Architect Jobs in England

Architect
UK > England

The median Architect salary in England is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -38 -2 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,966 5,324 6,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.97% 6.16% 7.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.36% 6.52% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 3,110 3,362
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,809 £61,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in England

Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in England.

Salary trend for Architect in England

Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

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 18 May 2025. 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 -24 775 £92,500 +2.78% 846
South East -31 383 £75,000 - 509
North of England -78 380 £65,000 -16.47% 282
North West -86 254 £60,000 -20.00% 163
Midlands -56 222 £70,000 -6.67% 214
West Midlands -33 164 £72,500 -6.45% 136
Yorkshire -45 97 £80,000 +0.20% 89
South West -70 78 £80,000 +6.67% 192
East of England -33 77 £66,200 -22.12% 145
East Midlands -73 57 £65,000 -0.04% 67
North East +5 31 £65,000 -18.59% 32
Architect
UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, 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 England region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 614 (31.23%) Azure
2 566 (28.79%) Agile
3 534 (27.16%) Social Skills
4 481 (24.47%) Finance
5 477 (24.26%) Roadmaps
6 433 (22.02%) Degree
7 384 (19.53%) AWS
8 352 (17.90%) Security Cleared
9 343 (17.45%) DevOps
10 320 (16.28%) TOGAF
11 318 (16.17%) Microsoft
12 291 (14.80%) Mentoring
13 284 (14.45%) Enterprise Architecture
14 275 (13.99%) SC Cleared
15 249 (12.67%) Microservices
16 245 (12.46%) BPSS Clearance
17 241 (12.26%) Business Strategy
18 238 (12.11%) Technical Leadership
19 237 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
20 227 (11.55%) GCP
20 227 (11.55%) Data Architecture
21 214 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
22 213 (10.83%) Analytics
23 209 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
24 202 (10.27%) Computer Science
25 201 (10.22%) Migration
26 199 (10.12%) Management Information System
27 192 (9.77%) SQL
28 190 (9.66%) ERP
28 190 (9.66%) CI/CD

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 89 (4.53%) Confluence
2 23 (1.17%) CMS
3 20 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.41%) Apache
6 8 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.41%) SAS
7 7 (0.36%) OpenEdge
8 5 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.15%) IIS
9 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.10%) Appian
10 2 (0.10%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.10%) nginx
10 2 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.10%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.10%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 25 (1.27%) Maya
2 15 (0.76%) MS Visio
3 13 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.10%) Blender
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.10%) Windchill
8 1 (0.051%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 50 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.51%) Postilion
4 9 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.46%) SAP IBP
5 6 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.15%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.10%) Magento
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.10%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.10%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.10%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 614 (31.23%) Azure
2 384 (19.53%) AWS
3 227 (11.55%) GCP
4 171 (8.70%) SaaS
5 117 (5.95%) Power Platform
6 85 (4.32%) PaaS
7 79 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
8 78 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
9 72 (3.66%) Serverless
10 63 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
11 56 (2.85%) IaaS
12 55 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
13 44 (2.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 44 (2.24%) Power Automate
14 42 (2.14%) Entra ID
15 40 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
16 37 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 36 (1.83%) Snowflake
18 35 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
19 34 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 143 (7.27%) WAN
2 142 (7.22%) Firewall
3 82 (4.17%) LAN
4 52 (2.64%) Network Security
5 46 (2.34%) SD-WAN
6 43 (2.19%) VPN
7 38 (1.93%) MPLS
8 36 (1.83%) DNS
9 35 (1.78%) Cisco ISE
10 32 (1.63%) Ethernet
11 27 (1.37%) BGP
12 23 (1.17%) IPsec
13 21 (1.07%) Intrusion Detection
13 21 (1.07%) Junos
14 18 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
15 16 (0.81%) ATM
16 14 (0.71%) VoIP
17 12 (0.61%) TCP/IP
18 11 (0.56%) Unified Communications
19 10 (0.51%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (5.09%) Data Lake
2 75 (3.81%) NoSQL
3 74 (3.76%) Power BI
4 69 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 56 (2.85%) SQL Server
6 44 (2.24%) Metadata
7 37 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
8 31 (1.58%) Big Data
9 27 (1.37%) MySQL
10 24 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (1.07%) Relational Database
12 18 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (0.92%) Tableau
13 16 (0.81%) BigQuery
14 14 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.71%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
16 10 (0.51%) SAP BW
16 10 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 95 (4.83%) JIRA
2 63 (3.20%) Git
3 50 (2.54%) Rational DOORS
4 38 (1.93%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.73%) MSBuild
5 34 (1.73%) Octopus Deploy
5 34 (1.73%) Team Foundation Server
6 32 (1.63%) Jenkins
7 21 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
8 19 (0.97%) Ant
8 19 (0.97%) Maven
8 19 (0.97%) SonarQube
8 19 (0.97%) TeamCity
9 16 (0.81%) GitLab
10 12 (0.61%) MSI
11 7 (0.36%) ERwin
12 2 (0.10%) Liquibase
12 2 (0.10%) Selenium
12 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 534 (27.16%) Social Skills
2 481 (24.47%) Finance
3 209 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (7.88%) Manufacturing
5 139 (7.07%) Banking
6 125 (6.36%) Law
7 100 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 97 (4.93%) Marketing
8 97 (4.93%) Retail
9 94 (4.78%) Public Sector
10 80 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
11 54 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
12 52 (2.64%) Legal
13 42 (2.14%) Financial Institution
14 37 (1.88%) Games
15 33 (1.68%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.58%) Electronics
16 31 (1.58%) Retail Banking
17 25 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
18 20 (1.02%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (5.09%) REST
2 92 (4.68%) .NET
3 89 (4.53%) Middleware
4 68 (3.46%) JSON
5 48 (2.44%) HTML
6 46 (2.34%) CSS
6 46 (2.34%) Kafka
7 45 (2.29%) SOAP
7 45 (2.29%) XML
8 43 (2.19%) ASP.NET
9 34 (1.73%) gRPC
10 33 (1.68%) Bootstrap
11 29 (1.48%) Lightning Web Components
12 27 (1.37%) RESTful
13 23 (1.17%) React
14 16 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
15 15 (0.76%) Web Services
16 14 (0.71%) .NET Framework
17 13 (0.66%) AngularJS
18 12 (0.61%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 199 (10.12%) Management Information System
2 127 (6.46%) Cloud Native
3 101 (5.14%) Enterprise Software
4 86 (4.37%) Data Centre
5 67 (3.41%) Product Ownership
6 66 (3.36%) Public Cloud
7 40 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (1.22%) Security Posture
11 23 (1.17%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 18 (0.92%) IoT
13 16 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (0.81%) NHS
14 15 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (0.71%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.71%) Low-Code
15 14 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 69 (3.51%) Windows
2 61 (3.10%) Linux
3 13 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 13 (0.66%) zOS
4 12 (0.61%) Windows Vista
5 7 (0.36%) Android
5 7 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.10%) Solaris
8 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.051%) Unix
8 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (28.79%) Agile
2 477 (24.26%) Roadmaps
3 343 (17.45%) DevOps
4 320 (16.28%) TOGAF
5 291 (14.80%) Mentoring
6 284 (14.45%) Enterprise Architecture
7 249 (12.67%) Microservices
8 241 (12.26%) Business Strategy
9 238 (12.11%) Technical Leadership
10 237 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
11 227 (11.55%) Data Architecture
12 214 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
13 213 (10.83%) Analytics
14 202 (10.27%) Computer Science
15 201 (10.22%) Migration
16 190 (9.66%) CI/CD
16 190 (9.66%) ERP
17 188 (9.56%) Artificial Intelligence
18 183 (9.31%) Data Modelling
19 173 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 192 (9.77%) SQL
2 147 (7.48%) Python
3 105 (5.34%) JavaScript
4 93 (4.73%) C#
5 89 (4.53%) Java
6 62 (3.15%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.58%) Apex Code
8 29 (1.48%) Bicep
9 15 (0.76%) Bash
10 14 (0.71%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.51%) Scala
12 8 (0.41%) R
13 6 (0.31%) PHP
14 5 (0.25%) C
15 4 (0.20%) C++
15 4 (0.20%) COBOL
16 3 (0.15%) JCL
16 3 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 433 (22.02%) Degree
2 352 (17.90%) Security Cleared
3 275 (13.99%) SC Cleared
4 245 (12.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 183 (9.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 108 (5.49%) AWS Certification
7 100 (5.09%) Azure Certification
8 95 (4.83%) CISSP
9 84 (4.27%) Chartered Engineer
10 77 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
11 74 (3.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 69 (3.51%) DV Cleared
13 54 (2.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 51 (2.59%) Master's Degree
15 47 (2.39%) CCNA
16 34 (1.73%) CCNP
17 31 (1.58%) CISM
17 31 (1.58%) DBS Check
18 28 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
19 24 (1.22%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (6.71%) GDPR
2 74 (3.76%) NIST
3 69 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 41 (2.09%) Data Quality
6 36 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 34 (1.73%) HIPAA
8 29 (1.48%) NCSC
8 29 (1.48%) SLA
9 22 (1.12%) PCI DSS
10 21 (1.07%) QA
11 20 (1.02%) Accessibility
12 18 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 17 (0.86%) SOC 2
14 16 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.51%) COBIT
16 9 (0.46%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.25%) IFRS
17 5 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 120 (6.10%) Docker
2 41 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (2.03%) Active Directory
4 27 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (1.22%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.15%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.10%) KVM
8 2 (0.10%) NFS
8 2 (0.10%) SRDF
8 2 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.10%) Xen
9 1 (0.051%) ACF2
9 1 (0.051%) Firmware
9 1 (0.051%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.051%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.051%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.051%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.051%) RACF
Systems Management
1 102 (5.19%) Terraform
2 96 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 49 (2.49%) Ansible
4 35 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
5 27 (1.37%) FortiGate
6 18 (0.92%) Grafana
6 18 (0.92%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (0.71%) WMI
8 12 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (0.56%) SCCM
10 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.25%) Puppet
12 3 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.10%) Argo
13 2 (0.10%) Istio
13 2 (0.10%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.10%) Nessus
13 2 (0.10%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.051%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 318 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 153 (7.78%) Cisco
3 139 (7.07%) SAP
4 116 (5.90%) Google
5 105 (5.34%) Juniper
6 86 (4.37%) Oracle
7 82 (4.17%) IBM
8 77 (3.92%) Salesforce
9 76 (3.87%) VMware
10 70 (3.56%) Databricks
11 58 (2.95%) Siemens
12 51 (2.59%) ServiceNow
13 36 (1.83%) Fortinet
14 31 (1.58%) Aruba
15 30 (1.53%) Palo Alto
16 29 (1.48%) F5
17 25 (1.27%) CheckPoint
18 22 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
19 21 (1.07%) Blue Coat
19 21 (1.07%) Meraki