Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 95 43
Rank change year-on-year +55 -52 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,441 967 3,602
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.65% 3.30% 4.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.87% 3.71% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 679 2,323
10th Percentile £58,750 £59,950 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,925 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £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 63,024 26,094 70,691
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 89.10% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 42,588 13,927 51,021
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,890 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +1.78% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +88 835 £85,000 +19.73% 330
North West +89 479 £90,000 +28.57% 177
South East +19 405 £85,000 +9.68% 265
Midlands +8 353 £80,000 +14.29% 127
South West +56 345 £80,000 -1.54% 164
West Midlands +2 266 £82,500 +13.79% 93
Yorkshire +36 235 £80,000 -1.54% 95
East of England +53 198 £75,000 +13.29% 79
Scotland +42 168 £90,000 +12.50% 64
North East +12 121 £80,000 +23.08% 59
Wales +36 114 £80,000 +15.30% 48
East Midlands +3 86 £60,000 -7.69% 34
Northern Ireland -21 29 £70,000 -17.65% 22
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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.

1 472 (19.34%) Azure
2 316 (12.95%) Security Cleared
3 293 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 281 (11.51%) AWS
5 257 (10.53%) Roadmaps
6 234 (9.59%) Agile
7 228 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
8 218 (8.93%) AI
8 218 (8.93%) TOGAF
9 193 (7.91%) SC Cleared
10 187 (7.66%) Enterprise Architecture
11 174 (7.13%) Data Modelling
12 172 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
13 162 (6.64%) CI/CD
14 160 (6.55%) Data Architecture
14 160 (6.55%) DevOps
15 139 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
16 138 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
17 137 (5.61%) Technical Leadership
18 136 (5.57%) Analytics
19 129 (5.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 128 (5.24%) Security Architecture
21 126 (5.16%) Data Governance
22 121 (4.96%) DV Cleared
23 119 (4.88%) Technology Strategy
24 117 (4.79%) Power Platform
25 112 (4.59%) Architectural Design
25 112 (4.59%) IT Strategy
26 107 (4.38%) Data Quality
26 107 (4.38%) Degree

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 14 (0.57%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.49%) Confluence
3 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.25%) Apache
6 5 (0.20%) CMS
6 5 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.041%) Camunda
9 1 (0.041%) IIS
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.29%) Revit
2 6 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.082%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.082%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.082%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.082%) Windchill
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.25%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.25%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.041%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.041%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.041%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.041%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.041%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 472 (19.34%) Azure
2 281 (11.51%) AWS
3 117 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 100 (4.10%) GCP
5 94 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
6 76 (3.11%) SaaS
7 59 (2.42%) Serverless
8 56 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (1.52%) Entra ID
11 33 (1.35%) PaaS
12 29 (1.19%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.15%) IaaS
14 27 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (0.74%) GitHub
16 13 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.53%) iPaaS
17 10 (0.41%) Amazon S3
18 9 (0.37%) Anthropic Claude
18 9 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.50%) Firewall
2 59 (2.42%) Broadband
3 45 (1.84%) Network Security
4 33 (1.35%) VPN
4 33 (1.35%) WAN
5 32 (1.31%) DNS
6 17 (0.70%) LAN
7 15 (0.61%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.57%) BGP
8 14 (0.57%) MPLS
9 11 (0.45%) SNMP
10 10 (0.41%) HTTP
10 10 (0.41%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.37%) Internet
11 9 (0.37%) NetScaler
11 9 (0.37%) WLAN
12 8 (0.33%) SAN
12 8 (0.33%) SSL
13 6 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.25%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (2.46%) Metadata
2 33 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (1.35%) Power BI
3 30 (1.23%) Data Lake
4 23 (0.94%) SQL Server
5 17 (0.70%) Tableau
6 16 (0.66%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.57%) GIS
7 14 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.37%) DynamoDB
9 8 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.33%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.33%) Data Vault
10 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.20%) Big Data
11 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
11 5 (0.20%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.16%) Db2
12 4 (0.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.47%) GitLab
3 34 (1.39%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.90%) Snyk
5 10 (0.41%) JIRA
6 5 (0.20%) Toad
6 5 (0.20%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) Git
7 3 (0.12%) MLflow
7 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.082%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.082%) ERwin
8 2 (0.082%) JMeter
8 2 (0.082%) Postman
8 2 (0.082%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.082%) Selenium
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
General
1 278 (11.39%) Social Skills
2 249 (10.20%) Finance
