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 27 October 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 89 30
Rank change year-on-year +62 -59 0
Permanent Architect jobs 3,948 1,064 2,647
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.41% 3.09% 5.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.80% 3.43% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,516 650 1,594
10th Percentile £63,622 £60,563 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,984 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £79,000 £75,400
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% +4.77% -0.20%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
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
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 82,280 30,976 45,742
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.00% 90.04% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 56,272 18,032 24,898
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,490 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +13.31% -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 27 October 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 27 October 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 +88 1,243 £80,000 +3.23% 76
South East +33 819 £90,000 +16.13% 157
North West +89 670 £80,000 - 42
South West +44 588 £85,000 +4.62% 103
Midlands +32 559 £82,500 +7.14% 69
West Midlands +39 433 £82,500 +10.00% 51
Yorkshire +58 363 £80,000 +1.27% 18
East of England +56 251 £82,500 -2.94% 26
North East +22 210 £80,500 +11.03% 16
Scotland +64 207 £85,000 +6.25% 27
Wales +16 170 £80,000 +6.67% 19
Northern Ireland -6 132 £80,000 +6.67% 5
East Midlands +2 126 £80,000 - 18
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 October 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 Cleared15.8%624
2Azure15.7%618
3Microsoft12.4%490
4Roadmaps12.3%484
5AI11.3%447
6AWS10.4%410
7SC Cleared10.3%405
8Technical Leadership9.7%383
9Cybersecurity8.0%317
10Enterprise Architecture7.8%306
11Agile7.7%304
12Technical Architecture7.0%276
13Data Architecture6.7%264
14Stakeholder Engagement6.5%257
15Stakeholder Management6.4%254
16Decision-Making6.0%236
17Problem-Solving6.0%235
18DV Cleared5.8%230
19Technology Strategy5.5%216
19TOGAF5.5%216
21Mentoring5.4%212
22Analytics5.2%205
23IT Strategy5.1%201
24Data Modelling4.9%195
25CI/CD4.8%191
26Architectural Patterns4.8%188
26Continuous Improvement4.8%188
28Migration4.7%185
29Microservices4.6%180
30Business Strategy4.5%179

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 Architect27.3%1,078
2Technical Architect16.1%634
3Senior Architect13.1%519
4Data Architect12.3%487
5Security Architect11.6%459
6Lead Architect11.6%457
7Enterprise Architect7.9%311
8Systems Architect5.3%208
9Cloud Architect5.2%205
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.9%153
11Technical Leader3.5%137
12Senior Data Architect3.4%133
13Software Architect2.9%116
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%112
15Platform Architect2.6%101
15Principal Architect2.6%101
17AWS Architect2.3%89
18Senior Technical Architect2.2%85
19Cybersecurity Architect2.0%79
19Network Architect2.0%79
479 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London