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 29 May 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 29 62
Rank change year-on-year -7 +33 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 4,140 4,564 3,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.55% 7.87% 4.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.85% 8.83% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,223 1,504 1,681
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,219 £53,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £64,763 £64,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.38%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,100 £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 70,794 51,688 70,298
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 89.09% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 49,908 29,605 42,636
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 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,348
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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +14 1,172 £77,500 -1.59% 140
South East -1 928 £75,000 -9.64% 115
Midlands -3 706 £75,000 - 101
North West +5 627 £75,000 +3.45% 77
South West -6 522 £75,000 +3.45% 71
Yorkshire +24 472 £79,932 -0.09% 44
West Midlands +24 440 £77,500 +3.33% 62
Scotland -45 375 £75,000 -5.06% 25
East Midlands -21 259 £67,500 -6.90% 38
East of England -24 187 £80,000 -3.03% 46
Wales -16 143 £60,000 -4.94% 22
Northern Ireland +9 120 £90,000 +24.14% 12
North East +18 73 £79,842 -6.07% 19
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 29 May 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 1,111 (26.84%) Azure
2 894 (21.59%) Agile
3 872 (21.06%) TOGAF
4 840 (20.29%) AWS
5 810 (19.57%) Social Skills
6 731 (17.66%) Security Cleared
7 701 (16.93%) Roadmaps
8 688 (16.62%) Microsoft
9 656 (15.85%) Actionable Insight
10 618 (14.93%) Finance
11 556 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
12 481 (11.62%) Degree
13 478 (11.55%) Technical Architecture
14 456 (11.01%) SC Cleared
15 425 (10.27%) Mentoring
16 410 (9.90%) DevOps
17 386 (9.32%) Validation
18 379 (9.15%) Data Architecture
18 379 (9.15%) Presales
19 376 (9.08%) Requirements Management
20 372 (8.99%) Network Management
21 365 (8.82%) Network Architecture
22 357 (8.62%) Enterprise Architecture
23 356 (8.60%) Model Validation
24 342 (8.26%) Migration
25 334 (8.07%) VSAT
26 325 (7.85%) Data Modelling
26 325 (7.85%) Analytics
27 321 (7.75%) Public Cloud
28 316 (7.63%) 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 (1.86%) SAS
2 50 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 40 (0.97%) WebLogic
4 17 (0.41%) CMS
5 16 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.14%) Apache
7 6 (0.14%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.12%) Drupal
9 4 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.097%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.072%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.072%) Confluence
10 3 (0.072%) WordPress
11 2 (0.048%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.024%) Appian
12 1 (0.024%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.024%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.024%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.39%) Simulink
5 3 (0.072%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.048%) Revit
6 2 (0.048%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 85 (2.05%) SAP ERP
2 83 (2.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 35 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 34 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
6 12 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 10 (0.24%) SAP PP
8 8 (0.19%) SAP BPC
9 7 (0.17%) SAP MM
9 7 (0.17%) SAP SD
10 6 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.14%) SAP IBP
11 5 (0.12%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.12%) SAP WM
12 4 (0.097%) Oracle Applications
12 4 (0.097%) SAP APO
13 3 (0.072%) Dynamics AX
13 3 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
14 2 (0.048%) SAP SCM
15 1 (0.024%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1,111 (26.84%) Azure
2 840 (20.29%) AWS
3 316 (7.63%) GCP
4 272 (6.57%) SaaS
5 228 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
5 228 (5.51%) Power Platform
6 167 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
7 98 (2.37%) PaaS
