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 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 93 42
Rank change year-on-year +56 -51 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,504 985 3,760
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.76% 3.33% 4.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.98% 3.74% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,867 693 2,437
10th Percentile £60,000 £58,800 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,509 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £88,750
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 62,992 26,365 73,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 89.04% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,634 14,253 52,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,340 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,750
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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +96 858 £85,000 +21.43% 190
North West +103 487 £90,000 +29.14% 96
South East +24 413 £85,000 +9.68% 189
Midlands +20 362 £80,000 +14.29% 73
South West +56 360 £80,000 -3.03% 99
West Midlands +11 275 £82,500 +13.79% 59
Yorkshire +46 244 £80,000 +3.23% 52
East of England +53 194 £75,000 +13.29% 38
Scotland +45 172 £90,000 +12.50% 29
North East +22 127 £80,000 +23.08% 43
Wales +32 124 £80,000 +15.30% 20
East Midlands +1 86 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Northern Ireland -18 27 £62,500 -25.51% 7
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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.

1 483 (19.29%) Azure
2 329 (13.14%) Security Cleared
3 316 (12.62%) Microsoft
4 285 (11.38%) AWS
5 275 (10.98%) Roadmaps
6 239 (9.54%) Agile
7 233 (9.31%) AI
8 230 (9.19%) Cybersecurity
9 220 (8.79%) TOGAF
10 201 (8.03%) SC Cleared
11 194 (7.75%) Enterprise Architecture
12 175 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
13 174 (6.95%) Data Modelling
14 169 (6.75%) Data Architecture
15 168 (6.71%) CI/CD
16 163 (6.51%) DevOps
17 139 (5.55%) Analytics
18 137 (5.47%) Technical Leadership
19 136 (5.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 134 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
21 131 (5.23%) Stakeholder Management
22 129 (5.15%) Security Architecture
23 128 (5.11%) Data Governance
24 127 (5.07%) DV Cleared
25 122 (4.87%) Technology Strategy
26 114 (4.55%) Architectural Design
27 113 (4.51%) IT Strategy
28 110 (4.39%) Data Quality
28 110 (4.39%) Power Platform
29 106 (4.23%) Cloud Security

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 14 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.40%) Confluence
4 7 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.24%) Apache
6 5 (0.20%) CMS
6 5 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 2 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.040%) Camunda
10 1 (0.040%) IIS
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.040%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.32%) Revit
2 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.080%) ArchiCAD
4 2 (0.080%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.080%) PTC Creo
4 2 (0.080%) Windchill
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.040%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 37 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.28%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 6 (0.24%) SAP CAR
5 6 (0.24%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.080%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.080%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.080%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.040%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.040%) Exchequer
9 1 (0.040%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.040%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.040%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 483 (19.29%) Azure
2 285 (11.38%) AWS
3 110 (4.39%) Power Platform
4 100 (3.99%) GCP
5 94 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
6 77 (3.08%) SaaS
7 61 (2.44%) Serverless
8 54 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 36 (1.44%) Entra ID
11 34 (1.36%) PaaS
12 29 (1.16%) IaaS
12 29 (1.16%) Snowflake
13 27 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (0.76%) GitHub
15 13 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.52%) iPaaS
16 11 (0.44%) Amazon S3
17 10 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (2.48%) Firewall
2 60 (2.40%) Broadband
3 48 (1.92%) Network Security
4 37 (1.48%) DNS
4 37 (1.48%) WAN
5 36 (1.44%) VPN
6 19 (0.76%) SD-WAN
7 18 (0.72%) BGP
8 17 (0.68%) LAN
8 17 (0.68%) MPLS
9 15 (0.60%) SNMP
10 13 (0.52%) HTTP
11 10 (0.40%) SSL
11 10 (0.40%) Unified Communications
11 10 (0.40%) VLAN
12 9 (0.36%) NetScaler
12 9 (0.36%) WLAN
13 8 (0.32%) Internet
13 8 (0.32%) SAN
14 7 (0.28%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (2.56%) Metadata
2 32 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 25 (1.00%) Power BI
5 23 (0.92%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.60%) GIS
7 15 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.40%) Tableau
9 9 (0.36%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.32%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.32%) Data Vault
11 7 (0.28%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.24%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.20%) Big Data
13 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 42 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.44%) GitLab
3 34 (1.36%) SonarQube
4 22 (0.88%) Snyk
5 8 (0.32%) JIRA
6 5 (0.20%) Toad
6 5 (0.20%) Yeoman
7 3 (0.12%) MLflow
7 3 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.080%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.080%) ERwin
8 2 (0.080%) Git
8 2 (0.080%) JMeter
8 2 (0.080%) Postman
8 2 (0.080%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.080%) Selenium
