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 22 October 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 93 31
Rank change year-on-year +63 -62 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,830 1,037 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 4.32% 3.03% 5.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.69% 3.38% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,475 635 1,647
10th Percentile £63,721 £60,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +3.13% -0.53%
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
22 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 81,637 30,688 46,595
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 89.60% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 56,168 17,628 25,495
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.86% -7.08% -5.83%

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 22 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 22 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 1,228 £80,000 +5.61% 453
South East +30 758 £90,000 +16.13% 524
North West +94 670 £80,000 - 241
South West +44 568 £85,000 +6.25% 199
Midlands +48 551 £82,500 +7.84% 248
West Midlands +42 430 £82,500 +10.00% 192
Yorkshire +58 354 £80,000 +4.92% 153
East of England +61 245 £85,000 - 184
North East +17 204 £80,250 +10.69% 60
Scotland +61 201 £85,000 +6.25% 205
Wales +15 167 £80,000 +6.67% 46
Northern Ireland -2 131 £80,000 +6.79% 53
East Midlands +2 121 £80,000 - 56
Architect
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Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 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
1Azure16.4%627
2Security Cleared15.8%604
3Microsoft12.8%492
4Roadmaps12.3%472
5AI11.7%449
6AWS10.8%412
7SC Cleared10.2%392
8Technical Leadership9.7%372
9Cybersecurity8.0%308
10Agile8.0%307
11Enterprise Architecture7.8%298
12Technical Architecture6.8%260
13Data Architecture6.7%258
14Stakeholder Engagement6.6%254
15Stakeholder Management6.4%244
16Decision-Making6.0%229
16Problem-Solving6.0%229
18DV Cleared5.7%217
19Technology Strategy5.6%214
20TOGAF5.6%213
21Analytics5.4%206
22Mentoring5.2%199
23CI/CD5.1%197
24IT Strategy5.1%196
25Data Modelling5.1%195
26Continuous Improvement5.0%190
27Microservices4.8%183
28Architectural Patterns4.8%182
29Migration4.7%180
30Business Strategy4.5%171

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%1,060
2Technical Architect15.4%591
3Senior Architect12.7%485
4Data Architect12.6%482
5Lead Architect11.9%455
6Security Architect11.8%453
7Enterprise Architect7.8%299
8Cloud Architect5.4%205
9Systems Architect5.0%191
10Artificial Intelligence Architect4.0%155
11Technical Leader3.6%137
12Senior Data Architect3.3%127
13Software Architect3.0%114
14Senior Solutions Architect2.8%107
15Platform Architect2.7%102
16Principal Architect2.6%101
17AWS Architect2.3%90
18Cybersecurity Architect2.2%83
19Digital Architect1.9%71
19Network Architect1.9%71
1,907 Architect jobs in the UK excluding London