Applications Architect Job Trends in Leeds

Application Architect
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Application Architect salary in Leeds is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 112 120
Rank change year-on-year +36 +8 +76
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Architect 3 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.33% 0.057% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.060% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £56,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £78,750
90th Percentile - - £85,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -26.47% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 873 1,675 1,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 95.99% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 589 1,115 1,254
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% +4.76%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in Leeds

Applications Architect
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Architect job vacancies in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Applications 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 Leeds region featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) EAI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) SQL

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) EAI
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Google