Architect Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Architect salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 September 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 19 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 36 51 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 7.69% 6.90% 7.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.13% 7.05% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 33 28 17
10th Percentile £61,250 £59,043 £70,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £97,000 - £99,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% +13.33%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 443 723 366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 97.83% 90.82%
Number of salaries quoted 302 462 313
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £31,050
25th Percentile £28,875 £36,250 £38,634
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,113 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,875 £84,964 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 6 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Newcastle upon Tyne

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 6 September 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 13 (36.11%) Azure
2 11 (30.56%) Agile
2 11 (30.56%) TOGAF
3 10 (27.78%) SaaS
3 10 (27.78%) TOGAF Certification
4 9 (25.00%) DevOps
5 8 (22.22%) Oracle
5 8 (22.22%) AWS
5 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (22.22%) Data Centre
5 8 (22.22%) Operational Technology
5 8 (22.22%) OCI
6 7 (19.44%) Information Security
7 6 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 6 (16.67%) IaaS
7 6 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
8 5 (13.89%) Terraform
8 5 (13.89%) Windows
8 5 (13.89%) Linux
8 5 (13.89%) VMware
8 5 (13.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (13.89%) SCADA
9 4 (11.11%) Rapid Prototyping
9 4 (11.11%) PaaS
9 4 (11.11%) Waterfall
9 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
9 4 (11.11%) SDLC
9 4 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
9 4 (11.11%) NCSC

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 13 (36.11%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) SaaS
3 8 (22.22%) AWS
3 8 (22.22%) OCI
4 6 (16.67%) IaaS
5 4 (11.11%) PaaS
6 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Stack
7 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) VPN
2 1 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Data Lake
General
1 2 (5.56%) Finance
1 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
1 2 (5.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.78%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Data Centre
1 8 (22.22%) Operational Technology
2 5 (13.89%) SCADA
3 2 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.56%) Smartphone
3 2 (5.56%) Taxonomies
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.78%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Linux
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Agile
1 11 (30.56%) TOGAF
2 9 (25.00%) DevOps
3 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (19.44%) Information Security
5 6 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 6 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
6 4 (11.11%) Cyber Assurance
6 4 (11.11%) Data Strategy
6 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (11.11%) Prototyping
6 4 (11.11%) Rapid Prototyping
6 4 (11.11%) SDLC
6 4 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (11.11%) Waterfall
7 3 (8.33%) Cloud Security
7 3 (8.33%) Security Architecture
8 2 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (5.56%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Bicep
1 2 (5.56%) C#
1 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) TOGAF Certification
2 3 (8.33%) CISM
2 3 (8.33%) CISSP
3 2 (5.56%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.78%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (11.11%) NCSC
3 2 (5.56%) GRC
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.78%) GDPR
4 1 (2.78%) NIST
4 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) Oracle
2 5 (13.89%) VMware
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft