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 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 91 31
Rank change year-on-year +63 -60 +1
Permanent Architect jobs 3,883 1,051 2,681
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.36% 3.05% 5.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.74% 3.40% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,497 643 1,618
10th Percentile £63,642 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,275
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +2.96% -0.37%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,792
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
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 81,991 30,889 46,325
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.07% 89.68% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 56,257 17,814 25,292
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%

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 24 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 24 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 +88 1,237 £80,000 +4.58% 454
South East +29 785 £90,000 +16.13% 530
North West +88 669 £80,000 - 239
South West +41 575 £85,000 +6.25% 188
Midlands +33 555 £82,500 +7.84% 244
West Midlands +43 433 £82,500 +10.00% 189
Yorkshire +58 362 £80,000 +3.23% 159
East of England +52 249 £82,500 -2.94% 179
North East +20 206 £80,500 +11.03% 56
Scotland +60 204 £85,000 +6.25% 209
Wales +13 166 £80,000 +6.67% 45
Northern Ireland -4 132 £80,000 +6.79% 49
East Midlands -2 122 £80,000 - 55
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 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
1Azure16.1%625
2Security Cleared15.8%615
3Microsoft12.7%494
4Roadmaps12.3%477
5AI11.6%449
6AWS10.6%411
7SC Cleared10.2%398
8Technical Leadership9.7%375
9Cybersecurity8.1%314
10Agile7.9%306
11Enterprise Architecture7.7%300
12Data Architecture6.8%263
12Technical Architecture6.8%263
14Stakeholder Engagement6.6%255
15Stakeholder Management6.4%248
16Decision-Making6.0%232
17Problem-Solving5.9%230
18DV Cleared5.8%226
19Technology Strategy5.5%215
19TOGAF5.5%215
21Analytics5.3%206
22Mentoring5.3%204
23IT Strategy5.1%198
24CI/CD5.0%195
25Data Modelling5.0%194
26Continuous Improvement4.8%187
27Architectural Patterns4.7%183
27Migration4.7%183
29Microservices4.7%182
30Business Strategy4.5%173

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%1,072
2Technical Architect15.6%604
3Senior Architect12.9%501
4Data Architect12.6%489
5Lead Architect11.7%456
6Security Architect11.7%455
7Enterprise Architect7.9%305
8Cloud Architect5.3%205
9Systems Architect5.1%198
10Artificial Intelligence Architect4.0%155
11Technical Leader3.5%137
12Senior Data Architect3.4%131
13Software Architect3.0%115
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%110
15Platform Architect2.7%103
16Principal Architect2.6%102
17AWS Architect2.3%90
18Cybersecurity Architect2.1%82
19Senior Technical Architect1.9%74
20Digital Architect1.9%73
1,893 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London