Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 31 59
Rank change year-on-year -6 +28 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,821 4,396 3,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.43% 7.17% 4.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.73% 8.03% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,046 1,622 1,692
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,219 £53,418
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £64,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% +4.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

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 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
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%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the UK excluding London

Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Architect 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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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 +25 1,075 £78,126 +0.81% 165
South East 0 831 £75,000 -9.09% 187
Midlands +5 628 £75,000 - 90
North West +8 571 £75,000 - 95
South West -7 530 £75,000 +3.45% 96
Yorkshire +30 446 £79,842 -0.20% 52
West Midlands +23 394 £76,000 +1.33% 50
Scotland -46 375 £75,000 -4.46% 50
East Midlands -17 226 £65,000 -10.34% 39
East of England -34 169 £79,136 -6.90% 58
Wales -13 125 £65,000 +2.36% 23
Northern Ireland +11 98 £95,000 +31.03% 20
North East +5 58 £79,842 -4.67% 18
Isle of Man - 7 £82,500 - 2
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 - 1
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 Architect in the job title.

1 1,000 (26.17%) Azure
2 876 (22.93%) TOGAF
3 858 (22.45%) Agile
4 779 (20.39%) Security Cleared
5 772 (20.20%) AWS
6 770 (20.15%) Actionable Insight
7 740 (19.37%) Social Skills
8 737 (19.29%) Roadmaps
9 651 (17.04%) Finance
10 618 (16.17%) Microsoft
11 490 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
12 483 (12.64%) Technical Architecture
13 467 (12.22%) SC Cleared
14 413 (10.81%) Validation
15 391 (10.23%) Requirements Management
16 388 (10.15%) Degree
17 382 (10.00%) Network Management
18 381 (9.97%) Model Validation
19 375 (9.81%) Presales
20 374 (9.79%) Network Architecture
21 373 (9.76%) Enterprise Architecture
22 370 (9.68%) Data Architecture
23 361 (9.45%) Mentoring
24 344 (9.00%) VSAT
25 339 (8.87%) DevOps
26 331 (8.66%) Microservices
27 323 (8.45%) GCP
28 321 (8.40%) Public Cloud
29 319 (8.35%) Data Modelling
30 314 (8.22%) Analytics

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 77 (2.02%) SAS
2 51 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 40 (1.05%) WebLogic
4 20 (0.52%) CMS
5 14 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.34%) Anypoint
7 9 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.16%) Apache
8 6 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.13%) Drupal
10 4 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.10%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.079%) Confluence
11 3 (0.079%) WordPress
12 2 (0.052%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.052%) NetWeaver
12 2 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.026%) Appian
13 1 (0.026%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.026%) Umbraco
Applications
1 25 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (0.47%) Simulink
3 16 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.052%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.026%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.026%) Revit
Business Applications
1 87 (2.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 86 (2.25%) SAP ERP
3 36 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
5 29 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
6 12 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 10 (0.26%) SAP PP
8 9 (0.24%) SAP BPC
9 7 (0.18%) SAP MM
9 7 (0.18%) SAP SD
10 6 (0.16%) SAP IBP
11 5 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.13%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.13%) SAP WM
12 4 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
12 4 (0.10%) SAP APO
13 3 (0.079%) Salesforce CRM
14 2 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
14 2 (0.052%) SAP SCM
15 1 (0.026%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1,000 (26.17%) Azure
2 772 (20.20%) AWS
3 323 (8.45%) GCP
4 262 (6.86%) SaaS
5 222 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
6 187 (4.89%) Power Platform
7 134 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
8 114 (2.98%) PaaS
9 102 (2.67%) IaaS
10 87 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
11 69 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
12 59 (1.54%) Serverless
13 51 (1.33%) PowerApps
14 50 (1.31%) Amazon SQS
15 45 (1.18%) Snowflake
16 42 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
17 41 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
18 28 (0.73%) Power Automate
19 26 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
20 25 (0.65%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 344 (9.00%) VSAT
2 111 (2.90%) WAN
3 94 (2.46%) Firewall
4 91 (2.38%) DNS
5 86 (2.25%) SD-WAN
6 82 (2.15%) Broadband
7 78 (2.04%) TCP/IP
8 70 (1.83%) Network Security
9 57 (1.49%) BGP
10 53 (1.39%) SSL
11 48 (1.26%) VPN
12 30 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
13 27 (0.71%) Wireless
14 26 (0.68%) LAN
15 25 (0.65%) HTTP
16 24 (0.63%) DHCP
17 16 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
18 15 (0.39%) VLAN
19 14 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
20 13 (0.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 224 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
2 109 (2.85%) BigQuery
3 105 (2.75%) NoSQL
4 98 (2.56%) Looker
5 87 (2.28%) Relational Database
6 86 (2.25%) Metadata
7 83 (2.17%) Power BI
8 73 (1.91%) Data Lake
9 58 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
10 57 (1.49%) Big Data
10 57 (1.49%) SQL Server
11 55 (1.44%) RDBMS
12 41 (1.07%) Oracle Database
13 25 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
14 21 (0.55%) MongoDB
15 19 (0.50%) DB2
16 18 (0.47%) Data Vault
17 16 (0.42%) GIS
18 10 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 10 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (1.18%) Git
2 42 (1.10%) Visual Studio
3 24 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 22 (0.58%) GitLab
5 21 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
7 8 (0.21%) Maven
8 7 (0.18%) JIRA
9 4 (0.10%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.10%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.10%) JUnit
10 3 (0.079%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.079%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.052%) CANoe
11 2 (0.052%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.052%) ERwin
11 2 (0.052%) MLflow
11 2 (0.052%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.026%) Postman
12 1 (0.026%) SonarQube
General
1 740 (19.37%) Social Skills
2 651 (17.04%) Finance
3 291 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (5.10%) Public Sector
5 190 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 162 (4.24%) Retail
7 151 (3.95%) Banking
8 147 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
9 109 (2.85%) Law
10 101 (2.64%) Marketing
11 96 (2.51%) Legal
12 81 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
13 58 (1.52%) Manufacturing
14 55 (1.44%) Aerospace
15 38 (0.99%) Games
15 38 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
16 27 (0.71%) Automotive
17 26 (0.68%) Telecoms
18 24 (0.63%) Military
19 19 (0.50%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (4.71%) .NET
2 66 (1.73%) Spring Boot
3 59 (1.54%) OpenID
4 49 (1.28%) Kafka
4 49 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
5 46 (1.20%) SAML
6 39 (1.02%) HTML
6 39 (1.02%) REST
7 35 (0.92%) JSON
7 35 (0.92%) OAuth
8 33 (0.86%) React
9 32 (0.84%) Web Services
10 31 (0.81%) .NET Framework
11 30 (0.79%) Node.js
12 27 (0.71%) Middleware
13 26 (0.68%) YAML
14 25 (0.65%) Spring
15 22 (0.58%) RESTful
15 22 (0.58%) XML
16 19 (0.50%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 321 (8.40%) Public Cloud
2 276 (7.22%) Cloud Native
3 141 (3.69%) Management Information System
4 125 (3.27%) Data Centre
5 123 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
6 90 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
7 89 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 88 (2.30%) PKI
9 56 (1.47%) IoT
10 49 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 39 (1.02%) Security Posture
12 38 (0.99%) Private Cloud
13 37 (0.97%) PMI
14 33 (0.86%) Mobile App
15 32 (0.84%) Blockchain
16 31 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 28 (0.73%) Credit Risk
17 28 (0.73%) Data Structures
18 23 (0.60%) Cyberattack
19 22 (0.58%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 159 (4.16%) Linux
2 77 (2.02%) Windows
