Architect Job Trends in England

Architect
UK > England

The median Architect salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 36 33
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,190 2,766 2,937
As % of all permanent jobs in England 4.22% 5.66% 6.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.65% 6.10% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,313 1,632 2,053
10th Percentile £61,050 £56,809 £61,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £70,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% -2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 47,127 45,334 44,294
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.77% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,584 23,965 34,730
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Architect job vacancy trend in England

Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in England

Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Architect in England

Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
London -11 814 £95,000 +4.97% 444
North of England -1 370 £80,000 +14.29% 228
South East -26 364 £85,000 +9.68% 359
Midlands -8 261 £80,000 +6.67% 146
North West -9 185 £80,000 +14.29% 105
West Midlands -10 178 £77,500 +3.33% 83
South West +12 174 £77,500 +3.33% 108
East of England +21 138 £90,000 +20.00% 150
Yorkshire +5 134 £80,000 +8.47% 82
East Midlands -2 79 £80,000 +14.29% 57
North East +11 50 £75,000 +7.14% 42
Architect
UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 January 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 England region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 656 (29.95%) Azure
2 436 (19.91%) Roadmaps
3 396 (18.08%) AWS
4 385 (17.58%) Agile
5 361 (16.48%) Microsoft
6 316 (14.43%) Data Modelling
7 314 (14.34%) Enterprise Architecture
8 297 (13.56%) Security Cleared
9 284 (12.97%) Data Architecture
9 284 (12.97%) Degree
10 265 (12.10%) Analytics
11 262 (11.96%) AI
12 260 (11.87%) DevOps
13 253 (11.55%) TOGAF
14 242 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 232 (10.59%) Microservices
16 222 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
17 221 (10.09%) GCP
18 216 (9.86%) Technical Leadership
19 203 (9.27%) Business Strategy
20 199 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
21 198 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
22 197 (9.00%) Mentoring
23 193 (8.81%) SC Cleared
24 192 (8.77%) Data Governance
25 187 (8.54%) SAP
26 179 (8.17%) Decision-Making
27 173 (7.90%) Architectural Patterns
28 166 (7.58%) Migration
28 166 (7.58%) Python

