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 10 November 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 68 33
Rank change year-on-year +41 -35 +2
Permanent Architect jobs 4,154 1,206 2,547
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.54% 3.39% 5.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.96% 3.77% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,551 752 1,556
10th Percentile £63,721 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £74,319 £67,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.45% -0.53%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £97,250
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 adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
10 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,772 31,948 45,014
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.60% 89.78% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 56,326 19,680 24,206
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,181 £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 £64,879 £66,067
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,999 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.28% -8.70% -4.17%

Architect Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Architect job postings 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 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 November 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 Architect jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England +65 1,240 £80,000 +1.27% 449
South East +25 926 £90,000 +16.13% 448
North West +63 653 £80,000 - 235
South West +41 635 £85,000 +6.25% 176
Midlands +20 582 £80,000 +3.23% 231
West Midlands +31 441 £81,267 +8.36% 169
Yorkshire +44 366 £80,000 - 164
East of England +32 254 £85,000 -5.56% 186
North East +18 221 £80,000 +6.67% 50
Scotland +51 214 £85,000 +6.25% 167
Wales +18 192 £80,000 +6.67% 31
East Midlands -12 141 £80,000 - 62
Northern Ireland -7 135 £80,000 +6.67% 59
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, Architect job ads cited 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 Architect job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Cleared16.5%684
2Azure14.7%612
3Roadmaps12.5%519
4Microsoft11.4%472
5AI11.0%455
6AWS10.5%437
6SC Cleared10.5%437
8Technical Leadership10.0%416
9Cybersecurity8.4%347
10Enterprise Architecture7.8%322
11Stakeholder Management7.1%295
12Agile7.1%294
13Data Architecture6.4%267
14Stakeholder Engagement6.4%266
15Decision-Making6.4%265
16Technical Architecture6.2%257
17Mentoring6.0%248
18DV Cleared5.8%243
19Problem-Solving5.5%228
19Technology Strategy5.5%228
21TOGAF5.4%224
22IT Strategy5.2%217
23Microservices4.9%203
24Continuous Improvement4.8%200
25CI/CD4.8%199
26Architectural Patterns4.8%198
27Business Strategy4.6%192
27Degree4.6%192
29Data Modelling4.6%190
30Analytics4.4%184

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 Architect27.1%1,126
2Technical Architect16.7%693
3Senior Architect13.5%560
4Data Architect11.7%484
5Security Architect11.5%479
6Lead Architect11.5%477
7Enterprise Architect7.7%319
8Systems Architect5.7%235
9Cloud Architect4.6%193
10Artificial Intelligence Architect3.7%154
11Senior Data Architect3.5%147
12Technical Leader3.3%137
13Software Architect3.2%133
14Senior Solutions Architect2.7%112
15Principal Architect2.7%111
16Senior Technical Architect2.5%103
17Platform Architect2.4%99
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%91
19Network Architect2.1%87
20AWS Architect2.0%84
1,747 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London