Architect Jobs in Leeds

Architect
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Architect salary in Leeds is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 June 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 48 242 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 6.05% 10.02% 10.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.42% 10.39% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 35 121 115
10th Percentile £63,500 £60,000 £60,713
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,097 £70,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £98,474 £90,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,250 £101,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - +14.29%

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 748 2,329 2,664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 96.44% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 489 1,675 1,607
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,250 £32,087
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £78,000 £69,957 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,964 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,375 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.75% -9.09% +9.62%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Leeds

Architect
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Architect in Leeds

Architect
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Leeds over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 Leeds region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 22 (45.83%) Finance
2 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
3 18 (37.50%) Agile
4 16 (33.33%) Banking
4 16 (33.33%) DevOps
5 14 (29.17%) Technical Leadership
5 14 (29.17%) Containerisation
5 14 (29.17%) Microservices
5 14 (29.17%) GCP
6 13 (27.08%) IT Strategy
7 12 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
7 12 (25.00%) Product Ownership
7 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (22.92%) TOGAF
9 10 (20.83%) Customer Engagement
9 10 (20.83%) Integration Patterns
10 9 (18.75%) Roadmaps
10 9 (18.75%) Azure
10 9 (18.75%) Data Integration
10 9 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
11 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
11 8 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
11 8 (16.67%) Kubernetes
11 8 (16.67%) Docker
11 8 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
11 8 (16.67%) API Design
11 8 (16.67%) Cloud Native
12 7 (14.58%) Business Strategy
12 7 (14.58%) Analytics

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 4 (8.33%) SAS
2 2 (4.17%) Apache
3 1 (2.08%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.08%) SAP MDG
2 1 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.17%) GCP
2 9 (18.75%) Azure
3 5 (10.42%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (8.33%) AWS
4 4 (8.33%) SaaS
5 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (4.17%) Amazon S3
6 2 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (4.17%) OCI
6 2 (4.17%) Serverless
7 1 (2.08%) Azure AI
7 1 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.08%) IaaS
7 1 (2.08%) PaaS
7 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.08%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) DNS
1 1 (2.08%) Firewall
1 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.08%) VPN
1 1 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (4.17%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (4.17%) Flink
3 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.08%) MySQL
3 1 (2.08%) Power BI
3 1 (2.08%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (2.08%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) Git
General
1 22 (45.83%) Finance
2 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
3 16 (33.33%) Banking
4 4 (8.33%) Back Office
4 4 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (2.08%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.08%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 8 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 6 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (10.42%) Data Centre
4 5 (10.42%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (8.33%) Credit Risk
5 4 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (8.33%) Management Information System
5 4 (8.33%) Market Risk
5 4 (8.33%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.17%) CMDB
6 2 (4.17%) IVR
6 2 (4.17%) Public Cloud
6 2 (4.17%) Taxonomies
7 1 (2.08%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Agile
2 16 (33.33%) DevOps
3 14 (29.17%) Containerisation
3 14 (29.17%) Microservices
3 14 (29.17%) Technical Leadership
4 13 (27.08%) IT Strategy
5 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
6 11 (22.92%) TOGAF
7 10 (20.83%) Customer Engagement
7 10 (20.83%) Integration Patterns
8 9 (18.75%) Data Integration
8 9 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (18.75%) Roadmaps
9 8 (16.67%) API Design
9 8 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
9 8 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
10 7 (14.58%) Business Strategy
10 7 (14.58%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.42%) SQL
2 4 (8.33%) Python
2 4 (8.33%) R
3 2 (4.17%) Apex Code
3 2 (4.17%) Scala
3 2 (4.17%) SOQL
4 1 (2.08%) Bicep
4 1 (2.08%) C#
4 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) Basel II
1 4 (8.33%) Basel III
1 4 (8.33%) Dodd-Frank
1 4 (8.33%) GDPR
1 4 (8.33%) IFRS
1 4 (8.33%) IFRS 9
1 4 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (16.67%) Docker
2 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) Oracle
3 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.17%) SAP
3 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.08%) Databricks
4 1 (2.08%) Meraki
4 1 (2.08%) Okta
4 1 (2.08%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.08%) Workday