Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £80,150 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 94 48
Rank change year-on-year +45 -46 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,393 955 3,309
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.57% 3.35% 4.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.80% 3.77% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,751 679 2,167
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,150 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -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 62,894 25,305 66,937
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 88.85% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 41,860 13,442 48,759
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 May 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 May 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 +73 803 £85,000 +18.07% 181
North West +84 454 £90,000 +28.57% 96
South East +27 405 £85,000 +9.68% 161
Midlands +9 365 £80,000 +14.29% 67
South West +55 338 £80,000 - 84
West Midlands +2 277 £82,500 +13.79% 47
Yorkshire +33 233 £80,000 -3.03% 52
East of England +58 202 £80,000 +20.85% 45
Scotland +35 159 £90,000 +12.50% 47
North East +14 116 £80,000 +23.08% 34
Wales +25 97 £80,000 +15.87% 43
East Midlands +4 87 £60,000 -7.69% 20
Northern Ireland -20 31 £70,000 -18.84% 9
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 May 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.

1 455 (19.01%) Azure
2 308 (12.87%) Security Cleared
3 266 (11.12%) Microsoft
4 265 (11.07%) AWS
5 250 (10.45%) Roadmaps
6 239 (9.99%) Agile
7 223 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
8 212 (8.86%) TOGAF
9 199 (8.32%) AI
10 185 (7.73%) Enterprise Architecture
10 185 (7.73%) SC Cleared
11 176 (7.35%) Data Modelling
12 173 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
13 161 (6.73%) DevOps
14 153 (6.39%) Data Architecture
15 149 (6.23%) CI/CD
16 146 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
17 140 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
18 129 (5.39%) Analytics
19 128 (5.35%) Technical Leadership
20 126 (5.27%) Data Governance
21 122 (5.10%) Degree
21 122 (5.10%) Security Architecture
22 120 (5.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 118 (4.93%) DV Cleared
24 115 (4.81%) Power Platform
25 113 (4.72%) Migration
25 113 (4.72%) Technology Strategy
26 112 (4.68%) IT Strategy
27 107 (4.47%) Architectural Design

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 (0.79%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.50%) Confluence
2 12 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.33%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.29%) Apache
5 6 (0.25%) CMS
6 5 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
6 5 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.13%) SAS
8 2 (0.084%) JBoss
8 2 (0.084%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.042%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.042%) Camunda
9 1 (0.042%) IIS
9 1 (0.042%) Strapi
9 1 (0.042%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.25%) Revit
1 6 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.13%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.084%) ArchiCAD
3 2 (0.084%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.084%) Windchill
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.042%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.042%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 37 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 7 (0.29%) SAP MM
4 6 (0.25%) SAP CAR
4 6 (0.25%) SAP Retail
4 6 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.17%) Oracle Retail
5 4 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.13%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.042%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.042%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.042%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.042%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 1 (0.042%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.042%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.042%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 455 (19.01%) Azure
2 265 (11.07%) AWS
3 115 (4.81%) Power Platform
4 96 (4.01%) GCP
5 86 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
6 72 (3.01%) SaaS
7 60 (2.51%) Serverless
8 56 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
9 42 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (1.55%) PaaS
11 33 (1.38%) Entra ID
12 32 (1.34%) IaaS
13 31 (1.30%) Snowflake
14 27 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (0.63%) GitHub
16 13 (0.54%) iPaaS
17 12 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
18 8 (0.33%) Amazon S3
19 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
19 7 (0.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.47%) Firewall
2 58 (2.42%) Broadband
3 42 (1.76%) Network Security
4 31 (1.30%) VPN
5 30 (1.25%) WAN
6 26 (1.09%) DNS
7 16 (0.67%) LAN
8 13 (0.54%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.50%) BGP
9 12 (0.50%) MPLS
10 9 (0.38%) Internet
10 9 (0.38%) NetScaler
10 9 (0.38%) SNMP
11 8 (0.33%) HTTP
11 8 (0.33%) SAN
11 8 (0.33%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.29%) WLAN
13 6 (0.25%) NAS
13 6 (0.25%) SSL
13 6 (0.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (2.51%) Metadata
2 39 (1.63%) Power BI
3 31 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (1.21%) Data Lake
5 25 (1.04%) Tableau
6 21 (0.88%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.67%) NoSQL
8 13 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.50%) GIS
10 9 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.38%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.25%) Big Data
13 6 (0.25%) Data Vault
14 4 (0.17%) DB2
14 4 (0.17%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.17%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
15 3 (0.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (1.71%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.50%) GitLab
3 34 (1.42%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.92%) Snyk
5 10 (0.42%) JIRA
6 5 (0.21%) Yeoman
7 4 (0.17%) Toad
8 3 (0.13%) Git
8 3 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.084%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.084%) JMeter
