Principal Architect Job Trends in Berkshire

Principal Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Principal Architect salary in Berkshire is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 122 155
Rank change year-on-year +1 +33 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect 3 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.15% 0.12% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.16% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 £107,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £115,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £95,000 £91,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.11% +21.67% -28.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,869 1,257 2,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.48% 78.42% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 969 622 1,869
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,075 £29,701
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,563 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.69% -8.61%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Principal Architect job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Principal Architect
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Principal Architect job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Architect job vacancies in Berkshire

Principal Architect
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Bracknell - 1 - -
Principal Architect
South East

Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, Principal Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Principal Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) Application Security
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) OWASP
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Release Train
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking

Principal Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Application Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) OWASP
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Release Train
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST