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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 32 61
Rank change year-on-year -4 +29 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3,901 4,310 3,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.50% 7.19% 4.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.80% 8.07% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,082 1,577 1,661
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,219 £53,418
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £64,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.58%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
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 67,288 53,426 67,910
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.15% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,613 30,415 42,495
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 £81,250 £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 10 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 10 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 +26 1,094 £78,126 -1.11% 159
South East +1 876 £75,000 -11.76% 138
Midlands +2 641 £75,000 - 89
North West +8 583 £75,000 - 94
South West -6 523 £75,000 +2.74% 81
Yorkshire +32 450 £79,887 -0.14% 45
West Midlands +25 403 £77,500 +3.33% 46
Scotland -45 371 £75,400 -4.25% 37
East Midlands -16 231 £65,025 -10.31% 42
East of England -26 177 £82,500 -2.94% 47
Wales -16 126 £65,000 +2.36% 22
Northern Ireland +9 102 £95,000 +31.03% 16
North East +9 61 £79,842 -6.07% 20
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 10 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 1,022 (26.20%) Azure
2 868 (22.25%) Agile
3 858 (21.99%) TOGAF
4 794 (20.35%) Social Skills
5 792 (20.30%) AWS
6 757 (19.41%) Security Cleared
7 742 (19.02%) Roadmaps
8 712 (18.25%) Actionable Insight
9 631 (16.18%) Microsoft
10 630 (16.15%) Finance
11 538 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
12 470 (12.05%) Technical Architecture
13 456 (11.69%) Degree
13 456 (11.69%) SC Cleared
14 422 (10.82%) Mentoring
15 390 (10.00%) Validation
16 379 (9.72%) Requirements Management
17 373 (9.56%) Network Management
18 372 (9.54%) Presales
19 365 (9.36%) Enterprise Architecture
20 363 (9.31%) Network Architecture
21 361 (9.25%) Data Architecture
22 359 (9.20%) Model Validation
23 357 (9.15%) DevOps
24 334 (8.56%) VSAT
25 321 (8.23%) GCP
26 320 (8.20%) Microservices
27 319 (8.18%) Public Cloud
28 312 (8.00%) Data Modelling
29 311 (7.97%) Migration

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 (1.97%) SAS
2 52 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 40 (1.03%) WebLogic
4 18 (0.46%) CMS
5 15 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.15%) Apache
7 6 (0.15%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.13%) Drupal
9 4 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.10%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.077%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.077%) WordPress
11 2 (0.051%) Confluence
11 2 (0.051%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.026%) Appian
12 1 (0.026%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.026%) Umbraco
Applications
1 25 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (0.46%) Simulink
3 16 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.051%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.051%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.026%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.026%) Revit
Business Applications
1 86 (2.20%) SAP ERP
1 86 (2.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 36 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 33 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 29 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 10 (0.26%) SAP PP
7 9 (0.23%) SAP BPC
8 7 (0.18%) SAP MM
8 7 (0.18%) SAP SD
9 6 (0.15%) SAP IBP
10 5 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.13%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.13%) SAP WM
11 4 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
11 4 (0.10%) SAP APO
12 3 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
13 2 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
13 2 (0.051%) SAP SCM
14 1 (0.026%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1,022 (26.20%) Azure
2 792 (20.30%) AWS
3 321 (8.23%) GCP
4 260 (6.66%) SaaS
5 223 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
6 192 (4.92%) Power Platform
7 144 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
8 111 (2.85%) PaaS
9 101 (2.59%) IaaS
10 89 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
11 70 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
12 59 (1.51%) Serverless
13 53 (1.36%) PowerApps
14 49 (1.26%) Amazon SQS
15 44 (1.13%) Snowflake
16 43 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
17 41 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
18 29 (0.74%) Power Automate
19 27 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
20 24 (0.62%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 334 (8.56%) VSAT
2 113 (2.90%) WAN
3 93 (2.38%) Firewall
4 90 (2.31%) DNS
5 89 (2.28%) SD-WAN
6 82 (2.10%) Broadband
7 79 (2.03%) TCP/IP
8 73 (1.87%) Network Security
9 56 (1.44%) BGP
10 53 (1.36%) SSL
11 49 (1.26%) VPN
12 32 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
13 27 (0.69%) Wireless
14 25 (0.64%) HTTP
14 25 (0.64%) LAN
15 23 (0.59%) DHCP
16 16 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
17 14 (0.36%) Internet
17 14 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
17 14 (0.36%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (5.82%) Data Warehouse
2 109 (2.79%) BigQuery
3 104 (2.67%) NoSQL
4 98 (2.51%) Looker
5 88 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 86 (2.20%) Data Lake
6 86 (2.20%) Metadata
7 83 (2.13%) Power BI
8 57 (1.46%) SQL Server
9 55 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
9 55 (1.41%) Big Data
9 55 (1.41%) RDBMS
10 41 (1.05%) Oracle Database
11 29 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
12 24 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
13 21 (0.54%) MongoDB
14 19 (0.49%) DB2
15 18 (0.46%) Data Vault
16 16 (0.41%) GIS
17 10 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 45 (1.15%) Visual Studio
2 43 (1.10%) Git
3 24 (0.62%) GitLab
4 21 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
5 20 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.18%) Maven
8 6 (0.15%) JIRA
9 4 (0.10%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.077%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.077%) JUnit
10 3 (0.077%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.077%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.051%) CANoe
11 2 (0.051%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.051%) ERwin
11 2 (0.051%) MLflow
11 2 (0.051%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.026%) MSI
General
1 794 (20.35%) Social Skills
2 630 (16.15%) Finance
3 289 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 250 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 184 (4.72%) Public Sector
6 157 (4.02%) Retail
7 147 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
8 135 (3.46%) Banking
9 109 (2.79%) Law
9 109 (2.79%) Marketing
10 91 (2.33%) Legal
11 77 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
12 68 (1.74%) Aerospace
13 58 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 38 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (0.87%) Games
16 27 (0.69%) Automotive
17 26 (0.67%) Telecoms
18 24 (0.62%) Military
19 20 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (4.61%) .NET
2 64 (1.64%) Spring Boot
3 59 (1.51%) OpenID
4 50 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
5 47 (1.20%) Kafka
6 46 (1.18%) SAML
7 39 (1.00%) HTML
8 36 (0.92%) REST
9 35 (0.90%) OAuth
10 34 (0.87%) JSON
10 34 (0.87%) Web Services
11 32 (0.82%) .NET Framework
11 32 (0.82%) React
12 30 (0.77%) Node.js
13 29 (0.74%) Middleware
14 27 (0.69%) YAML
15 21 (0.54%) RESTful
15 21 (0.54%) Spring
15 21 (0.54%) XML
16 20 (0.51%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 319 (8.18%) Public Cloud
2 284 (7.28%) Cloud Native
3 141 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 127 (3.26%) Data Centre
5 122 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 87 (2.23%) Product Ownership
7 86 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 86 (2.20%) PKI
8 57 (1.46%) IoT
9 48 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 42 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
11 39 (1.00%) Security Posture
12 37 (0.95%) PMI
13 35 (0.90%) Private Cloud
14 34 (0.87%) Mobile App
15 31 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 30 (0.77%) Blockchain
17 28 (0.72%) Credit Risk
18 23 (0.59%) Cyberattack
18 23 (0.59%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 175 (4.49%) Linux
2 77 (1.97%) Windows
3 41 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 38 (0.97%) Unix
5 20 (0.51%) Android
6 17 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.21%) VME
