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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 86 33
Rank change year-on-year +55 -53 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,557 1,112 3,093
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.28% 3.22% 5.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.57% 3.61% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 686 1,875
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,474
UK median annual salary £87,431 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.98% +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 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 77,793 30,835 53,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 89.27% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 54,134 17,585 31,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -8.33%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +90 1,213 £80,000 +6.67% 340
North West +96 654 £80,000 - 182
South East +11 615 £85,000 +9.68% 434
South West +51 528 £80,000 -5.88% 161
Midlands +41 514 £85,000 +13.33% 187
West Midlands +32 413 £85,000 +13.33% 130
Yorkshire +53 361 £80,000 +6.67% 125
East of England +61 230 £80,150 -1.35% 137
North East +13 198 £85,000 +30.77% 33
Scotland +66 184 £85,000 +6.25% 149
Wales +19 165 £80,000 +11.89% 12
Northern Ireland -9 122 £80,000 +1.39% 56
East Midlands -7 101 £69,928 -6.45% 56
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 September 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.

1 635 (17.85%) Azure
2 541 (15.21%) Security Cleared
3 495 (13.92%) Microsoft
4 446 (12.54%) AI
5 443 (12.45%) Roadmaps
6 411 (11.55%) AWS
7 318 (8.94%) SC Cleared
8 305 (8.57%) Enterprise Architecture
9 302 (8.49%) Agile
10 295 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
11 269 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
12 258 (7.25%) Data Architecture
13 239 (6.72%) Technical Architecture
14 238 (6.69%) Problem-Solving
15 234 (6.58%) TOGAF
16 230 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 216 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
18 215 (6.04%) CI/CD
19 214 (6.02%) Decision-Making
20 213 (5.99%) DV Cleared
21 200 (5.62%) Data Modelling
22 194 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
23 192 (5.40%) Technology Strategy
24 187 (5.26%) Microservices
25 182 (5.12%) Business Strategy
26 181 (5.09%) Security Architecture
27 179 (5.03%) Analytics
28 178 (5.00%) Mentoring
29 176 (4.95%) DevOps
29 176 (4.95%) 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 19 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.22%) Apache
3 7 (0.20%) CMS
3 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.14%) Confluence
5 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.056%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.028%) JBoss
9 1 (0.028%) SAS
9 1 (0.028%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.028%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.28%) Revit
2 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.056%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.056%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.056%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.056%) Simulink
5 2 (0.056%) Weka
5 2 (0.056%) Windchill
6 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.028%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.028%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.028%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 41 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle Retail
5 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.084%) Lawson
6 3 (0.084%) Movex
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.084%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.056%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.056%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.056%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 635 (17.85%) Azure
2 411 (11.55%) AWS
3 176 (4.95%) Power Platform
4 131 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
5 126 (3.54%) SaaS
6 124 (3.49%) GCP
7 75 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
8 71 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
9 59 (1.66%) Entra ID
9 59 (1.66%) Serverless
10 44 (1.24%) PaaS
11 43 (1.21%) IaaS
12 42 (1.18%) dbt
13 34 (0.96%) Azure Databricks
14 23 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
16 20 (0.56%) Amazon S3
16 20 (0.56%) GitHub
17 19 (0.53%) PowerApps
18 18 (0.51%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 106 (2.98%) WAN
2 90 (2.53%) LAN
3 77 (2.16%) Network Security
4 68 (1.91%) Firewall
5 48 (1.35%) VPN
6 36 (1.01%) DNS
7 28 (0.79%) SD-WAN
8 21 (0.59%) Broadband
9 19 (0.53%) MPLS
10 18 (0.51%) Wireless
11 17 (0.48%) BGP
11 17 (0.48%) VLAN
12 16 (0.45%) Unified Communications
13 14 (0.39%) SNMP
14 13 (0.37%) HTTP
15 12 (0.34%) 5G
15 12 (0.34%) DHCP
16 10 (0.28%) FTP
16 10 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
16 10 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (2.31%) Metadata
2 39 (1.10%) Power BI
3 35 (0.98%) Data Lake
4 28 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.70%) SQL Server
6 14 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.34%) GIS
8 11 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.28%) Tableau
10 9 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
11 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.20%) Big Data
12 7 (0.20%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.17%) Delta Lake
13 6 (0.17%) MySQL
14 5 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (0.62%) Snyk
2 20 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 13 (0.37%) GitLab
4 11 (0.31%) JIRA
5 7 (0.20%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.14%) Git
6 5 (0.14%) MLflow
6 5 (0.14%) Toad
7 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
8 3 (0.084%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.084%) ERwin
9 2 (0.056%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.056%) JMeter
9 2 (0.056%) Postman
9 2 (0.056%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.056%) Selenium
10 1 (0.028%) Flyway
10 1 (0.028%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.028%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.028%) Rational DOORS
General
1 494 (13.89%) Finance
