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 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 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 2,842 1,143 3,561
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.97% 3.38% 4.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.19% 3.78% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,104 782 2,354
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,964 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,085 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% +3.00% -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 67,793 30,227 69,426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.42% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 46,899 17,289 49,174
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 £65,625 £65,000
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 16 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 16 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 +94 958 £80,000 +6.67% 182
North West +102 567 £85,000 +13.33% 108
South East +10 475 £85,000 +9.68% 188
South West +44 413 £80,000 -4.48% 92
Midlands +15 403 £80,000 +10.34% 97
West Midlands +18 322 £82,500 +10.00% 75
Yorkshire +32 232 £80,000 - 40
East of England +53 178 £80,000 +14.29% 44
Scotland +48 176 £90,000 +12.50% 45
North East +13 159 £80,000 +23.08% 34
Wales +32 155 £80,000 +15.30% 16
Northern Ireland -14 95 £74,830 -13.24% 10
East Midlands -27 80 £60,000 -9.43% 22
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 565 (19.88%) Azure
2 411 (14.46%) Microsoft
3 405 (14.25%) Security Cleared
4 357 (12.56%) Roadmaps
5 334 (11.75%) AWS
6 319 (11.22%) AI
7 264 (9.29%) Agile
7 264 (9.29%) SC Cleared
8 263 (9.25%) Enterprise Architecture
9 261 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
10 245 (8.62%) TOGAF
11 192 (6.76%) CI/CD
12 188 (6.62%) Data Architecture
13 183 (6.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 182 (6.40%) Technical Architecture
15 181 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
16 176 (6.19%) Problem-Solving
17 173 (6.09%) DevOps
18 167 (5.88%) Data Modelling
19 162 (5.70%) DV Cleared
20 159 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
21 155 (5.45%) Analytics
22 153 (5.38%) Power Platform
23 147 (5.17%) Technology Strategy
24 145 (5.10%) Business Strategy
25 144 (5.07%) Stakeholder Management
26 135 (4.75%) Decision-Making
27 132 (4.64%) Security Architecture
28 131 (4.61%) IT Strategy
29 130 (4.57%) 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 11 (0.39%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.28%) 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 MDG
9 2 (0.070%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.070%) Oracle Utilities
9 2 (0.070%) SAP CAR
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
10 1 (0.035%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 565 (19.88%) Azure
2 334 (11.75%) AWS
3 153 (5.38%) Power Platform
4 100 (3.52%) GCP
5 89 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
6 86 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
7 84 (2.96%) SaaS
8 62 (2.18%) Serverless
9 58 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
10 42 (1.48%) dbt
11 41 (1.44%) Entra ID
12 37 (1.30%) PaaS
13 32 (1.13%) IaaS
14 29 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
14 29 (1.02%) Snowflake
15 27 (0.95%) 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 96 (3.38%) WAN
2 72 (2.53%) LAN
3 60 (2.11%) Firewall
4 54 (1.90%) Network Security
5 49 (1.72%) Broadband
6 44 (1.55%) VPN
7 41 (1.44%) DNS
8 24 (0.84%) 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 11 (0.39%) DHCP
14 11 (0.39%) Unified Communications
15 10 (0.35%) FTP
15 10 (0.35%) ICMP
15 10 (0.35%) IPsec
15 10 (0.35%) SSH
15 10 (0.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (1.97%) Metadata
2 36 (1.27%) Data Lake
3 28 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (0.99%) Power BI
4 22 (0.77%) SQL Server
5 16 (0.56%) GIS
5 16 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (0.32%) Tableau
8 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.28%) Data Vault
8 8 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.18%) Big Data
10 5 (0.18%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.18%) MySQL
11 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
1 365 (12.84%) Social Skills
2 333 (11.72%) Finance
3 209 (7.35%) Public Sector
4 162 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
6 78 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
8 62 (2.18%) Marketing
9 52 (1.83%) Law
10 51 (1.79%) Retail
11 50 (1.76%) Games
12 34 (1.20%) Manufacturing
13 25 (0.88%) Aerospace
14 23 (0.81%) Legal
15 21 (0.74%) Banking
16 20 (0.70%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.42%) Automotive
18 12 (0.42%) Financial Institution
19 11 (0.39%) Advertising
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 36 (1.27%) 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
1 126 (4.43%) Cloud Native
2 79 (2.78%) 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 31 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 23 (0.81%) PKI
12 22 (0.77%) Onboarding
13 16 (0.56%) Management Information System
14 14 (0.49%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.49%) NHS
15 13 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.42%) Graphic Design
16 12 (0.42%) Public Cloud
17 11 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.69%) Windows
2 44 (1.55%) Linux
3 37 (1.30%) 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
2 319 (11.22%) AI
3 264 (9.29%) Agile
4 263 (9.25%) Enterprise Architecture
5 261 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
6 245 (8.62%) TOGAF
7 192 (6.76%) CI/CD
8 188 (6.62%) Data Architecture
9 183 (6.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 182 (6.40%) Technical Architecture
11 181 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
12 176 (6.19%) Problem-Solving
13 173 (6.09%) DevOps
14 167 (5.88%) Data Modelling
15 159 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 155 (5.45%) Analytics
17 147 (5.17%) Technology Strategy
18 145 (5.10%) Business Strategy
19 144 (5.07%) Stakeholder Management
20 135 (4.75%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 92 (3.24%) SQL
2 84 (2.96%) 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 25 (0.88%) 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%) Scala
Qualifications
1 405 (14.25%) Security Cleared
2 264 (9.29%) 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 38 (1.34%) 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
15 14 (0.49%) CCNP
16 9 (0.32%) ICAEW
16 9 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
17 6 (0.21%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.59%) Data Quality
2 98 (3.45%) NIST
3 81 (2.85%) GRC
4 59 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (1.65%) GDPR
6 36 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 26 (0.91%) NCSC
8 22 (0.77%) QA
9 14 (0.49%) 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 76 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (0.81%) vSphere
4 22 (0.77%) 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 51 (1.79%) Terraform
2 46 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.56%) MOM
4 14 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.35%) CASB
5 10 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.25%) 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
1 411 (14.46%) Microsoft
2 81 (2.85%) Databricks
3 69 (2.43%) SAP
4 66 (2.32%) Salesforce
5 55 (1.94%) VMware
6 50 (1.76%) Cisco
7 41 (1.44%) Oracle
8 40 (1.41%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.27%) Splunk
10 35 (1.23%) ServiceNow
11 22 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.77%) Tenable
12 20 (0.70%) Google
12 20 (0.70%) OpenAI
13 17 (0.60%) Red Hat
14 16 (0.56%) Computacenter
14 16 (0.56%) Juniper
15 12 (0.42%) McAfee
16 11 (0.39%) Citrix
17 9 (0.32%) Genesys