Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £80,150 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 95 47
Rank change year-on-year +45 -48 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,419 953 3,405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.59% 3.30% 4.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.82% 3.71% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,777 674 2,222
10th Percentile £58,372 £59,825 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,150 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% - -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 63,248 25,718 68,551
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 89.02% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 42,275 13,687 49,780
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +76 820 £85,000 +18.07% 226
North West +83 461 £90,000 +28.57% 131
South East +26 401 £85,000 +9.68% 247
Midlands +13 362 £80,000 +14.29% 102
South West +60 340 £80,000 - 135
West Midlands +1 271 £82,500 +13.79% 77
Yorkshire +40 237 £80,000 -4.48% 59
East of England +53 201 £77,477 +17.03% 54
Scotland +37 165 £90,000 +12.50% 61
North East +12 122 £80,000 +23.08% 38
Wales +32 107 £80,000 +15.30% 35
East Midlands +11 90 £60,000 -7.69% 25
Northern Ireland -21 30 £70,000 -18.84% 20
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 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.

1 475 (19.64%) Azure
2 310 (12.82%) Security Cleared
3 282 (11.66%) Microsoft
4 279 (11.53%) AWS
5 259 (10.71%) Roadmaps
6 237 (9.80%) Agile
7 229 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
8 220 (9.09%) TOGAF
9 206 (8.52%) AI
10 191 (7.90%) Enterprise Architecture
11 188 (7.77%) SC Cleared
12 180 (7.44%) Data Modelling
13 173 (7.15%) Problem-Solving
14 162 (6.70%) DevOps
15 161 (6.66%) Data Architecture
16 157 (6.49%) CI/CD
17 152 (6.28%) Stakeholder Management
18 148 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
19 137 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
20 134 (5.54%) Analytics
21 131 (5.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 129 (5.33%) Data Governance
23 126 (5.21%) Security Architecture
24 122 (5.04%) Degree
24 122 (5.04%) Power Platform
25 119 (4.92%) Technology Strategy
26 118 (4.88%) DV Cleared
27 116 (4.80%) Migration
28 114 (4.71%) IT Strategy
29 113 (4.67%) Architectural Design

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 14 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.50%) Confluence
3 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.25%) Apache
6 5 (0.21%) CMS
6 5 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.041%) Camunda
9 1 (0.041%) IIS
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.29%) Revit
2 6 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.083%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.083%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.083%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.083%) Windchill
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.25%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.25%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.083%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.041%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.041%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.041%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.041%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.041%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 475 (19.64%) Azure
2 279 (11.53%) AWS
3 122 (5.04%) Power Platform
4 99 (4.09%) GCP
5 89 (3.68%) Dynamics 365
6 73 (3.02%) SaaS
7 60 (2.48%) Serverless
8 57 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (1.53%) Entra ID
11 34 (1.41%) PaaS
12 29 (1.20%) IaaS
12 29 (1.20%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (0.62%) GitHub
15 13 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.54%) iPaaS
16 9 (0.37%) Amazon S3
17 8 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
17 8 (0.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (2.48%) Firewall
2 59 (2.44%) Broadband
3 45 (1.86%) Network Security
4 34 (1.41%) WAN
5 33 (1.36%) VPN
6 31 (1.28%) DNS
7 18 (0.74%) LAN
8 15 (0.62%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.58%) BGP
9 14 (0.58%) MPLS
10 11 (0.45%) SNMP
11 10 (0.41%) HTTP
11 10 (0.41%) Unified Communications
12 9 (0.37%) Internet
12 9 (0.37%) NetScaler
12 9 (0.37%) WLAN
13 8 (0.33%) SAN
13 8 (0.33%) SSL
14 6 (0.25%) NAS
14 6 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (2.56%) Metadata
2 42 (1.74%) Power BI
3 33 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (1.24%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.07%) Tableau
6 23 (0.95%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.66%) NoSQL
8 14 (0.58%) GIS
8 14 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.37%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.33%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.29%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.21%) Big Data
12 5 (0.21%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.17%) DB2
13 4 (0.17%) Delta Lake
13 4 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 40 (1.65%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.49%) GitLab
3 34 (1.41%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.91%) Snyk
5 10 (0.41%) JIRA
6 5 (0.21%) Toad
6 5 (0.21%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) Git
7 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.083%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.083%) ERwin
8 2 (0.083%) JMeter
8 2 (0.083%) MLflow
8 2 (0.083%) Postman
8 2 (0.083%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.083%) Selenium
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
General
1 287 (11.86%) Social Skills
2 249 (10.29%) Finance
3 196 (8.10%) Public Sector
4 126 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (2.98%) Games
