Architect Jobs in Cheshire

Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median Architect salary in Cheshire is £84,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 53 60
Rank change year-on-year -29 +7 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 13 46 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.66% 2.97% 3.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 3.07% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 8
10th Percentile - £62,625 £54,419
25th Percentile £79,000 £72,303 £60,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,000 £74,271 £67,208
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% +10.51% -0.43%
75th Percentile £87,250 £84,267 £75,257
90th Percentile £93,800 £88,875 £85,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 597 1,500 815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 76.44% 96.84% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 264 1,125 476
10th Percentile - £25,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £73,000 £72,500 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Cheshire

Architect
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Architect in Cheshire

Architect
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Cheshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Cheshire

Architect
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington +8 10 £83,000 +12.86% 8
Macclesfield +3 1 - - 1
Wilmslow - 1 - -
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 Cheshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 9 (69.23%) TOGAF
2 9 (69.23%) Enterprise Architecture
2 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
3 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 7 (53.85%) Finance
4 6 (46.15%) Technology Strategy
4 6 (46.15%) IT Strategy
5 5 (38.46%) Zachman Framework
5 5 (38.46%) AWS
6 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
6 4 (30.77%) Migration
6 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (30.77%) Business Strategy
6 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
6 4 (30.77%) Azure Certification
6 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (30.77%) Analytics
6 4 (30.77%) AWS Certification
7 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (23.08%) OpenStack
7 3 (23.08%) Power BI
7 3 (23.08%) Public Cloud
7 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
7 3 (23.08%) Databricks
7 3 (23.08%) Integration Patterns
7 3 (23.08%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
7 3 (23.08%) Alteryx
7 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (23.08%) OpenStack
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (7.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
4 2 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (15.38%) GCP
5 1 (7.69%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
1 3 (23.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (7.69%) Publishing
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 3 (23.08%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) IoT
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Enterprise Architecture
1 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
1 9 (69.23%) TOGAF
2 6 (46.15%) IT Strategy
2 6 (46.15%) Technology Strategy
3 5 (38.46%) Zachman Framework
4 4 (30.77%) Analytics
4 4 (30.77%) Business Strategy
4 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
4 4 (30.77%) Migration
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
5 3 (23.08%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (23.08%) Architecture Roadmap
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Information Architecture
5 3 (23.08%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Technical Debt
5 3 (23.08%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) VB
1 1 (7.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) AWS Certification
1 4 (30.77%) Azure Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) MBA
3 1 (7.69%) MCP
3 1 (7.69%) MCSA
3 1 (7.69%) MCSE
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) BitLocker
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Alteryx
1 3 (23.08%) Databricks
2 2 (15.38%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 1 (7.69%) Aruba
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Dell
3 1 (7.69%) HP
3 1 (7.69%) McAfee
3 1 (7.69%) Sparx
3 1 (7.69%) Symantec