Senior Architect Jobs in the North West

Senior Architect
England > North West

The median Senior Architect salary in the North West is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 258 312
Rank change year-on-year +50 +54 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 83 40 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.85% 0.50% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.56% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 55 10 4
10th Percentile - £69,000 £44,000
25th Percentile £56,809 £69,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £51,556
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +55.17% -20.68%
75th Percentile £97,500 £99,375 £58,239
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,400 £64,395
England median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,207 7,117 9,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 89.21% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 4,116 5,478
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in the North West

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect in the North West.

Salary trend for Senior Architect in the North West

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in the North West

Senior Architect
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Manchester +51 59 £85,000 +6.25% 8
Lancashire - 14 £61,206 - 1
Merseyside +9 7 £100,000 -13.04%
Cheshire - 3 £60,000 -
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior 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 West region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 31 (37.35%) Agile
2 21 (25.30%) Mentoring
2 21 (25.30%) Coaching
3 20 (24.10%) Design Patterns
4 18 (21.69%) Public Sector
4 18 (21.69%) Azure
5 17 (20.48%) WAN
5 17 (20.48%) DevOps
5 17 (20.48%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (20.48%) SD-WAN
5 17 (20.48%) Presales
6 16 (19.28%) Architectural Patterns
6 16 (19.28%) Data Modelling
6 16 (19.28%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (19.28%) Management Information System
7 15 (18.07%) Analytics
7 15 (18.07%) Prototyping
8 14 (16.87%) NoSQL
8 14 (16.87%) Public Cloud
8 14 (16.87%) Open Source
8 14 (16.87%) Information Security
8 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
8 14 (16.87%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (15.66%) Finance
9 13 (15.66%) Microservices
9 13 (15.66%) SDLC
10 12 (14.46%) Data Strategy
10 12 (14.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 12 (14.46%) Roadmaps
11 11 (13.25%) Customer Engagement

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.20%) SAP APO
2 1 (1.20%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.20%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.20%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.20%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.69%) Azure
2 11 (13.25%) AWS
3 4 (4.82%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.20%) IaaS
5 1 (1.20%) PaaS
5 1 (1.20%) SaaS
5 1 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.48%) SD-WAN
1 17 (20.48%) WAN
2 5 (6.02%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (3.61%) Network Security
4 1 (1.20%) Firewall
4 1 (1.20%) IPsec
4 1 (1.20%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.20%) SSL
4 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.87%) Data Warehouse
1 14 (16.87%) NoSQL
2 10 (12.05%) Metadata
3 2 (2.41%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (3.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (21.69%) Public Sector
2 13 (15.66%) Finance
3 4 (4.82%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.41%) Retail
5 1 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) .NET
1 4 (4.82%) React
2 1 (1.20%) OAuth
2 1 (1.20%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.20%) OpenID
2 1 (1.20%) SAML
2 1 (1.20%) Web Services
2 1 (1.20%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.28%) Management Information System
2 14 (16.87%) Public Cloud
3 10 (12.05%) Data Centre
4 7 (8.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (4.82%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.82%) Data Structures
6 3 (3.61%) FMCG
6 3 (3.61%) PMI
6 3 (3.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Linux
1 1 (1.20%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.35%) Agile
2 21 (25.30%) Coaching
2 21 (25.30%) Mentoring
3 20 (24.10%) Design Patterns
4 17 (20.48%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (20.48%) DevOps
4 17 (20.48%) Presales
5 16 (19.28%) Architectural Patterns
5 16 (19.28%) Data Modelling
6 15 (18.07%) Analytics
6 15 (18.07%) Prototyping
7 14 (16.87%) Information Security
7 14 (16.87%) Open Source
8 13 (15.66%) Microservices
8 13 (15.66%) SDLC
9 12 (14.46%) Data Strategy
9 12 (14.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 12 (14.46%) Roadmaps
10 11 (13.25%) Customer Engagement
10 11 (13.25%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) C#
2 1 (1.20%) COBOL
2 1 (1.20%) Micro Focus COBOL
2 1 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (19.28%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (12.05%) CCNA
2 10 (12.05%) CCNP
2 10 (12.05%) Degree
3 9 (10.84%) CISSP
4 6 (7.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (7.23%) AWS Certification
4 6 (7.23%) Azure Certification
4 6 (7.23%) CCSK
4 6 (7.23%) CCSP
4 6 (7.23%) CISM
5 4 (4.82%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (3.61%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.20%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.05%) Data Quality
2 9 (10.84%) NIST
3 3 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (7.23%) Docker
2 1 (1.20%) RACF
Systems Management
1 7 (8.43%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (7.23%) Kubernetes
3 5 (6.02%) CASB
3 5 (6.02%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.25%) Cisco
3 10 (12.05%) Adobe
3 10 (12.05%) Apple
3 10 (12.05%) Meraki
4 4 (4.82%) Databricks
5 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.20%) Juniper
5 1 (1.20%) Micro Focus
5 1 (1.20%) SAP