Architect Jobs in Lancashire

Architect
North West > Lancashire

The median Architect salary in Lancashire is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 42 50
Rank change year-on-year -91 +8 -13
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 22 50 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.95% 3.72% 3.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 4.00% 4.67%
Number of salaries quoted 19 44 4
10th Percentile £43,750 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,809 £59,767
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £73,045
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £84,964 £88,938
90th Percentile £63,000 £85,000 £96,025
North West median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £73,088
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.62% +0.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 2,196 1,250 578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 93.01% 81.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,252 1,058 381
10th Percentile £41,250 £27,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £54,793 £60,741 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,232 £67,500
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 Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Lancashire

Architect
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Architect in Lancashire

Architect
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Lancashire

Architect
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Preston -21 8 £57,500 -17.86% 75
Blackpool -33 4 £56,250 -8.10% 1
Lancaster - 4 £56,250 -
Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Lancashire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 18 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 17 (77.27%) Presentation Skills
2 17 (77.27%) Presales
2 17 (77.27%) Palo Alto
2 17 (77.27%) Aruba
2 17 (77.27%) LAN
2 17 (77.27%) WAN
2 17 (77.27%) Cisco
2 17 (77.27%) CCNA
2 17 (77.27%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (77.27%) Juniper
2 17 (77.27%) Firewall
2 17 (77.27%) JNCIA
2 17 (77.27%) Fortinet
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
4 3 (13.64%) Information Security
4 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
4 3 (13.64%) CISSP
5 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.55%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.55%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (4.55%) TOGAF
5 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared

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

Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) Firewall
1 17 (77.27%) LAN
1 17 (77.27%) WAN
General
1 18 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 17 (77.27%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Presales
2 3 (13.64%) Information Security
2 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
2 3 (13.64%) Project Management
3 1 (4.55%) ArchiMate
3 1 (4.55%) Architectural Design
3 1 (4.55%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (4.55%) Business Strategy
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
3 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (4.55%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (4.55%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (4.55%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (4.55%) TOGAF
3 1 (4.55%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) CCNA
1 17 (77.27%) Cisco Certification
1 17 (77.27%) JNCIA
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (13.64%) CISSP
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Aruba
1 17 (77.27%) Cisco
1 17 (77.27%) Fortinet
1 17 (77.27%) Juniper
1 17 (77.27%) Palo Alto
2 1 (4.55%) Sparx