Principal Architect Jobs in Wales

Principal Architect
UK > Wales

The median Principal Architect salary in Wales is £78,273 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 127 135
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect 3 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.15% 0.36% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.42% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - - £67,768
25th Percentile £74,759 £88,750 £67,794
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,273 £92,500 £70,625
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.97% -
75th Percentile £81,786 £96,250 £73,491
90th Percentile - - £73,539
UK median annual salary £80,500 £105,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -23.33% +20.00% -

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 1,890 1,434 1,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 86.02% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 813 1,146
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £30,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
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%

Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Architect in Wales

Principal Architect
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Principal Architect in Wales

Principal 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 Principal Architect within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 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 0 2 - -
West Wales - 1 £78,273 -
Principal Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 Wales region featuring Principal Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Tableau
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Vault
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction

Principal 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Vault
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Data Science
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Kimball Methodology
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft