IT Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 738 711 765
Rank change year-on-year -27 +54 -131
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Architect 33 51 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.083% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.093% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 27 25 46
10th Percentile £54,814 £50,025 £56,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,750 £63,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +25.00% -3.45%
75th Percentile £116,250 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - £92,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £83,750 £84,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.30% +20.00% -9.68%

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 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Architect in the UK excluding London

IT Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Architect in the UK excluding London

IT Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Architect in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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 +41 14 £112,500 +82.19% 2
Yorkshire +102 13 £112,500 +77.17%
South East 0 6 £56,421 -37.31% 2
South West -21 6 £62,500 - 3
East of England +21 3 £75,000 - 3
Midlands +10 2 £85,000 +6.25% 3
West Midlands +10 2 £85,000 +6.25% 1
Scotland -63 2 £85,000 -5.56%
North East - 1 £62,500 -
IT Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT 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 IT Architect in the job title.

1 15 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 12 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 11 (33.33%) Agile
3 11 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 11 (33.33%) Degree
3 11 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 10 (30.30%) Azure
4 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
5 9 (27.27%) Windows
5 9 (27.27%) Firewall
5 9 (27.27%) Microservices
5 9 (27.27%) TOGAF Certification
6 8 (24.24%) Architectural Patterns
6 8 (24.24%) Budget Management
7 7 (21.21%) Business Case
7 7 (21.21%) CISSP
7 7 (21.21%) IaaS
7 7 (21.21%) PaaS
8 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (18.18%) Linux
8 6 (18.18%) Oracle
8 6 (18.18%) Scrum
8 6 (18.18%) Network Security
8 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 5 (15.15%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (15.15%) Hyper-V
9 5 (15.15%) SolarWinds
9 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
9 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
9 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Architecture

IT 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 4 (12.12%) ArcGIS
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) IaaS
2 7 (21.21%) PaaS
3 5 (15.15%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (15.15%) Snowflake
4 4 (12.12%) AWS
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) Firewall
2 6 (18.18%) Network Security
3 5 (15.15%) DHCP
3 5 (15.15%) DNS
3 5 (15.15%) TCP/IP
3 5 (15.15%) VPN
4 1 (3.03%) 4G
4 1 (3.03%) 5G
4 1 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (15.15%) NoSQL
1 5 (15.15%) Redis
2 4 (12.12%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (12.12%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 4 (12.12%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.06%) Banking
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Retail
4 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) Middleware
2 4 (12.12%) .NET
3 2 (6.06%) OAuth
3 2 (6.06%) OpenID
3 2 (6.06%) SAML
4 1 (3.03%) Laravel
4 1 (3.03%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
2 5 (15.15%) Public Cloud
3 3 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (9.09%) Mobile App
4 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (3.03%) Low-Code
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 6 (18.18%) Linux
3 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 12 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 11 (33.33%) Agile
3 11 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 9 (27.27%) Microservices
5 8 (24.24%) Architectural Patterns
5 8 (24.24%) Budget Management
6 7 (21.21%) Business Case
7 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 6 (18.18%) Scrum
8 5 (15.15%) Containerisation
8 5 (15.15%) Customer Experience
8 5 (15.15%) Data Management
8 5 (15.15%) DevOps
8 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (15.15%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Management
8 5 (15.15%) Secrets Management
9 4 (12.12%) Business Strategy
9 4 (12.12%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) Degree
2 9 (27.27%) TOGAF Certification
3 7 (21.21%) CISSP
4 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (15.15%) Azure Certification
5 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
5 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
6 2 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (6.06%) CCSP
6 2 (6.06%) CISA
6 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (6.06%) GDPR
1 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (6.06%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
1 5 (15.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Grafana
1 5 (15.15%) Kubernetes
1 5 (15.15%) Prometheus
1 5 (15.15%) SCOM
2 4 (12.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Oracle
3 5 (15.15%) SolarWinds
3 5 (15.15%) Sparx
4 4 (12.12%) ESRI
5 2 (6.06%) ForgeRock
5 2 (6.06%) SAP
6 1 (3.03%) OutSystems