Principal Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Principal Architect
England > Midlands

The median Principal Architect salary in the Midlands is £78,273 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 324 354
Rank change year-on-year +30 +30 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect 16 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.14% 0.010% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.012% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £70,000 - -
25th Percentile £74,759 - £127,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,273 - £135,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +68.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £142,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £78,273 £105,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -25.45% +20.00% -

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 11,003 8,554 10,298
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.45% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,239 4,752 7,093
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,775 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,750
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 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Architect in the Midlands

Principal Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Principal Architect in the Midlands

Principal Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Architect in the Midlands

Principal 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 Principal Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
East Midlands -6 8 £78,273 -
West Midlands - 4 £78,273 - 3
Principal Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Principal 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 Principal Architect in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Agile
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 6 (37.50%) Web Development
2 6 (37.50%) Task Automation
2 6 (37.50%) Full Stack Development
2 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) AWS
2 6 (37.50%) GIS
2 6 (37.50%) Data Security
2 6 (37.50%) Python
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) Strategic Roadmap
3 5 (31.25%) Architectural Design
3 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
3 5 (31.25%) Coaching
3 5 (31.25%) User Experience
3 5 (31.25%) Public Cloud
3 5 (31.25%) Risk Assessment
3 5 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (25.00%) Mapbox
4 4 (25.00%) Spatial Data
4 4 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (25.00%) UX Design
4 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 4 (25.00%) Business Case
4 4 (25.00%) Decarbonisation
4 4 (25.00%) Accessibility

Principal 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) AWS
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) GIS
2 4 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (25.00%) Spatial Data
3 1 (6.25%) Data Vault
3 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (6.25%) Power BI
3 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) CSS
1 4 (25.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Data Security
2 6 (37.50%) Full Stack Development
2 6 (37.50%) Task Automation
2 6 (37.50%) Web Development
3 5 (31.25%) Architectural Design
3 5 (31.25%) Coaching
3 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) Risk Assessment
3 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
3 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) Strategic Roadmap
3 5 (31.25%) User Experience
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 4 (25.00%) Statistics
4 4 (25.00%) UX Design
4 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Mapbox