Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £73,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 32 24
Rank change year-on-year -48 -8 +39
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1,318 4,540 4,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.28% 5.55% 8.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.68% 5.85% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 872 2,508 1,448
10th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £56,219
25th Percentile £64,509 £62,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,625 £90,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £100,000 £101,975
UK median annual salary £77,310 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.36% -5.88% -

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 35,829 77,657 48,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 94.92% 88.79%
Number of salaries quoted 18,555 54,301 28,952
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,627
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 22 June 2025.

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 22 June 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 -21 421 £73,000 -2.67% 1,929
North of England -76 364 £65,000 -16.80% 954
North West -78 248 £60,000 -20.00% 537
Midlands -55 221 £71,571 -4.57% 652
West Midlands -34 149 £72,500 -6.45% 381
Scotland -25 99 £80,000 +6.67% 304
Yorkshire -64 91 £75,000 -6.17% 338
South West -63 90 £80,000 +6.67% 628
East of England -40 77 £68,750 -19.12% 550
East Midlands -54 71 £65,000 -7.14% 256
Wales -24 33 £73,000 +21.67% 116
North East -8 27 £65,000 -18.64% 79
Northern Ireland -11 18 £82,801 +3.50% 79
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 434 (32.93%) Agile
2 316 (23.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 312 (23.67%) Social Skills
4 300 (22.76%) Degree
5 296 (22.46%) Azure
6 292 (22.15%) Mentoring
7 283 (21.47%) Finance
8 280 (21.24%) DevOps
9 261 (19.80%) Roadmaps
10 237 (17.98%) Security Cleared
11 214 (16.24%) Enterprise Architecture
12 186 (14.11%) TOGAF
13 176 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 176 (13.35%) Technical Leadership
14 168 (12.75%) AWS
15 167 (12.67%) Computer Science
16 165 (12.52%) ERP
17 162 (12.29%) SC Cleared
18 157 (11.91%) Microsoft
19 155 (11.76%) Design Patterns
20 154 (11.68%) Computer Science Degree
20 154 (11.68%) Management Information System
21 148 (11.23%) Business Strategy
21 148 (11.23%) Microservices
22 147 (11.15%) Configuration Management
23 140 (10.62%) Chartered Engineer
24 133 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
25 130 (9.86%) SQL
26 129 (9.79%) Customer Requirements
27 123 (9.33%) Middleware

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 61 (4.63%) Confluence
2 28 (2.12%) CMS
3 11 (0.83%) Umbraco
4 9 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.68%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.38%) Appian
7 4 (0.30%) Apache
7 4 (0.30%) SAS
8 3 (0.23%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.15%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 14 (1.06%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Windchill
5 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.076%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
1 9 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.076%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.076%) Maximo
6 1 (0.076%) Odoo
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.076%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.076%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 296 (22.46%) Azure
2 168 (12.75%) AWS
3 108 (8.19%) SaaS
4 99 (7.51%) GCP
5 72 (5.46%) PaaS
6 59 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
7 53 (4.02%) Power Platform
8 42 (3.19%) IaaS
9 39 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
10 37 (2.81%) OCI
11 32 (2.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 31 (2.35%) Serverless
13 30 (2.28%) Entra ID
14 28 (2.12%) SonarCloud
15 27 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
16 24 (1.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 22 (1.67%) iPaaS
18 19 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 18 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 110 (8.35%) WAN
2 68 (5.16%) Firewall
3 65 (4.93%) LAN
4 40 (3.03%) VPN
5 34 (2.58%) Network Security
6 29 (2.20%) Junos
7 26 (1.97%) BGP
7 26 (1.97%) MPLS
8 22 (1.67%) IPsec
9 20 (1.52%) DNS
10 19 (1.44%) SD-WAN
11 17 (1.29%) Cisco IOS
11 17 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.83%) SDH
13 10 (0.76%) ATM
13 10 (0.76%) Frame Relay
14 9 (0.68%) VoIP
15 7 (0.53%) Ethernet
15 7 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.11%) NoSQL
2 39 (2.96%) Data Lake
3 36 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.43%) Power BI
5 31 (2.35%) SQL Server
6 28 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (1.52%) BigQuery
8 19 (1.44%) MySQL
9 14 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (0.99%) Big Data
11 10 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.76%) Metadata
12 6 (0.46%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.46%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.38%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 65 (4.93%) JIRA
2 52 (3.95%) Git
3 47 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
4 38 (2.88%) Visual Studio
5 29 (2.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 28 (2.12%) MSBuild
6 28 (2.12%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (1.14%) MSI
8 9 (0.68%) GitLab
8 9 (0.68%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.46%) ERwin
9 6 (0.46%) Selenium
10 5 (0.38%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.38%) Snyk
11 2 (0.15%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.076%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.076%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.076%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 312 (23.67%) Social Skills
2 283 (21.47%) Finance
3 123 (9.33%) Manufacturing
4 111 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (5.84%) Banking
6 58 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
7 53 (4.02%) Marketing
8 50 (3.79%) Retail
9 45 (3.41%) Law
10 40 (3.03%) Legal
11 32 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.35%) Public Sector
13 30 (2.28%) Electronics
14 28 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.37%) Advertising
17 14 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.68%) Financial Institution
19 6 (0.46%) Back Office
19 6 (0.46%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (9.33%) Middleware
2 68 (5.16%) REST
3 61 (4.63%) .NET
4 47 (3.57%) CSS
5 37 (2.81%) HTML
6 33 (2.50%) XML
7 32 (2.43%) JSON
8 28 (2.12%) ASP.NET
8 28 (2.12%) Bootstrap
8 28 (2.12%) gRPC
8 28 (2.12%) SOAP
9 27 (2.05%) Lightning Web Components
9 27 (2.05%) React
10 16 (1.21%) Kafka
11 15 (1.14%) SAML
12 12 (0.91%) jQuery
12 12 (0.91%) OAuth
12 12 (0.91%) OpenID
13 11 (0.83%) Ajax
14 10 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 154 (11.68%) Management Information System
2 54 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
3 47 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 38 (2.88%) Data Centre
6 36 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.82%) Public Cloud
9 22 (1.67%) Private Cloud
10 21 (1.59%) Operational Technology
11 15 (1.14%) NHS
12 13 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (0.76%) PKI
13 10 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.68%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.68%) SCADA
14 9 (0.68%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.61%) IoT
16 7 (0.53%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.72%) Windows
2 26 (1.97%) Linux
3 8 (0.61%) Android
4 7 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.46%) Windows Vista
6 4 (0.30%) AIX
6 4 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.15%) Solaris
7 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.076%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (32.93%) Agile
2 292 (22.15%) Mentoring
3 280 (21.24%) DevOps
4 261 (19.80%) Roadmaps
5 214 (16.24%) Enterprise Architecture
6 186 (14.11%) TOGAF
7 176 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 176 (13.35%) Technical Leadership
8 167 (12.67%) Computer Science
9 165 (12.52%) ERP
10 155 (11.76%) Design Patterns
11 148 (11.23%) Business Strategy
11 148 (11.23%) Microservices
12 147 (11.15%) Configuration Management
13 133 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
14 129 (9.79%) Customer Requirements
15 121 (9.18%) Information Security
16 117 (8.88%) SDLC
16 117 (8.88%) Waterfall
17 114 (8.65%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 130 (9.86%) SQL
2 78 (5.92%) C#
3 60 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 59 (4.48%) Python
5 57 (4.32%) Java
6 44 (3.34%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.05%) Apex Code
8 17 (1.29%) C++
9 15 (1.14%) Bicep
10 10 (0.76%) C
11 7 (0.53%) PHP
12 5 (0.38%) Scala
13 4 (0.30%) R
14 2 (0.15%) ABAP
14 2 (0.15%) SOQL
14 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.076%) Bash
15 1 (0.076%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.076%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.076%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 316 (23.98%) BPSS Clearance
2 300 (22.76%) Degree
3 237 (17.98%) Security Cleared
4 162 (12.29%) SC Cleared
5 154 (11.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 140 (10.62%) Chartered Engineer
7 88 (6.68%) DV Cleared
8 82 (6.22%) CISSP
9 68 (5.16%) Cisco Certification
10 54 (4.10%) CCNA
11 43 (3.26%) Azure Certification
12 42 (3.19%) TOGAF Certification
13 39 (2.96%) CCNP
14 36 (2.73%) Master's Degree
15 33 (2.50%) AWS Certification
16 29 (2.20%) JNCIA
17 21 (1.59%) DBS Check
17 21 (1.59%) JNCIS
18 20 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 11 (0.83%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 63 (4.78%) GDPR
3 45 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 43 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (3.19%) NIST
6 35 (2.66%) Data Quality
7 32 (2.43%) SLA
8 23 (1.75%) NCSC
9 20 (1.52%) QA
10 13 (0.99%) HIPAA
11 11 (0.83%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.68%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.30%) Basel III
16 4 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
16 4 (0.30%) IFRS
16 4 (0.30%) IFRS 9
16 4 (0.30%) JSP 440
System Software
1 72 (5.46%) Docker
2 28 (2.12%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.76%) Firmware
6 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) KVM
7 2 (0.15%) NFS
7 2 (0.15%) SRDF
7 2 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.15%) Xen
8 1 (0.076%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.076%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 54 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.96%) Terraform
3 36 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.52%) Ansible
5 17 (1.29%) WMI
6 12 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.30%) CASB
8 3 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Grafana
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.076%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.076%) Istio
10 1 (0.076%) Marathon
10 1 (0.076%) SCCM
Vendors
1 157 (11.91%) Microsoft
2 96 (7.28%) Cisco
3 88 (6.68%) Juniper
4 84 (6.37%) SAP
5 57 (4.32%) IBM
6 56 (4.25%) Oracle
6 56 (4.25%) Siemens
7 42 (3.19%) Salesforce
8 41 (3.11%) Google
9 35 (2.66%) VMware
10 31 (2.35%) Databricks
11 28 (2.12%) Fortinet
12 27 (2.05%) Aruba
13 24 (1.82%) Palo Alto
14 21 (1.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 16 (1.21%) Meraki
16 12 (0.91%) ServiceNow
17 9 (0.68%) Informatica
18 6 (0.46%) Apple
18 6 (0.46%) MuleSoft
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