3 41 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 38 (0.99%) Unix
5 20 (0.52%) Android
6 17 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.18%) Solaris
9 7 (0.18%) VME
10 6 (0.16%) Mesosphere
11 4 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.10%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.052%) CentOS
13 1 (0.026%) HPUX
13 1 (0.026%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 876 (22.93%) TOGAF
2 858 (22.45%) Agile
3 770 (20.15%) Actionable Insight
4 737 (19.29%) Roadmaps
5 490 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
6 483 (12.64%) Technical Architecture
7 413 (10.81%) Validation
8 391 (10.23%) Requirements Management
9 382 (10.00%) Network Management
10 381 (9.97%) Model Validation
11 375 (9.81%) Presales
12 374 (9.79%) Network Architecture
13 373 (9.76%) Enterprise Architecture
14 370 (9.68%) Data Architecture
15 361 (9.45%) Mentoring
16 339 (8.87%) DevOps
17 331 (8.66%) Microservices
18 319 (8.35%) Data Modelling
19 314 (8.22%) Analytics
20 295 (7.72%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 179 (4.68%) SQL
2 168 (4.40%) Python
3 152 (3.98%) Java
4 144 (3.77%) C#
5 95 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 51 (1.33%) C
7 49 (1.28%) C++
8 41 (1.07%) T-SQL
9 40 (1.05%) PowerShell
10 23 (0.60%) MATLAB
11 12 (0.31%) Kotlin
11 12 (0.31%) Ruby
12 11 (0.29%) R
12 11 (0.29%) Scala
13 10 (0.26%) Go
14 9 (0.24%) Fortran
15 8 (0.21%) Embedded C
16 7 (0.18%) Bicep
16 7 (0.18%) COBOL
16 7 (0.18%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 779 (20.39%) Security Cleared
2 467 (12.22%) SC Cleared
3 388 (10.15%) Degree
4 142 (3.72%) DV Cleared
5 139 (3.64%) Azure Certification
6 132 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 126 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
8 116 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
9 103 (2.70%) CISSP
10 93 (2.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 88 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 76 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
13 66 (1.73%) CISM
14 52 (1.36%) CCNP
15 49 (1.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 45 (1.18%) CCNA
16 45 (1.18%) CCSP
17 40 (1.05%) PMI Certification
18 38 (0.99%) CCSK
19 37 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (3.95%) GDPR
2 148 (3.87%) Data Quality
3 77 (2.02%) NIST
4 53 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (1.07%) QA
6 32 (0.84%) COBIT
7 23 (0.60%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 20 (0.52%) SLA
9 19 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.18%) ISO 13485
10 7 (0.18%) ISO 26262
11 6 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (0.16%) NCSC
12 5 (0.13%) SEPA
13 4 (0.10%) GRC
14 3 (0.079%) HMG Infosec
14 3 (0.079%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.079%) PMO
System Software
1 106 (2.77%) Docker
2 39 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.52%) Active Directory
6 18 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
7 13 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.31%) vSphere
9 11 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.26%) Firmware
11 5 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.079%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.052%) Kamailio
13 2 (0.052%) KVM
13 2 (0.052%) Xen
14 1 (0.026%) HDFS
14 1 (0.026%) RACF
Systems Management
1 174 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 107 (2.80%) Terraform
3 37 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (0.76%) Ansible
4 29 (0.76%) OpenView
5 25 (0.65%) Puppet
6 18 (0.47%) Stealthwatch
7 15 (0.39%) CASB
8 9 (0.24%) Grafana
8 9 (0.24%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.21%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.16%) Endace
11 6 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.16%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.13%) SCOM
13 4 (0.10%) Suricata
14 3 (0.079%) Functional Safety
14 3 (0.079%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 618 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 261 (6.83%) Google
3 184 (4.82%) Oracle
4 158 (4.14%) SAP
5 111 (2.90%) Cisco
6 87 (2.28%) Sparx
7 75 (1.96%) Anaplan
7 75 (1.96%) Hyperion
8 69 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 55 (1.44%) Databricks
10 52 (1.36%) Salesforce
11 51 (1.33%) VMware
12 47 (1.23%) Apple
12 47 (1.23%) Juniper
13 42 (1.10%) Adobe
14 39 (1.02%) Meraki
15 31 (0.81%) MuleSoft
16 30 (0.79%) HP
17 29 (0.76%) BMC
17 29 (0.76%) Remedy