7 69 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (2.69%) Marketing
9 52 (2.15%) Retail
10 30 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (0.99%) Law
12 24 (0.99%) Legal
13 21 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 16 (0.66%) Banking
15 15 (0.62%) Aerospace
16 14 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.37%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.37%) Local Government
18 8 (0.33%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.44%) REST
2 53 (2.19%) SOAP
3 44 (1.82%) Lightning Web Components
4 39 (1.61%) .NET
5 34 (1.41%) Visualforce
6 33 (1.36%) Middleware
7 20 (0.83%) OAuth
8 19 (0.79%) XML
9 18 (0.74%) JSON
9 18 (0.74%) Kafka
10 17 (0.70%) Node.js
11 16 (0.66%) LDAP
11 16 (0.66%) Regular Expression
12 14 (0.58%) SAML
12 14 (0.58%) XMPP
13 11 (0.45%) OpenID
13 11 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
14 10 (0.41%) NestJS
15 9 (0.37%) JWT
15 9 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 92 (3.80%) Cloud Native
2 67 (2.77%) Data Centre
3 58 (2.40%) Product Ownership
4 47 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
6 38 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 34 (1.41%) Cyberattack
8 32 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (0.99%) PKI
10 24 (0.99%) Virtual Team
11 20 (0.83%) Management Information System
12 18 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (0.74%) NHS
13 16 (0.66%) Low-Code
13 16 (0.66%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.62%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.54%) Onboarding
15 13 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.07%) Windows
2 39 (1.61%) Linux
3 38 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.041%) AIX
5 1 (0.041%) CentOS
5 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (10.71%) Roadmaps
2 237 (9.80%) Agile
3 229 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
4 220 (9.09%) TOGAF
5 206 (8.52%) AI
6 191 (7.90%) Enterprise Architecture
7 180 (7.44%) Data Modelling
8 173 (7.15%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (6.70%) DevOps
10 161 (6.66%) Data Architecture
11 157 (6.49%) CI/CD
12 152 (6.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 148 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 137 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
15 134 (5.54%) Analytics
16 131 (5.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 129 (5.33%) Data Governance
18 126 (5.21%) Security Architecture
19 119 (4.92%) Technology Strategy
20 116 (4.80%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 91 (3.76%) SQL
2 86 (3.56%) Python
3 45 (1.86%) C#
4 37 (1.53%) Apex Code
4 37 (1.53%) Java
5 35 (1.45%) SOQL
6 34 (1.41%) SOSL
7 33 (1.36%) JavaScript
8 20 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.62%) PowerShell
10 13 (0.54%) Bicep
11 5 (0.21%) Bash
11 5 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.17%) C
12 4 (0.17%) C++
12 4 (0.17%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.17%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.12%) R
14 2 (0.083%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.083%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 310 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 188 (7.77%) SC Cleared
3 122 (5.04%) Degree
4 118 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 53 (2.19%) CISSP
6 50 (2.07%) TOGAF Certification
7 42 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 35 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 35 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (1.03%) CISM
11 22 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 19 (0.79%) CCSP
12 19 (0.79%) PMI Certification
12 19 (0.79%) PMP
13 18 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.50%) CCNP
16 9 (0.37%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (4.42%) Data Quality
2 87 (3.60%) NIST
3 52 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (1.78%) GDPR
5 30 (1.24%) QA
6 28 (1.16%) GRC
7 19 (0.79%) NCSC
7 19 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.74%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.29%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.21%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.21%) WCAG
14 3 (0.12%) IFRS
15 2 (0.083%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 12207
15 2 (0.083%) PMO
System Software
1 72 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (0.79%) vSphere
4 15 (0.62%) Docker
5 9 (0.37%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.041%) GPFS
6 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.041%) Lustre
6 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.041%) vCloud
6 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.16%) Terraform
2 25 (1.03%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.66%) MOM
4 15 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.29%) CASB
5 7 (0.29%) Netcool
5 7 (0.29%) vRealize
6 6 (0.25%) Endace
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.21%) Ansible
8 4 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.041%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.041%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.041%) Grafana
10 1 (0.041%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.041%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.041%) SCCM
Vendors
1 282 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 85 (3.51%) Databricks
3 76 (3.14%) SAP
4 65 (2.69%) ServiceNow
5 61 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 49 (2.03%) VMware
7 42 (1.74%) Oracle
8 36 (1.49%) Splunk
9 33 (1.36%) Cisco
10 31 (1.28%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.95%) Anaplan
12 22 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.91%) Google
12 22 (0.91%) Tenable
13 21 (0.87%) Palantir
14 19 (0.79%) Juniper
15 18 (0.74%) Genesys
15 18 (0.74%) Verint
16 15 (0.62%) Red Hat
16 15 (0.62%) Sparx