Architectural Design Job Trends in the Midlands

Architectural Design
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 244 168
Rank change year-on-year +36 -76 +64
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 23 23 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.32% 0.29% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.34% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 19 14 27
10th Percentile £60,300 £46,625 £44,950
25th Percentile £71,250 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,700 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +43.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,125 £82,250
90th Percentile £108,000 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £75,535 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.44% +3.13% +4.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,893 6,808 4,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.67% 86.29% 92.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,389 3,056 3,520
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,656 £38,750 £36,376
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Architectural Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in the Midlands

Architectural Design
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 Architectural Design within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 December 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 +30 16 £75,000 -4.70% 18
East Midlands +16 4 £77,500 +106.67% 7
Architectural Design
England

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (8.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) SaaS
3 5 (21.74%) IaaS
3 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (21.74%) PaaS
3 5 (21.74%) Power Platform
4 4 (17.39%) AWS
5 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
6 2 (8.70%) GCP
6 2 (8.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (4.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) LAN
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Legal
3 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
4 4 (17.39%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Law
5 2 (8.70%) Marketing
5 2 (8.70%) Retail
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) Architect
2 10 (43.48%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (21.74%) Senior
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Technical Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Data Architect
6 2 (8.70%) IT Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Lead
6 2 (8.70%) Lead Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Azure Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (4.35%) ERP Manager
7 1 (4.35%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) IT Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Product Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) ARM Templates
2 1 (4.35%) CSS
2 1 (4.35%) HTML
2 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Cloud Native
2 4 (17.39%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.70%) Algorithms
3 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.35%) CMDB
4 1 (4.35%) FPGA
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.35%) Verilog
4 1 (4.35%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Roadmaps
2 11 (47.83%) Enterprise Architecture
3 10 (43.48%) Agile
3 10 (43.48%) Project Delivery
4 9 (39.13%) AI
4 9 (39.13%) Architecture Roadmap
4 9 (39.13%) CRM
4 9 (39.13%) TOGAF
5 8 (34.78%) Translating Business Requirements
6 7 (30.43%) Case Management
7 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (21.74%) Analytics
8 5 (21.74%) API Management
8 5 (21.74%) Business Development
8 5 (21.74%) Data Governance
8 5 (21.74%) Data Privacy
8 5 (21.74%) DevOps
8 5 (21.74%) Integration Patterns
9 4 (17.39%) Change Control
9 4 (17.39%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) C#
2 2 (8.70%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) Bicep
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.70%) AWS Certification
5 1 (4.35%) CCNP
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe
2 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) Xilinx