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 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 35 33
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,200 2,806 2,901
As % of all permanent jobs in England 4.22% 5.71% 6.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.66% 6.15% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,659 2,032
10th Percentile £61,225 £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% -1.84%
75th Percentile £97,625 £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 47,256 45,608 43,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.79% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,666 24,168 34,377
10th Percentile £28,523 £33,235 £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 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%

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 3 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 3 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 -11 820 £95,000 +4.97% 387
North of England +1 374 £80,000 +14.29% 126
South East -28 363 £85,000 +9.68% 263
Midlands -7 263 £80,000 +6.67% 65
North West -7 184 £80,000 +14.29% 73
West Midlands -11 179 £77,500 +3.33% 43
South West +14 175 £77,500 +3.33% 55
Yorkshire +7 139 £80,000 +10.34% 37
East of England +21 136 £90,000 +20.00% 70
East Midlands -9 80 £80,000 +14.29% 22
North East +8 50 £75,000 +7.14% 17
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 659 (29.95%) Azure
2 440 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 399 (18.14%) AWS
4 388 (17.64%) Agile
5 363 (16.50%) Microsoft
6 317 (14.41%) Data Modelling
6 317 (14.41%) Enterprise Architecture
7 299 (13.59%) Security Cleared
8 287 (13.05%) Degree
9 286 (13.00%) Data Architecture
10 266 (12.09%) Analytics
11 262 (11.91%) AI
11 262 (11.91%) DevOps
12 259 (11.77%) TOGAF
13 242 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 234 (10.64%) Microservices
15 223 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
16 222 (10.09%) GCP
17 218 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
18 205 (9.32%) Business Strategy
19 200 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
19 200 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
20 197 (8.95%) Mentoring
21 193 (8.77%) Data Governance
21 193 (8.77%) SC Cleared
22 190 (8.64%) SAP
23 180 (8.18%) Decision-Making
24 173 (7.86%) Architectural Patterns
25 166 (7.55%) Migration
25 166 (7.55%) 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 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 20 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (0.59%) Apache Spark
3 13 (0.59%) Confluence
4 12 (0.55%) CMS
5 11 (0.50%) JBoss
5 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.45%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.36%) Apache
8 6 (0.27%) Appian
9 4 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.14%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
11 2 (0.091%) IIS
11 2 (0.091%) SAS
12 1 (0.045%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.045%) Luigi
12 1 (0.045%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.045%) Strapi
Applications
1 25 (1.14%) Maya
2 4 (0.18%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.045%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.045%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.045%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.045%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 101 (4.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (2.32%) SAP MDG
3 45 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 37 (1.68%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 14 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
6 12 (0.55%) 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%) Dynamics GP
12 2 (0.091%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 659 (29.95%) Azure
2 399 (18.14%) AWS
3 222 (10.09%) GCP
4 150 (6.82%) SaaS
5 119 (5.41%) Power Platform
6 91 (4.14%) PaaS
7 89 (4.05%) Serverless
8 68 (3.09%) IaaS
9 67 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
10 66 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
11 65 (2.95%) Snowflake
12 40 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 33 (1.50%) GitHub
14 31 (1.41%) Entra ID
15 28 (1.27%) OCI
16 24 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 24 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
17 22 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.68%) Firewall
2 31 (1.41%) WAN
3 28 (1.27%) 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
1 135 (6.14%) Data Warehouse
2 101 (4.59%) Data Lake
3 89 (4.05%) Metadata
4 69 (3.14%) Power BI
5 38 (1.73%) NoSQL
6 35 (1.59%) BigQuery
7 34 (1.55%) SQL Server
8 30 (1.36%) Tableau
9 21 (0.95%) 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
13 13 (0.59%) SAP BW
14 10 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.45%) DynamoDB
14 10 (0.45%) MongoDB
15 9 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.41%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 25 (1.14%) Jenkins
2 19 (0.86%) JIRA
3 15 (0.68%) ERwin
4 8 (0.36%) 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 (0.045%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.045%) CA Release Automation
10 1 (0.045%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.045%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.045%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 574 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 430 (19.55%) Finance
3 299 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (7.14%) Law
