Architectural Design Job Trends in Cardiff

Architectural Design
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.91% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,596 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,586 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.69%
75th Percentile £69,576 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £67,586 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -2.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Architectural Design 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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 385 148 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 70.26% 89.16% 78.75%
Number of salaries quoted 262 109 474
10th Percentile £28,050 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,856 £39,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £50,685
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +8.51% -6.03%
75th Percentile £69,576 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,025 £82,500 £78,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +11.58% +3.26%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Architectural Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Local Government
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Lead
1 5 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation