Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Architect
England > Midlands

The median Architect salary in the Midlands is £70,000 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 92 32 29
Rank change year-on-year -60 -3 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 207 703 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.04% 5.54% 7.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.30% 5.86% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 157 441 275
10th Percentile £61,243 £50,000 £58,800
25th Percentile £63,875 £58,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £99,250 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,274 11,996 7,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.54% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 8,818 4,539
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,934 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -34 148 £72,500 -6.45% 691
East Midlands -69 58 £65,000 -3.70% 511
Architect
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 59 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 56 (27.05%) SC Cleared
3 54 (26.09%) Azure
4 47 (22.71%) Roadmaps
5 42 (20.29%) Finance
5 42 (20.29%) WAN
6 40 (19.32%) Cisco
7 39 (18.84%) AWS
7 39 (18.84%) Data Architecture
8 38 (18.36%) Juniper
8 38 (18.36%) Social Skills
9 33 (15.94%) Data Modelling
10 30 (14.49%) Microsoft
11 28 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 28 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
12 27 (13.04%) Network Management
12 27 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
13 26 (12.56%) SQL
13 26 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (12.08%) Technology Roadmap
14 25 (12.08%) TOGAF
15 24 (11.59%) Migration
15 24 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
15 24 (11.59%) IT Strategy
16 23 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
16 23 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
17 22 (10.63%) DevOps
17 22 (10.63%) Analytics
18 21 (10.14%) Artificial Intelligence
19 20 (9.66%) Agile

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.48%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (2.90%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.48%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.48%) Odoo
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.48%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (26.09%) Azure
2 39 (18.84%) AWS
3 23 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (8.70%) GCP
5 15 (7.25%) SaaS
5 15 (7.25%) Serverless
6 12 (5.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 12 (5.80%) Power Platform
7 10 (4.83%) Azure Service Bus
8 9 (4.35%) IaaS
8 9 (4.35%) PaaS
9 8 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.90%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.42%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.42%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.93%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (1.93%) Google App Engine
12 4 (1.93%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 42 (20.29%) WAN
2 17 (8.21%) MPLS
3 15 (7.25%) BGP
3 15 (7.25%) LAN
4 14 (6.76%) IPsec
5 13 (6.28%) Junos
6 12 (5.80%) Cisco IOS
7 7 (3.38%) ATM
7 7 (3.38%) Frame Relay
7 7 (3.38%) SDH
8 6 (2.90%) Firewall
8 6 (2.90%) VoIP
9 5 (2.42%) Network Security
9 5 (2.42%) SD-WAN
9 5 (2.42%) VPN
10 4 (1.93%) DNS
11 2 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.97%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.48%) 5G
12 1 (0.48%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.31%) Data Lake
1 11 (5.31%) NoSQL
2 10 (4.83%) Power BI
3 9 (4.35%) BigQuery
4 7 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.90%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.42%) MySQL
7 4 (1.93%) Big Data
7 4 (1.93%) Cloud Spanner
8 3 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.97%) DB2
9 2 (0.97%) Tableau
10 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.48%) DataStage
10 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.48%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Git
2 2 (0.97%) ERwin
2 2 (0.97%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.48%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.48%) GitLab
3 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 42 (20.29%) Finance
2 38 (18.36%) Social Skills
3 28 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (5.31%) Retail
6 9 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.38%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.90%) Law
9 5 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.93%) Marketing
11 3 (1.45%) Advertising
11 3 (1.45%) Automotive
11 3 (1.45%) Legal
11 3 (1.45%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.97%) Police
13 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.48%) Electronics
13 1 (0.48%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.35%) REST
2 5 (2.42%) Node.js
2 5 (2.42%) React
3 4 (1.93%) .NET
3 4 (1.93%) Express.js
3 4 (1.93%) React Native
3 4 (1.93%) RESTful
3 4 (1.93%) SOAP
4 3 (1.45%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.45%) MACH
5 1 (0.48%) ADO
5 1 (0.48%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.48%) CSS
5 1 (0.48%) HTML
5 1 (0.48%) Middleware
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.48%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.21%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (3.38%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.90%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.90%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.42%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.93%) NHS
6 3 (1.45%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.45%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.45%) PropTech
7 2 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.97%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.97%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.97%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.97%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.48%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.48%) NB-IoT
8 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.48%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.42%) Linux
2 3 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Android
3 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.48%) Windows
3 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.71%) Roadmaps
2 39 (18.84%) Data Architecture
3 33 (15.94%) Data Modelling
4 28 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
5 27 (13.04%) Network Management
6 26 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (12.08%) Technology Roadmap
7 25 (12.08%) TOGAF
8 24 (11.59%) IT Strategy
8 24 (11.59%) Migration
8 24 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
9 23 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
10 22 (10.63%) Analytics
10 22 (10.63%) DevOps
11 21 (10.14%) Artificial Intelligence
12 20 (9.66%) Agile
12 20 (9.66%) Business Strategy
13 18 (8.70%) Mentoring
14 15 (7.25%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.56%) SQL
2 10 (4.83%) Python
3 9 (4.35%) Java
4 8 (3.86%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.38%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.93%) Bicep
7 3 (1.45%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.45%) C#
8 2 (0.97%) C
9 1 (0.48%) Bash
9 1 (0.48%) C++
9 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.48%) PHP
9 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.48%) Scala
9 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.48%) X++
Qualifications
1 59 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 56 (27.05%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.21%) Degree
4 15 (7.25%) CCNP
4 15 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (6.76%) CCNA
5 14 (6.76%) JNCIS
6 8 (3.86%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.86%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.90%) CISSP
8 5 (2.42%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.97%) CITP
11 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.31%) SLA
2 6 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.93%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.93%) NCSC
3 4 (1.93%) NIST
3 4 (1.93%) QA
4 3 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.97%) COBIT
6 1 (0.48%) GDPR
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.93%) Docker
1 4 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.93%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
1 4 (1.93%) Terraform
2 1 (0.48%) Ansible
2 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.48%) Grafana
2 1 (0.48%) Marathon
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (19.32%) Cisco
2 38 (18.36%) Juniper
3 30 (14.49%) Microsoft
4 16 (7.73%) Google
5 12 (5.80%) Databricks
6 6 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.90%) SAP
7 5 (2.42%) Meraki
8 4 (1.93%) Oracle
8 4 (1.93%) Zoho
9 3 (1.45%) IBM
9 3 (1.45%) Informatica
10 2 (0.97%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.97%) SevOne
10 2 (0.97%) VMware
11 1 (0.48%) Conga
11 1 (0.48%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.48%) Jitterbit
11 1 (0.48%) Mitel
11 1 (0.48%) Palo Alto