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 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 72 51
Rank change year-on-year +17 -21 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,290 1,053 3,123
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.49% 3.83% 4.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.75% 4.32% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,622 785 2,032
10th Percentile £55,250 £57,500 £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% - -5.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,639 £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 61,115 24,359 64,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 88.70% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 39,195 14,667 47,120
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,075 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.21%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.32% -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 3 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 3 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 +31 702 £85,000 +21.43% 173
South East -1 435 £85,000 +7.59% 191
North West +47 385 £90,000 +28.57% 105
Midlands -1 367 £80,000 +11.78% 117
South West +52 314 £77,500 +7.65% 101
West Midlands +5 278 £80,000 +6.67% 75
Yorkshire +4 218 £82,500 +3.13% 40
East of England +48 208 £90,000 +34.63% 78
Scotland +17 160 £90,000 +12.50% 27
North East +7 99 £80,000 +23.08% 28
East Midlands -7 87 £65,000 - 42
Wales +13 77 £80,000 +19.74% 37
Northern Ireland -9 37 £55,000 -37.14% 19
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 431 (18.82%) Azure
2 308 (13.45%) Security Cleared
3 245 (10.70%) Microsoft
4 239 (10.44%) AWS
5 236 (10.31%) Roadmaps
6 220 (9.61%) Agile
7 196 (8.56%) TOGAF
8 195 (8.52%) Data Modelling
9 188 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
10 187 (8.17%) Enterprise Architecture
11 170 (7.42%) SC Cleared
12 168 (7.34%) Data Architecture
13 164 (7.16%) Problem-Solving
14 156 (6.81%) AI
15 155 (6.77%) DevOps
16 150 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
17 146 (6.38%) Analytics
18 140 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
19 129 (5.63%) IT Strategy
20 127 (5.55%) Degree
21 122 (5.33%) CI/CD
22 120 (5.24%) Technology Strategy
23 119 (5.20%) Data Governance
24 117 (5.11%) DV Cleared
25 114 (4.98%) Technical Leadership
26 106 (4.63%) Architectural Design
27 101 (4.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
28 98 (4.28%) Security Architecture
29 96 (4.19%) Integration Patterns
29 96 (4.19%) Power Platform

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 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.66%) Confluence
3 13 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.26%) Apache
5 6 (0.26%) CMS
6 5 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
6 5 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.13%) SAS
8 2 (0.087%) JBoss
8 2 (0.087%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.044%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.044%) Camunda
9 1 (0.044%) IIS
9 1 (0.044%) Strapi
9 1 (0.044%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.087%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.087%) Revit
3 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.044%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 36 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.26%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.26%) SAP MM
4 5 (0.22%) SAP CAR
4 5 (0.22%) 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 (0.087%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.044%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.044%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.044%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.044%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.044%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.044%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.044%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 431 (18.82%) Azure
2 239 (10.44%) AWS
3 96 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 89 (3.89%) GCP
5 80 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
6 68 (2.97%) SaaS
7 60 (2.62%) Serverless
8 56 (2.45%) Snowflake
9 51 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
10 44 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 39 (1.70%) PaaS
12 35 (1.53%) IaaS
13 30 (1.31%) Entra ID
14 27 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.57%) GitHub
15 13 (0.57%) iPaaS
16 11 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.31%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.45%) Broadband
2 55 (2.40%) Firewall
3 36 (1.57%) Network Security
4 30 (1.31%) VPN
5 24 (1.05%) DNS
6 19 (0.83%) WAN
7 10 (0.44%) LAN
8 9 (0.39%) Internet
8 9 (0.39%) NetScaler
8 9 (0.39%) SAN
9 7 (0.31%) BGP
9 7 (0.31%) MPLS
9 7 (0.31%) SNMP
10 6 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.26%) HTTP
10 6 (0.26%) NAS
10 6 (0.26%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.22%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
2 58 (2.53%) Metadata
3 38 (1.66%) Power BI
4 22 (0.96%) Data Lake
5 21 (0.92%) Tableau
6 18 (0.79%) NoSQL
7 17 (0.74%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.44%) GIS
8 10 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.39%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.26%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.26%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.22%) 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 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.57%) GitLab
3 34 (1.48%) SonarQube
4 17 (0.74%) Snyk
5 13 (0.57%) JIRA
6 4 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.13%) Git
8 2 (0.087%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.087%) JMeter
8 2 (0.087%) MLflow
8 2 (0.087%) Postman
8 2 (0.087%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.087%) Selenium
8 2 (0.087%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.044%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.044%) Toad
