IT Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 728 700
Rank change year-on-year +168 -28 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Architect 25 35 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.064% 0.049% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.052% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 7 29 23
10th Percentile £63,570 £54,601 £50,970
25th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £68,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -11.43% +25.00%
75th Percentile £86,875 £116,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £88,500 - £93,250
UK median annual salary £82,000 £82,500 £84,000
% change year-on-year -0.61% -1.79% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,427 67,196 53,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.83% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18,481 47,540 30,291
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Architect in the UK excluding London

IT Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Architect in the UK excluding London

IT Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Architect in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
South East +106 16 £85,000 +50.65% 8
East of England +43 4 £80,000 +6.67%
North of England +43 3 £70,000 -37.78% 4
North West 0 3 £70,000 +60.03% 2
Midlands +66 2 £86,250 +1.47% 2
East Midlands - 2 £86,250 -
IT Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, IT 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 IT Architect in the job title.

1 19 (76.00%) SaaS
1 19 (76.00%) PaaS
2 18 (72.00%) ERP
3 17 (68.00%) Agile
4 16 (64.00%) Azure
4 16 (64.00%) Risk Management
5 15 (60.00%) Practice Management
5 15 (60.00%) Finance
5 15 (60.00%) Legal
5 15 (60.00%) Migration
5 15 (60.00%) CMS
5 15 (60.00%) Marketing
5 15 (60.00%) Data Governance
5 15 (60.00%) Mentoring
5 15 (60.00%) Coaching
5 15 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (60.00%) iPaaS
5 15 (60.00%) Marketing Automation
5 15 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 15 (60.00%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (60.00%) Creative Thinking
5 15 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
5 15 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (24.00%) TOGAF
6 6 (24.00%) ITIL
7 5 (20.00%) Project Management
8 4 (16.00%) IaaS
9 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
9 3 (12.00%) ISSAP

IT 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 15 (60.00%) CMS
2 2 (8.00%) Confluence
3 1 (4.00%) IIS
3 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) PaaS
1 19 (76.00%) SaaS
2 16 (64.00%) Azure
3 15 (60.00%) iPaaS
4 4 (16.00%) IaaS
5 3 (12.00%) AWS
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DMZ
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (60.00%) Finance
1 15 (60.00%) Legal
1 15 (60.00%) Marketing
1 15 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
1 15 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 15 (60.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) ERP
2 17 (68.00%) Agile
3 16 (64.00%) Risk Management
4 15 (60.00%) Coaching
4 15 (60.00%) Creative Thinking
4 15 (60.00%) Data Governance
4 15 (60.00%) Marketing Automation
4 15 (60.00%) Mentoring
4 15 (60.00%) Migration
4 15 (60.00%) Practice Management
4 15 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 6 (24.00%) ITIL
5 6 (24.00%) TOGAF
6 5 (20.00%) Project Management
7 2 (8.00%) CAD
7 2 (8.00%) Data Architecture
7 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (8.00%) Information Security
7 2 (8.00%) PLM
7 2 (8.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (12.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 3 (12.00%) ISSAP
2 2 (8.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CISM
3 1 (4.00%) CISSP
3 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.00%) NCSC
1 1 (4.00%) NIST
1 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) SAP
1 2 (8.00%) Siemens
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft