Principal Architect
North West > Cheshire
The median Principal Architect salary in Cheshire is £86,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 90 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.52% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.68% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £83,125 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £84,813 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £86,500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £87,250 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | £86,500 | £80,500 | £61,089 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.45% | +31.77% | -33.96% |
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 | 589 | 1,499 | 824 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 76.00% | 96.90% | 89.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 263 | 1,125 | 482 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £25,000 | £25,267 |
| 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 | £54,375 | £60,000 | £66,250 |
| 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% |
Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings that featured Principal Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Principal Architect
Salary Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Architect in Cheshire.
Principal 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 Principal Architect within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 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 |
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| Warrington | - | 4 | £86,500 | - | |
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Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire
For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Principal 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 Principal Architect in the job title.
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Principal 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:
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