3 195 (7.99%) Public Sector
4 125 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 109 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (2.66%) Marketing
7 64 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (2.54%) Games
9 50 (2.05%) Retail
10 30 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 24 (0.98%) Law
12 22 (0.90%) Legal
13 21 (0.86%) Telecoms
14 18 (0.74%) Banking
14 18 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (0.66%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.37%) Aviation
17 9 (0.37%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (2.50%) REST
2 54 (2.21%) SOAP
3 44 (1.80%) Lightning Web Components
4 39 (1.60%) .NET
5 34 (1.39%) Visualforce
6 31 (1.27%) Middleware
7 20 (0.82%) OAuth
8 19 (0.78%) XML
9 18 (0.74%) JSON
9 18 (0.74%) Kafka
9 18 (0.74%) Node.js
10 17 (0.70%) LDAP
10 17 (0.70%) Regular Expression
11 15 (0.61%) XMPP
12 14 (0.57%) SAML
13 11 (0.45%) OpenID
14 10 (0.41%) NestJS
14 10 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
15 9 (0.37%) JWT
15 9 (0.37%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 94 (3.85%) Cloud Native
2 67 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 58 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 42 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 38 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
7 34 (1.39%) Cyberattack
8 33 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (1.02%) PKI
11 24 (0.98%) Virtual Team
12 19 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (0.74%) NHS
14 17 (0.70%) Management Information System
15 16 (0.66%) Low-Code
15 16 (0.66%) Public Cloud
16 15 (0.61%) Data Structures
17 13 (0.53%) Onboarding
17 13 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
18 12 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.05%) Windows
2 40 (1.64%) Linux
3 39 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.041%) AIX
5 1 (0.041%) CentOS
5 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (10.53%) Roadmaps
2 234 (9.59%) Agile
3 228 (9.34%) Cybersecurity
4 218 (8.93%) AI
4 218 (8.93%) TOGAF
5 187 (7.66%) Enterprise Architecture
6 174 (7.13%) Data Modelling
7 172 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
8 162 (6.64%) CI/CD
9 160 (6.55%) Data Architecture
9 160 (6.55%) DevOps
10 139 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 138 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 137 (5.61%) Technical Leadership
13 136 (5.57%) Analytics
14 129 (5.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 128 (5.24%) Security Architecture
16 126 (5.16%) Data Governance
17 119 (4.88%) Technology Strategy
18 112 (4.59%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 94 (3.85%) SQL
2 88 (3.61%) Python
3 45 (1.84%) C#
4 37 (1.52%) Apex Code
4 37 (1.52%) Java
5 35 (1.43%) SOQL
6 34 (1.39%) SOSL
7 33 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 18 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 14 (0.57%) Bicep
11 5 (0.20%) Bash
11 5 (0.20%) C
11 5 (0.20%) C++
11 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.16%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.12%) R
13 3 (0.12%) Scala
14 2 (0.082%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 316 (12.95%) Security Cleared
2 193 (7.91%) SC Cleared
3 121 (4.96%) DV Cleared
4 107 (4.38%) Degree
5 53 (2.17%) CISSP
6 50 (2.05%) TOGAF Certification
7 39 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.39%) Azure Certification
9 34 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (1.11%) CISM
11 22 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.78%) CCSP
13 18 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 18 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.45%) CCNP
14 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.37%) ICAEW
15 9 (0.37%) PMI Certification
15 9 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (4.38%) Data Quality
2 92 (3.77%) NIST
3 54 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 44 (1.80%) GDPR
5 29 (1.19%) QA
6 28 (1.15%) GRC
7 21 (0.86%) NCSC
8 20 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.74%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.25%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.20%) WCAG
15 3 (0.12%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.12%) IFRS
16 2 (0.082%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.082%) PMO
System Software
1 73 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (0.82%) vSphere
4 19 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.61%) Docker
6 9 (0.37%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.041%) GPFS
7 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.041%) Lustre
7 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.041%) vCloud
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (1.31%) Terraform
2 25 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.66%) MOM
4 15 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.29%) CASB
5 7 (0.29%) vRealize
6 6 (0.25%) Endace
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.25%) Netcool
7 5 (0.20%) Ansible
8 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.041%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.041%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.041%) Grafana
10 1 (0.041%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.041%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.041%) SCCM
Vendors
1 293 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 86 (3.52%) Databricks
3 76 (3.11%) SAP
4 61 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 53 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.05%) VMware
7 41 (1.68%) Oracle
8 36 (1.47%) Splunk
9 33 (1.35%) Cisco
10 31 (1.27%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.94%) Google
12 22 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.90%) Tenable
13 21 (0.86%) Palantir
14 19 (0.78%) Juniper
15 16 (0.66%) Red Hat
16 13 (0.53%) Anaplan
16 13 (0.53%) Sparx
17 11 (0.45%) McAfee
18 9 (0.37%) HP