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 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 91 33
Rank change year-on-year +61 -58 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,569 1,110 3,061
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.29% 3.22% 5.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.58% 3.61% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,504 684 1,860
10th Percentile £60,225 £61,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,474
UK median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% +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 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 77,965 30,790 52,750
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 89.32% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 54,160 17,488 31,395
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,536
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +87 1,223 £80,000 +6.67% 425
North West +103 662 £80,000 - 240
South East +13 617 £85,000 +9.68% 491
South West +56 530 £80,000 -5.88% 207
Midlands +36 512 £85,000 +13.33% 230
West Midlands +34 412 £85,000 +13.33% 163
Yorkshire +62 363 £80,000 +6.67% 141
East of England +64 231 £82,500 +1.54% 151
North East +13 198 £85,000 +28.30% 44
Scotland +62 183 £85,000 +6.25% 201
Wales +19 165 £80,000 +11.89% 17
Northern Ireland -13 122 £80,000 +1.39% 79
East Midlands -7 100 £77,500 +3.68% 66
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 September 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.

1 630 (17.65%) Azure
2 543 (15.21%) Security Cleared
3 491 (13.76%) Microsoft
4 447 (12.52%) AI
5 440 (12.33%) Roadmaps
6 411 (11.52%) AWS
7 321 (8.99%) SC Cleared
8 305 (8.55%) Enterprise Architecture
9 303 (8.49%) Agile
10 296 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
11 271 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
12 255 (7.14%) Data Architecture
13 239 (6.70%) Technical Architecture
14 238 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
15 233 (6.53%) TOGAF
16 231 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 214 (6.00%) Decision-Making
17 214 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
18 213 (5.97%) CI/CD
19 212 (5.94%) DV Cleared
20 199 (5.58%) Data Modelling
21 194 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
22 191 (5.35%) Technology Strategy
23 187 (5.24%) Microservices
24 182 (5.10%) Business Strategy
24 182 (5.10%) Security Architecture
25 179 (5.02%) Analytics
26 177 (4.96%) Mentoring
27 175 (4.90%) DevOps
27 175 (4.90%) Power Platform

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 18 (0.50%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.22%) Apache
3 7 (0.20%) CMS
3 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.14%) Confluence
5 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.056%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.028%) JBoss
9 1 (0.028%) SAS
9 1 (0.028%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.028%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.28%) Revit
2 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.056%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.056%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.056%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.056%) Simulink
5 2 (0.056%) Weka
5 2 (0.056%) Windchill
6 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.028%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.028%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.028%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 41 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle Retail
5 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.084%) Lawson
6 3 (0.084%) Movex
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.084%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.084%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.056%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.056%) SAP CAR
7 2 (0.056%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 630 (17.65%) Azure
2 411 (11.52%) AWS
3 175 (4.90%) Power Platform
4 131 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
5 125 (3.50%) SaaS
6 122 (3.42%) GCP
7 74 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
8 71 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
9 59 (1.65%) Entra ID
9 59 (1.65%) Serverless
10 44 (1.23%) PaaS
11 43 (1.20%) IaaS
12 42 (1.18%) dbt
13 34 (0.95%) Azure Databricks
14 23 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (0.56%) Amazon S3
15 20 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (0.53%) PowerApps
17 18 (0.50%) GitHub
17 18 (0.50%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 106 (2.97%) WAN
2 91 (2.55%) LAN
3 77 (2.16%) Network Security
4 66 (1.85%) Firewall
5 48 (1.34%) VPN
6 34 (0.95%) DNS
7 28 (0.78%) SD-WAN
8 21 (0.59%) Broadband
9 19 (0.53%) MPLS
10 18 (0.50%) Wireless
11 17 (0.48%) BGP
11 17 (0.48%) VLAN
12 16 (0.45%) Unified Communications
13 14 (0.39%) SNMP
14 13 (0.36%) HTTP
15 12 (0.34%) 5G
15 12 (0.34%) DHCP
16 10 (0.28%) FTP
16 10 (0.28%) IPsec
16 10 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (2.27%) Metadata
2 38 (1.06%) Power BI
3 35 (0.98%) Data Lake
4 28 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (0.70%) SQL Server
6 14 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.34%) GIS
8 11 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.28%) Tableau
10 9 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
11 8 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.20%) Big Data
12 7 (0.20%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.17%) Delta Lake
13 6 (0.17%) MySQL
14 5 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (0.62%) Snyk
2 20 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 12 (0.34%) GitLab
4 11 (0.31%) JIRA
5 7 (0.20%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.14%) Git
6 5 (0.14%) MLflow
6 5 (0.14%) Toad
7 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
8 3 (0.084%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.084%) ERwin
8 3 (0.084%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.056%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.056%) JMeter
9 2 (0.056%) Postman
9 2 (0.056%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.056%) Selenium
10 1 (0.028%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.028%) Flyway
10 1 (0.028%) Liquibase
General
1 494 (13.84%) Finance
2 459 (12.86%) Social Skills
3 282 (7.90%) Public Sector
4 184 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 138 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
6 103 (2.89%) Aerospace
7 100 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
8 92 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
9 60 (1.68%) Law
10 53 (1.49%) Retail
11 47 (1.32%) Banking
12 44 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 40 (1.12%) Marketing
14 38 (1.06%) Legal
15 32 (0.90%) Telecoms
16 23 (0.64%) Games
17 19 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
18 17 (0.48%) Military
19 16 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
20 13 (0.36%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (1.54%) Terraform
2 53 (1.49%) Middleware
3 48 (1.34%) .NET
4 42 (1.18%) REST
5 38 (1.06%) OAuth
6 36 (1.01%) LDAP
7 33 (0.92%) SAML
8 31 (0.87%) SOAP
9 26 (0.73%) ModSecurity
10 25 (0.70%) Kafka
11 23 (0.64%) Node.js
12 21 (0.59%) OpenID
13 16 (0.45%) XML
14 15 (0.42%) JSON
15 14 (0.39%) Regular Expression
15 14 (0.39%) XMPP
16 13 (0.36%) Lightning Web Components
17 11 (0.31%) GraphQL
17 11 (0.31%) PySpark
17 11 (0.31%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 169 (4.74%) Cloud Native
2 83 (2.33%) Data Centre
3 52 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (1.29%) Product Ownership
5 43 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 40 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
7 36 (1.01%) Onboarding
8 30 (0.84%) Cyberattack
8 30 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
8 30 (0.84%) Operational Technology
9 28 (0.78%) Virtual Team
10 23 (0.64%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 23 (0.64%) Management Information System
10 23 (0.64%) Public Cloud
11 22 (0.62%) AI Agents
12 21 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
12 21 (0.59%) Private Cloud
12 21 (0.59%) Social Media
13 19 (0.53%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (1.26%) Linux
2 36 (1.01%) Windows
3 25 (0.70%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.028%) AIX
5 1 (0.028%) CentOS
5 1 (0.028%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.028%) Solaris
5 1 (0.028%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (12.52%) AI
2 440 (12.33%) Roadmaps
3 305 (8.55%) Enterprise Architecture
4 303 (8.49%) Agile
5 296 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
6 271 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
7 255 (7.14%) Data Architecture
8 239 (6.70%) Technical Architecture
9 238 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
10 233 (6.53%) TOGAF
11 231 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 214 (6.00%) Decision-Making
12 214 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 213 (5.97%) CI/CD
14 199 (5.58%) Data Modelling
15 194 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 191 (5.35%) Technology Strategy
17 187 (5.24%) Microservices
18 182 (5.10%) Business Strategy
18 182 (5.10%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 94 (2.63%) SQL
2 93 (2.61%) Python
3 65 (1.82%) C#
4 49 (1.37%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.06%) Java
6 25 (0.70%) Bicep
7 16 (0.45%) C
8 15 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.34%) C++
10 10 (0.28%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.25%) Scala
12 7 (0.20%) SOQL
12 7 (0.20%) SOSL
13 6 (0.17%) COBOL
13 6 (0.17%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.17%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.17%) Go
13 6 (0.17%) R
13 6 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 543 (15.21%) Security Cleared
2 321 (8.99%) SC Cleared
3 212 (5.94%) DV Cleared
4 126 (3.53%) Degree
5 70 (1.96%) CISSP
6 61 (1.71%) Azure Certification
7 56 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 55 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
9 44 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 40 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
10 40 (1.12%) CISM
11 32 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 24 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 17 (0.48%) CCNP
14 17 (0.48%) CCSP
15 14 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (0.25%) ICAEW
16 9 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (3.00%) NIST
2 102 (2.86%) GRC
3 90 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 72 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 56 (1.57%) GDPR
6 50 (1.40%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.70%) NCSC
8 19 (0.53%) QA
9 13 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.34%) NIST 800
11 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.14%) MISRA
15 5 (0.14%) SLA
16 4 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 95 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (0.76%) Docker
3 27 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (0.62%) vSphere
5 16 (0.45%) Firmware
6 12 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.22%) NDS
9 3 (0.084%) KVM
10 1 (0.028%) GPFS
10 1 (0.028%) Lustre
10 1 (0.028%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.028%) vCloud
10 1 (0.028%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 78 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 30 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (0.45%) MOM
4 12 (0.34%) CASB
5 10 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 10 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.17%) Ansible
7 3 (0.084%) Grafana
8 2 (0.056%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.056%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.056%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.056%) SCCM
8 2 (0.056%) vRealize
9 1 (0.028%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.028%) Salt
Vendors
1 491 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 85 (2.38%) SAP
3 84 (2.35%) Databricks
4 57 (1.60%) Oracle
5 56 (1.57%) VMware
6 49 (1.37%) Cisco
7 43 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 41 (1.15%) Palo Alto
9 36 (1.01%) Salesforce
10 32 (0.90%) Workday
11 28 (0.78%) Computacenter
11 28 (0.78%) Google
12 23 (0.64%) ForgeRock
12 23 (0.64%) Okta
12 23 (0.64%) Tenable
13 22 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
13 22 (0.62%) Red Hat
14 21 (0.59%) Adobe
15 20 (0.56%) OpenAI
16 17 (0.48%) CyberArk