Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 26 62
Rank change year-on-year -8 +36 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 4,396 4,554 3,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.66% 8.12% 4.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.95% 9.14% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,358 1,484 1,720
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,219 £53,725
25th Percentile £62,500 £64,760 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +4.90%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,600 £97,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 73,845 49,811 71,845
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 88.85% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 51,649 29,393 42,992
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the UK excluding London

Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Architect 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 6 June 2024.

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 6 June 2024. 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 +9 1,308 £78,126 -2.34% 129
South East -3 954 £75,000 -9.09% 121
Midlands -3 741 £75,000 - 104
North West +2 729 £75,000 - 75
South West -11 537 £75,000 +3.45% 73
Yorkshire +21 490 £80,000 - 42
West Midlands +21 461 £77,500 +3.33% 70
Scotland -43 386 £75,000 -4.46% 25
East Midlands -21 273 £70,000 -3.45% 34
East of England -31 196 £85,000 +3.03% 53
Wales -11 157 £60,000 -5.88% 21
Northern Ireland +3 127 £80,000 +10.34% 8
North East +15 89 £79,842 -11.29% 12
Isle of Man - 7 £82,500 - 3
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 -
Architect
UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 June 2024, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 1,132 (25.75%) Azure
2 991 (22.54%) Agile
3 868 (19.75%) AWS
4 863 (19.63%) TOGAF
5 830 (18.88%) Social Skills
6 738 (16.79%) Security Cleared
7 713 (16.22%) Microsoft
8 709 (16.13%) Roadmaps
9 642 (14.60%) Actionable Insight
10 641 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
11 634 (14.42%) Finance
12 513 (11.67%) Mentoring
13 493 (11.21%) Degree
14 487 (11.08%) Technical Architecture
15 464 (10.56%) SC Cleared
16 435 (9.90%) DevOps
17 403 (9.17%) Presales
18 384 (8.74%) Data Architecture
19 376 (8.55%) Validation
20 365 (8.30%) Requirements Management
21 361 (8.21%) Enterprise Architecture
22 359 (8.17%) Network Management
23 353 (8.03%) Network Architecture
24 352 (8.01%) Migration
25 345 (7.85%) Model Validation
26 328 (7.46%) Data Modelling
27 327 (7.44%) Analytics
28 324 (7.37%) VSAT
29 320 (7.28%) Public Cloud
30 313 (7.12%) GCP

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 77 (1.75%) SAS
2 62 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 40 (0.91%) WebLogic
4 18 (0.41%) CMS
5 16 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.14%) Apache
7 6 (0.14%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.11%) Confluence
8 5 (0.11%) Drupal
9 4 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.091%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.068%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.068%) WordPress
11 2 (0.045%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.045%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.023%) Appian
12 1 (0.023%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.023%) Umbraco
Applications
1 48 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.39%) Simulink
5 4 (0.091%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.068%) Revit
7 2 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 84 (1.91%) SAP ERP
2 82 (1.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 36 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 35 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
6 13 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 10 (0.23%) SAP PP
8 8 (0.18%) SAP BPC
9 7 (0.16%) SAP MM
9 7 (0.16%) SAP SD
10 6 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.14%) SAP IBP
11 5 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.11%) SAP WM
12 4 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
12 4 (0.091%) SAP APO
13 3 (0.068%) Dynamics AX
14 2 (0.045%) SAP SCM
14 2 (0.045%) Temenos T24
15 1 (0.023%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 1,132 (25.75%) Azure
2 868 (19.75%) AWS
3 313 (7.12%) GCP
4 279 (6.35%) SaaS
5 240 (5.46%) Power Platform
6 228 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
7 187 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
8 97 (2.21%) PaaS
9 88 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
10 82 (1.87%) IaaS
11 73 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
12 62 (1.41%) PowerApps
13 59 (1.34%) Serverless
14 50 (1.14%) Amazon SQS
15 42 (0.96%) Snowflake
16 41 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
17 33 (0.75%) Power Automate
18 26 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
19 24 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 24 (0.55%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 324 (7.37%) VSAT
2 127 (2.89%) WAN
3 100 (2.27%) Firewall
3 100 (2.27%) SD-WAN
4 82 (1.87%) Broadband
5 81 (1.84%) DNS
6 79 (1.80%) Network Security
7 64 (1.46%) TCP/IP
8 56 (1.27%) BGP
9 52 (1.18%) SSL
10 47 (1.07%) VPN
11 41 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
12 31 (0.71%) Wireless
13 29 (0.66%) LAN
14 17 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (0.32%) Internet
15 14 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
15 14 (0.32%) VLAN
16 12 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
16 12 (0.27%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 243 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
2 114 (2.59%) Power BI
3 109 (2.48%) BigQuery
4 98 (2.23%) Looker
5 96 (2.18%) NoSQL
6 88 (2.00%) Metadata
7 87 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 79 (1.80%) Geospatial Data
9 67 (1.52%) Data Lake
10 60 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
11 58 (1.32%) SQL Server
12 54 (1.23%) RDBMS
13 45 (1.02%) Big Data
14 41 (0.93%) Oracle Database
15 38 (0.86%) Data Vault
16 30 (0.68%) Tableau
17 25 (0.57%) MongoDB
17 25 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
18 19 (0.43%) DB2
19 17 (0.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 47 (1.07%) Visual Studio
2 43 (0.98%) Git
3 28 (0.64%) GitLab
4 21 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 19 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
6 11 (0.25%) JIRA
7 6 (0.14%) Maven
8 4 (0.091%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.068%) Rational Rhapsody
9 3 (0.068%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.068%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.045%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.045%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.045%) ERwin
10 2 (0.045%) JUnit
10 2 (0.045%) MLflow
11 1 (0.023%) MSI
General
1 830 (18.88%) Social Skills
2 634 (14.42%) Finance
3 313 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
4 309 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 201 (4.57%) Public Sector
6 178 (4.05%) Retail
7 163 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
8 146 (3.32%) Marketing
9 118 (2.68%) Law
10 92 (2.09%) Banking
11 89 (2.02%) Legal
12 69 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
13 68 (1.55%) Aerospace
14 59 (1.34%) Manufacturing
15 36 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
16 30 (0.68%) Telecoms
17 28 (0.64%) Games
18 26 (0.59%) Military
19 24 (0.55%) Automotive
19 24 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (4.28%) .NET
2 56 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
3 55 (1.25%) Spring Boot
4 50 (1.14%) Node.js
5 48 (1.09%) Kafka
6 47 (1.07%) React
7 41 (0.93%) Web Services
8 40 (0.91%) REST
9 39 (0.89%) Middleware
10 36 (0.82%) OAuth
11 33 (0.75%) JSON
12 30 (0.68%) SAML
13 29 (0.66%) .NET Framework
14 27 (0.61%) OpenID
15 25 (0.57%) Django
15 25 (0.57%) RESTful
15 25 (0.57%) YAML
16 23 (0.52%) AngularJS
16 23 (0.52%) XML
17 22 (0.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 320 (7.28%) Public Cloud
2 253 (5.76%) Cloud Native
3 150 (3.41%) Management Information System
4 144 (3.28%) Data Centre
5 124 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 92 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
6 92 (2.09%) Product Ownership
7 90 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 84 (1.91%) PKI
9 80 (1.82%) Cyberattack
10 64 (1.46%) IoT
11 41 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 39 (0.89%) PMI
13 38 (0.86%) Security Posture
14 31 (0.71%) Private Cloud
15 30 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 29 (0.66%) Mobile App
17 28 (0.64%) Credit Risk
18 25 (0.57%) Operational Technology
19 22 (0.50%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 197 (4.48%) Linux
2 82 (1.87%) Windows
3 41 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (0.66%) Android
5 25 (0.57%) Unix
6 19 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 15 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 14 (0.32%) Ubuntu
9 11 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.20%) Solaris
11 8 (0.18%) VME
12 6 (0.14%) Mesosphere
13 5 (0.11%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.091%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.045%) CentOS
15 2 (0.045%) Windows 10
16 1 (0.023%) HPUX
16 1 (0.023%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 991 (22.54%) Agile
2 863 (19.63%) TOGAF
3 709 (16.13%) Roadmaps
4 642 (14.60%) Actionable Insight
5 641 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
6 513 (11.67%) Mentoring
7 487 (11.08%) Technical Architecture
8 435 (9.90%) DevOps
9 403 (9.17%) Presales
10 384 (8.74%) Data Architecture
11 376 (8.55%) Validation
12 365 (8.30%) Requirements Management
13 361 (8.21%) Enterprise Architecture
14 359 (8.17%) Network Management
15 353 (8.03%) Network Architecture
16 352 (8.01%) Migration
17 345 (7.85%) Model Validation
18 328 (7.46%) Data Modelling
19 327 (7.44%) Analytics
20 289 (6.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 199 (4.53%) SQL
2 195 (4.44%) Python
3 150 (3.41%) C#
4 148 (3.37%) Java
5 103 (2.34%) JavaScript
6 59 (1.34%) C++
7 58 (1.32%) C
8 45 (1.02%) PowerShell
9 41 (0.93%) T-SQL
10 22 (0.50%) MATLAB
11 21 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 17 (0.39%) Fortran
13 12 (0.27%) Ruby
14 11 (0.25%) Scala
15 10 (0.23%) Embedded C
15 10 (0.23%) Go
15 10 (0.23%) R
16 8 (0.18%) COBOL
16 8 (0.18%) Micro Focus COBOL
17 7 (0.16%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 738 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 493 (11.21%) Degree
3 464 (10.56%) SC Cleared
4 151 (3.43%) Azure Certification
5 129 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
6 124 (2.82%) AWS Certification
7 119 (2.71%) TOGAF Certification
8 116 (2.64%) DV Cleared
9 97 (2.21%) CISSP
10 92 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 80 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 74 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 67 (1.52%) CCNP
14 64 (1.46%) CISM
15 58 (1.32%) CCNA
16 52 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
17 47 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 43 (0.98%) CCSP
19 42 (0.96%) PMI Certification
20 36 (0.82%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (3.46%) Data Quality
2 150 (3.41%) GDPR
3 75 (1.71%) NIST
4 52 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (0.96%) QA
6 32 (0.73%) COBIT
7 23 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 22 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 20 (0.45%) SLA
10 18 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.16%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.091%) GRC
13 3 (0.068%) HMG Infosec
13 3 (0.068%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.068%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.068%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.068%) NCSC
13 3 (0.068%) PMO
13 3 (0.068%) RMADS
System Software
1 98 (2.23%) Docker
2 34 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 28 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 20 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.20%) vSphere
8 8 (0.18%) Firmware
9 7 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.068%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.045%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.045%) KVM
11 2 (0.045%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.045%) Xen
12 1 (0.023%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 161 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 93 (2.12%) Terraform
3 39 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
4 30 (0.68%) Stealthwatch
5 29 (0.66%) OpenView
6 28 (0.64%) Ansible
7 25 (0.57%) Puppet
8 15 (0.34%) CASB
8 15 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 9 (0.20%) Grafana
10 9 (0.20%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.14%) Endace
11 6 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.11%) SCOM
12 5 (0.11%) Suricata
12 5 (0.11%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.091%) SCCM
14 3 (0.068%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 713 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 271 (6.16%) Google
3 184 (4.19%) Oracle
4 167 (3.80%) SAP
5 126 (2.87%) Cisco
6 82 (1.87%) Sparx
7 75 (1.71%) Anaplan
7 75 (1.71%) Hyperion
8 70 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 58 (1.32%) Apple
10 51 (1.16%) Adobe
10 51 (1.16%) Meraki
11 50 (1.14%) Juniper
12 49 (1.11%) Databricks
13 46 (1.05%) VMware
14 41 (0.93%) Salesforce
15 31 (0.71%) HP
16 30 (0.68%) IBM
17 29 (0.66%) BMC
17 29 (0.66%) Remedy