Computer Architecture Job Trends in the North of England

Computer Architecture
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Computer Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 - 316
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Permanent jobs citing Computer Architecture 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.004% - 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% - 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.78%
England median annual salary £50,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -29.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Computer Architecture 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,780 8,231 11,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.66% 87.43% 78.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,470 4,100 6,081
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Computer Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Computer Architecture job vacancy trend in the North of England

Computer Architecture
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Computer Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Computer Architecture

Computer Architecture
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Architecture within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Computer Architecture
England

Computer Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check