Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £73,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 July 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 33 19
Rank change year-on-year -44 -14 +42
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,405 4,267 4,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.22% 5.59% 9.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.61% 5.89% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 931 2,388 1,436
10th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,117 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £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 38,926 72,456 46,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.11% 94.91% 88.95%
Number of salaries quoted 20,988 50,322 29,342
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +4.02%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Architect 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -27 429 £73,000 -2.67% 338
North of England -74 393 £67,750 -10.86% 249
North West -80 257 £60,000 -20.00% 133
Midlands -56 237 £72,500 -3.33% 184
West Midlands -26 157 £75,000 -3.23% 128
South West -46 111 £82,500 +8.20% 170
Scotland -28 106 £80,000 +6.67% 91
Yorkshire -56 105 £80,000 +2.21% 87
East of England -48 80 £68,750 -19.12% 112
East Midlands -54 79 £67,500 -3.57% 53
North East -9 33 £65,000 -16.80% 29
Wales -29 33 £73,000 +21.67% 39
Northern Ireland -9 21 £86,250 +7.81% 26
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 July 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.

1 460 (32.74%) Agile
2 312 (22.21%) Azure
3 301 (21.42%) BPSS Clearance
4 293 (20.85%) Finance
5 292 (20.78%) Degree
5 292 (20.78%) DevOps
6 287 (20.43%) Social Skills
7 284 (20.21%) Mentoring
8 265 (18.86%) Security Cleared
9 263 (18.72%) Roadmaps
10 217 (15.44%) Enterprise Architecture
11 198 (14.09%) TOGAF
12 191 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
13 186 (13.24%) AWS
14 181 (12.88%) Computer Science
15 176 (12.53%) SC Cleared
16 175 (12.46%) Technical Leadership
17 173 (12.31%) Microsoft
18 169 (12.03%) ERP
18 169 (12.03%) Design Patterns
19 168 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
20 149 (10.60%) Microservices
21 148 (10.53%) Business Strategy
22 137 (9.75%) Middleware
23 136 (9.68%) SQL
23 136 (9.68%) SDLC
24 135 (9.61%) Problem-Solving
24 135 (9.61%) Configuration Management
25 130 (9.25%) Waterfall
25 130 (9.25%) Management Information System

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 61 (4.34%) Confluence
2 34 (2.42%) CMS
3 11 (0.78%) Umbraco
4 9 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.64%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.43%) Appian
7 5 (0.36%) Apache
8 4 (0.28%) SAS
9 3 (0.21%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.21%) nginx
10 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.14%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.14%) IIS
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 14 (1.00%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Windchill
5 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.071%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
1 9 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.071%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.071%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.071%) Maximo
6 1 (0.071%) Odoo
6 1 (0.071%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.071%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.071%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 312 (22.21%) Azure
2 186 (13.24%) AWS
3 118 (8.40%) SaaS
4 104 (7.40%) GCP
5 78 (5.55%) PaaS
6 60 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (3.77%) Azure Service Bus
7 53 (3.77%) Power Platform
8 46 (3.27%) IaaS
9 36 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (2.56%) OCI
10 35 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
11 32 (2.28%) Serverless
12 31 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 29 (2.06%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.99%) SonarCloud
15 25 (1.78%) iPaaS
16 24 (1.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 19 (1.35%) Amazon S3
17 19 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 106 (7.54%) WAN
2 62 (4.41%) LAN
3 60 (4.27%) Firewall
4 43 (3.06%) VPN
5 35 (2.49%) Network Security
6 32 (2.28%) Junos
7 27 (1.92%) MPLS
8 26 (1.85%) BGP
9 23 (1.64%) IPsec
10 20 (1.42%) DNS
10 20 (1.42%) SD-WAN
11 19 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (1.21%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (0.78%) SDH
14 10 (0.71%) ATM
14 10 (0.71%) Frame Relay
15 9 (0.64%) VoIP
16 7 (0.50%) Ethernet
16 7 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
16 7 (0.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.27%) NoSQL
2 38 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 36 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.28%) Power BI
5 30 (2.14%) SQL Server
6 28 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (1.42%) BigQuery
8 19 (1.35%) MySQL
9 12 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (0.85%) Big Data
10 10 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (0.71%) Metadata
11 8 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.36%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.36%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.36%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.28%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 65 (4.63%) JIRA
2 52 (3.70%) Git
3 37 (2.63%) Visual Studio
4 29 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
5 28 (1.99%) MSBuild
5 28 (1.99%) Octopus Deploy
6 19 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
7 17 (1.21%) MSI
8 11 (0.78%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.64%) GitLab
10 7 (0.50%) Selenium
11 6 (0.43%) Robot Framework
11 6 (0.43%) Snyk
12 5 (0.36%) ERwin
13 2 (0.14%) Liquibase
13 2 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
