Architect Jobs in the South West

Architect
England > South West

The median Architect salary in the South West is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 29 60
Rank change year-on-year -5 +31 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 532 559 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.77% 8.19% 5.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.00% 9.18% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 271 166 225
10th Percentile £55,000 £46,335 £47,400
25th Percentile £62,375 £56,219 £56,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +11.54%
75th Percentile £91,250 £94,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £108,750 £93,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,871 6,087 7,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.19% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,468 3,772 5,137
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,650 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the South West

Architect
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Bristol +5 296 £80,000 +4.58% 56
Wiltshire 0 124 £70,000 -3.42% 1
Gloucestershire -65 42 £70,000 -20.00% 8
Dorset -12 26 £91,250 +17.74% 5
Somerset +3 17 £45,585 -50.54% 10
Devon -22 13 £71,840 +51.18% 3
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 South West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 219 (41.17%) Security Cleared
2 154 (28.95%) TOGAF
3 151 (28.38%) Agile
4 148 (27.82%) Azure
5 137 (25.75%) AWS
5 137 (25.75%) Actionable Insight
6 109 (20.49%) Microsoft
6 109 (20.49%) Social Skills
7 108 (20.30%) Roadmaps
8 98 (18.42%) Finance
9 93 (17.48%) SC Cleared
10 92 (17.29%) DevOps
11 84 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
12 83 (15.60%) ArchiMate
13 80 (15.04%) Validation
14 73 (13.72%) Cloud Native
15 72 (13.53%) Degree
16 69 (12.97%) Migration
17 68 (12.78%) DV Cleared
18 65 (12.22%) Business Case
19 63 (11.84%) Technical Leadership
19 63 (11.84%) Microservices
20 62 (11.65%) Technical Architecture
20 62 (11.65%) Model Validation
21 61 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
22 59 (11.09%) Microsoft 365
23 56 (10.53%) TOGAF Certification
24 54 (10.15%) Requirements Management
25 52 (9.77%) Collaborative Working
25 52 (9.77%) Analytics

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (0.75%) ArcGIS
1 4 (0.75%) WebLogic
2 3 (0.56%) CMS
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Simulink
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.19%) Revit
Business Applications
1 40 (7.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 148 (27.82%) Azure
2 137 (25.75%) AWS
3 59 (11.09%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (6.95%) GCP
5 37 (6.95%) PaaS
6 36 (6.77%) IaaS
7 33 (6.20%) SaaS
8 21 (3.95%) Power Platform
9 20 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (1.88%) OCI
13 9 (1.69%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.13%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.13%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.13%) Serverless
15 5 (0.94%) Azure Stack
16 4 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (0.75%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.39%) VSAT
2 22 (4.14%) DNS
2 22 (4.14%) TCP/IP
3 18 (3.38%) DHCP
3 18 (3.38%) HTTP
4 7 (1.32%) Firewall
4 7 (1.32%) Network Security
4 7 (1.32%) Software-Defined Networking
5 6 (1.13%) SSL
6 5 (0.94%) VoIP
7 4 (0.75%) BGP
7 4 (0.75%) PBX
8 3 (0.56%) Broadband
8 3 (0.56%) Tactical Data Link
9 2 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.38%) RTP
9 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.19%) VPN
10 1 (0.19%) WAN
10 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (3.38%) Big Data
3 11 (2.07%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.88%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.50%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.50%) Looker
7 7 (1.32%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (0.94%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.75%) GIS
9 4 (0.75%) Metadata
9 4 (0.75%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.56%) MySQL
11 2 (0.38%) Power BI
12 1 (0.19%) Snowflake Schema
12 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.56%) Cucumber
2 3 (0.56%) Git
2 3 (0.56%) JUnit
2 3 (0.56%) Maven
3 2 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 109 (20.49%) Social Skills
2 98 (18.42%) Finance
3 43 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (6.95%) Aerospace
4 37 (6.95%) Presentation Skills
5 32 (6.02%) Banking
6 27 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.89%) Retail
8 22 (4.14%) Marketing
9 20 (3.76%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.82%) Law
11 15 (2.82%) Public Sector
12 13 (2.44%) Military
13 11 (2.07%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.69%) Legal
15 7 (1.32%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.32%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.94%) Electronics
17 3 (0.56%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.40%) .NET
2 22 (4.14%) OpenID
3 21 (3.95%) HTML
4 18 (3.38%) SAML
5 14 (2.63%) Spring Boot
6 9 (1.69%) Kafka
7 7 (1.32%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.13%) Middleware
9 5 (0.94%) Spring
10 4 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.56%) CSS
11 3 (0.56%) Hibernate
11 3 (0.56%) Java SE
11 3 (0.56%) JPA
11 3 (0.56%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.56%) Playwright
11 3 (0.56%) REST
11 3 (0.56%) Swagger
11 3 (0.56%) YAML
12 2 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (13.72%) Cloud Native
2 51 (9.59%) Public Cloud
3 24 (4.51%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (3.38%) Cyberattack
6 17 (3.20%) Taxonomies
7 14 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (2.44%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.07%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.69%) Blockchain
12 7 (1.32%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.32%) PKI
13 6 (1.13%) CCTV
13 6 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.13%) Replication
14 5 (0.94%) Robotics
15 4 (0.75%) Mainframe
16 3 (0.56%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.95%) Linux
2 7 (1.32%) Windows
3 6 (1.13%) Unix
4 4 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.38%) CentOS
5 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (28.95%) TOGAF
2 151 (28.38%) Agile
3 137 (25.75%) Actionable Insight
4 108 (20.30%) Roadmaps
5 92 (17.29%) DevOps
6 84 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
7 83 (15.60%) ArchiMate
8 80 (15.04%) Validation
9 69 (12.97%) Migration
10 65 (12.22%) Business Case
11 63 (11.84%) Microservices
11 63 (11.84%) Technical Leadership
12 62 (11.65%) Model Validation
12 62 (11.65%) Technical Architecture
13 61 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
14 54 (10.15%) Requirements Management
15 52 (9.77%) Analytics
15 52 (9.77%) Collaborative Working
16 50 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
17 48 (9.02%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.65%) Python
2 25 (4.70%) Java
3 17 (3.20%) C
4 16 (3.01%) SQL
5 9 (1.69%) C#
6 8 (1.50%) Ruby
7 7 (1.32%) C++
8 6 (1.13%) Bash
8 6 (1.13%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.13%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.13%) R
8 6 (1.13%) Scala
8 6 (1.13%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.56%) Bicep
9 3 (0.56%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.56%) PHP
10 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 219 (41.17%) Security Cleared
2 93 (17.48%) SC Cleared
3 72 (13.53%) Degree
4 68 (12.78%) DV Cleared
5 56 (10.53%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (8.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 27 (5.08%) CISSP
8 26 (4.89%) AWS Certification
9 22 (4.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (3.76%) CISM
11 16 (3.01%) CISA
12 15 (2.82%) CRISC
13 10 (1.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (1.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 9 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (1.50%) Azure Certification
16 6 (1.13%) SANS
17 5 (0.94%) CCSP
17 5 (0.94%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.26%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.26%) NIST
3 11 (2.07%) GDPR
4 6 (1.13%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.56%) COBIT
6 3 (0.56%) HMG Infosec
6 3 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.56%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.56%) RMADS
7 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.38%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.38%) NCSC
7 2 (0.38%) QA
8 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.13%) Docker
3 5 (0.94%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.38%) Firmware
5 2 (0.38%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (7.71%) Terraform
2 36 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 20 (3.76%) Ansible
4 19 (3.57%) Puppet
5 3 (0.56%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.56%) OpenView
6 2 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.52%) Sparx
3 33 (6.20%) Google
4 23 (4.32%) Oracle
5 17 (3.20%) VMware
6 9 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.13%) Cisco
7 6 (1.13%) PagerDuty
8 5 (0.94%) Pega
9 4 (0.75%) ESRI
9 4 (0.75%) Ribbon
10 3 (0.56%) BMC
10 3 (0.56%) Databricks
10 3 (0.56%) HP
10 3 (0.56%) Remedy
10 3 (0.56%) Riverbed
10 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.56%) Splunk
10 3 (0.56%) Twitter
10 3 (0.56%) Veracode