Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 61 51
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 2,210 1,128 3,040
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.51% 4.25% 4.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.78% 4.80% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,569 808 1,973
10th Percentile £55,544 £57,293 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -5.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,900 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.07% +1.13% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 58,528 23,499 63,586
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 88.50% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 37,331 14,551 46,799
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies 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 19 April 2026.

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 19 April 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
North of England +18 666 £85,000 +21.43% 152
South East -9 441 £85,000 +6.25% 144
North West +35 359 £90,000 +28.57% 95
Midlands -1 352 £80,000 +10.34% 95
South West +46 302 £77,500 +7.65% 93
West Midlands -3 258 £80,000 +6.67% 73
Yorkshire +12 208 £82,500 +3.13% 44
East of England +17 197 £90,000 +22.45% 54
Scotland +11 158 £90,000 +12.50% 13
North East +4 99 £80,000 +23.08% 14
East Midlands -23 92 £65,000 - 22
Wales +9 68 £80,000 +20.30% 20
Northern Ireland -13 37 £80,000 -8.57% 5
Architect
UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 UK excluding London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 425 (19.23%) Azure
2 326 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 245 (11.09%) Microsoft
4 243 (11.00%) Roadmaps
5 225 (10.18%) AWS
6 212 (9.59%) Agile
7 201 (9.10%) TOGAF
8 200 (9.05%) Enterprise Architecture
9 188 (8.51%) Data Modelling
10 180 (8.14%) SC Cleared
11 171 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
12 161 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
13 160 (7.24%) Data Architecture
14 153 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 152 (6.88%) DevOps
16 151 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
17 146 (6.61%) Analytics
18 138 (6.24%) AI
18 138 (6.24%) Degree
19 137 (6.20%) IT Strategy
20 124 (5.61%) Technology Strategy
21 118 (5.34%) DV Cleared
22 113 (5.11%) Data Governance
23 109 (4.93%) Architectural Design
23 109 (4.93%) Mentoring
23 109 (4.93%) Technical Leadership
24 102 (4.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
25 101 (4.57%) CI/CD
26 99 (4.48%) Technology Roadmap
27 98 (4.43%) Decision-Making

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.72%) Confluence
3 13 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.23%) Apache
5 5 (0.23%) CMS
6 4 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.14%) SAS
7 3 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.090%) JBoss
8 2 (0.090%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.045%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.045%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.045%) Camunda
9 1 (0.045%) IIS
9 1 (0.045%) Strapi
9 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.090%) ArchiCAD
1 2 (0.090%) Revit
2 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.045%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.27%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.23%) SAP CAR
5 5 (0.23%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.090%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.045%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.045%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.045%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 425 (19.23%) Azure
2 225 (10.18%) AWS
3 90 (4.07%) Power Platform
4 89 (4.03%) GCP
5 83 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
6 74 (3.35%) SaaS
7 58 (2.62%) Snowflake
8 56 (2.53%) Serverless
9 54 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
10 45 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 39 (1.76%) PaaS
12 35 (1.58%) IaaS
13 30 (1.36%) Entra ID
14 26 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.59%) iPaaS
16 12 (0.54%) GitHub
17 8 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
18 7 (0.32%) Azure Logic Apps
18 7 (0.32%) Mimecast
18 7 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 55 (2.49%) Broadband
2 51 (2.31%) Firewall
3 30 (1.36%) Network Security
4 23 (1.04%) VPN
5 20 (0.90%) DNS
6 19 (0.86%) WAN
7 11 (0.50%) LAN
8 9 (0.41%) Internet
9 7 (0.32%) MPLS
9 7 (0.32%) NetScaler
9 7 (0.32%) SAN
10 6 (0.27%) BGP
10 6 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.27%) HTTP
10 6 (0.27%) SNMP
11 5 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.18%) NAS
12 4 (0.18%) SSL
12 4 (0.18%) VLAN
12 4 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
2 56 (2.53%) Metadata
3 38 (1.72%) Power BI
4 21 (0.95%) Tableau
5 19 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 18 (0.81%) NoSQL
7 16 (0.72%) SQL Server
8 11 (0.50%) GIS
9 10 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.41%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.27%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.27%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.18%) Big Data
12 4 (0.18%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.18%) DB2
13 3 (0.14%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.14%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 41 (1.86%) Jenkins
2 36 (1.63%) GitLab
3 34 (1.54%) SonarQube
4 14 (0.63%) JIRA
5 11 (0.50%) Snyk
6 4 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.14%) Git
8 2 (0.090%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.090%) JMeter
8 2 (0.090%) Postman
8 2 (0.090%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.090%) Selenium
9 1 (0.045%) MLflow
9 1 (0.045%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.045%) Yeoman
General
1 283 (12.81%) Social Skills
2 220 (9.95%) Finance
3 170 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 109 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 73 (3.30%) Games
7 67 (3.03%) Marketing
8 52 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 41 (1.86%) Retail
11 39 (1.76%) Manufacturing
12 32 (1.45%) Legal
13 24 (1.09%) Law
14 19 (0.86%) Telecoms
15 18 (0.81%) Banking
16 14 (0.63%) Electronics
17 12 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (0.41%) Publishing
19 8 (0.36%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (2.53%) REST
2 50 (2.26%) SOAP
3 44 (1.99%) Lightning Web Components
4 41 (1.86%) Middleware
5 37 (1.67%) .NET
6 34 (1.54%) Node.js
6 34 (1.54%) Visualforce
7 21 (0.95%) React
8 18 (0.81%) XML
9 15 (0.68%) Django
10 14 (0.63%) JSON
10 14 (0.63%) Kafka
11 13 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
12 12 (0.54%) LDAP
13 10 (0.45%) EDI
13 10 (0.45%) NestJS
13 10 (0.45%) OAuth
13 10 (0.45%) Regular Expression
14 8 (0.36%) GraphQL
14 8 (0.36%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 75 (3.39%) Cloud Native
2 55 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
3 52 (2.35%) Product Ownership
4 44 (1.99%) Data Centre
5 36 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.49%) Operational Technology
7 32 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.22%) Management Information System
9 27 (1.22%) PKI
10 25 (1.13%) Cyberattack
11 23 (1.04%) Virtual Team
12 18 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (0.77%) Public Cloud
14 14 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (0.59%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.59%) IoT
16 10 (0.45%) Taxonomies
17 9 (0.41%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.04%) Windows
2 32 (1.45%) Windows Server
3 23 (1.04%) Linux
4 12 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.090%) Android
6 1 (0.045%) CentOS
6 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (11.00%) Roadmaps
2 212 (9.59%) Agile
3 201 (9.10%) TOGAF
4 200 (9.05%) Enterprise Architecture
5 188 (8.51%) Data Modelling
6 171 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
7 161 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (7.24%) Data Architecture
9 153 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
10 152 (6.88%) DevOps
11 151 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 146 (6.61%) Analytics
13 138 (6.24%) AI
14 137 (6.20%) IT Strategy
15 124 (5.61%) Technology Strategy
16 113 (5.11%) Data Governance
17 109 (4.93%) Architectural Design
17 109 (4.93%) Mentoring
17 109 (4.93%) Technical Leadership
18 102 (4.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 83 (3.76%) Python
2 73 (3.30%) SQL
3 38 (1.72%) Java
4 37 (1.67%) Apex Code
5 36 (1.63%) C#
6 35 (1.58%) SOQL
7 34 (1.54%) SOSL
8 22 (1.00%) JavaScript
9 20 (0.90%) TypeScript
10 19 (0.86%) PowerShell
11 11 (0.50%) Bicep
12 6 (0.27%) Bash
12 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.18%) C
13 4 (0.18%) C++
13 4 (0.18%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.18%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.090%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.090%) PHP
14 2 (0.090%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 326 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 180 (8.14%) SC Cleared
3 138 (6.24%) Degree
4 118 (5.34%) DV Cleared
5 53 (2.40%) TOGAF Certification
6 49 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (1.90%) AWS Certification
8 39 (1.76%) Azure Certification
9 36 (1.63%) CISSP
10 30 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 30 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.00%) CISM
13 21 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (0.86%) PMI Certification
14 19 (0.86%) PMP
15 14 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (0.54%) CCSP
17 10 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
17 10 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (3.48%) Data Quality
2 57 (2.58%) NIST
3 43 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 31 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.27%) GDPR
6 27 (1.22%) QA
7 21 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 17 (0.77%) NCSC
9 12 (0.54%) GRC
10 9 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 8 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.090%) IFRS
13 2 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.090%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.090%) PMO
13 2 (0.090%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.090%) WCAG
14 1 (0.045%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.045%) HL7
System Software
1 56 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.59%) vSphere
5 12 (0.54%) VMware NSX
6 10 (0.45%) Docker
7 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.045%) GPFS
8 1 (0.045%) Lustre
8 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.045%) vCloud
8 1 (0.045%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (1.13%) Terraform
2 16 (0.72%) MOM
3 12 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.45%) vRealize
5 9 (0.41%) Netcool
6 8 (0.36%) Endace
6 8 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.27%) Ansible
8 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.14%) CASB
10 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.045%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.045%) Grafana
10 1 (0.045%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.045%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.045%) SCCM
10 1 (0.045%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 245 (11.09%) Microsoft
2 77 (3.48%) SAP
3 66 (2.99%) Databricks
4 65 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 62 (2.81%) Salesforce
6 49 (2.22%) VMware
7 35 (1.58%) Oracle
7 35 (1.58%) Splunk
8 27 (1.22%) Google
9 23 (1.04%) Anaplan
9 23 (1.04%) Cisco
10 20 (0.90%) Palantir
11 18 (0.81%) Genesys
11 18 (0.81%) Verint
12 17 (0.77%) Sparx
13 16 (0.72%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
15 14 (0.63%) Juniper
16 12 (0.54%) Fortinet
17 11 (0.50%) Siemens