8 85 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 84 (2.03%) IaaS
10 73 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
11 58 (1.40%) PowerApps
11 58 (1.40%) Serverless
12 49 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
13 42 (1.01%) Snowflake
14 41 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
15 32 (0.77%) Power Automate
16 26 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
17 25 (0.60%) Azure Service Bus
18 22 (0.53%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 334 (8.07%) VSAT
2 125 (3.02%) WAN
3 99 (2.39%) Firewall
4 98 (2.37%) SD-WAN
5 82 (1.98%) Broadband
6 80 (1.93%) Network Security
7 79 (1.91%) DNS
8 63 (1.52%) TCP/IP
9 56 (1.35%) BGP
10 52 (1.26%) SSL
11 47 (1.14%) VPN
12 38 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
13 32 (0.77%) Wireless
14 29 (0.70%) LAN
15 17 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
16 14 (0.34%) Internet
16 14 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
16 14 (0.34%) VLAN
17 12 (0.29%) MPLS
17 12 (0.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 243 (5.87%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (2.68%) Power BI
3 109 (2.63%) BigQuery
4 98 (2.37%) Looker
5 96 (2.32%) NoSQL
6 88 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 87 (2.10%) Metadata
8 71 (1.71%) Data Lake
9 69 (1.67%) Geospatial Data
10 56 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
11 55 (1.33%) RDBMS
11 55 (1.33%) SQL Server
12 47 (1.14%) Big Data
13 41 (0.99%) Oracle Database
14 38 (0.92%) Data Vault
15 30 (0.72%) Tableau
16 23 (0.56%) MongoDB
17 22 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
18 19 (0.46%) DB2
19 16 (0.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 47 (1.14%) Visual Studio
2 43 (1.04%) Git
3 27 (0.65%) GitLab
4 21 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
5 20 (0.48%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.17%) JIRA
7 7 (0.17%) Maven
8 4 (0.097%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.072%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.072%) JUnit
9 3 (0.072%) Rational Rhapsody
9 3 (0.072%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.048%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.048%) ERwin
10 2 (0.048%) MLflow
10 2 (0.048%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.024%) MSI
General
1 810 (19.57%) Social Skills
2 618 (14.93%) Finance
3 309 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 229 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 195 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 179 (4.32%) Retail
7 164 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
8 139 (3.36%) Marketing
9 117 (2.83%) Law
10 96 (2.32%) Banking
11 85 (2.05%) Legal
12 69 (1.67%) Aerospace
12 69 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 55 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 37 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (0.68%) Games
15 28 (0.68%) Telecoms
16 24 (0.58%) Automotive
16 24 (0.58%) Military
17 23 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (4.52%) .NET
2 57 (1.38%) Spring Boot
3 54 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
4 47 (1.14%) Kafka
5 38 (0.92%) REST
6 37 (0.89%) Middleware
6 37 (0.89%) Web Services
7 35 (0.85%) OAuth
8 34 (0.82%) Node.js
9 32 (0.77%) JSON
9 32 (0.77%) React
10 30 (0.72%) .NET Framework
11 29 (0.70%) SAML
12 28 (0.68%) OpenID
13 25 (0.60%) YAML
14 24 (0.58%) RESTful
15 23 (0.56%) AngularJS
16 22 (0.53%) XML
17 20 (0.48%) .NET Core
17 20 (0.48%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 321 (7.75%) Public Cloud
2 259 (6.26%) Cloud Native
3 148 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 136 (3.29%) Data Centre
5 123 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
6 89 (2.15%) Product Ownership
7 88 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
8 85 (2.05%) PKI
9 83 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
10 62 (1.50%) IoT
11 42 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 39 (0.94%) Security Posture
13 37 (0.89%) PMI
14 32 (0.77%) Private Cloud
15 31 (0.75%) Mobile App
16 30 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 28 (0.68%) Credit Risk
18 22 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
19 21 (0.51%) NHS
20 20 (0.48%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 189 (4.57%) Linux
2 82 (1.98%) Windows
3 41 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 27 (0.65%) Unix