14 1 (0.071%) ER Studio
14 1 (0.071%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 293 (20.85%) Finance
2 287 (20.43%) Social Skills
3 123 (8.75%) Manufacturing
4 115 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (5.20%) Banking
6 58 (4.13%) Marketing
7 55 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (3.63%) Retail
9 46 (3.27%) Law
10 42 (2.99%) Legal
11 35 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 34 (2.42%) Public Sector
13 30 (2.14%) Electronics
14 29 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.35%) Advertising
16 15 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.78%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.57%) Aerospace
19 6 (0.43%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (9.75%) Middleware
2 68 (4.84%) REST
3 64 (4.56%) .NET
4 46 (3.27%) CSS
5 37 (2.63%) HTML
6 33 (2.35%) XML
7 32 (2.28%) JSON
8 30 (2.14%) gRPC
9 29 (2.06%) ASP.NET
10 28 (1.99%) Bootstrap
10 28 (1.99%) SOAP
11 27 (1.92%) Lightning Web Components
12 26 (1.85%) React
13 19 (1.35%) Kafka
14 15 (1.07%) SAML
15 12 (0.85%) jQuery
15 12 (0.85%) OAuth
15 12 (0.85%) OpenID
16 11 (0.78%) Ajax
16 11 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 130 (9.25%) Management Information System
2 53 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
3 50 (3.56%) Cloud Native
4 45 (3.20%) Product Ownership
5 42 (2.99%) Data Centre
6 38 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (1.64%) Public Cloud
9 22 (1.57%) Private Cloud
10 21 (1.49%) Operational Technology
11 15 (1.07%) NHS
12 13 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.85%) PKI
14 11 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.78%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (0.64%) SCADA
16 9 (0.64%) Security Posture
17 8 (0.57%) IoT
18 7 (0.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.77%) Windows
2 28 (1.99%) Linux
3 8 (0.57%) Android
4 7 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.43%) Windows Vista
6 4 (0.28%) AIX
6 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.14%) Solaris
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.071%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.071%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.071%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (32.74%) Agile
2 292 (20.78%) DevOps
3 284 (20.21%) Mentoring
4 263 (18.72%) Roadmaps
5 217 (15.44%) Enterprise Architecture
6 198 (14.09%) TOGAF
7 191 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 181 (12.88%) Computer Science
9 175 (12.46%) Technical Leadership
10 169 (12.03%) Design Patterns
10 169 (12.03%) ERP
11 149 (10.60%) Microservices
12 148 (10.53%) Business Strategy
13 136 (9.68%) SDLC
14 135 (9.61%) Configuration Management
14 135 (9.61%) Problem-Solving
15 130 (9.25%) Waterfall
16 123 (8.75%) UML
17 120 (8.54%) Information Security
18 117 (8.33%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 136 (9.68%) SQL
2 87 (6.19%) C#
3 64 (4.56%) Python
4 59 (4.20%) Java
4 59 (4.20%) JavaScript
5 46 (3.27%) PowerShell
6 27 (1.92%) Apex Code
7 19 (1.35%) C++
8 15 (1.07%) Bicep
9 10 (0.71%) C
10 7 (0.50%) PHP
11 5 (0.36%) Scala
12 4 (0.28%) R
13 2 (0.14%) ABAP
13 2 (0.14%) SOQL
14 1 (0.071%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.071%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.071%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.071%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.071%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 301 (21.42%) BPSS Clearance
2 292 (20.78%) Degree
3 265 (18.86%) Security Cleared
4 176 (12.53%) SC Cleared
5 168 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 126 (8.97%) Chartered Engineer
7 107 (7.62%) DV Cleared
8 82 (5.84%) CISSP
9 66 (4.70%) Cisco Certification
10 52 (3.70%) CCNA
11 45 (3.20%) TOGAF Certification
12 44 (3.13%) Azure Certification
13 42 (2.99%) CCNP
14 37 (2.63%) AWS Certification
15 36 (2.56%) Master's Degree
16 27 (1.92%) JNCIA
17 24 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 21 (1.49%) JNCIS
19 20 (1.42%) DBS Check
20 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 66 (4.70%) GDPR
3 42 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (2.99%) NIST
4 35 (2.49%) Data Quality
5 32 (2.28%) SLA
6 23 (1.64%) NCSC
7 20 (1.42%) QA
8 17 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 15 (1.07%) HIPAA
10 10 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.64%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.43%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.28%) Basel II
14 4 (0.28%) Basel III
14 4 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS 9
15 3 (0.21%) COBIT
System Software
1 74 (5.27%) Docker
2 29 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.21%) Firmware
6 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.14%) KVM
7 2 (0.14%) NFS
7 2 (0.14%) SRDF
7 2 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.14%) Xen
8 1 (0.071%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.071%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 40 (2.85%) Terraform
3 36 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (1.49%) Ansible
5 19 (1.35%) WMI
6 12 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.28%) CASB
8 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.14%) Grafana
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.071%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.071%) Marathon
10 1 (0.071%) SCCM
Vendors
1 173 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.48%) Cisco
3 85 (6.05%) Juniper
4 84 (5.98%) SAP
5 56 (3.99%) Oracle
5 56 (3.99%) Siemens
6 45 (3.20%) Salesforce
7 44 (3.13%) Google
8 36 (2.56%) VMware
9 29 (2.06%) Databricks
9 29 (2.06%) IBM
10 23 (1.64%) Fortinet
10 23 (1.64%) Palo Alto
11 21 (1.49%) Aruba
11 21 (1.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 16 (1.14%) Meraki
13 12 (0.85%) ServiceNow
14 11 (0.78%) Workday
15 10 (0.71%) Apple
16 9 (0.64%) Informatica