Enterprise Architecture Job Trends in Birmingham

Enterprise Architecture
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 114 98
Rank change year-on-year +27 -16 +37
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 19 18 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.10% 1.00% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.07% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 13
10th Percentile £57,299 £48,350 £63,929
25th Percentile £72,500 £71,875 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £79,932
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.04% -3.11%
75th Percentile £102,500 £96,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £107,500 - £100,993
West Midlands median annual salary £82,500 £79,949 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.19% -0.06% -3.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Enterprise Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,367 1,680 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.25% 93.23% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 964 785 1,013
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,375 £90,750 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Enterprise Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Enterprise Architecture job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Enterprise Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Architecture in Birmingham

Enterprise Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (78.95%) Azure
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (31.58%) IaaS
3 6 (31.58%) PaaS
3 6 (31.58%) Power Platform
4 4 (21.05%) AWS
4 4 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (21.05%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
1 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
1 2 (10.53%) VLAN
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
1 2 (10.53%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Legal
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Law
4 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Architect
2 6 (31.58%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (26.32%) Lead
4 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Designer
6 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Information Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Information Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Information Security Architect
6 2 (10.53%) IT Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Lead Designer
6 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Senior
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Solutions Designer
7 1 (5.26%) Integration Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Network Architect
7 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Cloud Native
2 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) TOGAF
2 8 (42.11%) API Management
2 8 (42.11%) Integration Patterns
2 8 (42.11%) Project Delivery
2 8 (42.11%) Roadmaps
2 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (31.58%) Agile
3 6 (31.58%) Architectural Design
3 6 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (31.58%) Data Privacy
3 6 (31.58%) Information Security
3 6 (31.58%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (31.58%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (21.05%) AI
4 4 (21.05%) CRM
4 4 (21.05%) Data Governance
4 4 (21.05%) Document Management
4 4 (21.05%) ERP
4 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
4 4 (21.05%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CISM
1 4 (21.05%) CISSP
2 3 (15.79%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (10.53%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) GRC
3 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (5.26%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle