Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £73,238 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 39 38
Rank change year-on-year -32 -1 +17
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,302 3,772 4,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.59% 5.38% 6.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 5.68% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 907 2,019 1,684
10th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £63,150 £63,117 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,238 £75,000 £79,542
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -5.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile £85,000 £89,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 32,581 66,443 55,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 94.80% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 18,458 47,148 31,379
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £38,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,956 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.58% -11.74% -

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the UK excluding London

Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Architect 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 26 April 2025.

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 26 April 2025. 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 -55 394 £65,750 -15.84% 309
South East -17 372 £77,500 +3.33% 361
North West -56 254 £61,206 -18.39% 183
Midlands -36 240 £72,500 -3.33% 203
West Midlands -24 183 £75,000 -1.32% 140
Yorkshire -34 105 £80,000 +0.09% 87
Scotland +3 100 £80,000 +6.67% 97
South West -61 82 £71,991 -4.01% 163
East of England -2 77 £68,750 -11.73% 122
East Midlands -45 56 £65,000 - 57
North East +26 37 £65,000 -18.64% 40
Wales -22 31 £65,000 -1.89% 32
Northern Ireland -14 11 £87,500 -12.50% 42
Architect
UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2025, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 334 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 317 (24.35%) Agile
3 290 (22.27%) Azure
3 290 (22.27%) Roadmaps
4 270 (20.74%) Finance
5 252 (19.35%) Security Cleared
6 234 (17.97%) Degree
7 229 (17.59%) Mentoring
7 229 (17.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 197 (15.13%) DevOps
9 192 (14.75%) SC Cleared
10 191 (14.67%) Enterprise Architecture
10 191 (14.67%) TOGAF
11 185 (14.21%) Microsoft
12 184 (14.13%) Technical Leadership
13 183 (14.06%) Microservices
14 166 (12.75%) Management Information System
15 152 (11.67%) AWS
16 147 (11.29%) Business Strategy
17 134 (10.29%) ERP
18 131 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
19 129 (9.91%) Cisco
20 128 (9.83%) Customer Requirements
21 127 (9.75%) Data Architecture
22 124 (9.52%) Manufacturing
23 122 (9.37%) Information Security
23 122 (9.37%) Stakeholder Management
24 120 (9.22%) SQL
25 110 (8.45%) Juniper
26 107 (8.22%) Analytics

