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 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 91 31
Rank change year-on-year +62 -60 0
Permanent Architect jobs 3,864 1,045 2,707
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.35% 3.05% 5.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.72% 3.40% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,492 640 1,632
10th Percentile £63,721 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £66,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.13% -0.53%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
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
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 81,821 30,741 46,523
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.10% 89.62% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 56,202 17,694 25,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,497 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.89% -9.01% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.67% -6.25%

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 23 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 23 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 +91 1,237 £80,000 +5.61% 441
South East +31 774 £90,000 +16.13% 519
North West +99 673 £80,000 - 233
South West +48 573 £85,000 +6.25% 188
Midlands +35 552 £82,500 +8.91% 245
West Midlands +42 430 £82,500 +10.00% 190
Yorkshire +63 359 £80,000 +4.92% 151
East of England +65 248 £82,500 -2.94% 178
North East +18 205 £80,250 +10.69% 57
Scotland +59 203 £85,000 +6.25% 203
Wales +18 166 £80,000 +6.67% 45
Northern Ireland -5 131 £80,000 +6.79% 49
East Midlands -1 122 £80,000 - 55
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 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
1Azure16.1%624
2Security Cleared15.8%612
3Microsoft12.7%492
4Roadmaps12.3%477
5AI11.6%450
6AWS10.7%412
7SC Cleared10.2%396
8Technical Leadership9.7%375
9Cybersecurity8.0%311
10Agile8.0%309
11Enterprise Architecture7.7%299
12Technical Architecture6.8%262
13Data Architecture6.8%261
14Stakeholder Engagement6.6%254
15Stakeholder Management6.4%247
16Decision-Making6.0%230
17Problem-Solving5.9%229
18DV Cleared5.8%223
19Technology Strategy5.6%215
20TOGAF5.5%213
21Analytics5.3%205
22Mentoring5.3%203
23IT Strategy5.1%197
24CI/CD5.0%195
24Data Modelling5.0%195
26Continuous Improvement4.9%190
27Architectural Patterns4.7%183
28Microservices4.7%182
29Migration4.7%181
30Business Strategy4.5%173

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 Architect27.6%1,067
2Technical Architect15.6%601
3Senior Architect12.8%493
4Data Architect12.6%485
5Lead Architect11.8%456
5Security Architect11.8%456
7Enterprise Architect7.8%303
8Cloud Architect5.3%204
9Systems Architect5.0%194
10Artificial Intelligence Architect4.0%155
11Technical Leader3.5%137
12Senior Data Architect3.3%128
13Software Architect3.0%115
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%109
15Platform Architect2.6%102
15Principal Architect2.6%102
17AWS Architect2.4%91
18Cybersecurity Architect2.1%82
19Digital Architect1.9%72
19Senior Technical Architect1.9%72
1,863 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London