General
1 267 (11.66%) Social Skills
2 231 (10.09%) Finance
3 169 (7.38%) Public Sector
4 115 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (3.14%) Games
7 67 (2.93%) Marketing
8 50 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
9 45 (1.97%) Retail
10 41 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 37 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (1.27%) Law
12 29 (1.27%) Legal
13 21 (0.92%) Telecoms
14 17 (0.74%) Banking
15 12 (0.52%) Electronics
16 10 (0.44%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.35%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.58%) REST
2 53 (2.31%) SOAP
3 44 (1.92%) Lightning Web Components
4 42 (1.83%) Middleware
5 40 (1.75%) .NET
6 34 (1.48%) Visualforce
7 30 (1.31%) Node.js
8 21 (0.92%) XML
9 18 (0.79%) JSON
10 17 (0.74%) React
11 15 (0.66%) Kafka
12 14 (0.61%) LDAP
12 14 (0.61%) Regular Expression
13 13 (0.57%) OAuth
14 12 (0.52%) Django
14 12 (0.52%) XMPP
15 11 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
16 10 (0.44%) EDI
16 10 (0.44%) NestJS
17 8 (0.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (3.49%) Cloud Native
2 56 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
2 56 (2.45%) Product Ownership
3 55 (2.40%) Data Centre
4 37 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (1.48%) Operational Technology
6 32 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.35%) Cyberattack
8 29 (1.27%) PKI
9 25 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
9 25 (1.09%) Management Information System
9 25 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (1.00%) Virtual Team
11 17 (0.74%) Public Cloud
12 14 (0.61%) Data Structures
13 13 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (0.57%) IoT
14 11 (0.48%) NHS
15 10 (0.44%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.14%) Windows
2 36 (1.57%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.27%) Linux
4 16 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.044%) AIX
5 1 (0.044%) CentOS
5 1 (0.044%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (10.31%) Roadmaps
2 220 (9.61%) Agile
3 196 (8.56%) TOGAF
4 195 (8.52%) Data Modelling
5 188 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
6 187 (8.17%) Enterprise Architecture
7 168 (7.34%) Data Architecture
8 164 (7.16%) Problem-Solving
9 156 (6.81%) AI
10 155 (6.77%) DevOps
11 150 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 146 (6.38%) Analytics
13 140 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 129 (5.63%) IT Strategy
15 122 (5.33%) CI/CD
16 120 (5.24%) Technology Strategy
17 119 (5.20%) Data Governance
18 114 (4.98%) Technical Leadership
19 106 (4.63%) Architectural Design
20 101 (4.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 79 (3.45%) Python
2 78 (3.41%) SQL
3 38 (1.66%) Java
4 37 (1.62%) Apex Code
4 37 (1.62%) C#
5 35 (1.53%) SOQL
6 34 (1.48%) SOSL
7 22 (0.96%) JavaScript
8 19 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 17 (0.74%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.52%) Bicep
11 6 (0.26%) Bash
12 5 (0.22%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.17%) C
13 4 (0.17%) C++
13 4 (0.17%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.17%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.087%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.087%) PHP
14 2 (0.087%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 308 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 170 (7.42%) SC Cleared
3 127 (5.55%) Degree
4 117 (5.11%) DV Cleared
5 48 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (2.10%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (1.92%) CISSP
7 38 (1.66%) AWS Certification
8 35 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 26 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 24 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (1.05%) CISM
11 23 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 19 (0.83%) PMP
13 15 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (0.66%) CCSP
14 8 (0.35%) CCNP
14 8 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (3.62%) Data Quality
2 66 (2.88%) NIST
3 42 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 33 (1.44%) GDPR
5 31 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.27%) QA
7 21 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 19 (0.83%) GRC
9 17 (0.74%) NCSC
10 10 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 4 (0.17%) WCAG
14 3 (0.13%) IFRS
14 3 (0.13%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.087%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.087%) PMO
15 2 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.087%) SLA
15 2 (0.087%) Solvency II
System Software
1 60 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.74%) vSphere
5 13 (0.57%) Docker
6 12 (0.52%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.087%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.044%) GPFS
8 1 (0.044%) Lustre
8 1 (0.044%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.044%) vCloud
8 1 (0.044%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (1.14%) Terraform
2 16 (0.70%) MOM
3 14 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.44%) vRealize
5 9 (0.39%) Netcool
6 7 (0.31%) Endace
7 6 (0.26%) Ansible
8 5 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.13%) CASB
10 1 (0.044%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.044%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.044%) Grafana
10 1 (0.044%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.044%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.044%) SCCM
Vendors
1 245 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 80 (3.49%) SAP
3 71 (3.10%) Databricks
4 66 (2.88%) ServiceNow
5 60 (2.62%) Salesforce
6 52 (2.27%) VMware
7 35 (1.53%) Splunk
8 33 (1.44%) Oracle
9 23 (1.00%) Anaplan
9 23 (1.00%) Google
10 22 (0.96%) Cisco
10 22 (0.96%) Palo Alto
11 21 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
11 21 (0.92%) Palantir
12 18 (0.79%) Genesys
12 18 (0.79%) Verint
13 17 (0.74%) Sparx
13 17 (0.74%) Tenable
14 13 (0.57%) Juniper
14 13 (0.57%) Red Hat