Architect Job Trends in Chester

Architect
Cheshire > Chester

The median Architect salary in Chester is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 3 1 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 2.52% 0.53% 10.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.78% 0.60% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £66,250 £63,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.29% -
75th Percentile - £68,750 £67,070
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £70,000 £73,543 £66,757
% change year-on-year -4.82% +10.17% +4.20%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 108 166 118
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.76% 88.30% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 54 126 74
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,585
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% -21.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £70,332 £78,500
Cheshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Chester

Architect
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Chester.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Chester

Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 Chester region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
1 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Billing
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) TARGET2
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 20022
1 2 (66.67%) SEPA
1 2 (66.67%) Fintech
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (66.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (33.33%) HubSpot
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) CRM

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Billing
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (66.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Fintech
1 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 20022
1 2 (66.67%) SEPA
1 2 (66.67%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HubSpot
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce