Architect Jobs in Newport

Architect
South Wales > Newport

The median Architect salary in Newport is £71,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 17 18 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 8.67% 10.40% 12.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.04% 10.84% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 14 18 20
10th Percentile - £55,000 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £66,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% +47.22% -35.94%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £60,594
90th Percentile - £70,250 £74,125
South Wales median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £69,250
% change year-on-year +8.00% -9.75% -1.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 188 166 135
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 95.95% 77.59%
Number of salaries quoted 145 136 101
10th Percentile £37,750 £28,875 £26,391
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,238 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,001 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £68,500 £68,497
South Wales median annual salary £48,500 £46,060 £45,750
% change year-on-year +5.30% +0.68% -8.50%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Newport

Architect
Salary Trend in Newport

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

Salary trend for Architect in Newport

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 Newport region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Configuration Management
1 14 (82.35%) Degree
1 14 (82.35%) Chartered Engineer
1 14 (82.35%) Mentoring
1 14 (82.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 8 (47.06%) Systems Thinking
3 8 (47.06%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (47.06%) Business Case
3 8 (47.06%) Customer Requirements
3 8 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 8 (47.06%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (47.06%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 8 (47.06%) Requirements Management
3 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
3 8 (47.06%) IBM
4 6 (35.29%) UML
4 6 (35.29%) Middleware
4 6 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 6 (35.29%) Agile
4 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (35.29%) Open Source
4 6 (35.29%) Waterfall
4 6 (35.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (35.29%) SDLC
4 6 (35.29%) DevOps
4 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
4 6 (35.29%) Design Patterns
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure API Management
1 2 (11.76%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.88%) IoT
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Configuration Management
1 14 (82.35%) Mentoring
2 8 (47.06%) Business Case
2 8 (47.06%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 8 (47.06%) Customer Requirements
2 8 (47.06%) Requirements Management
2 8 (47.06%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (47.06%) Systems Thinking
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
3 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (35.29%) Design Patterns
3 6 (35.29%) DevOps
3 6 (35.29%) Open Source
3 6 (35.29%) SDLC
3 6 (35.29%) UML
3 6 (35.29%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.88%) Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) BPSS Clearance
1 14 (82.35%) Chartered Engineer
1 14 (82.35%) Degree
2 6 (35.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) IBM
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft