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 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 87 40
Rank change year-on-year +54 -47 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,843 1,151 3,548
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.97% 3.41% 4.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.20% 3.81% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,103 782 2,344
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,964 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,625 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,405 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% +3.21% -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 67,746 30,184 69,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.33% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 46,875 17,245 49,315
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 15 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 15 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 +92 964 £80,000 +6.67% 207
North West +95 568 £85,000 +13.33% 111
South East +8 476 £85,000 +9.68% 216
South West +43 411 £80,000 -4.48% 104
Midlands +16 403 £80,000 +10.34% 126
West Midlands +18 322 £82,500 +10.00% 95
Yorkshire +32 236 £80,000 - 58
East of England +46 176 £80,000 +14.29% 61
Scotland +47 175 £90,000 +12.50% 66
North East +13 160 £80,000 +23.08% 38
Wales +32 153 £80,000 +15.30% 20
Northern Ireland -7 95 £74,830 -13.24% 11
East Midlands -18 80 £60,000 -11.11% 31
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 567 (19.94%) Azure
2 412 (14.49%) Microsoft
3 404 (14.21%) Security Cleared
4 357 (12.56%) Roadmaps
5 335 (11.78%) AWS
6 318 (11.19%) AI
7 269 (9.46%) Agile
8 262 (9.22%) Enterprise Architecture
9 261 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
9 261 (9.18%) SC Cleared
10 245 (8.62%) TOGAF
11 194 (6.82%) CI/CD
12 191 (6.72%) Data Architecture
13 184 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 182 (6.40%) Technical Architecture
15 181 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
16 177 (6.23%) DevOps
16 177 (6.23%) Problem-Solving
17 172 (6.05%) Data Modelling
18 162 (5.70%) DV Cleared
19 158 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
20 155 (5.45%) Analytics
21 153 (5.38%) Power Platform
22 147 (5.17%) Technology Strategy
23 145 (5.10%) Business Strategy
24 143 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
25 135 (4.75%) Decision-Making
26 131 (4.61%) IT Strategy
26 131 (4.61%) Security Architecture
27 128 (4.50%) 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 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.25%) CMS
4 6 (0.21%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.21%) Confluence
5 5 (0.18%) Apache
5 5 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.11%) 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 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.21%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.11%) 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 34 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.25%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.14%) Oracle Retail
7 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.11%) SAP CAR
8 3 (0.11%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.11%) SAP Retail
9 2 (0.070%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.070%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.070%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.035%) Infor CloudSuite
10 1 (0.035%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.035%) Raiser’s Edge
10 1 (0.035%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 1 (0.035%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 567 (19.94%) Azure
2 335 (11.78%) AWS
3 153 (5.38%) Power Platform
4 103 (3.62%) GCP
5 89 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
6 86 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
7 85 (2.99%) SaaS
8 62 (2.18%) Serverless
9 58 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
10 42 (1.48%) dbt
11 40 (1.41%) Entra ID
12 37 (1.30%) PaaS
13 32 (1.13%) IaaS
14 29 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
14 29 (1.02%) Snowflake
15 28 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 22 (0.77%) GitHub
17 15 (0.53%) Amazon S3
17 15 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 95 (3.34%) WAN
2 71 (2.50%) LAN
3 60 (2.11%) Firewall
4 52 (1.83%) Network Security
5 49 (1.72%) Broadband
6 44 (1.55%) VPN
7 41 (1.44%) DNS
8 23 (0.81%) SD-WAN
9 22 (0.77%) BGP
10 20 (0.70%) MPLS
11 19 (0.67%) SNMP
12 16 (0.56%) HTTP
13 15 (0.53%) VLAN
14 12 (0.42%) SSL
15 11 (0.39%) DHCP
15 11 (0.39%) Unified Communications
16 10 (0.35%) FTP
16 10 (0.35%) ICMP
16 10 (0.35%) IPsec
16 10 (0.35%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (2.08%) Metadata
2 36 (1.27%) Data Lake
3 29 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (0.98%) Power BI
5 22 (0.77%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.56%) GIS
6 16 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.32%) 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 (0.25%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.18%) Big Data
11 5 (0.18%) Delta Lake
11 5 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.18%) MySQL
12 4 (0.14%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 47 (1.65%) Jenkins
2 37 (1.30%) GitLab
3 34 (1.20%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.77%) Snyk
5 6 (0.21%) JIRA
6 5 (0.18%) Toad
6 5 (0.18%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.11%) Git
7 3 (0.11%) MLflow
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
1 367 (12.91%) Social Skills
2 335 (11.78%) Finance
3 211 (7.42%) Public Sector
4 162 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
