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 3 November 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 78 31
Rank change year-on-year +51 -47 +5
Permanent Architect jobs 4,059 1,139 2,631
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.48% 3.26% 5.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.89% 3.62% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,533 715 1,573
10th Percentile £63,562 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £67,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.10% -0.20%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £97,500
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
3 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,054 31,489 45,448
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.73% 90.03% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 56,390 18,862 24,632
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%

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 3 November 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 3 November 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 +76 1,245 £80,000 +1.27% 110
South East +30 880 £90,000 +16.13% 246
North West +72 663 £80,000 - 58
South West +40 609 £85,000 +6.25% 137
Midlands +28 570 £80,000 - 96
West Midlands +38 435 £80,634 +5.40% 71
Yorkshire +55 365 £80,000 +1.27% 32
East of England +41 253 £85,000 - 40
North East +13 217 £80,000 +6.67% 20
Scotland +58 213 £85,000 +6.25% 54
Wales +17 180 £80,000 +6.67% 23
East Midlands -10 135 £80,000 - 25
Northern Ireland -2 132 £80,000 +6.67% 18
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 November 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
1Security Cleared16.1%652
2Azure15.3%622
3Roadmaps12.4%503
4Microsoft12.0%486
5AI10.8%438
6AWS10.5%425
7SC Cleared10.3%420
8Technical Leadership9.9%402
9Cybersecurity8.1%328
10Enterprise Architecture7.7%314
11Agile7.4%301
12Stakeholder Management6.7%272
13Technical Architecture6.7%271
14Stakeholder Engagement6.5%264
15Data Architecture6.4%261
16Decision-Making6.3%255
17Mentoring5.8%237
18DV Cleared5.8%236
19Problem-Solving5.8%234
20Technology Strategy5.5%225
21TOGAF5.4%221
22IT Strategy5.3%214
23Architectural Patterns4.9%199
24Continuous Improvement4.9%198
25CI/CD4.9%197
26Microservices4.8%193
27Data Modelling4.7%192
28Business Strategy4.7%189
29Analytics4.6%186
30Migration4.5%183

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 Architect27.2%1,105
2Technical Architect16.5%670
3Senior Architect13.4%543
4Data Architect11.9%485
5Lead Architect11.6%472
6Security Architect11.5%467
7Enterprise Architect7.8%315
8Systems Architect5.4%221
9Cloud Architect4.9%198
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.7%151
11Senior Data Architect3.4%140
12Technical Leader3.4%137
13Software Architect3.0%121
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%113
15Principal Architect2.6%107
16Platform Architect2.5%100
17Senior Technical Architect2.4%96
18AWS Architect2.1%86
18Network Architect2.1%86
20Cybersecurity Architect2.0%82
722 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London