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 20 October 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 92 31
Rank change year-on-year +63 -61 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,799 1,030 2,686
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.31% 3.03% 5.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.67% 3.38% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,471 628 1,652
10th Percentile £63,335 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% -0.73%
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.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 81,370 30,503 46,585
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 89.61% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 55,914 17,516 25,456
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.25% -6.67%

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 20 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 20 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 +91 1,224 £80,000 +3.23% 445
South East +31 746 £90,000 +16.13% 524
North West +87 664 £80,000 - 231
South West +46 566 £85,000 +6.25% 191
Midlands +41 541 £82,500 +10.00% 247
West Midlands +40 423 £85,000 +13.33% 194
Yorkshire +54 356 £80,000 +1.27% 158
East of England +60 244 £82,500 -2.94% 185
North East +19 204 £80,000 +10.34% 57
Scotland +62 198 £85,000 +6.25% 197
Wales +20 168 £80,000 +6.79% 44
Northern Ireland -7 131 £80,000 +6.79% 55
East Midlands -6 118 £80,000 +2.56% 53
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure16.6%629
2Security Cleared15.8%600
3Microsoft12.9%491
4Roadmaps12.4%472
5AI11.8%450
6AWS10.8%410
7SC Cleared10.2%389
8Technical Leadership9.8%372
9Agile8.0%305
10Cybersecurity7.9%302
11Enterprise Architecture7.9%301
12Data Architecture6.8%258
13Technical Architecture6.7%255
14Stakeholder Engagement6.7%253
15Stakeholder Management6.4%243
16Problem-Solving6.1%233
17Decision-Making6.0%229
18DV Cleared5.7%216
18TOGAF5.7%216
20Technology Strategy5.6%212
21Analytics5.4%206
22Mentoring5.3%200
23CI/CD5.2%199
24Data Modelling5.1%194
24IT Strategy5.1%194
26Continuous Improvement5.1%192
27Microservices4.8%182
28Architectural Patterns4.8%181
28Migration4.8%181
30Security Architecture4.5%172

Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Solutions Architect27.7%1,052
2Technical Architect15.2%577
3Data Architect12.5%476
4Senior Architect12.5%474
5Lead Architect12.0%455
6Security Architect11.9%452
7Enterprise Architect7.9%300
8Cloud Architect5.4%206
9Systems Architect4.8%183
10Artificial Intelligence Architect4.1%154
11Technical Leader3.6%137
12Senior Data Architect3.4%128
13Software Architect3.0%113
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%107
15Principal Architect2.7%101
16Platform Architect2.6%100
17AWS Architect2.3%89
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%83
19Digital Architect1.9%71
19Network Architect1.9%71
1,883 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London