6 79 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
8 62 (2.18%) Marketing
9 52 (1.83%) Law
9 52 (1.83%) Retail
10 51 (1.79%) Games
11 34 (1.20%) Manufacturing
12 25 (0.88%) Aerospace
13 23 (0.81%) Banking
14 22 (0.77%) Legal
15 20 (0.70%) Telecoms
16 13 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.42%) Automotive
17 12 (0.42%) Financial Institution
18 11 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (2.39%) REST
2 56 (1.97%) SOAP
3 45 (1.58%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (1.44%) .NET
5 35 (1.23%) Middleware
6 34 (1.20%) Visualforce
7 27 (0.95%) OAuth
8 25 (0.88%) Node.js
9 21 (0.74%) Kafka
9 21 (0.74%) SAML
10 18 (0.63%) LDAP
10 18 (0.63%) Regular Expression
11 16 (0.56%) XML
11 16 (0.56%) XMPP
12 15 (0.53%) JSON
13 11 (0.39%) GraphQL
13 11 (0.39%) Spring Boot
14 10 (0.35%) NestJS
14 10 (0.35%) OpenID
15 9 (0.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 125 (4.40%) Cloud Native
2 78 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 68 (2.39%) Product Ownership
4 42 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
6 35 (1.23%) Operational Technology
7 33 (1.16%) Cyberattack
7 33 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
9 29 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (0.88%) PKI
10 25 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 22 (0.77%) Onboarding
12 17 (0.60%) Management Information System
13 15 (0.53%) Public Cloud
14 14 (0.49%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.49%) NHS
15 13 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.42%) Graphic Design
17 11 (0.39%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 49 (1.72%) Windows
2 44 (1.55%) Linux
3 38 (1.34%) 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
1 357 (12.56%) Roadmaps
2 318 (11.19%) AI
3 269 (9.46%) Agile
4 262 (9.22%) Enterprise Architecture
5 261 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
6 245 (8.62%) TOGAF
7 194 (6.82%) CI/CD
8 191 (6.72%) Data Architecture
9 184 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 182 (6.40%) Technical Architecture
11 181 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
12 177 (6.23%) DevOps
12 177 (6.23%) Problem-Solving
13 172 (6.05%) Data Modelling
14 158 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 155 (5.45%) Analytics
16 147 (5.17%) Technology Strategy
17 145 (5.10%) Business Strategy
18 143 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
19 135 (4.75%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 93 (3.27%) SQL
2 85 (2.99%) Python
3 41 (1.44%) C#
4 38 (1.34%) Apex Code
5 36 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 35 (1.23%) SOQL
7 34 (1.20%) SOSL
8 33 (1.16%) Java
9 24 (0.84%) Bicep
10 14 (0.49%) PowerShell
11 12 (0.42%) C
11 12 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.35%) C++
13 6 (0.21%) Bash
13 6 (0.21%) COBOL
13 6 (0.21%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.21%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.21%) Ruby
14 4 (0.14%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 404 (14.21%) Security Cleared
2 261 (9.18%) SC Cleared
3 162 (5.70%) DV Cleared
4 100 (3.52%) Degree
5 49 (1.72%) CISSP
5 49 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
6 37 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 30 (1.06%) AWS Certification
10 25 (0.88%) CISM
11 21 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 18 (0.63%) CCSP
13 17 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.53%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 13 (0.46%) CCNP
17 9 (0.32%) ICAEW
17 9 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
18 6 (0.21%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (3.66%) Data Quality
2 98 (3.45%) NIST
3 81 (2.85%) GRC
4 58 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (1.62%) GDPR
6 36 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 24 (0.84%) NCSC
8 22 (0.77%) QA
9 13 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.25%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.21%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.18%) WCAG
16 4 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 75 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (0.81%) vSphere
4 21 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.67%) Docker
6 10 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.32%) Firmware
8 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.035%) GPFS
9 1 (0.035%) Lustre
9 1 (0.035%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.035%) vCloud
9 1 (0.035%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (1.76%) Terraform
2 45 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.56%) MOM
3 16 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.35%) CASB
4 10 (0.35%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.25%) Ansible
7 6 (0.21%) Endace
8 5 (0.18%) vRealize
9 2 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.070%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.070%) Grafana
10 1 (0.035%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.035%) Netcool
10 1 (0.035%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.035%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.035%) SCCM
Vendors
1 412 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 82 (2.88%) Databricks
3 70 (2.46%) SAP
4 66 (2.32%) Salesforce
5 54 (1.90%) VMware
6 49 (1.72%) Cisco
7 41 (1.44%) Oracle
8 39 (1.37%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.27%) Splunk
10 35 (1.23%) ServiceNow
11 23 (0.81%) Google
12 22 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.77%) Tenable
13 20 (0.70%) OpenAI
14 17 (0.60%) Red Hat
15 16 (0.56%) Computacenter
15 16 (0.56%) Juniper
16 12 (0.42%) McAfee
17 11 (0.39%) Citrix
18 9 (0.32%) Avaya