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 24 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 20 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (0.59%) Apache Spark
3 13 (0.59%) Confluence
4 11 (0.50%) CMS
4 11 (0.50%) JBoss
4 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 8 (0.37%) Apache
7 6 (0.27%) Appian
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.091%) IIS
10 2 (0.091%) SAS
11 1 (0.046%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.046%) Luigi
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.046%) Strapi
Applications
1 23 (1.05%) Maya
2 4 (0.18%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.046%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.046%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.046%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.046%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 98 (4.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (2.33%) SAP MDG
3 45 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 37 (1.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 14 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
6 11 (0.50%) SAP IBP
7 9 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
7 9 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
7 9 (0.41%) SAP FS
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (0.23%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.18%) SAP CX
10 4 (0.18%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.14%) Shopify
12 2 (0.091%) Elite 3E
12 2 (0.091%) SAP CAR
Cloud Services
1 656 (29.95%) Azure
2 396 (18.08%) AWS
3 221 (10.09%) GCP
4 149 (6.80%) SaaS
5 118 (5.39%) Power Platform
6 90 (4.11%) PaaS
7 89 (4.06%) Serverless
8 67 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
9 66 (3.01%) IaaS
9 66 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
10 65 (2.97%) Snowflake
11 41 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 40 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
13 33 (1.51%) GitHub
14 31 (1.42%) Entra ID
15 28 (1.28%) OCI
16 24 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 24 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
17 22 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.69%) Firewall
2 31 (1.42%) WAN
3 28 (1.28%) Network Security
4 25 (1.14%) LAN
4 25 (1.14%) VPN
5 16 (0.73%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.50%) Broadband
6 11 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.32%) MPLS
8 6 (0.27%) BGP
8 6 (0.27%) DHCP
8 6 (0.27%) DNS
8 6 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (0.27%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.23%) DSL
9 5 (0.23%) Internet
9 5 (0.23%) OSPF
9 5 (0.23%) VoIP
9 5 (0.23%) Wireless
9 5 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
2 101 (4.61%) Data Lake
3 89 (4.06%) Metadata
4 68 (3.11%) Power BI
5 38 (1.74%) NoSQL
6 35 (1.60%) BigQuery
7 34 (1.55%) SQL Server
8 30 (1.37%) Tableau
9 21 (0.96%) Data Vault
10 20 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (0.91%) Big Data
11 18 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (0.64%) Relational Database
13 13 (0.59%) Oracle Database
14 12 (0.55%) SAP BW
15 10 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.46%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.46%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
16 9 (0.41%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 25 (1.14%) Jenkins
2 19 (0.87%) JIRA
3 15 (0.68%) ERwin
4 8 (0.37%) Git
5 7 (0.32%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.27%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.27%) Selenium
6 6 (0.27%) Snyk
7 5 (0.23%) GitLab
7 5 (0.23%) MSI
8 4 (0.18%) MLflow
8 4 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.091%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.091%) Postman
10 1 (0.046%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.046%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.046%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.046%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.046%) Visual Studio
General
1 571 (26.07%) Social Skills
2 423 (19.32%) Finance
3 296 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (7.12%) Public Sector
5 154 (7.03%) Law
6 141 (6.44%) Banking
7 103 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 100 (4.57%) Marketing
9 90 (4.11%) Retail
10 77 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
11 70 (3.20%) Legal
12 60 (2.74%) Games
13 55 (2.51%) Manufacturing
14 51 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
15 46 (2.10%) Financial Institution
16 31 (1.42%) Retail Banking
17 30 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
17 30 (1.37%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.10%) Electronics
19 18 (0.82%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (4.75%) Middleware
2 48 (2.19%) React
2 48 (2.19%) REST
3 45 (2.05%) Node.js
4 38 (1.74%) .NET
5 31 (1.42%) Kafka
6 28 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
7 22 (1.00%) React Native
7 22 (1.00%) Spring
8 19 (0.87%) GraphQL
8 19 (0.87%) SOAP
9 17 (0.78%) EDI
10 14 (0.64%) Hibernate
11 12 (0.55%) AngularJS
11 12 (0.55%) OAuth
12 11 (0.50%) Django
12 11 (0.50%) RESTful
13 10 (0.46%) Web Services
14 9 (0.41%) JSON
15 7 (0.32%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 178 (8.13%) Cloud Native
2 108 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
3 61 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (2.69%) Data Centre
5 52 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 49 (2.24%) Product Ownership
7 41 (1.87%) Public Cloud
8 33 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (1.28%) Data Structures
12 26 (1.19%) Mobile App
13 24 (1.10%) Virtual Team
14 22 (1.00%) IoT
15 20 (0.91%) Low-Code
16 19 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 19 (0.87%) Reinsurance
17 18 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 16 (0.73%) AI Agents
19 14 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.42%) Windows
2 21 (0.96%) Linux
3 9 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.32%) Unix
5 3 (0.14%) Android
5 3 (0.14%) OpenWrt
6 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.046%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.046%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.046%) VMS
7 1 (0.046%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (19.91%) Roadmaps
2 385 (17.58%) Agile
3 316 (14.43%) Data Modelling
4 314 (14.34%) Enterprise Architecture
5 284 (12.97%) Data Architecture
6 265 (12.10%) Analytics
7 262 (11.96%) AI
8 260 (11.87%) DevOps
9 253 (11.55%) TOGAF
10 242 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 232 (10.59%) Microservices
12 222 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
13 216 (9.86%) Technical Leadership
14 203 (9.27%) Business Strategy
15 199 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 198 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
17 197 (9.00%) Mentoring
18 192 (8.77%) Data Governance
19 179 (8.17%) Decision-Making
20 173 (7.90%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 166 (7.58%) Python
2 113 (5.16%) Java
3 109 (4.98%) SQL
4 69 (3.15%) C#
5 45 (2.05%) JavaScript
6 40 (1.83%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.46%) Go
8 23 (1.05%) PowerShell
9 14 (0.64%) Bicep
10 9 (0.41%) Bash
11 7 (0.32%) C++
12 6 (0.27%) PHP
13 4 (0.18%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.14%) ABAP
14 3 (0.14%) C
14 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.14%) R
14 3 (0.14%) Scala
14 3 (0.14%) X++
15 2 (0.091%) Rust
Qualifications
1 297 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 284 (12.97%) Degree
3 193 (8.81%) SC Cleared
4 133 (6.07%) TOGAF Certification
5 109 (4.98%) Azure Certification
6 102 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 100 (4.57%) AWS Certification
8 91 (4.16%) DV Cleared
9 70 (3.20%) CISSP
10 55 (2.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 51 (2.33%) CISM
12 49 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 42 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 36 (1.64%) DBS Check
15 34 (1.55%) Master's Degree
16 27 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
17 22 (1.00%) PMI Certification
18 17 (0.78%) Chartered Engineer
19 14 (0.64%) PMP
20 10 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (3.38%) GDPR
2 70 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 40 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 40 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (1.69%) NIST
5 34 (1.55%) GRC
6 27 (1.23%) NCSC
6 27 (1.23%) QA
7 16 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 16 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.55%) SEPA
9 11 (0.50%) ISO 20022
10 10 (0.46%) IFRS
10 10 (0.46%) IFRS 17
10 10 (0.46%) Solvency II
11 7 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.32%) SLA
11 7 (0.32%) TARGET2
12 6 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 47 (2.15%) Docker
2 24 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.50%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (0.32%) Firmware
7 3 (0.14%) GPFS
7 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.14%) ISA Server
7 3 (0.14%) Lustre
7 3 (0.14%) vSphere
8 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.046%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.046%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 89 (4.06%) Kubernetes
2 73 (3.33%) Terraform
3 37 (1.69%) Ansible
4 9 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.37%) Data Guard
5 8 (0.37%) Endace
5 8 (0.37%) Netcool
5 8 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 8 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.27%) WMI
7 5 (0.23%) CASB
7 5 (0.23%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.23%) vRealize
8 3 (0.14%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.091%) Grafana
9 2 (0.091%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.091%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.091%) VxRail
10 1 (0.046%) Autotask
Vendors
1 361 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 187 (8.54%) SAP
3 103 (4.70%) Oracle
4 84 (3.84%) Databricks
5 70 (3.20%) Google
6 62 (2.83%) Salesforce
7 56 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 45 (2.05%) Cisco
9 43 (1.96%) Adobe
9 43 (1.96%) MuleSoft
10 42 (1.92%) VMware
11 37 (1.69%) OpenText
12 32 (1.46%) Ariba
13 30 (1.37%) Palo Alto
14 26 (1.19%) Workday
15 24 (1.10%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.10%) Informatica
16 23 (1.05%) Dell
17 19 (0.87%) BiZZdesign
17 19 (0.87%) Juniper