Architect Job Trends in the North East

Architect
England > North East

The median Architect salary in the North East is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 46 42
Rank change year-on-year +18 -4 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 56 44 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 5.37% 4.73% 4.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.70% 4.92% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 44 29 28
10th Percentile £59,500 £56,447 £65,168
25th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £74,901
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £83,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -16.42% +4.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £94,740 £88,000 £86,625
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% -5.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 982 894 715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 96.03% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 689 377 613
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,150 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -3.06%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,758 £84,250 £74,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Architect job vacancy trend in the North East

Architect
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the North East

Architect
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the North East over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Architect in the North East

Architect
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the North East region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear +19 53 £75,000 +11.11% 23
Durham +3 3 £70,000 -7.16% 4
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, 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 North East region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 14 (25.00%) Azure
2 12 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 10 (17.86%) Strategic Thinking
4 9 (16.07%) Power Platform
5 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (14.29%) Project Management
6 7 (12.50%) Analytics
6 7 (12.50%) SaaS
6 7 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (10.71%) AI
7 6 (10.71%) AWS
7 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (10.71%) Migration
7 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.93%) Architectural Design
8 5 (8.93%) IaaS
8 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
8 5 (8.93%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.93%) TOGAF
8 5 (8.93%) Translating Business Requirements
9 4 (7.14%) Agile
9 4 (7.14%) Anaplan
9 4 (7.14%) B2B
9 4 (7.14%) Business Development
9 4 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (7.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 4 (7.14%) Customer Experience
9 4 (7.14%) Customer Insight
9 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (7.14%) Data Architecture

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.00%) Azure
2 9 (16.07%) Power Platform
3 7 (12.50%) SaaS
4 6 (10.71%) AWS
4 6 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (8.93%) IaaS
6 3 (5.36%) GCP
6 3 (5.36%) PaaS
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) VPN
2 2 (3.57%) Firewall
2 2 (3.57%) LAN
3 1 (1.79%) BGP
3 1 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.79%) IPsec
3 1 (1.79%) OSPF
3 1 (1.79%) Spanning Tree
3 1 (1.79%) VXLAN
3 1 (1.79%) WAN
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
3 1 (1.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) Power BI
1 4 (7.14%) Tableau
2 2 (3.57%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.79%) Metadata
General
1 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.71%) Finance
5 4 (7.14%) Games
6 3 (5.36%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) .NET
1 2 (3.57%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Cloud Native
1 4 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (7.14%) Virtual Team
2 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.43%) Decision-Making
2 10 (17.86%) Strategic Thinking
3 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (14.29%) Project Management
4 7 (12.50%) Analytics
4 7 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (10.71%) AI
5 6 (10.71%) Migration
5 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.93%) Architectural Design
6 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
6 5 (8.93%) Roadmaps
6 5 (8.93%) TOGAF
6 5 (8.93%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (7.14%) Customer Experience
7 4 (7.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (7.14%) Due Diligence
7 4 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) Bicep
1 2 (3.57%) SQL
1 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
2 1 (1.79%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) Degree
1 4 (7.14%) PMI Certification
1 4 (7.14%) PMP
2 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) CCNP
3 2 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.57%) CISM
3 2 (3.57%) CISSP
3 2 (3.57%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (7.14%) Anaplan
1 4 (7.14%) Genesys
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (7.14%) ServiceNow
1 4 (7.14%) Verint
2 2 (3.57%) Aruba
2 2 (3.57%) Cisco
2 2 (3.57%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.79%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) VMware