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 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 87 41
Rank change year-on-year +52 -46 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,676 1,089 3,670
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.83% 3.39% 4.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.05% 3.80% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,992 771 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 £90,000 £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 66,057 28,677 72,660
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.28% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 45,830 16,080 51,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,253 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +91 919 £82,500 +14.59% 278
North West +90 535 £85,000 +15.25% 162
South East +17 457 £85,000 +9.68% 235
South West +39 394 £80,000 -3.03% 126
Midlands +20 385 £80,000 +10.34% 113
West Midlands +17 301 £83,750 +13.56% 90
Yorkshire +40 240 £80,000 +3.23% 65
East of England +52 183 £75,000 +9.09% 51
Scotland +40 163 £90,000 +12.50% 75
North East +14 144 £80,000 +23.08% 54
Wales +37 139 £80,000 +13.57% 32
East Midlands 0 83 £60,000 -11.11% 22
Northern Ireland -22 45 £70,000 -17.65% 24
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 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.

1 518 (19.36%) Azure
2 357 (13.34%) Microsoft
3 356 (13.30%) Security Cleared
4 321 (12.00%) Roadmaps
5 311 (11.62%) AWS
6 284 (10.61%) AI
7 245 (9.16%) Agile
8 238 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
9 236 (8.82%) TOGAF
10 228 (8.52%) Enterprise Architecture
11 215 (8.03%) SC Cleared
12 187 (6.99%) CI/CD
13 186 (6.95%) Data Architecture
14 175 (6.54%) DevOps
15 172 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
16 171 (6.39%) Data Modelling
17 163 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
18 151 (5.64%) DV Cleared
19 149 (5.57%) Analytics
20 146 (5.46%) Continuous Improvement
21 142 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 135 (5.04%) Power Platform
22 135 (5.04%) Technology Strategy
23 132 (4.93%) Stakeholder Management
24 131 (4.90%) Security Architecture
25 124 (4.63%) Data Governance
25 124 (4.63%) Decision-Making
26 123 (4.60%) Cloud Security
27 122 (4.56%) IT Strategy
28 118 (4.41%) Data Strategy

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 (0.45%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.26%) Confluence
4 5 (0.19%) Apache
4 5 (0.19%) CMS
4 5 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
5 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.11%) SAS
7 2 (0.075%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.037%) Camunda
8 1 (0.037%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.037%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.37%) Revit
2 6 (0.22%) AutoCAD
2 6 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.075%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.075%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.075%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.075%) Simulink
3 2 (0.075%) Windchill
4 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.037%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
5 4 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.15%) SAP CAR
5 4 (0.15%) SAP Retail
5 4 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.11%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.11%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.037%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.037%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.037%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.037%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.037%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.037%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 518 (19.36%) Azure
2 311 (11.62%) AWS
3 135 (5.04%) Power Platform
4 108 (4.04%) GCP
5 89 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
6 82 (3.06%) SaaS
7 66 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (2.28%) Serverless
9 38 (1.42%) Entra ID
10 36 (1.35%) PaaS
11 32 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 31 (1.16%) IaaS
13 30 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
14 29 (1.08%) Snowflake
15 21 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
15 21 (0.78%) GitHub
16 14 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (0.49%) Amazon S3
18 12 (0.45%) iPaaS
18 12 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.28%) Firewall
2 55 (2.06%) WAN
3 52 (1.94%) Broadband
4 50 (1.87%) Network Security
5 41 (1.53%) DNS
5 41 (1.53%) VPN
6 33 (1.23%) LAN
7 21 (0.78%) SD-WAN
8 20 (0.75%) BGP
9 19 (0.71%) MPLS
10 17 (0.64%) SNMP
11 15 (0.56%) HTTP
12 13 (0.49%) VLAN
13 11 (0.41%) SSL
14 10 (0.37%) DHCP
15 9 (0.34%) FTP
15 9 (0.34%) ICMP
15 9 (0.34%) IPsec
15 9 (0.34%) NetScaler
15 9 (0.34%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.28%) Metadata
2 35 (1.31%) Data Lake
3 31 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.05%) Power BI
5 22 (0.82%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (0.56%) GIS
8 10 (0.37%) Tableau
9 8 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.30%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.30%) Data Vault
9 8 (0.30%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.26%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.19%) Big Data
11 5 (0.19%) Delta Lake
11 5 (0.19%) MySQL
12 4 (0.15%) Semantic Layer
13 3 (0.11%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 45 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 37 (1.38%) GitLab
3 34 (1.27%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.82%) Snyk
5 6 (0.22%) JIRA
6 5 (0.19%) Toad
6 5 (0.19%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.11%) Git
7 3 (0.11%) MLflow
8 2 (0.075%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.075%) ERwin
8 2 (0.075%) JMeter
8 2 (0.075%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.075%) Postman
8 2 (0.075%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.075%) Selenium
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle Forms
General
1 286 (10.69%) Social Skills
2 285 (10.65%) Finance
3 215 (8.03%) Public Sector
4 127 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 99 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
7 63 (2.35%) Marketing
8 52 (1.94%) Games
8 52 (1.94%) Retail
9 35 (1.31%) Law
10 32 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (0.86%) Aerospace
13 21 (0.78%) Banking
14 20 (0.75%) Legal
15 16 (0.60%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.45%) Automotive
16 12 (0.45%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (2.39%) REST
2 54 (2.02%) SOAP
3 45 (1.68%) Lightning Web Components
4 42 (1.57%) .NET
5 36 (1.35%) Middleware
6 34 (1.27%) Visualforce
7 26 (0.97%) OAuth
8 22 (0.82%) Node.js
9 21 (0.78%) Kafka
10 20 (0.75%) SAML
11 18 (0.67%) LDAP
11 18 (0.67%) Regular Expression
11 18 (0.67%) XML
12 17 (0.64%) JSON
13 16 (0.60%) XMPP
14 11 (0.41%) OpenID
15 10 (0.37%) NestJS
15 10 (0.37%) RESTful
16 9 (0.34%) GraphQL
16 9 (0.34%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 117 (4.37%) Cloud Native
2 74 (2.77%) Data Centre
3 65 (2.43%) Product Ownership
4 43 (1.61%) Operational Technology
5 42 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
7 33 (1.23%) Cyberattack
7 33 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
8 31 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (0.93%) PKI
11 24 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 20 (0.75%) Onboarding
13 18 (0.67%) Public Cloud
14 16 (0.60%) Management Information System
15 15 (0.56%) Low-Code
15 15 (0.56%) NHS
16 14 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
18 10 (0.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 51 (1.91%) Windows
2 44 (1.64%) Linux
3 40 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.037%) AIX
5 1 (0.037%) CentOS
5 1 (0.037%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (12.00%) Roadmaps
2 284 (10.61%) AI
3 245 (9.16%) Agile
4 238 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
5 236 (8.82%) TOGAF
6 228 (8.52%) Enterprise Architecture
7 187 (6.99%) CI/CD
8 186 (6.95%) Data Architecture
9 175 (6.54%) DevOps
10 172 (6.43%) Problem-Solving
11 171 (6.39%) Data Modelling
12 163 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
13 149 (5.57%) Analytics
14 146 (5.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 142 (5.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 135 (5.04%) Technology Strategy
17 132 (4.93%) Stakeholder Management
18 131 (4.90%) Security Architecture
19 124 (4.63%) Data Governance
19 124 (4.63%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 93 (3.48%) SQL
2 85 (3.18%) Python
3 40 (1.49%) C#
4 38 (1.42%) Apex Code
5 35 (1.31%) SOQL
6 34 (1.27%) Java
6 34 (1.27%) SOSL
7 33 (1.23%) JavaScript
8 24 (0.90%) Bicep
9 15 (0.56%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.37%) C
11 10 (0.37%) C++
12 6 (0.22%) Bash
12 6 (0.22%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.22%) Embedded C++
13 4 (0.15%) COBOL
13 4 (0.15%) Ruby
13 4 (0.15%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 356 (13.30%) Security Cleared
2 215 (8.03%) SC Cleared
3 151 (5.64%) DV Cleared
4 99 (3.70%) Degree
5 51 (1.91%) CISSP
6 49 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
7 37 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 30 (1.12%) AWS Certification
11 27 (1.01%) CISM
12 22 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 19 (0.71%) CCSP
14 15 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (0.52%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 12 (0.45%) CCNP
18 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
19 9 (0.34%) ICAEW
20 7 (0.26%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 98 (3.66%) NIST
3 59 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (1.72%) GDPR
5 43 (1.61%) GRC
6 30 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.93%) QA
8 22 (0.82%) NCSC
9 15 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.30%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.22%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.19%) WCAG
16 4 (0.15%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
17 3 (0.11%) IFRS
17 3 (0.11%) MISRA
System Software
1 79 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (0.82%) vSphere
4 20 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (0.71%) Docker
6 10 (0.37%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.26%) Firmware
8 4 (0.15%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.037%) GPFS
9 1 (0.037%) Lustre
9 1 (0.037%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.037%) vCloud
9 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (1.76%) Terraform
2 38 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.60%) MOM
3 16 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.34%) CASB
4 9 (0.34%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.26%) Ansible
5 7 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.22%) Endace
6 6 (0.22%) vRealize
7 3 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.075%) Grafana
8 2 (0.075%) Netcool
9 1 (0.037%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.037%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 1 (0.037%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.037%) SCCM
Vendors
1 357 (13.34%) Microsoft
2 86 (3.21%) Databricks
3 67 (2.50%) SAP
4 63 (2.35%) Salesforce
5 52 (1.94%) VMware
6 45 (1.68%) Cisco
7 37 (1.38%) Oracle
7 37 (1.38%) Palo Alto
8 36 (1.35%) Splunk
9 30 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.01%) Google
11 22 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.82%) Tenable
12 17 (0.64%) Juniper
12 17 (0.64%) Red Hat
13 12 (0.45%) McAfee
14 11 (0.41%) Computacenter
15 9 (0.34%) BiZZdesign
15 9 (0.34%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.34%) Sparx