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 14 November 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 72 32
Rank change year-on-year +45 -40 +2
Permanent Architect jobs 4,211 1,264 2,565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.59% 3.43% 5.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.01% 3.83% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,573 779 1,571
10th Percentile £63,744 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £67,750 £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
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 84,001 33,027 45,408
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.55% 89.73% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 56,395 20,354 24,475
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £50,055
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -7.10% -4.66%
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 14 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 14 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 +47 1,242 £80,000 +1.27% 443
South East +26 954 £90,000 +16.13% 553
North West +40 654 £80,000 - 244
South West +32 643 £85,000 +6.25% 174
Midlands +22 595 £80,000 - 242
West Midlands +31 449 £80,000 +4.23% 173
Yorkshire +51 366 £80,000 - 135
East of England +33 254 £85,000 -5.56% 182
North East +17 222 £80,000 +6.67% 64
Scotland +59 221 £85,000 +6.25% 155
Wales +17 189 £80,000 +6.67% 26
East Midlands -7 146 £80,000 - 69
Northern Ireland -7 137 £80,000 +6.67% 68
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 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%698
2Azure14.6%613
3Roadmaps12.6%530
4Microsoft11.2%473
5AI11.0%463
6SC Cleared10.5%443
7AWS10.5%442
8Technical Leadership10.2%428
9Cybersecurity8.4%352
10Enterprise Architecture7.7%326
11Stakeholder Management7.2%305
12Agile7.0%295
13Decision-Making6.5%274
14Stakeholder Engagement6.3%265
15Data Architecture6.3%264
16Mentoring6.1%258
17Technical Architecture6.1%256
18DV Cleared5.8%245
19Technology Strategy5.5%231
20Problem-Solving5.5%230
21TOGAF5.4%227
22IT Strategy5.3%222
23Microservices5.0%210
24CI/CD4.8%204
25Architectural Patterns4.7%199
25Continuous Improvement4.7%199
27Degree4.7%196
28Business Strategy4.6%193
29Data Modelling4.5%189
30Analytics4.3%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 Architect27.3%1,151
2Technical Architect16.8%706
3Senior Architect13.3%560
4Data Architect11.4%482
5Security Architect11.4%479
6Lead Architect11.3%474
7Enterprise Architect7.6%322
8Systems Architect5.8%245
9Cloud Architect4.5%191
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.7%154
11Senior Data Architect3.5%148
12Software Architect3.2%135
12Technical Leader3.2%135
14Principal Architect2.8%117
15Senior Solutions Architect2.6%111
16Senior Technical Architect2.5%104
17Platform Architect2.3%98
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%91
19Lead Solutions Architect2.1%87
19Network Architect2.1%87
1,818 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London