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 3 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
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 31 28
Rank change year-on-year -55 -3 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 212 722 652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.08% 5.51% 7.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.35% 5.82% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 161 453 266
10th Percentile £61,243 £50,000 £57,750
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 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £77,405 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.24% -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 6,337 12,406 7,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 94.64% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,686 9,036 4,534
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £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 £60,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -34 152 £72,500 -5.54% 116
East Midlands -65 59 £65,000 -3.70% 62
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 60 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 57 (26.89%) SC Cleared
3 55 (25.94%) Azure
4 46 (21.70%) Roadmaps
5 42 (19.81%) WAN
6 41 (19.34%) Social Skills
7 40 (18.87%) Finance
8 39 (18.40%) Cisco
8 39 (18.40%) AWS
9 38 (17.92%) Data Architecture
10 37 (17.45%) Juniper
11 33 (15.57%) Data Modelling
12 29 (13.68%) Microsoft
12 29 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
13 28 (13.21%) Enterprise Architecture
14 27 (12.74%) SQL
14 27 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
15 26 (12.26%) TOGAF
15 26 (12.26%) Network Management
16 25 (11.79%) Technology Roadmap
17 24 (11.32%) IT Strategy
17 24 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
17 24 (11.32%) Migration
18 23 (10.85%) DevOps
18 23 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
18 23 (10.85%) Technology Strategy
19 21 (9.91%) Analytics
19 21 (9.91%) Agile
19 21 (9.91%) Artificial Intelligence

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 (0.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
2 1 (0.47%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (2.83%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.47%) Odoo
3 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 55 (25.94%) Azure
2 39 (18.40%) AWS
3 24 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (8.96%) GCP
5 16 (7.55%) SaaS
6 15 (7.08%) Serverless
7 13 (6.13%) Power Platform
8 11 (5.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (4.72%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (4.72%) IaaS
9 10 (4.72%) PaaS
10 7 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.83%) Power Automate
12 5 (2.36%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.36%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.89%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 42 (19.81%) WAN
2 17 (8.02%) MPLS
3 16 (7.55%) LAN
4 15 (7.08%) BGP
5 14 (6.60%) IPsec
6 13 (6.13%) Junos
7 12 (5.66%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (4.72%) ATM
8 10 (4.72%) Frame Relay
8 10 (4.72%) SDH
9 8 (3.77%) VoIP
10 6 (2.83%) Firewall
10 6 (2.83%) Network Security
11 5 (2.36%) SD-WAN
11 5 (2.36%) VPN
12 4 (1.89%) DNS
13 3 (1.42%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.94%) Cisco ISE
15 1 (0.47%) Modbus
15 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.19%) Data Lake
1 11 (5.19%) NoSQL
2 10 (4.72%) Power BI
3 9 (4.25%) BigQuery
4 7 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.83%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.36%) MySQL
7 4 (1.89%) Big Data
7 4 (1.89%) Cloud Spanner
8 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.94%) DB2
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.47%) DataStage
10 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.47%) QualityStage
10 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Git
2 2 (0.94%) ERwin
2 2 (0.94%) JIRA
2 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.47%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 41 (19.34%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.87%) Finance
3 29 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (5.19%) Retail
6 9 (4.25%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.30%) Law
9 6 (2.83%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.89%) Advertising
11 4 (1.89%) Marketing
12 3 (1.42%) Automotive
12 3 (1.42%) Legal
12 3 (1.42%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.94%) Police
14 1 (0.47%) Electronics
14 1 (0.47%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.25%) REST
2 5 (2.36%) Node.js
2 5 (2.36%) React
3 4 (1.89%) .NET
3 4 (1.89%) Express.js
3 4 (1.89%) React Native
3 4 (1.89%) RESTful
3 4 (1.89%) SOAP
4 3 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.42%) MACH
5 1 (0.47%) ADO
5 1 (0.47%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.47%) CSS
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) Middleware
5 1 (0.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (3.77%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.83%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.83%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.36%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.89%) NHS
6 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.42%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.42%) PropTech
7 2 (0.94%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.94%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.47%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.47%) Clustering
8 1 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.47%) SCADA
8 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.83%) Linux
2 3 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.94%) Windows
4 1 (0.47%) AIX
4 1 (0.47%) Android
4 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (21.70%) Roadmaps
2 38 (17.92%) Data Architecture
3 33 (15.57%) Data Modelling
4 28 (13.21%) Enterprise Architecture
5 27 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (12.26%) Network Management
6 26 (12.26%) TOGAF
7 25 (11.79%) Technology Roadmap
8 24 (11.32%) IT Strategy
8 24 (11.32%) Migration
9 23 (10.85%) DevOps
9 23 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
9 23 (10.85%) Technology Strategy
10 21 (9.91%) Agile
10 21 (9.91%) Analytics
10 21 (9.91%) Artificial Intelligence
11 20 (9.43%) Business Strategy
12 17 (8.02%) Mentoring
13 16 (7.55%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (12.74%) SQL
2 11 (5.19%) Python
3 10 (4.72%) Java
4 8 (3.77%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.30%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.89%) Bicep
7 3 (1.42%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.42%) C#
8 2 (0.94%) C
8 2 (0.94%) C++
9 1 (0.47%) Bash
9 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.47%) PHP
9 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.47%) Scala
9 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.47%) X++
Qualifications
1 60 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 57 (26.89%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.96%) Degree
4 16 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (7.08%) CCNP
6 14 (6.60%) CCNA
6 14 (6.60%) JNCIS
7 8 (3.77%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (3.30%) CISSP
9 5 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.36%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.94%) CITP
11 2 (0.94%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.47%) CCSP
12 1 (0.47%) HND
12 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.19%) SLA
2 6 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.89%) NCSC
3 4 (1.89%) NIST
3 4 (1.89%) QA
4 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.94%) COBIT
6 1 (0.47%) GDPR
6 1 (0.47%) GRC
6 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.89%) Docker
1 4 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.89%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
1 4 (1.89%) Terraform
2 1 (0.47%) Ansible
2 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.47%) Grafana
2 1 (0.47%) Marathon
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (18.40%) Cisco
2 37 (17.45%) Juniper
3 29 (13.68%) Microsoft
4 16 (7.55%) Google
5 12 (5.66%) Databricks
6 6 (2.83%) SAP
7 5 (2.36%) Meraki
7 5 (2.36%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.89%) Oracle
8 4 (1.89%) Zoho
9 3 (1.42%) IBM
9 3 (1.42%) Informatica
10 2 (0.94%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.94%) SevOne
10 2 (0.94%) VMware
11 1 (0.47%) Conga
11 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.47%) Jitterbit
11 1 (0.47%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.47%) Pardot