IT Architect Jobs in the North of England

IT Architect
England > North of England

The median IT Architect salary in the North of England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 368 429
Rank change year-on-year +32 +61 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Architect 3 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.026% 0.090% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.095% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 4
10th Percentile £57,139 £43,742 £48,450
25th Percentile £61,962 £85,000 £55,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £112,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year -37.78% +82.19% -8.52%
75th Percentile - £116,250 £73,938
90th Percentile - - £89,575
England median annual salary £82,000 £83,750 £82,500
% change year-on-year -2.09% +1.52% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,838 16,798 15,094
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.98% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5,779 12,989 8,081
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Architect in the North of England

IT Architect
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Architect in the North of England.

Salary trend for IT Architect in the North of England

IT Architect
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Architect in the North of England

IT Architect
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 IT Architect within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. 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
North West -4 3 £70,000 +60.03% 3
IT Architect
England

IT Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, IT 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 North of England region featuring IT Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Siemens
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) PLM
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Security
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
1 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (33.33%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management

IT Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DMZ
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) PLM
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Security
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) Siemens
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft