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 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 88 40
Rank change year-on-year +55 -48 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,860 1,131 3,465
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.98% 3.35% 4.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.20% 3.74% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,115 771 2,289
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,085 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 68,088 30,221 67,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.44% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 47,187 17,297 47,231
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,958 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,806
% change year-on-year - +4.15% -11.99%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +82 965 £80,000 +6.67% 152
North West +97 569 £85,000 +13.33% 83
South East +9 477 £85,000 +9.68% 182
South West +48 422 £80,000 -4.48% 71
Midlands +19 404 £80,000 +9.59% 82
West Midlands +24 324 £82,500 +10.00% 58
Yorkshire +34 235 £80,000 +6.67% 38
East of England +50 177 £80,000 +14.29% 44
Scotland +49 176 £90,000 +12.50% 35
North East +15 161 £80,000 +23.08% 31
Wales +33 154 £80,000 +15.30% 14
Northern Ireland -16 95 £74,830 -13.24% 8
East Midlands -9 79 £60,000 -11.11% 24
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 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.

1 574 (20.07%) Azure
2 418 (14.62%) Microsoft
3 412 (14.41%) Security Cleared
4 363 (12.69%) Roadmaps
5 340 (11.89%) AWS
6 321 (11.22%) AI
7 268 (9.37%) SC Cleared
8 267 (9.34%) Agile
8 267 (9.34%) Enterprise Architecture
9 260 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
10 245 (8.57%) TOGAF
11 195 (6.82%) CI/CD
12 192 (6.71%) Data Architecture
13 187 (6.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 185 (6.47%) Technical Architecture
14 185 (6.47%) Technical Leadership
15 181 (6.33%) Problem-Solving
16 179 (6.26%) DevOps
17 174 (6.08%) Data Modelling
18 164 (5.73%) DV Cleared
19 162 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
20 156 (5.45%) Analytics
20 156 (5.45%) Power Platform
21 152 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
22 148 (5.17%) Technology Strategy
23 147 (5.14%) Business Strategy
24 137 (4.79%) Decision-Making
25 134 (4.69%) Security Architecture
26 132 (4.62%) IT Strategy
27 131 (4.58%) Cloud Security

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 12 (0.42%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.24%) CMS
4 6 (0.21%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.17%) Apache
5 5 (0.17%) Confluence
5 5 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.10%) SAS
8 2 (0.070%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.035%) Camunda
9 1 (0.035%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.035%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.35%) Revit
2 9 (0.31%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.21%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.10%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.070%) ArchiCAD
5 2 (0.070%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.070%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.070%) Simulink
5 2 (0.070%) Windchill
6 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.035%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 35 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.24%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.17%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.14%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.10%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.070%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.070%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.070%) SAP CAR
9 2 (0.070%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.070%) SAP Retail
10 1 (0.035%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.035%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.035%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.035%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.035%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 574 (20.07%) Azure
2 340 (11.89%) AWS
3 156 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 101 (3.53%) GCP
5 91 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
6 89 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
7 86 (3.01%) SaaS
8 62 (2.17%) Serverless
9 58 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
10 45 (1.57%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.47%) dbt
12 39 (1.36%) PaaS
13 34 (1.19%) IaaS
14 29 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
14 29 (1.01%) Snowflake
15 27 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 22 (0.77%) GitHub
17 16 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.52%) Amazon S3
19 14 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 97 (3.39%) WAN
2 73 (2.55%) LAN
3 61 (2.13%) Firewall
4 54 (1.89%) Network Security
5 48 (1.68%) Broadband
6 44 (1.54%) VPN
7 41 (1.43%) DNS
8 24 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 22 (0.77%) BGP
10 20 (0.70%) MPLS
11 19 (0.66%) SNMP
12 16 (0.56%) HTTP
13 15 (0.52%) VLAN
14 12 (0.42%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.38%) DHCP
16 10 (0.35%) FTP
16 10 (0.35%) ICMP
16 10 (0.35%) IPsec
16 10 (0.35%) SSH
16 10 (0.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (1.99%) Metadata
2 38 (1.33%) Data Lake
3 30 (1.05%) Power BI
4 28 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.80%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.56%) GIS
6 16 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.31%) Tableau
9 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.28%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.28%) Data Vault
9 8 (0.28%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.24%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.21%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.17%) Big Data
12 5 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.17%) MySQL
12 5 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 47 (1.64%) Jenkins
2 38 (1.33%) GitLab
3 34 (1.19%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.77%) Snyk
5 5 (0.17%) JIRA
5 5 (0.17%) Toad
5 5 (0.17%) Yeoman
6 4 (0.14%) MLflow
