) SLA
10 5 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.18%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.091%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.091%) TARGET2
System Software
1 48 (4.36%) Docker
2 25 (2.27%) Firmware
3 20 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.18%) Active Directory
5 9 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.091%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.091%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 55 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 36 (3.27%) Terraform
3 22 (2.00%) WMI
4 16 (1.45%) Ansible
5 15 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.54%) Endace
7 3 (0.27%) CASB
7 3 (0.27%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.18%) Grafana
8 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.091%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.091%) Marathon
9 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.091%) VxRail
Vendors
1 150 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 75 (6.81%) SAP
3 60 (5.45%) Oracle
4 59 (5.36%) Google
5 45 (4.09%) Salesforce
6 37 (3.36%) OpenText
7 31 (2.82%) Cisco
8 29 (2.63%) Databricks
9 28 (2.54%) Juniper
10 23 (2.09%) VMware
11 21 (1.91%) Adobe
12 20 (1.82%) Palo Alto
13 18 (1.63%) Apple
13 18 (1.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 16 (1.45%) Meraki
15 15 (1.36%) Workday
16 13 (1.18%) Ariba
17 12 (1.09%) BiZZdesign
18 9 (0.82%) Black Duck
18 9 (0.82%) UiPath