Architect Jobs in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect salary in Bristol is £83,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -42 +2 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 39 305 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 3.34% 8.78% 12.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.53% 9.03% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 26 155 92
10th Percentile £70,048 £55,000 £43,846
25th Percentile £70,097 £61,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £80,000 £76,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +4.58% -1.29%
75th Percentile £98,230 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
South West median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.04% +1.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,104 3,376 2,279
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 97.15% 92.45%
Number of salaries quoted 769 2,482 1,445
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,178 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year - -4.86% +8.41%
75th Percentile £70,834 £70,250 £72,647
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Architect in Bristol

Architect
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 18 (46.15%) Finance
2 17 (43.59%) Agile
3 15 (38.46%) Azure
3 15 (38.46%) Roadmaps
4 9 (23.08%) Banking
4 9 (23.08%) AWS
4 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 9 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 9 (23.08%) Adaptive Web Design
4 9 (23.08%) Product Ownership
5 8 (20.51%) Containerisation
5 8 (20.51%) Microservices
5 8 (20.51%) Degree
5 8 (20.51%) Security Architecture
5 8 (20.51%) TOGAF
6 7 (17.95%) Java
6 7 (17.95%) PaaS
6 7 (17.95%) Event-Driven
6 7 (17.95%) API Management
7 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
7 6 (15.38%) React
7 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (15.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 6 (15.38%) AngularJS
7 6 (15.38%) Analytics
7 6 (15.38%) Apigee
7 6 (15.38%) React Native
7 6 (15.38%) Apple iOS

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.56%) Luigi
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) AWS
3 7 (17.95%) PaaS
4 6 (15.38%) Apigee
5 2 (5.13%) GCP
5 2 (5.13%) OCI
5 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.13%) SaaS
5 2 (5.13%) Serverless
6 1 (2.56%) Azure AI
6 1 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.56%) Collibra
6 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.56%) IaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) VPN
2 3 (7.69%) Firewall
3 2 (5.13%) Network Security
4 1 (2.56%) DNS
4 1 (2.56%) Internet
4 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) MySQL
2 2 (5.13%) Data Lake
2 2 (5.13%) MongoDB
2 2 (5.13%) Power BI
3 1 (2.56%) Airbyte
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.56%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.56%) Data Vault
3 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.56%) Metadata
3 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.56%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Git
2 2 (5.13%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (2.56%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (46.15%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Banking
3 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.56%) Electronics
6 1 (2.56%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Retail
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) AngularJS
1 6 (15.38%) React
1 6 (15.38%) React Native
2 3 (7.69%) Kafka
2 3 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.56%) Laravel
3 1 (2.56%) REST
3 1 (2.56%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 6 (15.38%) DataPower
3 4 (10.26%) Cloud Native
4 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (5.13%) FMCG
5 2 (5.13%) IoT
6 1 (2.56%) Blockchain
6 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.56%) Data Fabric
6 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.56%) Life Science
6 1 (2.56%) NHS
6 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Android
1 6 (15.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Agile
2 15 (38.46%) Roadmaps
3 9 (23.08%) Adaptive Web Design
4 8 (20.51%) Containerisation
4 8 (20.51%) Microservices
4 8 (20.51%) Security Architecture
4 8 (20.51%) TOGAF
5 7 (17.95%) API Management
5 7 (17.95%) Event-Driven
6 6 (15.38%) Analytics
6 6 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (15.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
7 5 (12.82%) DevOps
7 5 (12.82%) Information Security
7 5 (12.82%) Mentoring
8 4 (10.26%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) Java
2 2 (5.13%) SQL
3 1 (2.56%) Bicep
3 1 (2.56%) C#
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.56%) PHP
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.51%) Degree
3 6 (15.38%) CISSP
4 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.13%) CEH
5 2 (5.13%) CISM
5 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.13%) GIAC
5 2 (5.13%) ISSAP
5 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.13%) MBA
5 2 (5.13%) Postgraduate
5 2 (5.13%) SANS
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) COBIT
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) NIST
2 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.13%) SOC 2
3 1 (2.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) GMP
3 1 (2.56%) GRC
3 1 (2.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Apple
1 6 (15.38%) IBM
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Oracle
3 3 (7.69%) Sparx
4 2 (5.13%) Databricks
4 2 (5.13%) Informatica
4 2 (5.13%) PTC
4 2 (5.13%) SAP
4 2 (5.13%) VMware
5 1 (2.56%) Ariba
5 1 (2.56%) Avaloq
5 1 (2.56%) Graphcore
5 1 (2.56%) Hyperion
5 1 (2.56%) Meraki
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow