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 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 32 64
Rank change year-on-year -4 +32 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 501 552 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.55% 7.64% 4.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.77% 8.54% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 252 181 217
10th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £62,438 £56,219 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £105,000 £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 8,683 6,462 7,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.46% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,407 3,971 5,127
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,364 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +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 18 April 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 18 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
Bristol +2 270 £79,632 +7.61% 55
Wiltshire +9 125 £71,250 -1.69% 7
Gloucestershire -65 42 £70,000 -22.22% 8
Dorset -9 19 £91,250 +17.74% 4
Somerset -6 14 £50,293 -39.83% 7
Devon -19 14 £71,840 +51.18% 4
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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.

1 214 (42.71%) Security Cleared
2 151 (30.14%) TOGAF
3 147 (29.34%) Agile
4 138 (27.54%) Azure
5 137 (27.35%) Actionable Insight
6 126 (25.15%) AWS
7 108 (21.56%) Microsoft
8 106 (21.16%) Roadmaps
9 100 (19.96%) Social Skills
10 92 (18.36%) Finance
11 91 (18.16%) SC Cleared
12 82 (16.37%) Enterprise Architecture
12 82 (16.37%) ArchiMate
12 82 (16.37%) DevOps
13 76 (15.17%) Validation
14 67 (13.37%) Migration
15 65 (12.97%) Business Case
16 64 (12.77%) Microservices
16 64 (12.77%) Degree
17 63 (12.57%) DV Cleared
17 63 (12.57%) Cloud Native
18 59 (11.78%) Model Validation
18 59 (11.78%) Technical Leadership
18 59 (11.78%) Microsoft 365
19 58 (11.58%) Technical Architecture
20 55 (10.98%) TOGAF Certification
21 52 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
22 51 (10.18%) Requirements Management
23 50 (9.98%) Collaborative Working
23 50 (9.98%) 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 (0.80%) ArcGIS
1 4 (0.80%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.20%) CMS
3 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Simulink
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 40 (7.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 138 (27.54%) Azure
2 126 (25.15%) AWS
3 59 (11.78%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (7.39%) GCP
6 34 (6.79%) PaaS
7 33 (6.59%) IaaS
8 32 (6.39%) SaaS
9 18 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (3.39%) Power Platform
11 16 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (2.00%) OCI
14 6 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.20%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.20%) Serverless
15 5 (1.00%) Azure Stack
16 4 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (0.80%) Amazon SQS
16 4 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.19%) VSAT
2 22 (4.39%) DNS
2 22 (4.39%) TCP/IP
3 18 (3.59%) DHCP
3 18 (3.59%) HTTP
4 7 (1.40%) Firewall
4 7 (1.40%) Software-Defined Networking
5 6 (1.20%) SSL
6 4 (0.80%) BGP
6 4 (0.80%) VoIP
7 3 (0.60%) Broadband
7 3 (0.60%) PBX
7 3 (0.60%) Tactical Data Link
8 2 (0.40%) Network Security
8 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.20%) 5G
9 1 (0.20%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.20%) TETRA
9 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.59%) Big Data
2 16 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.20%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.80%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.80%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.60%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.60%) Looker
6 7 (1.40%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.00%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.80%) GIS
8 4 (0.80%) Metadata
8 4 (0.80%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.60%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.60%) MySQL
10 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
1 3 (0.60%) Git
1 3 (0.60%) Jenkins
1 3 (0.60%) JUnit
1 3 (0.60%) Maven
2 2 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
General
1 100 (19.96%) Social Skills
2 92 (18.36%) Finance
3 36 (7.19%) Aerospace
3 36 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (7.19%) Presentation Skills
4 32 (6.39%) Banking
5 26 (5.19%) Retail
6 21 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (3.59%) Public Sector
8 18 (3.59%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.99%) Marketing