4 157 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 142 (6.45%) Banking
6 103 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 101 (4.59%) Marketing
8 91 (4.14%) Retail
9 77 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
10 70 (3.18%) Legal
11 62 (2.82%) Games
12 57 (2.59%) Manufacturing
13 51 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
14 46 (2.09%) Financial Institution
15 31 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 31 (1.41%) Retail Banking
15 31 (1.41%) Telecoms
16 24 (1.09%) Electronics
17 18 (0.82%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (4.77%) Middleware
2 48 (2.18%) React
2 48 (2.18%) REST
3 45 (2.05%) Node.js
4 38 (1.73%) .NET
5 31 (1.41%) Kafka
6 28 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
7 23 (1.05%) Spring
8 22 (1.00%) React Native
9 19 (0.86%) GraphQL
9 19 (0.86%) SOAP
10 17 (0.77%) EDI
11 15 (0.68%) Hibernate
12 12 (0.55%) AngularJS
12 12 (0.55%) OAuth
13 11 (0.50%) Django
13 11 (0.50%) RESTful
14 10 (0.45%) Web Services
15 9 (0.41%) JSON
16 7 (0.32%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 177 (8.05%) Cloud Native
2 110 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 61 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (2.68%) Data Centre
5 52 (2.36%) Management Information System
6 50 (2.27%) Product Ownership
7 41 (1.86%) Public Cloud
8 33 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 33 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 28 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 26 (1.18%) Mobile App
12 24 (1.09%) Virtual Team
13 22 (1.00%) IoT
14 20 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
14 20 (0.91%) Low-Code
14 20 (0.91%) Reinsurance
15 18 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 16 (0.73%) AI Agents
17 14 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.41%) Windows
2 21 (0.95%) 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 (0.045%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.045%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.045%) VMS
7 1 (0.045%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 388 (17.64%) Agile
3 317 (14.41%) Data Modelling
3 317 (14.41%) Enterprise Architecture
4 286 (13.00%) Data Architecture
5 266 (12.09%) Analytics
6 262 (11.91%) AI
6 262 (11.91%) DevOps
7 259 (11.77%) TOGAF
8 242 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 234 (10.64%) Microservices
10 223 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
11 218 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
12 205 (9.32%) Business Strategy
13 200 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 200 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
14 197 (8.95%) Mentoring
15 193 (8.77%) Data Governance
16 180 (8.18%) Decision-Making
17 173 (7.86%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 166 (7.55%) Python
2 114 (5.18%) Java
3 110 (5.00%) SQL
4 70 (3.18%) C#
5 46 (2.09%) JavaScript
6 40 (1.82%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.45%) 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%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 299 (13.59%) Security Cleared
2 287 (13.05%) Degree
3 193 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 134 (6.09%) TOGAF Certification
5 111 (5.05%) Azure Certification
6 103 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 102 (4.64%) AWS Certification
8 93 (4.23%) DV Cleared
9 71 (3.23%) CISSP
10 55 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 52 (2.36%) CISM
12 49 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 42 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
14 36 (1.64%) DBS Check
15 35 (1.59%) Master's Degree
16 27 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
17 23 (1.05%) PMI Certification
18 17 (0.77%) Chartered Engineer
19 14 (0.64%) PMP
20 10 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.41%) GDPR
2 70 (3.18%) Data Quality
3 41 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 38 (1.73%) NIST
6 34 (1.55%) GRC
7 27 (1.23%) NCSC
7 27 (1.23%) QA
8 16 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 16 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.55%) SEPA
10 11 (0.50%) ISO 20022
11 10 (0.45%) IFRS
11 10 (0.45%) IFRS 17
11 10 (0.45%) Solvency II
12 7 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.32%) SLA
12 7 (0.32%) TARGET2
13 6 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 47 (2.14%) Docker
2 24 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.50%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.36%) 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 (0.045%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.045%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 89 (4.05%) Kubernetes
2 73 (3.32%) Terraform
3 37 (1.68%) Ansible
4 9 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.36%) Data Guard
5 8 (0.36%) Endace
5 8 (0.36%) Netcool
5 8 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 8 (0.36%) 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 (0.045%) Rancher
Vendors
1 363 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 190 (8.64%) SAP
3 103 (4.68%) Oracle
4 83 (3.77%) Databricks
5 70 (3.18%) Google
6 62 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 56 (2.55%) ServiceNow
8 45 (2.05%) Cisco
9 44 (2.00%) MuleSoft
10 43 (1.95%) Adobe
11 42 (1.91%) VMware
12 37 (1.68%) OpenText
13 35 (1.59%) Ariba
14 30 (1.36%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.18%) Workday
16 24 (1.09%) Dell
16 24 (1.09%) Fortinet
16 24 (1.09%) Informatica
17 19 (0.86%) BiZZdesign
17 19 (0.86%) Juniper