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 12 November 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 73 33
Rank change year-on-year +46 -40 +2
Permanent Architect jobs 4,180 1,223 2,541
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.56% 3.36% 5.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.98% 3.75% 5.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,560 763 1,552
10th Percentile £63,742 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £67,500 £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
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,928 32,656 45,026
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.57% 89.71% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 56,375 19,959 24,181
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.66% -7.30% -4.76%
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 12 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 12 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 +62 1,237 £80,000 +1.27% 413
South East +24 943 £90,000 +16.13% 536
North West +61 648 £80,000 - 233
South West +37 641 £85,000 +6.25% 168
Midlands +21 585 £80,000 - 247
West Midlands +31 444 £81,267 +6.23% 179
Yorkshire +52 368 £80,000 - 134
East of England +36 252 £86,250 -4.17% 175
North East +14 221 £80,000 +6.67% 46
Scotland +60 218 £85,000 +6.25% 170
Wales +17 191 £80,000 +6.67% 30
East Midlands -11 141 £80,000 - 68
Northern Ireland -7 137 £80,000 +6.67% 66
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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%692
2Azure14.6%612
3Roadmaps12.7%530
4Microsoft11.2%470
5AI11.0%459
6AWS10.6%441
6SC Cleared10.6%441
8Technical Leadership10.2%426
9Cybersecurity8.4%350
10Enterprise Architecture7.8%325
11Stakeholder Management7.2%301
12Agile7.1%295
13Decision-Making6.4%269
14Stakeholder Engagement6.4%268
15Data Architecture6.4%267
16Technical Architecture6.1%256
17Mentoring6.1%255
18DV Cleared5.8%244
19Problem-Solving5.5%231
19Technology Strategy5.5%231
21TOGAF5.4%226
22IT Strategy5.3%221
23Microservices4.9%204
24Continuous Improvement4.9%203
25Architectural Patterns4.8%200
26CI/CD4.8%199
27Business Strategy4.7%195
27Degree4.7%195
29Data Modelling4.5%189
30Analytics4.4%182

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 Architect27.1%1,134
2Technical Architect16.7%698
3Senior Architect13.3%557
4Data Architect11.6%484
5Security Architect11.4%478
6Lead Architect11.4%476
7Enterprise Architect7.7%322
8Systems Architect5.7%240
9Cloud Architect4.6%191
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.7%154
11Senior Data Architect3.5%147
12Technical Leader3.3%137
13Software Architect3.2%135
14Principal Architect2.7%113
15Senior Solutions Architect2.7%111
16Senior Technical Architect2.5%103
17Platform Architect2.4%100
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%90
19Network Architect2.1%87
20AWS Architect2.0%84
1,788 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London