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 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 73 51
Rank change year-on-year +19 -22 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,313 1,051 3,133
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.51% 3.78% 4.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.76% 4.25% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 784 2,045
10th Percentile £55,000 £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 £86,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £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 61,559 24,726 64,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 88.83% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 39,570 14,687 47,071
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £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% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,900
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.53% -11.83%

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 5 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 5 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 +35 713 £85,000 +21.43% 190
South East 0 434 £85,000 +7.59% 192
North West +42 393 £89,000 +27.14% 111
Midlands -2 370 £80,000 +11.78% 134
South West +56 317 £77,500 +7.65% 119
West Midlands +3 282 £80,000 +6.67% 79
Yorkshire +3 219 £82,500 +3.13% 47
East of England +51 206 £90,000 +35.95% 88
Scotland +20 161 £90,000 +12.50% 29
North East +6 101 £80,000 +23.08% 32
East Midlands -14 86 £65,000 - 55
Wales +15 82 £80,000 +19.74% 46
Northern Ireland -10 39 £70,000 -20.00% 19
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 435 (18.81%) Azure
2 308 (13.32%) Security Cleared
3 247 (10.68%) Microsoft
4 238 (10.29%) AWS
5 235 (10.16%) Roadmaps
6 220 (9.51%) Agile
7 196 (8.47%) Data Modelling
7 196 (8.47%) TOGAF
8 188 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
9 184 (7.96%) Enterprise Architecture
10 173 (7.48%) Problem-Solving
11 172 (7.44%) AI
12 170 (7.35%) SC Cleared
13 168 (7.26%) Data Architecture
14 156 (6.74%) Analytics
15 155 (6.70%) DevOps
16 151 (6.53%) Stakeholder Management
17 140 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
18 126 (5.45%) Degree
18 126 (5.45%) IT Strategy
19 122 (5.27%) CI/CD
20 120 (5.19%) Data Governance
21 117 (5.06%) DV Cleared
21 117 (5.06%) Technology Strategy
22 115 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
23 106 (4.58%) Architectural Design
24 102 (4.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 98 (4.24%) Security Architecture
26 97 (4.19%) Integration Patterns
27 96 (4.15%) 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 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.65%) Confluence
3 13 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.30%) 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 (0.086%) JBoss
8 2 (0.086%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.043%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.043%) Camunda
9 1 (0.043%) IIS
9 1 (0.043%) Strapi
9 1 (0.043%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.086%) ArchiCAD
2 2 (0.086%) Revit
3 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.043%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.043%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 36 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.30%) 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 (0.086%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.043%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.043%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.043%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.043%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.043%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.043%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.043%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 435 (18.81%) Azure
2 238 (10.29%) AWS
3 96 (4.15%) Power Platform
4 88 (3.80%) GCP
5 79 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
6 70 (3.03%) SaaS
7 59 (2.55%) Serverless
8 56 (2.42%) Snowflake
9 51 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
10 44 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 40 (1.73%) PaaS
12 35 (1.51%) IaaS
13 31 (1.34%) Entra ID
14 27 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.56%) GitHub
15 13 (0.56%) iPaaS
16 11 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.30%) Mimecast
17 7 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.42%) Broadband
2 55 (2.38%) Firewall
3 36 (1.56%) Network Security
4 30 (1.30%) VPN
5 24 (1.04%) DNS
6 20 (0.86%) WAN
7 11 (0.48%) LAN
8 9 (0.39%) Internet
8 9 (0.39%) NetScaler
8 9 (0.39%) SAN
9 7 (0.30%) BGP
9 7 (0.30%) MPLS
9 7 (0.30%) 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%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
1 59 (2.55%) Metadata
2 39 (1.69%) Power BI
3 22 (0.95%) Data Lake
4 21 (0.91%) Tableau
5 18 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 17 (0.73%) SQL Server
7 11 (0.48%) GIS
8 10 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.39%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.30%) 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%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 41 (1.77%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.56%) GitLab
3 34 (1.47%) SonarQube
4 17 (0.73%) Snyk
5 13 (0.56%) JIRA
6 4 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.13%) Git
8 2 (0.086%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.086%) JMeter
8 2 (0.086%) MLflow
8 2 (0.086%) Postman
8 2 (0.086%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.086%) Selenium
8 2 (0.086%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.043%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.043%) Toad
General
1 268 (11.59%) Social Skills
