Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 92 33
Rank change year-on-year +63 -59 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,433 1,103 3,192
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.27% 3.16% 5.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.54% 3.54% 5.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,426 692 1,986
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,349 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% -3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £81,764 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% +2.20% -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 75,641 31,183 55,433
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 89.44% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 52,563 18,012 34,747
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +99 1,177 £80,000 +6.67% 380
North West +105 646 £80,000 - 240
South East +17 600 £85,000 +9.68% 394
South West +57 495 £80,000 -5.88% 205
Midlands +31 493 £82,500 +10.00% 182
West Midlands +34 401 £85,000 +13.33% 116
Yorkshire +52 341 £80,000 +6.67% 110
East of England +67 221 £80,075 +1.68% 114
North East +9 190 £85,000 +30.77% 30
Scotland +57 182 £85,000 +6.25% 163
Wales +20 163 £80,000 +11.50% 17
Northern Ireland -17 114 £74,830 -9.63% 78
East Midlands -3 92 £67,464 -8.83% 66
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 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 (18.21%) Azure
2 502 (14.62%) Security Cleared
3 481 (14.01%) Microsoft
4 433 (12.61%) Roadmaps
5 432 (12.58%) AI
6 398 (11.59%) AWS
7 301 (8.77%) Enterprise Architecture
8 294 (8.56%) Agile
9 293 (8.53%) SC Cleared
10 275 (8.01%) Technical Leadership
11 270 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
12 246 (7.17%) Data Architecture
13 242 (7.05%) TOGAF
14 231 (6.73%) Technical Architecture
15 227 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
16 222 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 219 (6.38%) CI/CD
18 209 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
19 205 (5.97%) Decision-Making
19 205 (5.97%) DV Cleared
20 198 (5.77%) Data Modelling
21 194 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
22 187 (5.45%) Technology Strategy
23 182 (5.30%) Business Strategy
24 179 (5.21%) DevOps
25 178 (5.18%) Microservices
26 177 (5.16%) Power Platform
27 174 (5.07%) Security Architecture
28 173 (5.04%) Analytics
29 168 (4.89%) Mentoring

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 19 (0.55%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.26%) Apache
3 7 (0.20%) CMS
3 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.15%) Confluence
5 5 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.029%) JBoss
9 1 (0.029%) SAS
9 1 (0.029%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.029%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.29%) Revit
2 9 (0.26%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.058%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.058%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.058%) Simulink
6 2 (0.058%) Weka
6 2 (0.058%) Windchill
7 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.029%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.029%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 42 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.17%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.15%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.12%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.12%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.087%) Lawson
6 3 (0.087%) Movex
6 3 (0.087%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.087%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.087%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.058%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.058%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.058%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 625 (18.21%) Azure
2 398 (11.59%) AWS
3 177 (5.16%) Power Platform
4 129 (3.76%) SaaS
5 126 (3.67%) GCP
6 122 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
7 78 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
8 70 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
9 62 (1.81%) Serverless
10 55 (1.60%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.22%) dbt
11 42 (1.22%) PaaS
12 40 (1.17%) IaaS
13 34 (0.99%) Azure Databricks
14 23 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
15 22 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
16 20 (0.58%) Amazon S3
16 20 (0.58%) GitHub
17 19 (0.55%) PowerApps
18 18 (0.52%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (3.03%) WAN
2 86 (2.51%) LAN
3 70 (2.04%) Network Security
4 64 (1.86%) Firewall
5 45 (1.31%) VPN
6 37 (1.08%) DNS
7 29 (0.84%) Broadband
8 27 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 19 (0.55%) MPLS
10 16 (0.47%) BGP
11 15 (0.44%) Unified Communications
11 15 (0.44%) VLAN
12 13 (0.38%) HTTP
12 13 (0.38%) SNMP
12 13 (0.38%) Wireless
13 11 (0.32%) DHCP
14 10 (0.29%) ICMP
14 10 (0.29%) IPsec
14 10 (0.29%) SSH
14 10 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (2.24%) Metadata
2 40 (1.17%) Power BI
3 37 (1.08%) Data Lake
4 29 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (0.76%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (0.35%) GIS
8 11 (0.32%) NoSQL
8 11 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.29%) Tableau
10 8 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.20%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.17%) Big Data
12 6 (0.17%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.17%) Metadata Repository
12 6 (0.17%) MySQL
13 5 (0.15%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 28 (0.82%) Jenkins
2 22 (0.64%) Snyk
3 20 (0.58%) GitLab
4 14 (0.41%) SonarQube
5 10 (0.29%) JIRA
6 5 (0.15%) Git
6 5 (0.15%) MLflow
6 5 (0.15%) Toad
6 5 (0.15%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.087%) ERwin
8 2 (0.058%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.058%) JMeter
8 2 (0.058%) Postman
8 2 (0.058%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.058%) Selenium
9 1 (0.029%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.029%) Flyway
9 1 (0.029%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.029%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.029%) Oracle Forms
General
1 473 (13.78%) Finance
2 442 (12.88%) Social Skills
3 268 (7.81%) Public Sector
4 189 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 135 (3.93%) Analytical Skills
6 97 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
7 86 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
8 81 (2.36%) Aerospace
9 60 (1.75%) Law
10 47 (1.37%) Retail
11 46 (1.34%) Marketing
12 45 (1.31%) Manufacturing
13 43 (1.25%) Banking
14 31 (0.90%) Legal
14 31 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 30 (0.87%) Games
16 19 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (0.47%) Military
18 13 (0.38%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (1.72%) Terraform
2 55 (1.60%) .NET
3 49 (1.43%) REST
4 48 (1.40%) Middleware
5 38 (1.11%) SOAP
6 37 (1.08%) OAuth
7 34 (0.99%) LDAP
8 31 (0.90%) SAML
9 29 (0.84%) Node.js
10 25 (0.73%) Kafka
11 24 (0.70%) ModSecurity
12 22 (0.64%) Lightning Web Components
13 19 (0.55%) OpenID
14 17 (0.50%) Regular Expression
14 17 (0.50%) XML
15 16 (0.47%) JSON
15 16 (0.47%) XMPP
16 14 (0.41%) Visualforce
17 12 (0.35%) PySpark
18 10 (0.29%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 167 (4.86%) Cloud Native
2 84 (2.45%) Data Centre
3 52 (1.51%) Product Ownership
4 51 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
6 42 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 38 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (0.96%) Onboarding
8 33 (0.96%) Operational Technology
9 31 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
10 30 (0.87%) Cyberattack
11 27 (0.79%) Virtual Team
12 22 (0.64%) Management Information System
12 22 (0.64%) Public Cloud
13 21 (0.61%) Private Cloud
13 21 (0.61%) Social Media
14 19 (0.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 18 (0.52%) AI Agents
15 18 (0.52%) Embedded Systems
16 16 (0.47%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.40%) Linux
2 38 (1.11%) Windows
3 28 (0.82%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.029%) AIX
5 1 (0.029%) CentOS
5 1 (0.029%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.029%) Solaris
5 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (12.61%) Roadmaps
2 432 (12.58%) AI
3 301 (8.77%) Enterprise Architecture
4 294 (8.56%) Agile
5 275 (8.01%) Technical Leadership
6 270 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
7 246 (7.17%) Data Architecture
8 242 (7.05%) TOGAF
9 231 (6.73%) Technical Architecture
10 227 (6.61%) Problem-Solving
11 222 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 219 (6.38%) CI/CD
13 209 (6.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 205 (5.97%) Decision-Making
15 198 (5.77%) Data Modelling
16 194 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
17 187 (5.45%) Technology Strategy
18 182 (5.30%) Business Strategy
19 179 (5.21%) DevOps
20 178 (5.18%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 99 (2.88%) SQL
2 96 (2.80%) Python
3 67 (1.95%) C#
4 51 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 38 (1.11%) Java
6 26 (0.76%) Bicep
7 17 (0.50%) Apex Code
8 16 (0.47%) C
9 15 (0.44%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.41%) SOQL
10 14 (0.41%) SOSL
11 12 (0.35%) C++
12 9 (0.26%) Scala
13 8 (0.23%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.17%) COBOL
14 6 (0.17%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.17%) Embedded C++
14 6 (0.17%) Go
14 6 (0.17%) R
14 6 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 502 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 293 (8.53%) SC Cleared
3 205 (5.97%) DV Cleared
4 118 (3.44%) Degree
5 64 (1.86%) CISSP
6 57 (1.66%) Azure Certification
7 54 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
8 52 (1.51%) AWS Certification
9 44 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 39 (1.14%) CISM
11 37 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (0.67%) Master's Degree
14 18 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 16 (0.47%) CCNP
17 15 (0.44%) CCSP
18 11 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
19 9 (0.26%) ICAEW
20 8 (0.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (2.97%) NIST
2 99 (2.88%) GRC
3 92 (2.68%) Data Quality
4 68 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 56 (1.63%) GDPR
6 46 (1.34%) Accessibility
7 22 (0.64%) NCSC
8 17 (0.50%) QA
9 13 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.35%) NIST 800
11 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.17%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.15%) MISRA
15 5 (0.15%) SLA
16 4 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 92 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 34 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (0.79%) Docker
4 26 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (0.70%) vSphere
6 15 (0.44%) Firmware
7 10 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.15%) NDS
9 3 (0.087%) KVM
10 1 (0.029%) GPFS
10 1 (0.029%) Lustre
10 1 (0.029%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.029%) vCloud
10 1 (0.029%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 77 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 29 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (0.47%) MOM
4 12 (0.35%) CASB
5 10 (0.29%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.17%) Ansible
8 3 (0.087%) Grafana
9 2 (0.058%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.058%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.058%) SCCM
9 2 (0.058%) vRealize
10 1 (0.029%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.029%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 481 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.51%) SAP
3 85 (2.48%) Databricks
4 57 (1.66%) VMware
5 56 (1.63%) Oracle
6 45 (1.31%) Salesforce
7 43 (1.25%) Cisco
7 43 (1.25%) ServiceNow
8 41 (1.19%) Palo Alto
9 31 (0.90%) Google
10 25 (0.73%) Computacenter
10 25 (0.73%) Workday
11 22 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (0.64%) Red Hat
11 22 (0.64%) Tenable
12 20 (0.58%) Okta
12 20 (0.58%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.55%) Adobe
13 19 (0.55%) ForgeRock
14 16 (0.47%) Splunk