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 25 March 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 63 55
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,894 1,122 2,747
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.43% 4.30% 4.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.72% 4.80% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,315 797 1,839
10th Percentile £55,363 £56,809 £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% - -5.16%
75th Percentile £91,250 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +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 50,899 23,373 58,118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 89.58% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 32,380 14,267 43,614
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,568 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +11 544 £80,000 +11.13% 194
South East -13 395 £85,000 +6.25% 256
North West +19 303 £85,000 +26.87% 100
Midlands -5 285 £77,500 +8.61% 95
South West +42 259 £78,500 +4.67% 98
West Midlands -4 194 £80,000 +10.34% 69
East of England +27 182 £90,000 +22.45% 71
Yorkshire +8 158 £80,000 -1.54% 70
Scotland +15 151 £90,000 +7.14% 35
East Midlands -13 88 £65,000 - 26
North East +14 83 £80,000 +23.08% 28
Wales +11 56 £80,000 +22.37% 24
Northern Ireland -6 34 £80,000 -7.25% 4
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 March 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.

1 400 (21.12%) Azure
2 297 (15.68%) Security Cleared
3 233 (12.30%) Roadmaps
4 225 (11.88%) Agile
5 220 (11.62%) Microsoft
6 213 (11.25%) AWS
7 192 (10.14%) TOGAF
8 178 (9.40%) Enterprise Architecture
9 170 (8.98%) Data Modelling
9 170 (8.98%) SC Cleared
10 161 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 147 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
12 146 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 145 (7.66%) DevOps
14 144 (7.60%) Analytics
15 143 (7.55%) Data Architecture
16 142 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
17 135 (7.13%) Degree
18 128 (6.76%) IT Strategy
19 112 (5.91%) DV Cleared
20 111 (5.86%) Architectural Design
21 110 (5.81%) Technology Roadmap
21 110 (5.81%) Technology Strategy
22 107 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
23 105 (5.54%) Mentoring
23 105 (5.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 102 (5.39%) AI
25 101 (5.33%) Data Governance
26 95 (5.02%) Python
27 93 (4.91%) Strategic Thinking

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 21 (1.11%) SharePoint
2 17 (0.90%) Confluence
3 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.26%) Apache
4 5 (0.26%) CMS
5 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.21%) SAS
6 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.16%) JBoss
6 3 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.053%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.053%) Appian
8 1 (0.053%) Camunda
8 1 (0.053%) IIS
8 1 (0.053%) Strapi
8 1 (0.053%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.11%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.11%) Revit
2 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.32%) SAP MM
3 6 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.21%) SAP CAR
4 4 (0.21%) SAP Retail
5 3 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.053%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.053%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.053%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 400 (21.12%) Azure
2 213 (11.25%) AWS
3 77 (4.07%) SaaS
4 76 (4.01%) GCP
4 76 (4.01%) Power Platform
5 70 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
6 61 (3.22%) Snowflake
7 56 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (2.38%) Serverless
9 44 (2.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 41 (2.16%) PaaS
11 38 (2.01%) IaaS
12 27 (1.43%) Entra ID
13 21 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (0.63%) GitHub
15 7 (0.37%) SuccessFactors
16 6 (0.32%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (0.32%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (0.32%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.22%) Broadband
2 46 (2.43%) Firewall
3 24 (1.27%) Network Security
4 21 (1.11%) VPN
5 19 (1.00%) WAN
6 15 (0.79%) DNS
7 11 (0.58%) LAN
8 8 (0.42%) SAN
9 7 (0.37%) BGP
9 7 (0.37%) Internet
9 7 (0.37%) MPLS
10 6 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.32%) HTTP
10 6 (0.32%) SNMP
11 5 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.26%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.21%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.21%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.21%) VLAN
12 4 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
2 47 (2.48%) Metadata
3 36 (1.90%) Power BI
4 19 (1.00%) Tableau
5 17 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 17 (0.90%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.58%) GIS
8 9 (0.48%) DynamoDB
9 7 (0.37%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.26%) Big Data
11 5 (0.26%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.26%) DB2
12 4 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.16%) TIBCO EBX
14 2 (0.11%) Data Vault
14 2 (0.11%) Delta Lake
14 2 (0.11%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 48 (2.53%) Jenkins
2 42 (2.22%) GitLab
3 41 (2.16%) SonarQube
4 16 (0.84%) JIRA
5 6 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.11%) Git
7 1 (0.053%) MSI
7 1 (0.053%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.053%) Selenium
7 1 (0.053%) Snyk
7 1 (0.053%) Yeoman
General
1 285 (15.05%) Social Skills
2 190 (10.03%) Finance
3 148 (7.81%) Public Sector
4 101 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 77 (4.07%) Games
7 71 (3.75%) Marketing
8 51 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
10 40 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 35 (1.85%) Retail
12 34 (1.80%) Legal
13 25 (1.32%) Law
14 18 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 17 (0.90%) Electronics
16 16 (0.84%) Banking
17 15 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.74%) Publishing
19 10 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
20 6 (0.32%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.06%) REST
2 53 (2.80%) SOAP
3 48 (2.53%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (2.16%) Visualforce
5 37 (1.95%) Node.js
6 33 (1.74%) .NET
7 29 (1.53%) Middleware
8 24 (1.27%) React
9 20 (1.06%) Django
10 16 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
11 13 (0.69%) Kafka
12 10 (0.53%) EDI
12 10 (0.53%) NestJS
13 9 (0.48%) LDAP
14 8 (0.42%) OAuth
14 8 (0.42%) Web Services
14 8 (0.42%) XML
15 7 (0.37%) GraphQL
16 6 (0.32%) JSON
16 6 (0.32%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 70 (3.70%) Cloud Native
2 61 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
3 55 (2.90%) Product Ownership
4 36 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (1.43%) PKI
7 26 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 26 (1.37%) Operational Technology
8 25 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 22 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (1.00%) Data Centre
11 16 (0.84%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (0.69%) IoT
13 12 (0.63%) Data Structures
14 11 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (0.53%) Cyberattack
16 8 (0.42%) Low-Code
17 7 (0.37%) NHS
18 6 (0.32%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.16%) Windows
2 26 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 19 (1.00%) Linux
4 8 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.11%) Android
6 1 (0.053%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.053%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (12.30%) Roadmaps
2 225 (11.88%) Agile
3 192 (10.14%) TOGAF
4 178 (9.40%) Enterprise Architecture
5 170 (8.98%) Data Modelling
6 161 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 147 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
8 146 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 145 (7.66%) DevOps
10 144 (7.60%) Analytics
11 143 (7.55%) Data Architecture
12 142 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
13 128 (6.76%) IT Strategy
14 111 (5.86%) Architectural Design
15 110 (5.81%) Technology Roadmap
15 110 (5.81%) Technology Strategy
16 107 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
17 105 (5.54%) Mentoring
17 105 (5.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 102 (5.39%) AI
Programming Languages
1 95 (5.02%) Python
2 59 (3.12%) SQL
3 43 (2.27%) Apex Code
4 42 (2.22%) SOQL
5 41 (2.16%) Java
5 41 (2.16%) SOSL
6 38 (2.01%) C#
7 25 (1.32%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.16%) TypeScript
9 20 (1.06%) PowerShell
10 11 (0.58%) Bicep
11 7 (0.37%) Bash
11 7 (0.37%) C++
12 6 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.11%) ABAP
14 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.11%) PHP
14 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.053%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 297 (15.68%) Security Cleared
2 170 (8.98%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.13%) Degree
4 112 (5.91%) DV Cleared
5 59 (3.12%) TOGAF Certification
6 51 (2.69%) AWS Certification
7 48 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 40 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 37 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (1.53%) CISSP
12 27 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.00%) PMI Certification
13 19 (1.00%) PMP
14 18 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (0.95%) CISM
15 12 (0.63%) Chartered Engineer
16 10 (0.53%) CCNP
17 9 (0.48%) Master's Degree
18 8 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 43 (2.27%) Accessibility
3 34 (1.80%) NIST
4 27 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.16%) GDPR
6 19 (1.00%) QA
7 18 (0.95%) NCSC
7 18 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 4 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.11%) GRC
10 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.11%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.11%) PMO
11 1 (0.053%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.053%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.053%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.053%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.053%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.053%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.69%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.58%) Docker
4 11 (0.58%) vSphere
5 5 (0.26%) Firmware
6 3 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.053%) vCloud
8 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (1.27%) Terraform
2 19 (1.00%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.53%) Netcool
3 10 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.48%) Ansible
4 9 (0.48%) vRealize
5 8 (0.42%) Endace
6 6 (0.32%) MOM
7 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.16%) CASB
9 2 (0.11%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.11%) WMI
9 2 (0.11%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.053%) Argo
10 1 (0.053%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.053%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.053%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.053%) VxRail
Vendors
1 220 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 74 (3.91%) SAP
3 64 (3.38%) Salesforce
4 61 (3.22%) ServiceNow
5 58 (3.06%) Databricks
6 47 (2.48%) VMware
7 44 (2.32%) Splunk
8 33 (1.74%) Oracle
9 28 (1.48%) Google
10 23 (1.21%) Anaplan
10 23 (1.21%) Cisco
11 18 (0.95%) Genesys
11 18 (0.95%) Verint
12 16 (0.84%) Palantir
12 16 (0.84%) Sparx
12 16 (0.84%) Workday
13 14 (0.74%) Juniper
14 12 (0.63%) Siemens
15 11 (0.58%) BiZZdesign
16 10 (0.53%) Informatica