Architect Jobs in Bristol

Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Architect salary in Bristol is £71,991 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -53 +5 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 37 295 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.97% 9.48% 10.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% 9.77% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 23 158 93
10th Percentile £66,700 £55,000 £48,000
25th Percentile £70,097 £63,117 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £97,290
90th Percentile £97,779 £120,000 £115,000
South West median annual salary £71,991 £75,000 £72,750
% change year-on-year -4.01% +3.09% +0.34%

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 1,184 3,019 2,416
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 97.04% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 796 2,265 1,520
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £57,655
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.27% +8.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £73,776
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 19 (51.35%) Agile
2 14 (37.84%) Finance
3 13 (35.14%) Azure
3 13 (35.14%) Roadmaps
4 10 (27.03%) Containerisation
4 10 (27.03%) AWS
5 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
5 9 (24.32%) Banking
5 9 (24.32%) Product Ownership
5 9 (24.32%) Adaptive Web Design
5 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
6 8 (21.62%) Security Architecture
6 8 (21.62%) TOGAF
7 7 (18.92%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
7 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
7 7 (18.92%) API Management
7 7 (18.92%) PaaS
7 7 (18.92%) Microservices
8 6 (16.22%) React
8 6 (16.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 6 (16.22%) AngularJS
8 6 (16.22%) Apigee
8 6 (16.22%) React Native
8 6 (16.22%) Cloud Native
8 6 (16.22%) Event-Driven
8 6 (16.22%) Technology Roadmap
8 6 (16.22%) CISSP
8 6 (16.22%) Apple

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 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.70%) Luigi
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Azure
2 10 (27.03%) AWS
3 7 (18.92%) PaaS
4 6 (16.22%) Apigee
5 3 (8.11%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (8.11%) Amazon S3
5 3 (8.11%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (8.11%) Serverless
6 2 (5.41%) OCI
6 2 (5.41%) SaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Azure AI
7 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.70%) GCP
7 1 (2.70%) IaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) VPN
2 3 (8.11%) Firewall
2 3 (8.11%) Internet
3 2 (5.41%) Network Security
4 1 (2.70%) DNS
4 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) MySQL
2 3 (8.11%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (8.11%) NoSQL
2 3 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.70%) Airbyte
3 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.70%) Data Vault
3 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.70%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (2.70%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (37.84%) Finance
2 9 (24.32%) Banking
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Electronics
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) AngularJS
1 6 (16.22%) React
1 6 (16.22%) React Native
2 3 (8.11%) Laravel
2 3 (8.11%) Symfony
3 1 (2.70%) Kafka
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Product Ownership
2 6 (16.22%) Cloud Native
2 6 (16.22%) DataPower
3 4 (10.81%) IoT
4 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Android
1 6 (16.22%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.41%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) Linux
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) Agile
2 13 (35.14%) Roadmaps
3 10 (27.03%) Containerisation
4 9 (24.32%) Adaptive Web Design
5 8 (21.62%) Security Architecture
5 8 (21.62%) TOGAF
6 7 (18.92%) API Management
6 7 (18.92%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (18.92%) Microservices
6 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (16.22%) Event-Driven
7 6 (16.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 6 (16.22%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (13.51%) Analytics
8 5 (13.51%) DevOps
8 5 (13.51%) Information Security
8 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (10.81%) Project Management
9 4 (10.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) Java
2 3 (8.11%) PHP
3 2 (5.41%) SQL
4 1 (2.70%) Bicep
4 1 (2.70%) C#
4 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) CISSP
3 6 (16.22%) Degree
4 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) CEH
5 2 (5.41%) CISM
5 2 (5.41%) GIAC
5 2 (5.41%) ISSAP
5 2 (5.41%) SANS
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) GMP
2 2 (5.41%) COBIT
2 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.41%) NIST
2 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.41%) SOC 2
3 1 (2.70%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Ansible
2 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Apple
2 6 (16.22%) IBM
3 3 (8.11%) Oracle
4 2 (5.41%) PTC
4 2 (5.41%) Sparx
4 2 (5.41%) VMware
5 1 (2.70%) Avaloq
5 1 (2.70%) Databricks
5 1 (2.70%) Graphcore
5 1 (2.70%) Hyperion
5 1 (2.70%) Meraki
5 1 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow