Architect Jobs in Wales

Architect
UK > Wales

The median Architect salary in Wales is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 10 74
Rank change year-on-year -16 +64 -21
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 143 244 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 6.54% 14.45% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.03% 16.80% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 53 54 44
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £53,600
25th Percentile £51,750 £42,819 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,121 £70,625
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% -10.62% +17.71%
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £79,600
90th Percentile £81,349 £96,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 2,035 1,452 1,889
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 85.97% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,389 805 1,146
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year - -5.59% +12.15%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Wales

Architect
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in Wales.

Salary trend for Architect in Wales

Architect
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Wales over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in Wales

Architect
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Wales region over the 6 months to 29 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
South Wales -11 131 £60,000 -14.29% 15
North Wales +15 4 £45,000 -25.00%
West Wales -3 2 £71,048 +53.75% 5
Architect
UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 29 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 Wales region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 60 (41.96%) Actionable Insight
2 55 (38.46%) TOGAF
3 46 (32.17%) Azure
4 44 (30.77%) Technical Architecture
5 35 (24.48%) Security Cleared
6 34 (23.78%) AWS
7 33 (23.08%) VSAT
7 33 (23.08%) Network Architecture
7 33 (23.08%) Network Management
7 33 (23.08%) Requirements Management
7 33 (23.08%) Validation
7 33 (23.08%) Model Validation
7 33 (23.08%) Social Skills
8 27 (18.88%) Agile
9 26 (18.18%) SC Cleared
10 23 (16.08%) Presales
11 22 (15.38%) Microsoft
12 19 (13.29%) Migration
13 16 (11.19%) Project Management
14 14 (9.79%) Power Platform
14 14 (9.79%) SaaS
15 12 (8.39%) DevOps
15 12 (8.39%) Public Cloud
15 12 (8.39%) Roadmaps
15 12 (8.39%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (6.99%) Data Warehouse
16 10 (6.99%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (6.29%) GCP
17 9 (6.29%) Cloud Native

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (2.80%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (32.17%) Azure
2 34 (23.78%) AWS
3 14 (9.79%) Power Platform
3 14 (9.79%) SaaS
4 12 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (6.29%) GCP
6 5 (3.50%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (2.80%) Azure API Management
8 2 (1.40%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.40%) Serverless
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.70%) Google Compute Engine
9 1 (0.70%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 33 (23.08%) VSAT
2 4 (2.80%) BGP
2 4 (2.80%) DNS
2 4 (2.80%) SSL
2 4 (2.80%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.70%) Broadband
3 1 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.99%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.20%) Geospatial Data
2 6 (4.20%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.50%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.80%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.80%) RDBMS
5 3 (2.10%) Data Vault
5 3 (2.10%) Power BI
5 3 (2.10%) Tableau
6 2 (1.40%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.70%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.70%) MySQL
General
1 33 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.99%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (5.59%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.90%) Finance
5 6 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.20%) Banking
5 6 (4.20%) Games
5 6 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.50%) Digital Health
6 5 (3.50%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.70%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.70%) Marketing
7 1 (0.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.80%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (2.80%) Spring Boot
2 3 (2.10%) Node.js
3 2 (1.40%) .NET
3 2 (1.40%) Kafka
4 1 (0.70%) Django
4 1 (0.70%) React
4 1 (0.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.39%) Public Cloud
2 9 (6.29%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (4.90%) PKI
4 6 (4.20%) NHS
5 4 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.50%) Linux
2 4 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (41.96%) Actionable Insight
2 55 (38.46%) TOGAF
3 44 (30.77%) Technical Architecture
4 33 (23.08%) Model Validation
4 33 (23.08%) Network Architecture
4 33 (23.08%) Network Management
4 33 (23.08%) Requirements Management
4 33 (23.08%) Validation
5 27 (18.88%) Agile
6 23 (16.08%) Presales
7 19 (13.29%) Migration
8 16 (11.19%) Project Management
9 12 (8.39%) DevOps
9 12 (8.39%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (8.39%) Roadmaps
10 9 (6.29%) Scrum
11 8 (5.59%) Analytics
11 8 (5.59%) Business Case
11 8 (5.59%) Mentoring
11 8 (5.59%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.40%) Java
1 2 (1.40%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.40%) TypeScript
2 1 (0.70%) C#
2 1 (0.70%) Python
2 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (24.48%) Security Cleared
2 26 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.59%) Degree
4 4 (2.80%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (2.80%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.10%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.10%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) OpenView
2 2 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.59%) Google
3 5 (3.50%) Sparx
4 4 (2.80%) Oracle
4 4 (2.80%) SAP
5 3 (2.10%) BMC
5 3 (2.10%) HP
5 3 (2.10%) Remedy
5 3 (2.10%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.70%) Citrix
6 1 (0.70%) Ivanti
6 1 (0.70%) Talend