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 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 86 33
Rank change year-on-year +55 -53 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,515 1,113 3,094
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.30% 3.25% 5.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.57% 3.64% 5.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,478 682 1,895
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,063 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,659 £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 £100,000
UK median annual salary £87,431 £82,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.62% +2.50% -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 76,939 30,578 52,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.28% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 53,494 17,429 32,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,700 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,250
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 £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 8 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 8 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 +89 1,201 £80,000 +6.67% 370
North West +101 655 £80,000 - 235
South East +8 605 £85,000 +9.68% 411
South West +51 513 £80,000 -5.88% 201
Midlands +38 511 £82,500 +10.00% 177
West Midlands +33 410 £85,000 +13.33% 117
Yorkshire +54 351 £80,000 +4.92% 108
East of England +63 228 £80,150 -1.35% 126
North East +9 195 £85,000 +30.77% 28
Scotland +61 189 £85,000 +6.25% 181
Wales +18 164 £80,000 +11.50% 15
Northern Ireland -14 117 £80,000 +1.39% 91
East Midlands -8 101 £67,464 -8.83% 60
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 631 (17.95%) Azure
2 521 (14.82%) Security Cleared
3 488 (13.88%) Microsoft
4 445 (12.66%) Roadmaps
5 438 (12.46%) AI
6 403 (11.47%) AWS
7 304 (8.65%) SC Cleared
8 303 (8.62%) Agile
9 302 (8.59%) Enterprise Architecture
10 279 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
11 267 (7.60%) Cybersecurity
12 253 (7.20%) Data Architecture
13 239 (6.80%) TOGAF
14 237 (6.74%) Technical Architecture
15 231 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
16 224 (6.37%) CI/CD
17 223 (6.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 211 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
19 208 (5.92%) DV Cleared
20 207 (5.89%) Decision-Making
21 199 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
21 199 (5.66%) Data Modelling
22 191 (5.43%) Technology Strategy
23 183 (5.21%) DevOps
23 183 (5.21%) Microservices
24 180 (5.12%) Business Strategy
25 178 (5.06%) Power Platform
26 176 (5.01%) Security Architecture
27 174 (4.95%) Analytics
28 172 (4.89%) Mentoring

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 19 (0.54%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.26%) Apache
3 7 (0.20%) CMS
3 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.14%) Confluence
5 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.057%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.028%) JBoss
9 1 (0.028%) SAS
9 1 (0.028%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.028%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.28%) Revit
2 9 (0.26%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.057%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.057%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.057%) Simulink
6 2 (0.057%) Weka
6 2 (0.057%) Windchill
7 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.028%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.028%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.028%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.028%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 41 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle Retail
5 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.085%) Lawson
6 3 (0.085%) Movex
6 3 (0.085%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.085%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.085%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.085%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.085%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.057%) SAP CAR
7 2 (0.057%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.057%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 631 (17.95%) Azure
2 403 (11.47%) AWS
3 178 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 126 (3.58%) GCP
4 126 (3.58%) SaaS
5 125 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
7 71 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
8 61 (1.74%) Serverless
9 56 (1.59%) Entra ID
10 42 (1.19%) dbt
10 42 (1.19%) PaaS
11 40 (1.14%) IaaS
12 34 (0.97%) Azure Databricks
13 23 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
14 22 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (0.60%) PowerApps
16 20 (0.57%) Amazon S3
16 20 (0.57%) GitHub
17 18 (0.51%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.96%) WAN
2 87 (2.48%) LAN
3 72 (2.05%) Network Security
4 64 (1.82%) Firewall
5 45 (1.28%) VPN
6 36 (1.02%) DNS
7 28 (0.80%) Broadband
8 27 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 19 (0.54%) MPLS
10 16 (0.46%) BGP
10 16 (0.46%) Unified Communications
11 15 (0.43%) VLAN
11 15 (0.43%) Wireless
12 13 (0.37%) HTTP
12 13 (0.37%) SNMP
13 11 (0.31%) DHCP
14 10 (0.28%) FTP
14 10 (0.28%) IPsec
14 10 (0.28%) SSH
14 10 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (2.33%) Metadata
2 40 (1.14%) Power BI
3 36 (1.02%) Data Lake
4 29 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (0.74%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.34%) GIS
8 11 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.28%) Tableau
10 8 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.23%) Metadata Repository
11 7 (0.20%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.17%) Big Data
12 6 (0.17%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.17%) MySQL
13 5 (0.14%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 28 (0.80%) Jenkins
2 22 (0.63%) Snyk
3 20 (0.57%) GitLab
4 14 (0.40%) SonarQube
5 10 (0.28%) JIRA
6 5 (0.14%) Git
6 5 (0.14%) MLflow
6 5 (0.14%) Toad
7 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
