Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Architect
England > Midlands

The median Architect salary in the Midlands is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 39 54
Rank change year-on-year +4 +15 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 637 653 548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.43% 6.89% 5.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.76% 7.69% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 397 301 313
10th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £58,375 £67,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £89,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,041 £87,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,059 8,497 10,376
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 89.68% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,265 4,764 7,115
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,526
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,054
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Midlands +23 397 £76,000 +1.33% 46
East Midlands -17 232 £65,000 -10.34% 39
Architect
England

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

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

1 135 (21.19%) Azure
2 122 (19.15%) Agile
3 113 (17.74%) Microsoft
4 92 (14.44%) AWS
5 86 (13.50%) Actionable Insight
5 86 (13.50%) Social Skills
6 82 (12.87%) Roadmaps
7 77 (12.09%) TOGAF
8 72 (11.30%) Security Cleared
8 72 (11.30%) Data Modelling
9 65 (10.20%) Analytics
9 65 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
10 64 (10.05%) Degree
11 61 (9.58%) Data Architecture
11 61 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
12 58 (9.11%) Presales
13 56 (8.79%) Architectural Patterns
13 56 (8.79%) Power Platform
14 54 (8.48%) Public Cloud
14 54 (8.48%) Mentoring
14 54 (8.48%) Finance
15 48 (7.54%) DevOps
15 48 (7.54%) Dynamics 365
16 46 (7.22%) Technical Architecture
16 46 (7.22%) SC Cleared
17 44 (6.91%) GCP
18 42 (6.59%) Validation
19 40 (6.28%) Requirements Management
20 39 (6.12%) ERP
20 39 (6.12%) SaaS

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 16 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.63%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.16%) Appian
3 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 10 (1.57%) Simulink
2 2 (0.31%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.47%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.47%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.16%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 135 (21.19%) Azure
2 92 (14.44%) AWS
3 56 (8.79%) Power Platform
4 48 (7.54%) Dynamics 365
5 44 (6.91%) GCP
6 39 (6.12%) SaaS
7 25 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (3.92%) PaaS
8 24 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (3.61%) IaaS
10 21 (3.30%) PowerApps
11 20 (3.14%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.78%) GitHub
14 4 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (0.63%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
16 2 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 2 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
16 2 (0.31%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.18%) WAN
2 32 (5.02%) VSAT
3 23 (3.61%) SD-WAN
4 16 (2.51%) Firewall
4 16 (2.51%) VPN
5 14 (2.20%) Wireless
6 10 (1.57%) NGFW
7 9 (1.41%) LAN
8 8 (1.26%) DNS
9 6 (0.94%) BGP
9 6 (0.94%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.78%) MPLS
10 5 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.63%) Ethernet
11 4 (0.63%) Internet
11 4 (0.63%) Intranet
11 4 (0.63%) Network Security
11 4 (0.63%) SSL
11 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
1 30 (4.71%) Metadata
2 25 (3.92%) Power BI
3 18 (2.83%) BigQuery
4 16 (2.51%) Looker
5 11 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.26%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.26%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.94%) GIS
9 5 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.63%) Spatial Data
11 3 (0.47%) DB2
11 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.31%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (1.73%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (1.10%) Git
3 6 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (0.94%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.31%) CANoe
4 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 86 (13.50%) Social Skills
2 54 (8.48%) Finance
3 34 (5.34%) Retail
4 30 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (4.24%) Public Sector
6 26 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (3.14%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.04%) Automotive
11 11 (1.73%) Military
12 10 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.41%) Banking
14 8 (1.26%) Fire and Rescue
14 8 (1.26%) Games
14 8 (1.26%) Police
15 5 (0.78%) Legal
16 4 (0.63%) Law
16 4 (0.63%) Marketing
17 2 (0.31%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.92%) .NET
2 19 (2.98%) JSON
3 14 (2.20%) YAML
4 10 (1.57%) ARM Templates
5 7 (1.10%) Web Services
6 6 (0.94%) HTML
6 6 (0.94%) Middleware
7 5 (0.78%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.78%) EDI
7 5 (0.78%) REST
7 5 (0.78%) XML
8 4 (0.63%) CSS
8 4 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.63%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.63%) WCF
9 2 (0.31%) Django
9 2 (0.31%) Node.js
9 2 (0.31%) RESTful
9 2 (0.31%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.48%) Public Cloud
2 34 (5.34%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.30%) Cloud Native
4 18 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.51%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.04%) IoT
8 11 (1.73%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.10%) PKI
10 6 (0.94%) FMCG
11 5 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.78%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.63%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.63%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.63%) PropTech
13 3 (0.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (0.47%) Educational Technology
13 3 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
14 2 (0.31%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.73%) Linux
1 11 (1.73%) Windows
2 6 (0.94%) Solaris
2 6 (0.94%) Ubuntu
2 6 (0.94%) Unix
3 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.16%) VME
4 1 (0.16%) VMS
4 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (19.15%) Agile
2 86 (13.50%) Actionable Insight
3 82 (12.87%) Roadmaps
4 77 (12.09%) TOGAF
5 72 (11.30%) Data Modelling
6 65 (10.20%) Analytics
6 65 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
7 61 (9.58%) Data Architecture
7 61 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (9.11%) Presales
9 56 (8.79%) Architectural Patterns
10 54 (8.48%) Mentoring
11 48 (7.54%) DevOps
12 46 (7.22%) Technical Architecture
13 42 (6.59%) Validation
14 40 (6.28%) Requirements Management
15 39 (6.12%) ERP
16 37 (5.81%) Network Architecture
17 35 (5.49%) Coaching
17 35 (5.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.02%) C#
2 22 (3.45%) SQL
3 20 (3.14%) JavaScript
4 15 (2.35%) MATLAB
5 14 (2.20%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.04%) Python
7 4 (0.63%) Java
8 3 (0.47%) C
8 3 (0.47%) C++
9 2 (0.31%) R
9 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.16%) ABAP
10 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.16%) COBOL
10 1 (0.16%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 1 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 72 (11.30%) Security Cleared
2 64 (10.05%) Degree
3 46 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.92%) Azure Certification
5 23 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (2.98%) AWS Certification
7 18 (2.83%) CCNP
8 16 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (2.35%) CCNA
9 15 (2.35%) TOGAF Certification
10 13 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.78%) CCIE
13 4 (0.63%) CISM
13 4 (0.63%) CISSP
13 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.67%) Data Quality
1 17 (2.67%) GDPR
2 14 (2.20%) SLA
3 13 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.78%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.47%) COBIT
5 3 (0.47%) NIST
5 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.47%) QA
6 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.31%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (1.57%) vSphere
3 9 (1.41%) Docker
4 6 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (3.30%) Terraform
2 11 (1.73%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.94%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (0.78%) CASB
5 3 (0.47%) MOM
5 3 (0.47%) OpenView
5 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 113 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.18%) Google
3 29 (4.55%) Cisco
4 27 (4.24%) SAP
5 16 (2.51%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.35%) VMware
7 14 (2.20%) Meraki
8 13 (2.04%) Adobe
8 13 (2.04%) Apple
9 12 (1.88%) Juniper
9 12 (1.88%) Pega
10 11 (1.73%) Citrix
11 9 (1.41%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.41%) Guidewire
12 8 (1.26%) Oracle
13 6 (0.94%) Sparx
14 5 (0.78%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.78%) Unisys
15 4 (0.63%) Mapbox
16 3 (0.47%) Remedy