Principal Architect Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Principal Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Principal Architect salary in Milton Keynes is £63,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.082% - 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% - 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,750 - £69,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 - £70,500
75th Percentile £65,250 - £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £63,500 - £70,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 1,181 247 477
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.72% 89.82% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 836 137 336
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,500 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%

Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Principal Architect job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Principal Architect
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for Principal Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Principal Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Principal Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) MACH
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP

Principal Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) MACH
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP