Architect
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Architect salary in Cardiff is £69,040 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 27 | 29 | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | -3 | +33 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Architect | 5 | 37 | 43 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 2.79% | 5.15% | 7.78% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.81% | 5.48% | 8.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 27 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £59,665 | £48,000 | £58,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £51,250 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £69,040 | £55,000 | £73,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.53% | -25.42% | -1.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,216 | £77,500 | £96,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,152 | £90,000 | £98,750 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £71,500 | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.17% | -14.29% | -1.06% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title | 178 | 675 | 506 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 99.44% | 94.01% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 122 | 586 | 390 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,614 | £27,750 | £30,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £36,750 | £40,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £49,037 | £50,000 | £52,746 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.93% | -5.21% | +0.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £64,638 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,194 | £76,250 | £77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £47,500 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Architect
Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in Cardiff.
Architect
Salary Histogram in Cardiff
Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Cardiff over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 28 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 Cardiff region featuring Architect in the job title.
|
|
Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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: