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 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 92 31
Rank change year-on-year +62 -61 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,703 1,042 2,792
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.26% 3.03% 5.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.61% 3.38% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,440 642 1,710
10th Percentile £62,503 £60,063 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,438 £65,000 £65,563
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 80,403 30,800 47,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 89.55% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 55,684 17,423 26,302
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £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 £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -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 15 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 15 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 +94 1,209 £80,000 +3.23% 81
South East +27 699 £90,000 +16.13% 143
North West +100 657 £80,000 - 37
South West +45 555 £85,000 +6.25% 84
Midlands +41 522 £82,500 +10.00% 70
West Midlands +46 413 £85,000 +13.33% 57
Yorkshire +58 351 £80,000 +2.24% 27
East of England +60 251 £80,150 -4.30% 26
North East +23 201 £80,250 +10.69% 17
Scotland +60 190 £85,000 +6.25% 33
Wales +18 164 £80,000 +6.79% 11
Northern Ireland -10 131 £80,000 +6.79% 3
East Midlands -8 109 £80,000 +2.56% 13
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 638 (17.23%) Azure
2 589 (15.91%) Security Cleared
3 492 (13.29%) Microsoft
4 467 (12.61%) Roadmaps
5 454 (12.26%) AI
6 410 (11.07%) AWS
7 373 (10.07%) SC Cleared
8 367 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
9 312 (8.43%) Agile
10 300 (8.10%) Enterprise Architecture
11 288 (7.78%) Cybersecurity
12 257 (6.94%) Data Architecture
13 252 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 243 (6.56%) Technical Architecture
15 240 (6.48%) Stakeholder Management
16 235 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
17 226 (6.10%) Decision-Making
18 217 (5.86%) TOGAF
19 215 (5.81%) DV Cleared
20 209 (5.64%) Analytics
21 207 (5.59%) CI/CD
21 207 (5.59%) Technology Strategy
22 199 (5.37%) Data Modelling
23 192 (5.18%) Continuous Improvement
24 189 (5.10%) Mentoring
25 188 (5.08%) IT Strategy
26 183 (4.94%) Microservices
27 178 (4.81%) Migration
28 176 (4.75%) Architectural Patterns
29 170 (4.59%) Security Architecture

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 (0.081%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.081%) Confluence
7 2 (0.054%) JBoss
7 2 (0.054%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.054%) SAS
7 2 (0.054%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.054%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.027%) IIS
8 1 (0.027%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.027%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.027%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (0.32%) Revit
2 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.24%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.14%) Notion
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.054%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.054%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.054%) Simulink
6 2 (0.054%) Weka
6 2 (0.054%) Windchill
7 1 (0.027%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 41 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.16%) Oracle Utilities
3 6 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.14%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.11%) Infor M3
5 4 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.081%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.081%) Lawson
6 3 (0.081%) Movex
6 3 (0.081%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.081%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.081%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.081%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.081%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.081%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.054%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 638 (17.23%) Azure
2 410 (11.07%) AWS
3 168 (4.54%) Power Platform
4 136 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
5 120 (3.24%) SaaS
6 115 (3.11%) GCP
7 73 (1.97%) Entra ID
8 70 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
8 70 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (1.27%) Serverless
10 42 (1.13%) dbt
11 39 (1.05%) IaaS
12 38 (1.03%) PaaS
13 37 (1.00%) Azure Databricks
14 25 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
15 22 (0.59%) Amazon S3
16 21 (0.57%) OpenShift
16 21 (0.57%) PowerApps
17 19 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
18 17 (0.46%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.81%) WAN
2 90 (2.43%) LAN
3 75 (2.03%) Network Security
4 56 (1.51%) Firewall
5 48 (1.30%) VPN
6 29 (0.78%) SD-WAN
7 27 (0.73%) DNS
8 20 (0.54%) Wireless
9 19 (0.51%) MPLS
10 18 (0.49%) BGP
10 18 (0.49%) VLAN
11 16 (0.43%) Unified Communications
12 15 (0.41%) 5G
12 15 (0.41%) SNMP
13 13 (0.35%) HTTP
14 12 (0.32%) DHCP
14 12 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
15 11 (0.30%) Broadband
15 11 (0.30%) Intelligent Network
16 10 (0.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (2.46%) Metadata
2 44 (1.19%) Power BI
3 33 (0.89%) Data Lake
4 31 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (0.65%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
6 13 (0.35%) NoSQL
7 11 (0.30%) GIS
7 11 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
8 10 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (0.27%) Big Data
9 9 (0.24%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.22%) Star Schema
10 8 (0.22%) Tableau
11 7 (0.19%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (0.32%) Jenkins
2 11 (0.30%) JIRA
2 11 (0.30%) Snyk
3 5 (0.14%) Claude Code
3 5 (0.14%) Git
3 5 (0.14%) MLflow
3 5 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (0.14%) Toad
4 4 (0.11%) GitLab
4 4 (0.11%) Yeoman
5 3 (0.081%) ERwin
6 1 (0.027%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.027%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.027%) Flyway
6 1 (0.027%) JMeter
6 1 (0.027%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.027%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.027%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.027%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.027%) Selenium
General
1 535 (14.45%) Finance
2 491 (13.26%) Social Skills
3 285 (7.70%) Public Sector
4 150 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 148 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 146 (3.94%) Aerospace
7 102 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
8 95 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
9 57 (1.54%) Banking
10 56 (1.51%) Law
10 56 (1.51%) Retail
11 52 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 47 (1.27%) Legal
13 30 (0.81%) Telecoms
14 26 (0.70%) Military
15 25 (0.68%) Marketing
16 19 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
17 17 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (0.41%) Local Government
19 14 (0.38%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (2.19%) .NET
2 56 (1.51%) Terraform
3 50 (1.35%) Middleware
4 37 (1.00%) LDAP
5 36 (0.97%) OAuth
6 35 (0.95%) REST
7 34 (0.92%) SAML
8 27 (0.73%) ModSecurity
9 25 (0.68%) Kafka
10 23 (0.62%) SOAP
11 21 (0.57%) OpenID
12 19 (0.51%) Node.js
13 13 (0.35%) JSON
13 13 (0.35%) SailPoint
13 13 (0.35%) 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 (0.24%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 177 (4.78%) Cloud Native
2 59 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
3 56 (1.51%) Data Centre
4 50 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
5 44 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 41 (1.11%) Product Ownership
7 39 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 37 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
9 33 (0.89%) AI Agents
10 30 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
10 30 (0.81%) Management Information System
11 29 (0.78%) Virtual Team
12 28 (0.76%) Operational Technology
13 24 (0.65%) Private Cloud
14 23 (0.62%) Embedded Systems
14 23 (0.62%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 23 (0.62%) Public Cloud
15 21 (0.57%) Social Media
16 20 (0.54%) IoT
17 19 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.27%) Linux
2 32 (0.86%) Windows
3 18 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.054%) 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
1 467 (12.61%) Roadmaps
2 454 (12.26%) AI
3 367 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
4 312 (8.43%) Agile
5 300 (8.10%) Enterprise Architecture
6 288 (7.78%) Cybersecurity
7 257 (6.94%) Data Architecture
8 252 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 243 (6.56%) Technical Architecture
10 240 (6.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 235 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
12 226 (6.10%) Decision-Making
13 217 (5.86%) TOGAF
14 209 (5.64%) Analytics
15 207 (5.59%) CI/CD
15 207 (5.59%) Technology Strategy
16 199 (5.37%) Data Modelling
17 192 (5.18%) Continuous Improvement
18 189 (5.10%) Mentoring
19 188 (5.08%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 107 (2.89%) C#
2 91 (2.46%) Python
3 87 (2.35%) SQL
4 52 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 39 (1.05%) Java
6 25 (0.68%) Bicep
7 20 (0.54%) C
8 17 (0.46%) C++
9 14 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.32%) PowerShell
11 11 (0.30%) Scala
12 8 (0.22%) Rust
13 6 (0.16%) COBOL
13 6 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.16%) R
13 6 (0.16%) Ruby
14 5 (0.14%) Bash
14 5 (0.14%) Go
15 3 (0.081%) ABAP
15 3 (0.081%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 589 (15.91%) Security Cleared
2 373 (10.07%) SC Cleared
3 215 (5.81%) DV Cleared
4 153 (4.13%) Degree
5 76 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 70 (1.89%) CISSP
7 63 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 59 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 56 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
10 44 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (1.00%) CISM
12 31 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
13 24 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 24 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (0.54%) Chartered Engineer
15 18 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 15 (0.41%) CCNP
17 14 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 11 (0.30%) CCSP
19 8 (0.22%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (2.48%) GRC
2 89 (2.40%) NIST
3 88 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 67 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 55 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 55 (1.49%) GDPR
6 28 (0.76%) NCSC
7 16 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (0.41%) QA
9 14 (0.38%) NIST 800
10 10 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.24%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.19%) MISRA
13 6 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.14%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.14%) SLA
15 4 (0.11%) Def Stans
16 3 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 100 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 29 (0.78%) Docker
3 23 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.57%) Firmware
4 21 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.49%) vSphere
6 10 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.24%) NDS
8 3 (0.081%) KVM
9 1 (0.027%) GPFS
9 1 (0.027%) Lustre
9 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 85 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 34 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.32%) CASB
4 10 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.16%) Ansible
7 2 (0.054%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.054%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.054%) Grafana
7 2 (0.054%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.027%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.027%) Puppet
8 1 (0.027%) Salt
8 1 (0.027%) SCCM
8 1 (0.027%) vRealize
Vendors
1 492 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 84 (2.27%) SAP
3 82 (2.21%) Databricks
4 62 (1.67%) Oracle
5 51 (1.38%) ServiceNow
6 48 (1.30%) Cisco
6 48 (1.30%) VMware
7 42 (1.13%) Workday
8 32 (0.86%) Google
9 31 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 30 (0.81%) Computacenter
10 30 (0.81%) Palo Alto
11 25 (0.68%) ForgeRock
11 25 (0.68%) Okta
11 25 (0.68%) Red Hat
12 22 (0.59%) Thales
13 21 (0.57%) Adobe
14 20 (0.54%) OpenAI
15 16 (0.43%) CyberArk
15 16 (0.43%) YouTube