2 242 (10.46%) Finance
3 179 (7.74%) Public Sector
4 115 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 72 (3.11%) Games
6 67 (2.90%) Marketing
7 50 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
8 46 (1.99%) Retail
9 41 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 37 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.25%) Law
12 25 (1.08%) Legal
13 21 (0.91%) Telecoms
14 17 (0.73%) Banking
15 12 (0.52%) Electronics
16 10 (0.43%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.35%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.59%) REST
2 54 (2.33%) SOAP
3 44 (1.90%) Lightning Web Components
4 42 (1.82%) Middleware
5 40 (1.73%) .NET
6 34 (1.47%) Visualforce
7 29 (1.25%) Node.js
8 21 (0.91%) XML
9 18 (0.78%) JSON
10 16 (0.69%) React
11 15 (0.65%) Kafka
12 14 (0.61%) LDAP
12 14 (0.61%) Regular Expression
13 13 (0.56%) OAuth
14 12 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
14 12 (0.52%) XMPP
15 11 (0.48%) Django
16 10 (0.43%) EDI
16 10 (0.43%) NestJS
17 8 (0.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 79 (3.42%) Cloud Native
2 56 (2.42%) Data Centre
2 56 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
2 56 (2.42%) Product Ownership
3 36 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (1.47%) Operational Technology
4 34 (1.47%) Virtual Team
5 32 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (1.34%) Cyberattack
7 29 (1.25%) PKI
8 26 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 25 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.04%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.73%) Public Cloud
12 14 (0.61%) Data Structures
13 13 (0.56%) IoT
14 12 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.52%) NHS
15 10 (0.43%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.43%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.12%) Windows
2 36 (1.56%) Windows Server
3 29 (1.25%) Linux
4 16 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.043%) AIX
5 1 (0.043%) CentOS
5 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (10.16%) Roadmaps
2 220 (9.51%) Agile
3 196 (8.47%) Data Modelling
3 196 (8.47%) TOGAF
4 188 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
5 184 (7.96%) Enterprise Architecture
6 173 (7.48%) Problem-Solving
7 172 (7.44%) AI
8 168 (7.26%) Data Architecture
9 156 (6.74%) Analytics
10 155 (6.70%) DevOps
11 151 (6.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 140 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 126 (5.45%) IT Strategy
14 122 (5.27%) CI/CD
15 120 (5.19%) Data Governance
16 117 (5.06%) Technology Strategy
17 115 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
18 106 (4.58%) Architectural Design
19 102 (4.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 79 (3.42%) SQL
2 77 (3.33%) Python
3 38 (1.64%) Java
4 37 (1.60%) Apex Code
5 36 (1.56%) C#
6 35 (1.51%) SOQL
7 34 (1.47%) SOSL
8 22 (0.95%) JavaScript
9 19 (0.82%) TypeScript
10 17 (0.73%) PowerShell
11 12 (0.52%) Bicep
12 6 (0.26%) Bash
13 5 (0.22%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.17%) C
14 4 (0.17%) C++
14 4 (0.17%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.17%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.086%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.086%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.086%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 308 (13.32%) Security Cleared
2 170 (7.35%) SC Cleared
3 126 (5.45%) Degree
4 117 (5.06%) DV Cleared
5 49 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
7 44 (1.90%) CISSP
8 38 (1.64%) AWS Certification
9 35 (1.51%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.04%) CISM
12 23 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (0.82%) PMI Certification
13 19 (0.82%) PMP
14 15 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (0.65%) CCSP
15 8 (0.35%) CCNP
15 8 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (3.67%) Data Quality
2 66 (2.85%) NIST
3 42 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 34 (1.47%) GDPR
5 31 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.25%) QA
7 21 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 19 (0.82%) GRC
9 17 (0.73%) NCSC
10 10 (0.43%) 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 (0.086%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.086%) PMO
15 2 (0.086%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.086%) SLA
15 2 (0.086%) Solvency II
System Software
1 61 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.73%) vSphere
5 13 (0.56%) Docker
6 12 (0.52%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.086%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.043%) GPFS
8 1 (0.043%) Lustre
8 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.043%) vCloud
8 1 (0.043%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (1.12%) Terraform
2 16 (0.69%) MOM
3 14 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.43%) vRealize
5 9 (0.39%) Netcool
6 7 (0.30%) 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 (0.043%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.043%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.043%) Grafana
10 1 (0.043%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.043%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.043%) SCCM
Vendors
1 247 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 82 (3.55%) SAP
3 73 (3.16%) Databricks
4 67 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 61 (2.64%) Salesforce
6 52 (2.25%) VMware
7 35 (1.51%) Splunk
8 34 (1.47%) Oracle
9 23 (0.99%) Anaplan
9 23 (0.99%) Google
10 22 (0.95%) Cisco
10 22 (0.95%) Palo Alto
11 21 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
11 21 (0.91%) Palantir
12 18 (0.78%) Genesys
12 18 (0.78%) Verint
13 17 (0.73%) Sparx
13 17 (0.73%) Tenable
14 13 (0.56%) Juniper
14 13 (0.56%) Red Hat