9 1 (0.040%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.040%) Oracle Forms
General
1 282 (11.26%) Social Skills
2 255 (10.18%) Finance
3 201 (8.03%) Public Sector
4 125 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
7 64 (2.56%) Marketing
8 56 (2.24%) Games
9 50 (2.00%) Retail
10 29 (1.16%) Manufacturing
11 22 (0.88%) Legal
12 21 (0.84%) Law
12 21 (0.84%) Telecoms
13 18 (0.72%) Aerospace
13 18 (0.72%) Banking
14 12 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.40%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.40%) Local Government
17 9 (0.36%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (2.48%) REST
2 54 (2.16%) SOAP
3 44 (1.76%) Lightning Web Components
4 39 (1.56%) .NET
5 34 (1.36%) Visualforce
6 32 (1.28%) Middleware
7 23 (0.92%) OAuth
8 19 (0.76%) Node.js
8 19 (0.76%) XML
9 18 (0.72%) JSON
9 18 (0.72%) Kafka
9 18 (0.72%) LDAP
9 18 (0.72%) Regular Expression
10 17 (0.68%) SAML
11 16 (0.64%) XMPP
12 11 (0.44%) OpenID
13 10 (0.40%) NestJS
14 9 (0.36%) JWT
14 9 (0.36%) PySpark
14 9 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 98 (3.91%) Cloud Native
2 68 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 62 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 42 (1.68%) Operational Technology
5 40 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (1.36%) Cyberattack
9 28 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (0.96%) PKI
10 24 (0.96%) Virtual Team
11 20 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (0.72%) Management Information System
13 17 (0.68%) NHS
13 17 (0.68%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.60%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.60%) Low-Code
15 14 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (0.52%) Onboarding
17 12 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.00%) Windows
2 42 (1.68%) Linux
3 40 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.040%) AIX
5 1 (0.040%) CentOS
5 1 (0.040%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (10.98%) Roadmaps
2 239 (9.54%) Agile
3 233 (9.31%) AI
4 230 (9.19%) Cybersecurity
5 220 (8.79%) TOGAF
6 194 (7.75%) Enterprise Architecture
7 175 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
8 174 (6.95%) Data Modelling
9 169 (6.75%) Data Architecture
10 168 (6.71%) CI/CD
11 163 (6.51%) DevOps
12 139 (5.55%) Analytics
13 137 (5.47%) Technical Leadership
14 136 (5.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 134 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
16 131 (5.23%) Stakeholder Management
17 129 (5.15%) Security Architecture
18 128 (5.11%) Data Governance
19 122 (4.87%) Technology Strategy
20 114 (4.55%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 95 (3.79%) SQL
2 89 (3.55%) Python
3 43 (1.72%) C#
4 38 (1.52%) Java
5 37 (1.48%) Apex Code
6 35 (1.40%) SOQL
7 34 (1.36%) JavaScript
7 34 (1.36%) SOSL
8 18 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 17 (0.68%) Bicep
10 15 (0.60%) PowerShell
11 7 (0.28%) C
11 7 (0.28%) C++
12 5 (0.20%) Bash
12 5 (0.20%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.20%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.12%) R
13 3 (0.12%) Scala
14 2 (0.080%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 329 (13.14%) Security Cleared
2 201 (8.03%) SC Cleared
3 127 (5.07%) DV Cleared
4 102 (4.07%) Degree
5 53 (2.12%) CISSP
6 50 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
7 40 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.40%) AWS Certification
8 35 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 28 (1.12%) CISM
11 22 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 19 (0.76%) CCSP
13 16 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 15 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.44%) CCNP
16 11 (0.44%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.36%) ICAEW
18 7 (0.28%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (4.39%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.79%) NIST
3 58 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 45 (1.80%) GDPR
5 28 (1.12%) GRC
6 26 (1.04%) QA
7 21 (0.84%) NCSC
8 20 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 19 (0.76%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.28%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.20%) WCAG
14 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.12%) IFRS
16 2 (0.080%) IFRS 17
16 2 (0.080%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (2.96%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (0.84%) vSphere
4 19 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.56%) Docker
6 9 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.040%) GPFS
8 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.040%) Lustre
8 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.040%) vCloud
8 1 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (1.44%) Terraform
2 27 (1.08%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.64%) MOM
4 14 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.36%) CASB
6 7 (0.28%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.28%) vRealize
7 6 (0.24%) Endace
7 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.20%) Ansible
8 5 (0.20%) Netcool
9 3 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.080%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.040%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.040%) Grafana
11 1 (0.040%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.040%) Netcool/OMNIbus
11 1 (0.040%) SCCM
Vendors
1 316 (12.62%) Microsoft
2 90 (3.59%) Databricks
3 72 (2.88%) SAP
4 61 (2.44%) Salesforce
5 51 (2.04%) VMware
6 40 (1.60%) Oracle
6 40 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 36 (1.44%) Cisco
7 36 (1.44%) Splunk
8 34 (1.36%) Palo Alto
9 24 (0.96%) Google
10 22 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (0.88%) Tenable
11 21 (0.84%) Palantir
12 19 (0.76%) Juniper
13 17 (0.68%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.48%) McAfee
15 10 (0.40%) Sparx
16 9 (0.36%) HP
16 9 (0.36%) OpenAI