5 23 (0.56%) Android
6 18 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (0.22%) Solaris
10 8 (0.19%) VME
11 6 (0.14%) Mesosphere
12 5 (0.12%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.048%) CentOS
14 1 (0.024%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.024%) HPUX
14 1 (0.024%) VMS
14 1 (0.024%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 894 (21.59%) Agile
2 872 (21.06%) TOGAF
3 701 (16.93%) Roadmaps
4 656 (15.85%) Actionable Insight
5 556 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
6 478 (11.55%) Technical Architecture
7 425 (10.27%) Mentoring
8 410 (9.90%) DevOps
9 386 (9.32%) Validation
10 379 (9.15%) Data Architecture
10 379 (9.15%) Presales
11 376 (9.08%) Requirements Management
12 372 (8.99%) Network Management
13 365 (8.82%) Network Architecture
14 357 (8.62%) Enterprise Architecture
15 356 (8.60%) Model Validation
16 342 (8.26%) Migration
17 325 (7.85%) Analytics
17 325 (7.85%) Data Modelling
18 292 (7.05%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 194 (4.69%) SQL
2 176 (4.25%) Python
3 148 (3.57%) C#
4 145 (3.50%) Java
5 102 (2.46%) JavaScript
6 54 (1.30%) C++
7 52 (1.26%) C
8 44 (1.06%) PowerShell
9 40 (0.97%) T-SQL
10 21 (0.51%) MATLAB
11 20 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 16 (0.39%) Fortran
13 12 (0.29%) Ruby
14 11 (0.27%) R
14 11 (0.27%) Scala
15 10 (0.24%) Go
16 8 (0.19%) COBOL
16 8 (0.19%) Embedded C
16 8 (0.19%) Micro Focus COBOL
17 7 (0.17%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 731 (17.66%) Security Cleared
2 481 (11.62%) Degree
3 456 (11.01%) SC Cleared
4 151 (3.65%) Azure Certification
5 126 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
6 121 (2.92%) AWS Certification
7 119 (2.87%) TOGAF Certification
8 114 (2.75%) DV Cleared
9 99 (2.39%) CISSP
10 89 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 78 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 73 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 65 (1.57%) CISM
14 63 (1.52%) CCNP
15 55 (1.33%) CCNA
16 52 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
17 48 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 44 (1.06%) CCSP
19 40 (0.97%) PMI Certification
20 37 (0.89%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (3.67%) Data Quality
2 151 (3.65%) GDPR
3 77 (1.86%) NIST
4 54 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (0.99%) QA
6 32 (0.77%) COBIT
7 23 (0.56%) Accessibility
7 23 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 20 (0.48%) SLA
10 19 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.17%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.097%) GRC
12 4 (0.097%) ISO 26262
12 4 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.097%) NCSC
13 3 (0.072%) HMG Infosec
13 3 (0.072%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.072%) PMO
13 3 (0.072%) RMADS
System Software
1 99 (2.39%) Docker
2 34 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 28 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
6 10 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.24%) vSphere
7 8 (0.19%) Firmware
7 8 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.072%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.048%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.048%) KVM
9 2 (0.048%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.048%) Xen
10 1 (0.024%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 165 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 90 (2.17%) Terraform
3 38 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (0.70%) Ansible
4 29 (0.70%) OpenView
5 27 (0.65%) Stealthwatch
6 26 (0.63%) Puppet
7 15 (0.36%) CASB
8 14 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 9 (0.22%) Grafana
10 9 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.14%) Endace
11 6 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.12%) SCOM
12 5 (0.12%) Suricata
12 5 (0.12%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.072%) Functional Safety
13 3 (0.072%) SCCM
Vendors
1 688 (16.62%) Microsoft
2 269 (6.50%) Google
3 182 (4.40%) Oracle
4 166 (4.01%) SAP
5 122 (2.95%) Cisco
6 83 (2.00%) Sparx
7 75 (1.81%) Anaplan
7 75 (1.81%) Hyperion
8 67 (1.62%) ServiceNow
9 56 (1.35%) Apple
10 50 (1.21%) Juniper
11 49 (1.18%) Adobe
11 49 (1.18%) Databricks
12 48 (1.16%) Meraki
13 46 (1.11%) VMware
14 41 (0.99%) Salesforce
15 31 (0.75%) HP
16 29 (0.70%) BMC
16 29 (0.70%) Remedy
17 28 (0.68%) IBM