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 25 October 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 87 31
Rank change year-on-year +59 -56 +1
Permanent Architect jobs 3,905 1,059 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.38% 3.08% 5.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.76% 3.42% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,500 649 1,610
10th Percentile £63,335 £60,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £79,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% +5.12% -0.53%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,625
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
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 82,011 30,965 46,106
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.06% 90.06% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 56,208 17,908 25,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £52,500 £56,509
% change year-on-year +12.86% -7.09% -5.82%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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 +82 1,234 £80,000 +3.23% 446
South East +31 794 £90,000 +16.13% 524
North West +90 665 £80,000 - 239
South West +41 580 £85,000 +4.62% 190
Midlands +35 558 £82,500 +7.14% 244
West Midlands +41 434 £82,500 +10.00% 188
Yorkshire +56 361 £80,000 +1.27% 153
East of England +61 253 £82,500 -2.94% 178
North East +19 208 £80,500 +11.03% 54
Scotland +64 204 £85,000 +6.25% 212
Wales +13 170 £80,000 +6.67% 45
Northern Ireland -3 132 £80,000 +6.67% 47
East Midlands 0 124 £80,000 - 56
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 October 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
1Azure15.9%621
2Security Cleared15.9%619
3Microsoft12.6%491
4Roadmaps12.3%481
5AI11.5%449
6AWS10.5%409
7SC Cleared10.2%400
8Technical Leadership9.7%378
9Cybersecurity8.1%315
10Agile7.8%305
11Enterprise Architecture7.8%304
12Technical Architecture6.9%268
13Data Architecture6.7%261
14Stakeholder Engagement6.6%256
15Stakeholder Management6.4%251
16Decision-Making6.0%235
16Problem-Solving6.0%235
18DV Cleared5.8%227
19Technology Strategy5.5%216
19TOGAF5.5%216
21Mentoring5.3%208
22Analytics5.3%206
23IT Strategy5.1%201
24CI/CD5.0%195
25Data Modelling5.0%194
26Continuous Improvement4.8%189
27Architectural Patterns4.7%185
28Migration4.7%184
29Microservices4.7%183
30Business Strategy4.6%179

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 Architect27.6%1,079
2Technical Architect15.7%613
3Senior Architect13.0%506
4Data Architect12.5%488
5Lead Architect11.7%455
6Security Architect11.6%454
7Enterprise Architect7.9%307
8Cloud Architect5.2%205
9Systems Architect5.2%203
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.9%154
11Technical Leader3.5%137
12Senior Data Architect3.4%131
13Software Architect3.0%116
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%110
15Platform Architect2.6%102
15Principal Architect2.6%102
17AWS Architect2.3%88
18Cybersecurity Architect2.0%80
19Senior Technical Architect2.0%78
20Network Architect1.9%76
1,881 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London