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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 93 41
Rank change year-on-year +57 -52 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,607 1,025 3,681
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.80% 3.34% 4.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.02% 3.76% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,937 724 2,427
10th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -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 64,877 27,289 72,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 88.94% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,995 14,926 52,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,329 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 27 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 27 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 +100 901 £82,500 +14.60% 184
North West +97 512 £87,500 +25.00% 103
South East +14 443 £85,000 +9.68% 199
South West +52 383 £80,000 - 97
Midlands +18 376 £80,000 +11.78% 92
West Midlands +20 290 £82,500 +13.79% 77
Yorkshire +39 248 £80,000 +6.67% 46
East of England +55 188 £75,000 +11.11% 49
Scotland +40 164 £90,000 +12.50% 53
North East +23 141 £80,000 +23.08% 37
Wales +33 133 £80,000 +11.89% 26
East Midlands -5 85 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Northern Ireland -25 27 £55,000 -34.45% 15
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 492 (18.87%) Azure
2 346 (13.27%) Security Cleared
3 337 (12.93%) Microsoft
4 303 (11.62%) Roadmaps
5 302 (11.58%) AWS
6 259 (9.93%) AI
7 247 (9.47%) Agile
8 236 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
9 229 (8.78%) TOGAF
10 210 (8.06%) SC Cleared
11 209 (8.02%) Enterprise Architecture
12 185 (7.10%) Data Architecture
13 184 (7.06%) CI/CD
14 175 (6.71%) Data Modelling
15 173 (6.64%) DevOps
16 171 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
17 156 (5.98%) Technical Leadership
18 144 (5.52%) Analytics
19 141 (5.41%) DV Cleared
19 141 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 137 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
21 133 (5.10%) Stakeholder Management
21 133 (5.10%) Technology Strategy
22 130 (4.99%) Security Architecture
23 129 (4.95%) Data Governance
24 119 (4.56%) IT Strategy
25 118 (4.53%) Cloud Security
26 117 (4.49%) Power Platform
27 116 (4.45%) Architectural Design
28 115 (4.41%) Decision-Making

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 12 (0.46%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.31%) Confluence
4 7 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.19%) Apache
5 5 (0.19%) CMS
5 5 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.12%) SAS
8 2 (0.077%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.038%) Camunda
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.038%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.38%) Revit
2 6 (0.23%) AutoCAD
2 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.077%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.077%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.077%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.077%) Simulink
3 2 (0.077%) Windchill
4 1 (0.038%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.038%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 35 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.19%) SAP CAR
5 5 (0.19%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.19%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.12%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.077%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.038%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.038%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.038%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.038%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.038%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 492 (18.87%) Azure
2 302 (11.58%) AWS
3 117 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 108 (4.14%) GCP
5 89 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
6 80 (3.07%) SaaS
7 63 (2.42%) Serverless
8 50 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (1.46%) Entra ID
10 35 (1.34%) PaaS
11 33 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 30 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (1.15%) IaaS
13 29 (1.11%) Snowflake
14 21 (0.81%) GitHub
15 14 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.50%) Amazon S3
17 12 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (0.46%) iPaaS
17 12 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.26%) Broadband
2 58 (2.22%) Firewall
3 47 (1.80%) Network Security
4 40 (1.53%) DNS
5 39 (1.50%) VPN
6 38 (1.46%) WAN
7 20 (0.77%) BGP
7 20 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 18 (0.69%) MPLS
9 17 (0.65%) LAN
9 17 (0.65%) SNMP
10 15 (0.58%) HTTP
11 13 (0.50%) VLAN
12 11 (0.42%) SSL
13 10 (0.38%) DHCP
14 9 (0.35%) FTP
14 9 (0.35%) ICMP
14 9 (0.35%) IPsec
14 9 (0.35%) SSH
14 9 (0.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (2.49%) Metadata
2 34 (1.30%) Data Lake
3 31 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.07%) Power BI
5 22 (0.84%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (0.54%) GIS
8 13 (0.50%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.38%) Tableau
10 8 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.31%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.31%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.23%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.19%) Big Data
13 5 (0.19%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.19%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.19%) MySQL
14 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (1.73%) Jenkins
2 37 (1.42%) GitLab
3 34 (1.30%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.84%) Snyk
5 7 (0.27%) JIRA
6 5 (0.19%) Toad
6 5 (0.19%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) Git
7 3 (0.12%) MLflow
8 2 (0.077%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.077%) ERwin
8 2 (0.077%) JMeter
8 2 (0.077%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.077%) Postman
8 2 (0.077%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.077%) Selenium
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.038%) Oracle Forms
General
1 279 (10.70%) Social Skills
2 268 (10.28%) Finance
3 207 (7.94%) Public Sector
4 125 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
6 70 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
7 64 (2.45%) Marketing
8 58 (2.22%) Games
9 54 (2.07%) Retail
10 32 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 23 (0.88%) Aerospace
12 21 (0.81%) Banking
12 21 (0.81%) Law
13 20 (0.77%) Telecoms
14 19 (0.73%) Legal
15 14 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.46%) Automotive
16 12 (0.46%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.38%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (2.45%) REST
2 54 (2.07%) SOAP
3 45 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
4 40 (1.53%) .NET
5 36 (1.38%) Middleware
6 34 (1.30%) Visualforce
7 25 (0.96%) OAuth
8 21 (0.81%) Node.js
9 19 (0.73%) Kafka
9 19 (0.73%) LDAP
9 19 (0.73%) SAML
10 18 (0.69%) Regular Expression
10 18 (0.69%) XML
11 17 (0.65%) JSON
12 16 (0.61%) XMPP
13 11 (0.42%) OpenID
14 10 (0.38%) GraphQL
14 10 (0.38%) NestJS
14 10 (0.38%) RESTful
15 9 (0.35%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 112 (4.30%) Cloud Native
2 72 (2.76%) Data Centre
3 64 (2.45%) Product Ownership
4 43 (1.65%) Operational Technology
5 38 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.30%) Cyberattack
8 29 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
9 24 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (0.92%) PKI
9 24 (0.92%) Virtual Team
10 18 (0.69%) Onboarding
10 18 (0.69%) Public Cloud
11 17 (0.65%) Management Information System
12 16 (0.61%) NHS
13 15 (0.58%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
14 12 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (0.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (1.92%) Windows
2 43 (1.65%) Linux
3 39 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.038%) AIX
5 1 (0.038%) CentOS
5 1 (0.038%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (11.62%) Roadmaps
2 259 (9.93%) AI
3 247 (9.47%) Agile
4 236 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
5 229 (8.78%) TOGAF
6 209 (8.02%) Enterprise Architecture
7 185 (7.10%) Data Architecture
8 184 (7.06%) CI/CD
9 175 (6.71%) Data Modelling
10 173 (6.64%) DevOps
11 171 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
12 156 (5.98%) Technical Leadership
13 144 (5.52%) Analytics
14 141 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 137 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
16 133 (5.10%) Stakeholder Management
16 133 (5.10%) Technology Strategy
17 130 (4.99%) Security Architecture
18 129 (4.95%) Data Governance
19 119 (4.56%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 92 (3.53%) SQL
2 85 (3.26%) Python
3 40 (1.53%) C#
4 38 (1.46%) Apex Code
5 36 (1.38%) Java
6 35 (1.34%) SOQL
7 34 (1.30%) SOSL
8 31 (1.19%) JavaScript
9 22 (0.84%) Bicep
10 15 (0.58%) PowerShell
11 13 (0.50%) TypeScript
12 9 (0.35%) C
12 9 (0.35%) C++
13 7 (0.27%) Bash
14 6 (0.23%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.23%) Embedded C++
15 5 (0.19%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.15%) COBOL
16 4 (0.15%) Ruby
17 3 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 346 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 210 (8.06%) SC Cleared
3 141 (5.41%) DV Cleared
4 98 (3.76%) Degree
5 51 (1.96%) CISSP
6 50 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
7 36 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 33 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.04%) CISM
11 22 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.73%) CCSP
13 16 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 13 (0.50%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.42%) CCNP
16 11 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (0.35%) ICAEW
18 7 (0.27%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (4.18%) Data Quality
2 98 (3.76%) NIST
3 59 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 45 (1.73%) GDPR
5 29 (1.11%) GRC
6 25 (0.96%) QA
7 23 (0.88%) Accessibility
8 22 (0.84%) NCSC
9 16 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.27%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.27%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.23%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.19%) WCAG
15 4 (0.15%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 3 (0.12%) IFRS
System Software
1 79 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (0.84%) vSphere
4 20 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (0.69%) Docker
6 9 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.19%) Firmware
8 4 (0.15%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.038%) GPFS
9 1 (0.038%) Lustre
9 1 (0.038%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.038%) vCloud
9 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (1.73%) Terraform
2 35 (1.34%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.61%) MOM
4 14 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.35%) CASB
5 9 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.27%) Ansible
6 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.23%) Endace
7 6 (0.23%) vRealize
8 3 (0.12%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.12%) Netcool
9 2 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.077%) Grafana
10 1 (0.038%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.038%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.038%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.038%) SCCM
Vendors
1 337 (12.93%) Microsoft
2 88 (3.38%) Databricks
3 70 (2.69%) SAP
4 63 (2.42%) Salesforce
5 51 (1.96%) VMware
6 39 (1.50%) Oracle
7 37 (1.42%) Cisco
8 36 (1.38%) Palo Alto
8 36 (1.38%) Splunk
9 32 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.04%) Google
11 22 (0.84%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.84%) Tenable
12 17 (0.65%) Red Hat
13 16 (0.61%) Juniper
14 12 (0.46%) McAfee
15 10 (0.38%) Computacenter
16 9 (0.35%) BiZZdesign
16 9 (0.35%) Citrix
16 9 (0.35%) Sparx