Service Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £62,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 561 551
Rank change year-on-year +64 -10 +211
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Architect 12 5 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.014% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.015% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 13
10th Percentile £60,300 £72,225 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,750 £74,813 £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £83,750 £56,350
Median % change year-on-year -25.97% +48.62% -24.87%
75th Percentile £71,000 £90,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,400 - -
UK median annual salary £62,000 £86,250 £57,075
% change year-on-year -28.12% +51.12% -32.85%

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 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Service Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Service Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Service Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Service Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Service Architect in the UK excluding London

Service 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 Service Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +36 5 £62,000 -25.97% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
East of England - 3 - -
Service Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Service 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 Service Architect in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) ITIL
1 7 (58.33%) Service Design
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) SIAM
3 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Service Management
4 4 (33.33%) AWS
4 4 (33.33%) Azure
4 4 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) DevOps
4 4 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 4 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 4 (33.33%) Presales
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Runbook
4 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) SFIA
4 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 4 (33.33%) Transition Management
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (16.67%) Six Sigma
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (8.33%) Impact Assessments

Service 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 4 (33.33%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) ITIL
1 7 (58.33%) Service Design
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) SIAM
3 5 (41.67%) Service Management
4 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) DevOps
4 4 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) Presales
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Runbook
4 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) SFIA
4 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 4 (33.33%) Transition Management
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (16.67%) Six Sigma
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (8.33%) IT4IT
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto