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 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 32 34
Rank change year-on-year -38 +2 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,285 2,539 1,994
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.50% 5.37% 6.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.88% 5.69% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 791 1,547 1,057
10th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £68,500 £66,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £76,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -1.32% -3.18%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 33,083 44,628 28,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 94.38% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 20,746 23,891 21,560
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,498 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% -1.91% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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
South East -28 367 £77,500 - 382
North of England -41 300 £80,000 +6.67% 185
Midlands -8 245 £80,000 +6.67% 130
West Midlands -16 154 £77,500 - 89
North West -39 153 £80,000 +6.67% 122
South West -19 152 £80,000 +6.67% 132
Yorkshire -28 104 £80,000 +3.23% 55
East of England -27 93 £90,000 +5.88% 73
East Midlands -1 88 £80,000 +14.29% 39
Scotland -43 71 £80,000 +3.13% 64
North East -16 42 £75,000 -0.53% 8
Wales -14 33 £75,000 +25.79% 14
Northern Ireland 0 29 £75,000 -6.25% 14
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 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.

1 358 (27.86%) Azure
2 239 (18.60%) Security Cleared
3 220 (17.12%) AWS
4 207 (16.11%) Roadmaps
5 204 (15.88%) Agile
6 203 (15.80%) Microsoft
7 198 (15.41%) Enterprise Architecture
8 177 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 166 (12.92%) TOGAF
10 159 (12.37%) Mentoring
11 148 (11.52%) Analytics
12 144 (11.21%) DevOps
12 144 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
13 140 (10.89%) SC Cleared
14 138 (10.74%) Data Modelling
15 128 (9.96%) Degree
16 127 (9.88%) AI
17 126 (9.81%) Python
18 122 (9.49%) GCP
19 120 (9.34%) DV Cleared
20 118 (9.18%) Data Architecture
21 113 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
22 99 (7.70%) Business Strategy
23 98 (7.63%) SAP
24 95 (7.39%) Project Management
25 94 (7.32%) SaaS
25 94 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
26 93 (7.24%) Architectural Design
27 92 (7.16%) Decision-Making
28 88 (6.85%) Cybersecurity

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 17 (1.32%) CMS
2 10 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (0.70%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.62%) Appian
5 6 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.39%) Apache
6 5 (0.39%) Confluence
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.078%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.078%) JBoss
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.078%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (0.078%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 64 (4.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (3.81%) SAP MDG
3 37 (2.88%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 16 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 11 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.39%) Shopify
7 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.16%) Maximo
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.078%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.078%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.078%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 358 (27.86%) Azure
2 220 (17.12%) AWS
3 122 (9.49%) GCP
4 94 (7.32%) SaaS
5 57 (4.44%) PaaS
6 46 (3.58%) IaaS
7 45 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (3.19%) Snowflake
9 40 (3.11%) Power Platform
10 36 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (2.80%) OCI
11 33 (2.57%) Serverless
12 21 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.09%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.09%) GitHub
14 12 (0.93%) Azure Stack
15 11 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (0.70%) Azure Service Bus
16 9 (0.70%) Entra ID
16 9 (0.70%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.49%) LAN
2 30 (2.33%) VPN
2 30 (2.33%) WAN
3 28 (2.18%) Firewall
4 24 (1.87%) Network Security
5 17 (1.32%) Broadband
6 15 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (1.01%) Junos
8 6 (0.47%) BGP
9 5 (0.39%) SSL
9 5 (0.39%) VoIP
10 4 (0.31%) ATM
10 4 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.31%) DNS
10 4 (0.31%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.31%) Frame Relay
10 4 (0.31%) SAN
10 4 (0.31%) SDH
10 4 (0.31%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.31%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (2.49%) Metadata
3 22 (1.71%) BigQuery
3 22 (1.71%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.32%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.01%) Power BI
6 7 (0.54%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 6 (0.47%) Delta Lake
7 6 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
7 6 (0.47%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.39%) Airbyte
8 5 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.39%) Big Data
8 5 (0.39%) Data Vault
8 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 21 (1.63%) GitLab
3 15 (1.17%) SonarQube
4 9 (0.70%) MSI
4 9 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
5 8 (0.62%) Git
5 8 (0.62%) Robot Framework
5 8 (0.62%) Selenium
5 8 (0.62%) Snyk
6 7 (0.54%) JIRA
7 6 (0.47%) MSBuild
7 6 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.47%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.078%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.078%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 317 (24.67%) Social Skills
2 158 (12.30%) Finance
3 152 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 86 (6.69%) Marketing
6 73 (5.68%) Law
7 54 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 42 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (3.19%) Legal
10 28 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 25 (1.95%) Retail
12 22 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.63%) Banking
14 17 (1.32%) Games
15 14 (1.09%) Electronics
16 13 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.86%) Publishing
18 10 (0.78%) Financial Institution
19 9 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
19 9 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.49%) .NET
1 32 (2.49%) REST
2 30 (2.33%) Middleware
3 27 (2.10%) React
4 26 (2.02%) Node.js
5 24 (1.87%) Django
5 24 (1.87%) Kafka
6 20 (1.56%) SOAP
7 19 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
8 16 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.17%) Visualforce
10 11 (0.86%) Web Services
11 10 (0.78%) EDI
11 10 (0.78%) gRPC
12 9 (0.70%) XML
13 8 (0.62%) Apache NiFi
13 8 (0.62%) CSS
13 8 (0.62%) GraphQL
13 8 (0.62%) HTML
14 7 (0.54%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 83 (6.46%) Cloud Native
2 37 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (2.72%) Data Centre
4 33 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
5 28 (2.18%) Product Ownership
6 27 (2.10%) Management Information System
7 25 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (1.95%) Virtual Team
8 22 (1.71%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (0.93%) Private Cloud
12 11 (0.86%) AI Agents
12 11 (0.86%) IoT
12 11 (0.86%) PKI
13 10 (0.78%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.62%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.54%) Reference Data
16 6 (0.47%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.79%) Windows
2 19 (1.48%) Linux
3 4 (0.31%) AIX
4 3 (0.23%) Android
4 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.16%) Unix
6 1 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.078%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.078%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.078%) VMS
6 1 (0.078%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (16.11%) Roadmaps
2 204 (15.88%) Agile
3 198 (15.41%) Enterprise Architecture
4 177 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 166 (12.92%) TOGAF
6 159 (12.37%) Mentoring
7 148 (11.52%) Analytics
8 144 (11.21%) DevOps
8 144 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
9 138 (10.74%) Data Modelling
10 127 (9.88%) AI
11 118 (9.18%) Data Architecture
12 113 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 99 (7.70%) Business Strategy
14 95 (7.39%) Project Management
15 94 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
16 93 (7.24%) Architectural Design
17 92 (7.16%) Decision-Making
18 88 (6.85%) Cybersecurity
18 88 (6.85%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 126 (9.81%) Python
2 71 (5.53%) C#
3 62 (4.82%) Java
4 61 (4.75%) SQL
5 24 (1.87%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.79%) C++
6 23 (1.79%) Go
7 17 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.32%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.25%) Apex Code
9 15 (1.17%) SOQL
9 15 (1.17%) SOSL
10 10 (0.78%) Bicep
11 9 (0.70%) PHP
12 4 (0.31%) Bash
13 3 (0.23%) ABAP
13 3 (0.23%) C
13 3 (0.23%) R
13 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 239 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 140 (10.89%) SC Cleared
3 128 (9.96%) Degree
4 120 (9.34%) DV Cleared
5 75 (5.84%) TOGAF Certification
6 62 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (3.66%) AWS Certification
8 42 (3.27%) Azure Certification
9 41 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 41 (3.19%) CISSP
10 39 (3.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 34 (2.65%) CISM
12 31 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
13 26 (2.02%) Chartered Engineer
13 26 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
14 24 (1.87%) DBS Check
15 22 (1.71%) CCNP
16 18 (1.40%) CCNA
17 13 (1.01%) JNCIA
18 6 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.72%) Accessibility
2 34 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.02%) GDPR
3 26 (2.02%) GRC
4 25 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 25 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.56%) NIST
6 10 (0.78%) HIPAA
6 10 (0.78%) NCSC
7 9 (0.70%) QA
8 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.31%) SEPA
9 4 (0.31%) SLA
9 4 (0.31%) TARGET2
10 3 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.16%) PMO
11 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (2.80%) Docker
2 26 (2.02%) Firmware
3 8 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.16%) vSphere
7 1 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 60 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.72%) Terraform
3 18 (1.40%) Ansible
4 10 (0.78%) WMI
5 7 (0.54%) Endace
6 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.23%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.16%) VxRail
9 1 (0.078%) Argo
9 1 (0.078%) Netcool
9 1 (0.078%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.078%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.078%) vRealize
Vendors
1 203 (15.80%) Microsoft
2 98 (7.63%) SAP
3 49 (3.81%) Google
4 47 (3.66%) Oracle
5 37 (2.88%) OpenText
6 34 (2.65%) Salesforce
7 33 (2.57%) Cisco
8 29 (2.26%) Juniper
9 24 (1.87%) Adobe
10 23 (1.79%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.71%) VMware
11 22 (1.71%) Workday
12 20 (1.56%) Splunk
13 19 (1.48%) Databricks
14 18 (1.40%) Apple
15 15 (1.17%) BiZZdesign
16 12 (0.93%) Ariba
17 9 (0.70%) Fortinet
17 9 (0.70%) UiPath
18 8 (0.62%) Black Duck