9 2 (0.084%) MLflow
9 2 (0.084%) Postman
9 2 (0.084%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.084%) Selenium
10 1 (0.042%) Oracle APEX
General
1 279 (11.66%) Social Skills
2 242 (10.11%) Finance
3 188 (7.86%) Public Sector
4 122 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (3.01%) Games
7 68 (2.84%) Marketing
8 64 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (2.21%) Retail
10 30 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 26 (1.09%) Legal
11 26 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.00%) Law
13 21 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 16 (0.67%) Banking
15 15 (0.63%) Aerospace
16 14 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.33%) Local Government
17 8 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.29%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (2.55%) REST
2 55 (2.30%) SOAP
3 44 (1.84%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (1.71%) Middleware
5 39 (1.63%) .NET
6 34 (1.42%) Visualforce
7 21 (0.88%) XML
8 20 (0.84%) Kafka
9 18 (0.75%) JSON
9 18 (0.75%) OAuth
10 17 (0.71%) Node.js
11 14 (0.59%) LDAP
11 14 (0.59%) Regular Expression
12 12 (0.50%) SAML
12 12 (0.50%) XMPP
13 11 (0.46%) OpenID
13 11 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
14 10 (0.42%) NestJS
15 9 (0.38%) JWT
15 9 (0.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 84 (3.51%) Cloud Native
2 68 (2.84%) Data Centre
3 59 (2.47%) Product Ownership
4 52 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (1.55%) Operational Technology
7 34 (1.42%) Cyberattack
8 32 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (1.00%) PKI
10 24 (1.00%) Virtual Team
11 20 (0.84%) Management Information System
12 17 (0.71%) NHS
13 15 (0.63%) Data Structures
13 15 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (0.63%) Public Cloud
14 14 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (0.54%) Low-Code
16 12 (0.50%) Onboarding
17 11 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.09%) Windows
2 37 (1.55%) Windows Server
3 36 (1.50%) Linux
4 16 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.042%) AIX
5 1 (0.042%) CentOS
5 1 (0.042%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.042%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (10.45%) Roadmaps
2 239 (9.99%) Agile
3 223 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
4 212 (8.86%) TOGAF
5 199 (8.32%) AI
6 185 (7.73%) Enterprise Architecture
7 176 (7.35%) Data Modelling
8 173 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
9 161 (6.73%) DevOps
10 153 (6.39%) Data Architecture
11 149 (6.23%) CI/CD
12 146 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 140 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 129 (5.39%) Analytics
15 128 (5.35%) Technical Leadership
16 126 (5.27%) Data Governance
17 122 (5.10%) Security Architecture
18 120 (5.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 113 (4.72%) Migration
19 113 (4.72%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 88 (3.68%) SQL
2 86 (3.59%) Python
3 43 (1.80%) C#
4 41 (1.71%) Java
5 37 (1.55%) Apex Code
6 35 (1.46%) SOQL
7 34 (1.42%) SOSL
8 31 (1.30%) JavaScript
9 20 (0.84%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.67%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.42%) Bicep
12 5 (0.21%) Bash
12 5 (0.21%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.17%) C
13 4 (0.17%) C++
13 4 (0.17%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.17%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.13%) R
15 2 (0.084%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.084%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 308 (12.87%) Security Cleared
2 185 (7.73%) SC Cleared
3 122 (5.10%) Degree
4 118 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 52 (2.17%) CISSP
6 50 (2.09%) TOGAF Certification
7 45 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.04%) CISM
12 22 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 21 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 19 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 19 (0.79%) CCSP
14 19 (0.79%) PMI Certification
14 19 (0.79%) PMP
15 14 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.46%) CCNP
17 8 (0.33%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 81 (3.38%) NIST
3 45 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (1.71%) GDPR
5 31 (1.30%) QA
6 27 (1.13%) GRC
7 19 (0.79%) NCSC
7 19 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.75%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.21%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.21%) WCAG
12 4 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.13%) IFRS
13 3 (0.13%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.084%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.084%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.71%) vSphere
5 15 (0.63%) Docker
6 11 (0.46%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.042%) GPFS
7 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.042%) Lustre
7 1 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.042%) vCloud
7 1 (0.042%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (1.13%) Terraform
2 22 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.67%) MOM
4 14 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.38%) Netcool
5 9 (0.38%) vRealize
6 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.25%) Endace
8 5 (0.21%) Ansible
8 5 (0.21%) CASB
9 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.084%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.042%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.042%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.042%) Grafana
11 1 (0.042%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.042%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.042%) SCCM
Vendors
1 266 (11.12%) Microsoft
2 87 (3.64%) Databricks
3 75 (3.13%) SAP
4 67 (2.80%) ServiceNow
5 63 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 49 (2.05%) VMware
7 40 (1.67%) Oracle
8 36 (1.50%) Splunk
9 30 (1.25%) Cisco
10 29 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 23 (0.96%) Anaplan
11 23 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (0.92%) Tenable
13 21 (0.88%) Google
13 21 (0.88%) Palantir
14 18 (0.75%) Genesys
14 18 (0.75%) Juniper
14 18 (0.75%) Verint
15 13 (0.54%) Red Hat
15 13 (0.54%) Sparx