7 3 (0.10%) Git
8 2 (0.070%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.070%) ERwin
8 2 (0.070%) JMeter
8 2 (0.070%) Postman
8 2 (0.070%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.070%) Selenium
9 1 (0.035%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle Forms
General
1 368 (12.87%) Social Skills
2 339 (11.85%) Finance
3 213 (7.45%) Public Sector
4 162 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 83 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
7 71 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
8 61 (2.13%) Marketing
9 52 (1.82%) Law
10 49 (1.71%) Games
10 49 (1.71%) Retail
11 33 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 25 (0.87%) Aerospace
13 24 (0.84%) Legal
14 21 (0.73%) Banking
14 21 (0.73%) Telecoms
15 13 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.42%) Advertising
16 12 (0.42%) Automotive
16 12 (0.42%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (2.34%) REST
2 55 (1.92%) SOAP
3 44 (1.54%) Lightning Web Components
4 43 (1.50%) .NET
5 37 (1.29%) Middleware
6 34 (1.19%) Visualforce
7 26 (0.91%) Node.js
7 26 (0.91%) OAuth
8 22 (0.77%) Kafka
9 21 (0.73%) LDAP
10 20 (0.70%) SAML
11 18 (0.63%) Regular Expression
12 17 (0.59%) XML
13 16 (0.56%) JSON
13 16 (0.56%) XMPP
14 11 (0.38%) GraphQL
14 11 (0.38%) Spring Boot
15 10 (0.35%) NestJS
16 9 (0.31%) JWT
16 9 (0.31%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 128 (4.48%) Cloud Native
2 79 (2.76%) Data Centre
3 70 (2.45%) Product Ownership
4 42 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
6 35 (1.22%) Operational Technology
7 34 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 32 (1.12%) Cyberattack
9 32 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 24 (0.84%) Onboarding
12 23 (0.80%) PKI
13 15 (0.52%) Management Information System
14 14 (0.49%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.49%) NHS
15 13 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.42%) Graphic Design
16 12 (0.42%) Public Cloud
17 11 (0.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.68%) Windows
2 44 (1.54%) Linux
3 37 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.035%) AIX
5 1 (0.035%) CentOS
5 1 (0.035%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (12.69%) Roadmaps
2 321 (11.22%) AI
3 267 (9.34%) Agile
3 267 (9.34%) Enterprise Architecture
4 260 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 245 (8.57%) TOGAF
6 195 (6.82%) CI/CD
7 192 (6.71%) Data Architecture
8 187 (6.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 185 (6.47%) Technical Architecture
9 185 (6.47%) Technical Leadership
10 181 (6.33%) Problem-Solving
11 179 (6.26%) DevOps
12 174 (6.08%) Data Modelling
13 162 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 156 (5.45%) Analytics
15 152 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
16 148 (5.17%) Technology Strategy
17 147 (5.14%) Business Strategy
18 137 (4.79%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 94 (3.29%) SQL
2 87 (3.04%) Python
3 43 (1.50%) C#
4 38 (1.33%) Apex Code
4 38 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 35 (1.22%) SOQL
6 34 (1.19%) Java
6 34 (1.19%) SOSL
7 25 (0.87%) Bicep
8 14 (0.49%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.45%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.42%) C
11 10 (0.35%) C++
12 6 (0.21%) COBOL
12 6 (0.21%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.21%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.21%) Ruby
13 5 (0.17%) Bash
14 3 (0.10%) R
14 3 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 412 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 268 (9.37%) SC Cleared
3 164 (5.73%) DV Cleared
4 102 (3.57%) Degree
5 49 (1.71%) CISSP
5 49 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
6 38 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 30 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 25 (0.87%) CISM
11 21 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 18 (0.63%) CCSP
13 16 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (0.56%) Master's Degree
14 14 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 14 (0.49%) CCNP
15 9 (0.31%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.21%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (3.67%) Data Quality
2 97 (3.39%) NIST
3 81 (2.83%) GRC
4 59 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (1.64%) GDPR
6 36 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.87%) NCSC
8 22 (0.77%) QA
9 14 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.24%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.21%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.17%) WCAG
16 4 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 79 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (0.84%) vSphere
4 23 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.66%) Docker
6 10 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.31%) Firmware
8 6 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.14%) NDS
10 1 (0.035%) GPFS
10 1 (0.035%) Lustre
10 1 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.035%) vCloud
10 1 (0.035%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (1.78%) Terraform
2 47 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.56%) MOM
4 14 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.35%) CASB
5 10 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.24%) Ansible
8 6 (0.21%) Endace
9 4 (0.14%) vRealize
10 2 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.070%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.070%) Grafana
11 1 (0.035%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.035%) Netcool
11 1 (0.035%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.035%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.035%) SCCM
Vendors
1 418 (14.62%) Microsoft
2 82 (2.87%) Databricks
3 70 (2.45%) SAP
4 65 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 56 (1.96%) VMware
6 51 (1.78%) Cisco
7 41 (1.43%) Oracle
8 40 (1.40%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.26%) Splunk
10 34 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 22 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.77%) Tenable
12 20 (0.70%) Google
12 20 (0.70%) OpenAI
13 17 (0.59%) Red Hat
14 16 (0.56%) Computacenter
14 16 (0.56%) Juniper
15 12 (0.42%) McAfee
16 11 (0.38%) Citrix
17 10 (0.35%) CyberArk