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 57 (4.38%) Confluence
2 14 (1.08%) CMS
3 11 (0.84%) Umbraco
4 9 (0.69%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.61%) SAS
6 7 (0.54%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.31%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.23%) Apache
8 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.077%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (1.08%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Windchill
5 1 (0.077%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.15%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.15%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.077%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.077%) Odoo
8 1 (0.077%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 290 (22.27%) Azure
2 152 (11.67%) AWS
3 92 (7.07%) SaaS
4 85 (6.53%) GCP
5 47 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
6 44 (3.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 40 (3.07%) PaaS
7 40 (3.07%) Power Platform
7 40 (3.07%) Serverless
8 35 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
8 35 (2.69%) SonarCloud
9 34 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (2.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 24 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
12 23 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 22 (1.69%) Amazon S3
13 22 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (1.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 104 (7.99%) WAN
2 78 (5.99%) Firewall
3 63 (4.84%) LAN
4 38 (2.92%) MPLS
5 26 (2.00%) BGP
6 23 (1.77%) IPsec
7 21 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
7 21 (1.61%) Junos
8 20 (1.54%) VPN
9 18 (1.38%) Cisco IOS
9 18 (1.38%) Network Security
10 14 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (0.84%) Ethernet
12 11 (0.84%) Internet
13 8 (0.61%) DNS
14 7 (0.54%) SD-WAN
15 6 (0.46%) TCP/IP
16 5 (0.38%) Wireless
17 3 (0.23%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.45%) NoSQL
2 41 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (3.07%) Data Lake
4 35 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
5 28 (2.15%) SQL Server
6 20 (1.54%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.38%) Power BI
8 17 (1.31%) Big Data
9 16 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (1.00%) Relational Database
11 12 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (0.92%) RDBMS
12 11 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.84%) Metadata
12 11 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (0.77%) Tableau
14 9 (0.69%) MySQL
15 8 (0.61%) Oracle ODI
16 7 (0.54%) Data Vault
17 6 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 59 (4.53%) JIRA
2 58 (4.45%) Rational DOORS
3 52 (3.99%) Visual Studio
4 45 (3.46%) Git
5 36 (2.76%) MSBuild
5 36 (2.76%) Octopus Deploy
5 36 (2.76%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (0.61%) GitLab
7 7 (0.54%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.46%) JDeveloper
9 5 (0.38%) ERwin
9 5 (0.38%) MSI
10 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.15%) Babel
11 2 (0.15%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.15%) Mocha
11 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.15%) webpack
12 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 334 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 270 (20.74%) Finance
3 124 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 101 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (5.68%) Banking
6 68 (5.22%) Public Sector
7 55 (4.22%) Retail
8 49 (3.76%) Marketing
8 49 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
9 47 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 39 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (2.76%) Law
12 19 (1.46%) Electronics
13 17 (1.31%) Legal
14 15 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 12 (0.92%) Advertising
16 12 (0.92%) Telecoms
17 11 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.46%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (5.76%) REST
2 72 (5.53%) .NET
3 61 (4.69%) CSS
4 49 (3.76%) HTML
5 46 (3.53%) XML
6 42 (3.23%) JSON
6 42 (3.23%) Middleware
7 37 (2.84%) ASP.NET
8 35 (2.69%) Bootstrap
8 35 (2.69%) gRPC
9 31 (2.38%) React
10 27 (2.07%) SOAP
11 26 (2.00%) Lightning Web Components
12 17 (1.31%) SAML
13 15 (1.15%) .NET Framework
14 13 (1.00%) jQuery
14 13 (1.00%) OAuth
15 12 (0.92%) OpenID
16 11 (0.84%) Ajax
16 11 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 166 (12.75%) Management Information System
2 56 (4.30%) Product Ownership
3 50 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (3.07%) Cloud Native
5 31 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 30 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 25 (1.92%) Operational Technology
8 23 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.46%) Security Posture
10 18 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
11 17 (1.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 15 (1.15%) IoT
13 14 (1.08%) Private Cloud
13 14 (1.08%) Social Media
14 12 (0.92%) Blockchain
15 11 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
15 11 (0.84%) SCADA
16 10 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 58 (4.45%) Windows
2 27 (2.07%) Linux
3 14 (1.08%) Windows Vista
4 13 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.54%) Android
5 7 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.54%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.46%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.15%) Solaris
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.077%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (24.35%) Agile
2 290 (22.27%) Roadmaps
3 229 (17.59%) Mentoring
4 197 (15.13%) DevOps
5 191 (14.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 191 (14.67%) TOGAF
6 184 (14.13%) Technical Leadership
7 183 (14.06%) Microservices
8 147 (11.29%) Business Strategy
9 134 (10.29%) ERP
10 131 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
11 128 (9.83%) Customer Requirements
12 127 (9.75%) Data Architecture
13 122 (9.37%) Information Security
13 122 (9.37%) Stakeholder Management
14 107 (8.22%) Analytics
15 106 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 101 (7.76%) Data Modelling
17 100 (7.68%) PLM
18 99 (7.60%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 120 (9.22%) SQL
2 75 (5.76%) C#
3 73 (5.61%) JavaScript
4 54 (4.15%) Python
5 53 (4.07%) Java
6 26 (2.00%) Apex Code
7 20 (1.54%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.08%) C++
9 13 (1.00%) C
10 8 (0.61%) R
11 6 (0.46%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.38%) PHP
12 5 (0.38%) Scala
13 3 (0.23%) ABAP
13 3 (0.23%) Bash
14 2 (0.15%) Bicep
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.077%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 252 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 234 (17.97%) Degree
3 229 (17.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 192 (14.75%) SC Cleared
5 91 (6.99%) CISSP
6 76 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 72 (5.53%) Cisco Certification
8 70 (5.38%) Chartered Engineer
9 64 (4.92%) DV Cleared
10 50 (3.84%) CCNA
11 42 (3.23%) Master's Degree
12 40 (3.07%) TOGAF Certification
13 29 (2.23%) CCNP
14 26 (2.00%) AWS Certification
15 24 (1.84%) JNCIA
16 23 (1.77%) CISM
17 22 (1.69%) JNCIS
18 21 (1.61%) Azure Certification
19 16 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 16 (1.23%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.76%) GDPR
2 56 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 37 (2.84%) Data Quality
4 34 (2.61%) NIST
5 31 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.84%) SLA
7 19 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.38%) QA
9 14 (1.08%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 10 (0.77%) NCSC
11 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.54%) Basel II
12 7 (0.54%) Basel III
12 7 (0.54%) Dodd-Frank
12 7 (0.54%) IFRS
12 7 (0.54%) IFRS 9
13 6 (0.46%) COBIT
14 4 (0.31%) GMP
14 4 (0.31%) JSP 440
System Software
1 82 (6.30%) Docker
2 39 (3.00%) Active Directory
3 36 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.46%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.15%) Firmware
8 2 (0.15%) KVM
8 2 (0.15%) NFS
8 2 (0.15%) SRDF
8 2 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.15%) Xen
9 1 (0.077%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.077%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.077%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.69%) Terraform
3 22 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (1.38%) Ansible
5 12 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (0.54%) WMI
7 6 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.46%) SCCM
8 5 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.31%) CASB
10 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.15%) Puppet
11 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.077%) Istio
12 1 (0.077%) Marathon
12 1 (0.077%) WSUS
Vendors
1 185 (14.21%) Microsoft
2 129 (9.91%) Cisco
3 110 (8.45%) Juniper
4 85 (6.53%) SAP
5 82 (6.30%) IBM
6 51 (3.92%) Siemens
7 47 (3.61%) Salesforce
7 47 (3.61%) VMware
8 45 (3.46%) Oracle
9 41 (3.15%) Google
10 33 (2.53%) Aruba
11 32 (2.46%) Fortinet
12 26 (2.00%) Palo Alto
13 24 (1.84%) Databricks
14 22 (1.69%) Apple
15 21 (1.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 19 (1.46%) Adobe
17 17 (1.31%) Red Hat
18 11 (0.84%) ServiceNow
18 11 (0.84%) SevOne