8 3 (0.085%) ERwin
9 2 (0.057%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.057%) JMeter
9 2 (0.057%) Postman
9 2 (0.057%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.057%) Selenium
10 1 (0.028%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.028%) Flyway
10 1 (0.028%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle Forms
General
1 482 (13.71%) Finance
2 446 (12.69%) Social Skills
3 280 (7.97%) Public Sector
4 193 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
6 98 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
7 88 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 86 (2.45%) Aerospace
9 61 (1.74%) Law
10 48 (1.37%) Retail
11 47 (1.34%) Marketing
12 45 (1.28%) Banking
13 43 (1.22%) Manufacturing
14 33 (0.94%) Legal
15 30 (0.85%) Games
15 30 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 19 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (0.43%) Military
19 13 (0.37%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.68%) Terraform
2 52 (1.48%) .NET
3 48 (1.37%) Middleware
3 48 (1.37%) REST
4 38 (1.08%) SOAP
5 37 (1.05%) OAuth
6 35 (1.00%) LDAP
7 32 (0.91%) SAML
8 26 (0.74%) Node.js
9 25 (0.71%) Kafka
10 24 (0.68%) ModSecurity
11 21 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
12 20 (0.57%) OpenID
13 17 (0.48%) Regular Expression
13 17 (0.48%) XML
14 16 (0.46%) JSON
14 16 (0.46%) XMPP
15 14 (0.40%) Visualforce
16 11 (0.31%) PySpark
17 10 (0.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 169 (4.81%) Cloud Native
2 85 (2.42%) Data Centre
3 52 (1.48%) Product Ownership
4 51 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 39 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
8 34 (0.97%) Onboarding
9 32 (0.91%) Operational Technology
10 30 (0.85%) Cyberattack
10 30 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
11 28 (0.80%) Virtual Team
12 22 (0.63%) Management Information System
12 22 (0.63%) Public Cloud
13 21 (0.60%) Private Cloud
13 21 (0.60%) Social Media
14 20 (0.57%) Embedded Systems
14 20 (0.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 18 (0.51%) AI Agents
16 17 (0.48%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.39%) Linux
2 39 (1.11%) Windows
3 28 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.028%) AIX
5 1 (0.028%) CentOS
5 1 (0.028%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.028%) Solaris
5 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (12.66%) Roadmaps
2 438 (12.46%) AI
3 303 (8.62%) Agile
4 302 (8.59%) Enterprise Architecture
5 279 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
6 267 (7.60%) Cybersecurity
7 253 (7.20%) Data Architecture
8 239 (6.80%) TOGAF
9 237 (6.74%) Technical Architecture
10 231 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
11 224 (6.37%) CI/CD
12 223 (6.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 211 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 207 (5.89%) Decision-Making
15 199 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 199 (5.66%) Data Modelling
16 191 (5.43%) Technology Strategy
17 183 (5.21%) DevOps
17 183 (5.21%) Microservices
18 180 (5.12%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 97 (2.76%) SQL
2 95 (2.70%) Python
3 67 (1.91%) C#
4 51 (1.45%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.08%) Java
6 26 (0.74%) Bicep
7 17 (0.48%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.46%) C
9 15 (0.43%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.40%) SOQL
10 14 (0.40%) SOSL
11 12 (0.34%) C++
12 9 (0.26%) Scala
13 8 (0.23%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.17%) COBOL
14 6 (0.17%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.17%) Embedded C++
14 6 (0.17%) Go
14 6 (0.17%) R
14 6 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 521 (14.82%) Security Cleared
2 304 (8.65%) SC Cleared
3 208 (5.92%) DV Cleared
4 117 (3.33%) Degree
5 64 (1.82%) CISSP
6 58 (1.65%) Azure Certification
7 55 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 54 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
9 44 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (1.05%) CISM
11 31 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 16 (0.46%) CCNP
16 15 (0.43%) CCSP
17 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
18 9 (0.26%) ICAEW
18 9 (0.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (2.90%) NIST
2 99 (2.82%) GRC
3 94 (2.67%) Data Quality
4 68 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 56 (1.59%) GDPR
6 48 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 22 (0.63%) NCSC
8 17 (0.48%) QA
9 13 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.34%) NIST 800
11 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.14%) MISRA
15 5 (0.14%) SLA
16 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 93 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (0.77%) Docker
3 27 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (0.74%) vSphere
5 16 (0.46%) Firmware
6 12 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.17%) NDS
9 3 (0.085%) KVM
10 1 (0.028%) GPFS
10 1 (0.028%) Lustre
10 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.028%) vCloud
10 1 (0.028%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 78 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 29 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (0.46%) MOM
4 12 (0.34%) CASB
5 10 (0.28%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.20%) Ansible
8 3 (0.085%) Grafana
9 2 (0.057%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.057%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.057%) SCCM
9 2 (0.057%) vRealize
10 1 (0.028%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.028%) Salt
Vendors
1 488 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.45%) SAP
3 85 (2.42%) Databricks
4 60 (1.71%) VMware
5 57 (1.62%) Oracle
6 45 (1.28%) Cisco
7 44 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 43 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 41 (1.17%) Palo Alto
10 32 (0.91%) Google
11 29 (0.83%) Workday
12 26 (0.74%) Computacenter
13 23 (0.65%) Red Hat
14 22 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
14 22 (0.63%) Tenable
15 21 (0.60%) Okta
16 20 (0.57%) Adobe
16 20 (0.57%) ForgeRock
16 20 (0.57%) OpenAI
17 16 (0.46%) Splunk