2 457 (12.85%) Social Skills
3 283 (7.96%) Public Sector
4 185 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 139 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
6 99 (2.78%) Aerospace
6 99 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
7 92 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
8 60 (1.69%) Law
9 54 (1.52%) Retail
10 46 (1.29%) Banking
11 44 (1.24%) Manufacturing
12 39 (1.10%) Marketing
13 37 (1.04%) Legal
14 32 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 23 (0.65%) Games
16 19 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
17 17 (0.48%) Military
18 16 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
19 13 (0.37%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (1.60%) Terraform
2 53 (1.49%) Middleware
3 48 (1.35%) .NET
4 42 (1.18%) REST
5 38 (1.07%) OAuth
6 37 (1.04%) LDAP
7 33 (0.93%) SAML
8 31 (0.87%) SOAP
9 26 (0.73%) ModSecurity
10 25 (0.70%) Kafka
11 23 (0.65%) Node.js
12 21 (0.59%) OpenID
13 16 (0.45%) Regular Expression
13 16 (0.45%) XML
13 16 (0.45%) XMPP
14 15 (0.42%) JSON
15 13 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
16 11 (0.31%) GraphQL
16 11 (0.31%) PySpark
16 11 (0.31%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 170 (4.78%) Cloud Native
2 84 (2.36%) Data Centre
3 52 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (1.29%) Product Ownership
5 43 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 40 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
7 35 (0.98%) Onboarding
8 30 (0.84%) Cyberattack
8 30 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
8 30 (0.84%) Operational Technology
9 28 (0.79%) Virtual Team
10 23 (0.65%) AI Agents
10 23 (0.65%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 23 (0.65%) Management Information System
10 23 (0.65%) Public Cloud
11 21 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
11 21 (0.59%) Private Cloud
11 21 (0.59%) Social Media
12 19 (0.53%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.32%) Linux
2 38 (1.07%) Windows
3 27 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.028%) AIX
5 1 (0.028%) CentOS
5 1 (0.028%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.028%) Solaris
5 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (12.54%) AI
2 443 (12.45%) Roadmaps
3 305 (8.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 302 (8.49%) Agile
5 295 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
6 269 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
7 258 (7.25%) Data Architecture
8 239 (6.72%) Technical Architecture
9 238 (6.69%) Problem-Solving
10 234 (6.58%) TOGAF
11 230 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 216 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 215 (6.04%) CI/CD
14 214 (6.02%) Decision-Making
15 200 (5.62%) Data Modelling
16 194 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 192 (5.40%) Technology Strategy
18 187 (5.26%) Microservices
19 182 (5.12%) Business Strategy
20 181 (5.09%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 95 (2.67%) SQL
2 93 (2.61%) Python
3 65 (1.83%) C#
4 49 (1.38%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.07%) Java
6 26 (0.73%) Bicep
7 16 (0.45%) C
8 15 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.34%) C++
10 10 (0.28%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.25%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.25%) Scala
12 7 (0.20%) SOQL
12 7 (0.20%) SOSL
13 6 (0.17%) COBOL
13 6 (0.17%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.17%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.17%) Go
13 6 (0.17%) R
13 6 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 541 (15.21%) Security Cleared
2 318 (8.94%) SC Cleared
3 213 (5.99%) DV Cleared
4 124 (3.49%) Degree
5 69 (1.94%) CISSP
6 60 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 56 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 55 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 44 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 40 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (1.10%) CISM
12 32 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 24 (0.67%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (0.48%) CCNP
15 17 (0.48%) CCSP
16 14 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
17 9 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (2.98%) NIST
2 102 (2.87%) GRC
3 92 (2.59%) Data Quality
4 72 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 56 (1.57%) GDPR
6 50 (1.41%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.67%) NCSC
8 18 (0.51%) QA
9 13 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.34%) NIST 800
11 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.14%) MISRA
15 5 (0.14%) SLA
16 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 96 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (0.76%) Docker
3 27 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (0.67%) vSphere
5 16 (0.45%) Firmware
6 12 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.22%) NDS
9 3 (0.084%) KVM
10 1 (0.028%) GPFS
10 1 (0.028%) Lustre
10 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.028%) vCloud
10 1 (0.028%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 78 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 30 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (0.45%) MOM
4 12 (0.34%) CASB
5 10 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 10 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.17%) Ansible
7 3 (0.084%) Grafana
8 2 (0.056%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.056%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.056%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.056%) SCCM
8 2 (0.056%) vRealize
9 1 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.028%) Salt
Vendors
1 495 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.42%) SAP
3 84 (2.36%) Databricks
4 58 (1.63%) Oracle
4 58 (1.63%) VMware
5 49 (1.38%) Cisco
6 42 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 41 (1.15%) Palo Alto
8 36 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 32 (0.90%) Workday
10 30 (0.84%) Google
11 27 (0.76%) Computacenter
12 23 (0.65%) ForgeRock
12 23 (0.65%) Okta
12 23 (0.65%) Red Hat
12 23 (0.65%) Tenable
13 22 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
14 20 (0.56%) Adobe
14 20 (0.56%) OpenAI
15 17 (0.48%) CyberArk