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 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 97 31
Rank change year-on-year +67 -66 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,638 1,039 2,857
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.20% 3.01% 5.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.53% 3.36% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 634 1,720
10th Percentile £62,757 £60,700 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -3.23%
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 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 80,228 30,943 48,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 89.58% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 55,266 17,424 26,767
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £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 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -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 11 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 IT jobs citing Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +95 1,201 £80,000 +3.23% 522
South East +26 675 £90,000 +16.13% 557
North West +105 654 £80,000 - 283
South West +46 543 £85,000 +3.03% 235
Midlands +40 511 £82,500 +10.00% 291
West Midlands +43 406 £85,000 +13.33% 220
Yorkshire +54 351 £80,000 +4.92% 176
East of England +64 244 £80,150 -2.85% 193
North East +19 196 £80,500 +16.02% 64
Scotland +56 185 £85,000 +6.25% 278
Wales +15 163 £80,000 +6.79% 60
Northern Ireland -7 132 £80,000 +6.79% 81
East Midlands -8 105 £80,000 +3.23% 71
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 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.

1 625 (17.18%) Azure
2 575 (15.81%) Security Cleared
3 481 (13.22%) Microsoft
4 451 (12.40%) Roadmaps
5 447 (12.29%) AI
6 403 (11.08%) AWS
7 364 (10.01%) SC Cleared
8 351 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
9 307 (8.44%) Agile
10 294 (8.08%) Enterprise Architecture
11 286 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
12 250 (6.87%) Data Architecture
13 248 (6.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 241 (6.62%) Technical Architecture
15 230 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
16 223 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
17 216 (5.94%) Decision-Making
18 210 (5.77%) DV Cleared
19 209 (5.74%) TOGAF
20 206 (5.66%) CI/CD
21 205 (5.63%) Technology Strategy
22 202 (5.55%) Analytics
23 196 (5.39%) Data Modelling
24 190 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
25 186 (5.11%) IT Strategy
26 184 (5.06%) Mentoring
27 179 (4.92%) Microservices
28 171 (4.70%) Security Architecture
29 170 (4.67%) Migration
30 169 (4.65%) Infrastructure as Code

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 15 (0.41%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.30%) Apache
3 8 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.16%) CMS
4 6 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.082%) Confluence
7 2 (0.055%) JBoss
7 2 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.055%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.027%) IIS
8 1 (0.027%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.027%) SAS
8 1 (0.027%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (0.33%) Revit
2 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.11%) Notion
7 2 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.055%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.055%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.055%) Simulink
7 2 (0.055%) Weka
7 2 (0.055%) Windchill
8 1 (0.027%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 41 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.082%) Lawson
6 3 (0.082%) Movex
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.082%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.082%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.082%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.082%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.055%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 625 (17.18%) Azure
2 403 (11.08%) AWS
3 166 (4.56%) Power Platform
4 133 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
5 117 (3.22%) SaaS
6 113 (3.11%) GCP
7 72 (1.98%) Entra ID
8 70 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
9 67 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
10 51 (1.40%) Serverless
11 42 (1.15%) dbt
12 37 (1.02%) IaaS
13 36 (0.99%) Azure Databricks
13 36 (0.99%) PaaS
14 24 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
15 22 (0.60%) Amazon S3
16 20 (0.55%) OpenShift
16 20 (0.55%) PowerApps
17 17 (0.47%) Azure AKS
17 17 (0.47%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.86%) WAN
2 90 (2.47%) LAN
3 73 (2.01%) Network Security
4 55 (1.51%) Firewall
5 47 (1.29%) VPN
6 29 (0.80%) SD-WAN
7 27 (0.74%) DNS
8 20 (0.55%) Wireless
9 19 (0.52%) MPLS
10 18 (0.49%) BGP
10 18 (0.49%) VLAN
11 16 (0.44%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.41%) 5G
12 15 (0.41%) SNMP
13 13 (0.36%) HTTP
14 12 (0.33%) Broadband
14 12 (0.33%) DHCP
14 12 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
15 11 (0.30%) Intelligent Network
16 10 (0.27%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (2.45%) Metadata
2 41 (1.13%) Power BI
3 32 (0.88%) Data Lake
4 30 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (0.63%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (0.36%) NoSQL
7 12 (0.33%) Metadata Repository
8 11 (0.30%) GIS
8 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (0.27%) Big Data
9 10 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.25%) MongoDB
11 8 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (0.22%) Tableau
12 7 (0.19%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.16%) MySQL
13 6 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (0.41%) Snyk
2 12 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.30%) JIRA
4 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.14%) Git
4 5 (0.14%) MLflow
4 5 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (0.14%) Toad
5 4 (0.11%) GitLab
5 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
6 3 (0.082%) ERwin
7 1 (0.027%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.027%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.027%) Flyway
7 1 (0.027%) JMeter
7 1 (0.027%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.027%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.027%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.027%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.027%) Selenium
General
1 519 (14.27%) Finance
2 478 (13.14%) Social Skills
3 284 (7.81%) Public Sector
4 152 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 141 (3.88%) Aerospace
5 141 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
6 99 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
7 92 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 56 (1.54%) Law
8 56 (1.54%) Retail
9 52 (1.43%) Banking
10 48 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 46 (1.26%) Legal
12 30 (0.82%) Telecoms
13 25 (0.69%) Marketing
13 25 (0.69%) Military
14 19 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
15 16 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.41%) Local Government
17 14 (0.38%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (1.76%) .NET
2 55 (1.51%) Terraform
3 50 (1.37%) Middleware
4 37 (1.02%) LDAP
5 36 (0.99%) OAuth
6 34 (0.93%) REST
6 34 (0.93%) SAML
7 27 (0.74%) ModSecurity
8 25 (0.69%) Kafka
9 22 (0.60%) SOAP
10 21 (0.58%) OpenID
11 19 (0.52%) Node.js
12 13 (0.36%) SailPoint
13 12 (0.33%) JSON
13 12 (0.33%) XML
14 11 (0.30%) GraphQL
15 10 (0.27%) Regular Expression
15 10 (0.27%) Spring Boot
15 10 (0.27%) XMPP
16 9 (0.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 173 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 62 (1.70%) Data Centre
3 59 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
4 49 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
5 44 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 40 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 39 (1.07%) Onboarding
8 37 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
9 30 (0.82%) AI Agents
9 30 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (0.80%) Management Information System
10 29 (0.80%) Virtual Team
11 26 (0.71%) Operational Technology
12 23 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
12 23 (0.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 23 (0.63%) Private Cloud
12 23 (0.63%) Public Cloud
13 21 (0.58%) Social Media
14 20 (0.55%) IoT
15 19 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.29%) Linux
2 32 (0.88%) Windows
3 18 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.055%) macOS
6 1 (0.027%) AIX
6 1 (0.027%) CentOS
6 1 (0.027%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.027%) Solaris
6 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (12.40%) Roadmaps
2 447 (12.29%) AI
3 351 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
4 307 (8.44%) Agile
5 294 (8.08%) Enterprise Architecture
6 286 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
7 250 (6.87%) Data Architecture
8 248 (6.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 241 (6.62%) Technical Architecture
10 230 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
11 223 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 216 (5.94%) Decision-Making
13 209 (5.74%) TOGAF
14 206 (5.66%) CI/CD
15 205 (5.63%) Technology Strategy
16 202 (5.55%) Analytics
17 196 (5.39%) Data Modelling
18 190 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
19 186 (5.11%) IT Strategy
20 184 (5.06%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 90 (2.47%) Python
2 89 (2.45%) C#
3 85 (2.34%) SQL
4 51 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.04%) Java
6 25 (0.69%) Bicep
7 19 (0.52%) C
8 15 (0.41%) C++
9 14 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.33%) PowerShell
11 11 (0.30%) Scala
12 8 (0.22%) Rust
13 6 (0.16%) COBOL
13 6 (0.16%) R
13 6 (0.16%) Ruby
14 5 (0.14%) Bash
14 5 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.14%) Go
15 3 (0.082%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.082%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 575 (15.81%) Security Cleared
2 364 (10.01%) SC Cleared
3 210 (5.77%) DV Cleared
4 141 (3.88%) Degree
5 69 (1.90%) Azure Certification
5 69 (1.90%) CISSP
6 59 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 57 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 55 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
9 41 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (1.02%) CISM
11 32 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (0.58%) Master's Degree
13 19 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (0.49%) Chartered Engineer
15 17 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 15 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 15 (0.41%) CCNP
17 12 (0.33%) CCSP
18 8 (0.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (2.64%) GRC
2 88 (2.42%) NIST
3 86 (2.36%) Data Quality
4 66 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (1.51%) GDPR
6 54 (1.48%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.69%) NCSC
8 16 (0.44%) QA
9 15 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.25%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.19%) MISRA
14 6 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.16%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.14%) SLA
16 4 (0.11%) Def Stans
17 3 (0.082%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 99 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 29 (0.80%) Docker
3 25 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (0.55%) Firmware
6 18 (0.49%) vSphere
7 10 (0.27%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 9 (0.25%) NDS
9 3 (0.082%) KVM
10 1 (0.027%) GPFS
10 1 (0.027%) Lustre
10 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 85 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 34 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.33%) CASB
4 10 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.14%) Ansible
7 2 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.055%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.055%) Grafana
7 2 (0.055%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.027%) Salt
8 1 (0.027%) SCCM
8 1 (0.027%) vRealize
Vendors
1 481 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 83 (2.28%) SAP
3 81 (2.23%) Databricks
4 62 (1.70%) Oracle
5 50 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 48 (1.32%) Cisco
7 47 (1.29%) VMware
8 42 (1.15%) Workday
9 34 (0.93%) Palo Alto
10 31 (0.85%) Google
10 31 (0.85%) Salesforce
11 30 (0.82%) Computacenter
12 25 (0.69%) ForgeRock
12 25 (0.69%) Okta
13 24 (0.66%) Red Hat
14 21 (0.58%) Adobe
14 21 (0.58%) Thales
15 20 (0.55%) OpenAI
16 16 (0.44%) CyberArk
16 16 (0.44%) Tenable