10 11 (2.20%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.80%) Military
12 8 (1.60%) Law
12 8 (1.60%) Legal
13 7 (1.40%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.20%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.00%) Electronics
16 3 (0.60%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.78%) .NET
2 22 (4.39%) OpenID
3 21 (4.19%) HTML
4 18 (3.59%) SAML
5 15 (2.99%) Spring Boot
6 10 (2.00%) Kafka
7 7 (1.40%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.20%) Middleware
9 5 (1.00%) Spring
10 4 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.60%) CSS
11 3 (0.60%) Hibernate
11 3 (0.60%) Java SE
11 3 (0.60%) JPA
11 3 (0.60%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.60%) Playwright
11 3 (0.60%) REST
11 3 (0.60%) Swagger
11 3 (0.60%) YAML
12 2 (0.40%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 63 (12.57%) Cloud Native
2 42 (8.38%) Public Cloud
3 24 (4.79%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (3.59%) Cyberattack
6 17 (3.39%) Taxonomies
7 12 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.20%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (2.20%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.00%) Blockchain
10 7 (1.40%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.40%) PKI
11 6 (1.20%) CCTV
11 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.20%) Robotics
12 4 (0.80%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.60%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.39%) Linux
2 7 (1.40%) Windows
3 5 (1.00%) Unix
4 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) CentOS
5 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (30.14%) TOGAF
2 147 (29.34%) Agile
3 137 (27.35%) Actionable Insight
4 106 (21.16%) Roadmaps
5 82 (16.37%) ArchiMate
5 82 (16.37%) DevOps
5 82 (16.37%) Enterprise Architecture
6 76 (15.17%) Validation
7 67 (13.37%) Migration
8 65 (12.97%) Business Case
9 64 (12.77%) Microservices
10 59 (11.78%) Model Validation
10 59 (11.78%) Technical Leadership
11 58 (11.58%) Technical Architecture
12 52 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
13 51 (10.18%) Requirements Management
14 50 (9.98%) Analytics
14 50 (9.98%) Collaborative Working
15 47 (9.38%) Business Strategy
16 46 (9.18%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.99%) Python
2 19 (3.79%) Java
3 10 (2.00%) C
3 10 (2.00%) SQL
4 8 (1.60%) Ruby
5 7 (1.40%) C++
6 6 (1.20%) Bash
6 6 (1.20%) C#
6 6 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.20%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.20%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.60%) Bicep
7 3 (0.60%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.60%) PHP
8 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 214 (42.71%) Security Cleared
2 91 (18.16%) SC Cleared
3 64 (12.77%) Degree
4 63 (12.57%) DV Cleared
5 55 (10.98%) TOGAF Certification
6 44 (8.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (5.19%) AWS Certification
8 23 (4.59%) CISSP
9 22 (4.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.99%) CISM
11 11 (2.20%) CISA
12 10 (2.00%) CRISC
12 10 (2.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 10 (2.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 9 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.60%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.00%) CCSP
15 5 (1.00%) CEH
15 5 (1.00%) ISSAP
16 4 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.40%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.20%) GDPR
4 6 (1.20%) NIST
4 6 (1.20%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.60%) COBIT
6 3 (0.60%) HMG Infosec
6 3 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.60%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.60%) NCSC
6 3 (0.60%) RMADS
7 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.40%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.40%) QA
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.40%) Docker
3 4 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.40%) Firmware
5 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.40%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 36 (7.19%) Terraform
2 34 (6.79%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.39%) Ansible
4 16 (3.19%) Puppet
5 3 (0.60%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.60%) OpenView
6 2 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.98%) Sparx
3 33 (6.59%) Google
4 23 (4.59%) Oracle
5 17 (3.39%) VMware
6 11 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.20%) PagerDuty
8 5 (1.00%) Cisco
8 5 (1.00%) Pega
9 4 (0.80%) ESRI
9 4 (0.80%) SAP
10 3 (0.60%) Adobe
10 3 (0.60%) HP
10 3 (0.60%) Remedy
10 3 (0.60%) Ribbon
10 3 (0.60%) Riverbed
10 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.60%) Splunk
10 3 (0.60%) Twitter
10 3 (0.60%) Veracode