9 7 (0.18%) Solaris
10 6 (0.15%) Mesosphere
11 5 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (0.13%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.051%) CentOS
13 1 (0.026%) HPUX
13 1 (0.026%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 868 (22.25%) Agile
2 858 (21.99%) TOGAF
3 742 (19.02%) Roadmaps
4 712 (18.25%) Actionable Insight
5 538 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
6 470 (12.05%) Technical Architecture
7 422 (10.82%) Mentoring
8 390 (10.00%) Validation
9 379 (9.72%) Requirements Management
10 373 (9.56%) Network Management
11 372 (9.54%) Presales
12 365 (9.36%) Enterprise Architecture
13 363 (9.31%) Network Architecture
14 361 (9.25%) Data Architecture
15 359 (9.20%) Model Validation
16 357 (9.15%) DevOps
17 320 (8.20%) Microservices
18 312 (8.00%) Data Modelling
19 311 (7.97%) Migration
20 309 (7.92%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 184 (4.72%) SQL
2 169 (4.33%) Python
3 148 (3.79%) C#
4 147 (3.77%) Java
5 97 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 52 (1.33%) C
6 52 (1.33%) C++
7 43 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 41 (1.05%) T-SQL
9 23 (0.59%) MATLAB
10 14 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 12 (0.31%) Fortran
11 12 (0.31%) Ruby
12 11 (0.28%) R
12 11 (0.28%) Scala
13 10 (0.26%) Go
14 8 (0.21%) COBOL
14 8 (0.21%) Embedded C
14 8 (0.21%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 7 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 757 (19.41%) Security Cleared
2 456 (11.69%) Degree
2 456 (11.69%) SC Cleared
3 141 (3.61%) Azure Certification
4 136 (3.49%) DV Cleared
5 133 (3.41%) AWS Certification
6 125 (3.20%) TOGAF Certification
7 118 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
8 101 (2.59%) CISSP
9 93 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 87 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 76 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 66 (1.69%) CISM
13 55 (1.41%) CCNP
14 48 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 48 (1.23%) CCNA
15 44 (1.13%) CCSP
16 40 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
16 40 (1.03%) PMI Certification
17 37 (0.95%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (3.85%) GDPR
2 149 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 77 (1.97%) NIST
4 52 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (1.03%) QA
6 32 (0.82%) COBIT
7 23 (0.59%) Accessibility
8 21 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 20 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (0.51%) SLA
10 19 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (0.18%) ISO 13485
11 7 (0.18%) ISO 26262
12 6 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.10%) GRC
13 4 (0.10%) NCSC
13 4 (0.10%) SEPA
14 3 (0.077%) HMG Infosec
14 3 (0.077%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.077%) PMO
System Software
1 102 (2.61%) Docker
2 38 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.51%) Active Directory
6 18 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
7 13 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.31%) vSphere
9 11 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.26%) Firmware
11 5 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.051%) Kamailio
12 2 (0.051%) KVM
12 2 (0.051%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.051%) Xen
13 1 (0.026%) HDFS
13 1 (0.026%) RACF
Systems Management
1 170 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 107 (2.74%) Terraform
3 38 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (0.74%) OpenView
5 27 (0.69%) Ansible
6 25 (0.64%) Puppet
7 21 (0.54%) Stealthwatch
8 15 (0.38%) CASB
9 9 (0.23%) Grafana
9 9 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.23%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.21%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.15%) Endace
11 6 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.13%) SCOM
12 5 (0.13%) Suricata
12 5 (0.13%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.077%) MOM
13 3 (0.077%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 631 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 262 (6.72%) Google
3 183 (4.69%) Oracle
4 159 (4.08%) SAP
5 113 (2.90%) Cisco
6 86 (2.20%) Sparx
7 75 (1.92%) Anaplan
7 75 (1.92%) Hyperion
8 69 (1.77%) ServiceNow
9 54 (1.38%) Databricks
10 50 (1.28%) Apple
10 50 (1.28%) VMware
11 48 (1.23%) Juniper
12 43 (1.10%) Adobe
13 42 (1.08%) Meraki
14 41 (1.05%) Salesforce
15 30 (0.77%) HP
16 29 (0.74%) BMC
16 29 (0.74%) Remedy
17 26 (0.67%) IBM