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 30 October 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 83 32
Rank change year-on-year +57 -51 -1
Permanent Architect jobs 4,026 1,114 2,636
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.45% 3.21% 5.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.85% 3.56% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,529 688 1,585
10th Percentile £63,721 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £66,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £79,500 £75,400
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% +5.44% -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
30 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,011 31,293 45,689
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.83% 90.04% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 56,541 18,450 24,888
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,914
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -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 30 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 30 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 +85 1,256 £80,000 +3.23% 88
South East +28 854 £90,000 +16.13% 179
North West +81 673 £80,000 - 40
South West +40 599 £85,000 +6.25% 114
Midlands +28 564 £81,267 +4.86% 80
West Midlands +35 431 £82,500 +10.00% 56
Yorkshire +60 366 £80,000 +1.27% 28
East of England +49 253 £85,000 +1.49% 37
North East +17 217 £80,000 +10.34% 20
Scotland +60 212 £85,000 +6.25% 33
Wales +15 175 £80,000 +6.67% 20
Northern Ireland -8 134 £80,000 +6.67% 8
East Midlands +3 133 £80,000 - 24
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 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 Cleared15.9%640
2Azure15.4%620
3Roadmaps12.2%492
4Microsoft12.1%488
5AI11.2%450
6AWS10.5%424
7SC Cleared10.3%416
8Technical Leadership9.6%388
9Cybersecurity7.9%319
10Enterprise Architecture7.7%309
11Agile7.6%304
12Technical Architecture6.9%277
13Data Architecture6.5%261
13Stakeholder Management6.5%261
15Stakeholder Engagement6.5%260
16Decision-Making6.1%244
17Problem-Solving6.0%241
18DV Cleared5.8%232
19Mentoring5.5%222
20Technology Strategy5.4%219
21TOGAF5.4%216
22IT Strategy5.1%205
23Analytics4.9%198
24CI/CD4.9%197
25Continuous Improvement4.8%193
25Data Modelling4.8%193
27Architectural Patterns4.7%191
28Microservices4.6%187
29Business Strategy4.5%183
29Migration4.5%183

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%1,100
2Technical Architect16.4%660
3Senior Architect13.3%534
4Data Architect12.2%490
5Lead Architect11.7%471
6Security Architect11.3%455
7Enterprise Architect7.7%312
8Systems Architect5.3%213
9Cloud Architect5.0%202
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.8%152
11Senior Data Architect3.4%138
12Technical Leader3.4%137
13Software Architect3.0%120
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%111
15Principal Architect2.6%105
16Platform Architect2.5%102
17Senior Technical Architect2.3%94
18AWS Architect2.2%90
19Network Architect2.1%85
20Cybersecurity Architect2.0%79
556 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London