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 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 87 38
Rank change year-on-year +54 -49 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,961 1,152 3,242
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.04% 3.37% 5.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.25% 3.76% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,151 760 2,118
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,996 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,085 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -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 69,609 30,629 60,204
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 89.63% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 48,115 17,622 41,337
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 27 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 27 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 +89 994 £82,500 +10.00% 193
North West +93 582 £85,000 +13.33% 105
South East +9 499 £85,000 +9.68% 244
South West +46 438 £80,000 -5.88% 102
Midlands +20 426 £80,000 +6.67% 114
West Midlands +22 342 £82,500 +10.00% 84
Yorkshire +40 249 £80,000 +6.67% 57
Scotland +57 181 £90,000 +12.50% 53
East of England +46 178 £80,000 +11.89% 62
North East +11 163 £80,000 +23.08% 32
Wales +32 153 £80,000 +15.30% 15
Northern Ireland -13 103 £74,830 -9.63% 15
East Midlands -21 84 £60,000 -11.11% 30
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 594 (20.06%) Azure
2 441 (14.89%) Microsoft
3 427 (14.42%) Security Cleared
4 373 (12.60%) Roadmaps
5 351 (11.85%) AWS
6 340 (11.48%) AI
7 274 (9.25%) SC Cleared
8 273 (9.22%) Enterprise Architecture
9 271 (9.15%) Agile
10 260 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
11 245 (8.27%) TOGAF
12 201 (6.79%) CI/CD
13 197 (6.65%) Technical Architecture
14 196 (6.62%) Technical Leadership
15 194 (6.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 193 (6.52%) Data Architecture
17 188 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
18 181 (6.11%) DevOps
19 178 (6.01%) Data Modelling
20 168 (5.67%) DV Cleared
21 167 (5.64%) Continuous Improvement
22 163 (5.50%) Stakeholder Management
23 160 (5.40%) Power Platform
24 158 (5.34%) Business Strategy
25 153 (5.17%) Analytics
26 150 (5.07%) Technology Strategy
27 149 (5.03%) Decision-Making
28 144 (4.86%) Infrastructure as Code
29 140 (4.73%) Security Architecture
30 137 (4.63%) Microservices

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 10 (0.34%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.27%) CMS
2 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.20%) Apache
3 6 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.17%) Confluence
4 5 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.10%) SAS
7 2 (0.068%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.034%) Camunda
8 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.034%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.37%) Revit
2 9 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.24%) AutoCAD
4 6 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.068%) ArchiCAD
6 2 (0.068%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.068%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.068%) Simulink
6 2 (0.068%) Windchill
7 1 (0.034%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.034%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.034%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 34 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.17%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.14%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.10%) Oracle Utilities
7 3 (0.10%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.068%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.068%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.068%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.068%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.068%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.068%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.068%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.068%) SAP CAR
8 2 (0.068%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 594 (20.06%) Azure
2 351 (11.85%) AWS
3 160 (5.40%) Power Platform
4 104 (3.51%) GCP
5 97 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 92 (3.11%) SaaS
7 89 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
8 65 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
9 63 (2.13%) Serverless
10 49 (1.65%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.42%) dbt
12 38 (1.28%) PaaS
13 35 (1.18%) IaaS
14 29 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 25 (0.84%) Snowflake
16 23 (0.78%) GitHub
17 16 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.51%) Amazon S3
19 14 (0.47%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (3.51%) WAN
2 81 (2.74%) LAN
3 61 (2.06%) Firewall
4 58 (1.96%) Network Security
5 45 (1.52%) VPN
6 44 (1.49%) Broadband
7 41 (1.38%) DNS
8 26 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 20 (0.68%) BGP
9 20 (0.68%) MPLS
10 17 (0.57%) SNMP
11 16 (0.54%) HTTP
12 15 (0.51%) VLAN
13 14 (0.47%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.37%) DHCP
15 10 (0.34%) FTP
15 10 (0.34%) ICMP
15 10 (0.34%) IPsec
15 10 (0.34%) SSH
15 10 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (1.96%) Metadata
2 38 (1.28%) Data Lake
3 32 (1.08%) Power BI
4 26 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (0.88%) SQL Server
5 17 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (0.54%) GIS
7 11 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (0.30%) Tableau
9 8 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.27%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.27%) Data Vault
9 8 (0.27%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.27%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.20%) Delta Lake
10 6 (0.20%) MySQL
11 5 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (0.14%) Big Data
12 4 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 44 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 34 (1.15%) GitLab
3 29 (0.98%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.74%) Snyk
5 8 (0.27%) JIRA
6 5 (0.17%) Toad
6 5 (0.17%) Yeoman
7 4 (0.14%) MLflow
8 3 (0.10%) Git
9 2 (0.068%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.068%) ERwin
9 2 (0.068%) JMeter
9 2 (0.068%) Postman
9 2 (0.068%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.068%) Selenium
10 1 (0.034%) Flyway
10 1 (0.034%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.034%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle Forms
General
1 381 (12.87%) Social Skills
2 371 (12.53%) Finance
3 216 (7.29%) Public Sector
4 168 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
6 83 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
7 79 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
8 59 (1.99%) Marketing
9 56 (1.89%) Law
10 49 (1.65%) Retail
11 44 (1.49%) Games
12 38 (1.28%) Manufacturing
13 31 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 27 (0.91%) Legal
15 25 (0.84%) Banking
16 24 (0.81%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (0.44%) Advertising
18 13 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
19 12 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (2.16%) REST
2 52 (1.76%) SOAP
3 47 (1.59%) .NET
4 39 (1.32%) Lightning Web Components
5 34 (1.15%) Middleware
6 29 (0.98%) OAuth
6 29 (0.98%) Visualforce
7 27 (0.91%) Node.js
8 26 (0.88%) LDAP
9 23 (0.78%) Kafka
9 23 (0.78%) SAML
10 18 (0.61%) Regular Expression
11 17 (0.57%) XML
12 16 (0.54%) JSON
12 16 (0.54%) XMPP
13 12 (0.41%) GraphQL
14 11 (0.37%) OpenID
14 11 (0.37%) Spring Boot
15 10 (0.34%) NestJS
16 9 (0.30%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 141 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 83 (2.80%) Data Centre
3 67 (2.26%) Product Ownership
4 46 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 35 (1.18%) Operational Technology
8 33 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
9 32 (1.08%) Cyberattack
10 26 (0.88%) Onboarding
10 26 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 20 (0.68%) PKI
12 16 (0.54%) Management Information System
13 14 (0.47%) Graphic Design
14 13 (0.44%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.44%) NHS
15 12 (0.41%) Private Cloud
15 12 (0.41%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.59%) Windows
2 46 (1.55%) Linux
3 35 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.034%) AIX
5 1 (0.034%) CentOS
5 1 (0.034%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.034%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (12.60%) Roadmaps
2 340 (11.48%) AI
3 273 (9.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 271 (9.15%) Agile
5 260 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
6 245 (8.27%) TOGAF
7 201 (6.79%) CI/CD
8 197 (6.65%) Technical Architecture
9 196 (6.62%) Technical Leadership
10 194 (6.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 193 (6.52%) Data Architecture
12 188 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
13 181 (6.11%) DevOps
14 178 (6.01%) Data Modelling
15 167 (5.64%) Continuous Improvement
16 163 (5.50%) Stakeholder Management
17 158 (5.34%) Business Strategy
18 153 (5.17%) Analytics
19 150 (5.07%) Technology Strategy
20 149 (5.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 94 (3.17%) SQL
2 88 (2.97%) Python
3 48 (1.62%) C#
4 41 (1.38%) JavaScript
5 34 (1.15%) Apex Code
6 32 (1.08%) Java
7 30 (1.01%) SOQL
8 29 (0.98%) SOSL
9 26 (0.88%) Bicep
10 14 (0.47%) C
10 14 (0.47%) PowerShell
10 14 (0.47%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.37%) C++
12 6 (0.20%) COBOL
12 6 (0.20%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.20%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.20%) Ruby
13 5 (0.17%) Bash
14 4 (0.14%) Rust
14 4 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 427 (14.42%) Security Cleared
2 274 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 168 (5.67%) DV Cleared
4 105 (3.55%) Degree
5 50 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 49 (1.65%) CISSP
7 39 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 32 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 25 (0.84%) CISM
12 20 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 20 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (0.61%) Master's Degree
14 17 (0.57%) CCSP
15 16 (0.54%) CCNP
16 14 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.30%) ICAEW
17 9 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
18 7 (0.24%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (3.41%) Data Quality
2 96 (3.24%) NIST
3 90 (3.04%) GRC
4 57 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (1.65%) GDPR
6 37 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.84%) NCSC
8 21 (0.71%) QA
9 13 (0.44%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.30%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.24%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.17%) SLA
14 5 (0.17%) WCAG
15 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.14%) MISRA
System Software
1 83 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (0.81%) vSphere
4 21 (0.71%) Docker
5 10 (0.34%) Firmware
6 9 (0.30%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.17%) NDS
9 1 (0.034%) GPFS
9 1 (0.034%) KVM
9 1 (0.034%) Lustre
9 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.034%) vCloud
9 1 (0.034%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 53 (1.79%) Terraform
3 18 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.54%) MOM
5 10 (0.34%) CASB
5 10 (0.34%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.24%) Ansible
8 4 (0.14%) Endace
9 3 (0.10%) Grafana
10 2 (0.068%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.068%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.068%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.068%) vRealize
11 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.034%) Netcool
11 1 (0.034%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.034%) SCCM
Vendors
1 441 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 80 (2.70%) Databricks
3 71 (2.40%) SAP
4 63 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 57 (1.93%) VMware
6 49 (1.65%) Cisco
7 41 (1.38%) Oracle
7 41 (1.38%) Palo Alto
8 36 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 31 (1.05%) Splunk
10 22 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (0.74%) Tenable
11 20 (0.68%) OpenAI
12 19 (0.64%) Google
13 18 (0.61%) Computacenter
14 17 (0.57%) Red Hat
15 13 (0.44%) Juniper
16 12 (0.41%) Citrix
16 12 (0.41%) CyberArk
16 12 (0.41%) McAfee