Architect Job Trends in Nottingham

Architect
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Architect salary in Nottingham is £80,000 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 23 38 30
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 30 25 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 5.89% 4.77% 4.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.34% 5.05% 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17 16 7
10th Percentile £73,450 £56,250 £70,650
25th Percentile £77,500 £71,875 £83,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,375 -
90th Percentile £83,500 £93,750 -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +24.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 473 495 313
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 94.47% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 338 224 267
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,250 £42,500 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,125 £75,500
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Architect
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Nottingham

Architect
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

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

Salary histogram for Architect in Nottingham

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham

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 Nottingham region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 15 (50.00%) SaaS
2 12 (40.00%) Oracle
3 11 (36.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 9 (30.00%) ERP
6 8 (26.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 8 (26.67%) IT Strategy
6 8 (26.67%) Roadmaps
6 8 (26.67%) Technology Strategy
7 7 (23.33%) AWS
7 7 (23.33%) Data Architecture
7 7 (23.33%) Event-Driven
7 7 (23.33%) Microservices
7 7 (23.33%) PaaS
7 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (20.00%) .NET
8 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (20.00%) C#
8 6 (20.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 6 (20.00%) REST
8 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
8 6 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (20.00%) Technical Debt
9 5 (16.67%) Data Modelling
9 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
9 5 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (16.67%) Metadata
9 5 (16.67%) SQL
9 5 (16.67%) TOGAF
9 5 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (50.00%) SaaS
2 7 (23.33%) AWS
2 7 (23.33%) PaaS
3 3 (10.00%) Azure
3 3 (10.00%) GCP
3 3 (10.00%) OCI
4 2 (6.67%) Oracle CX
5 1 (3.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.67%) Metadata
3 3 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (6.67%) Oracle Database
4 2 (6.67%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (3.33%) DynamoDB
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Law
3 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (36.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (20.00%) .NET
2 6 (20.00%) REST
3 2 (6.67%) Middleware
3 2 (6.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (10.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.67%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 9 (30.00%) ERP
3 8 (26.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 8 (26.67%) IT Strategy
3 8 (26.67%) Roadmaps
3 8 (26.67%) Technology Strategy
4 7 (23.33%) Data Architecture
4 7 (23.33%) Event-Driven
4 7 (23.33%) Microservices
4 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (20.00%) Technical Debt
6 5 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 5 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (16.67%) TOGAF
6 5 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (13.33%) Agile
7 4 (13.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) C#
2 5 (16.67%) SQL
3 2 (6.67%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.33%) Java
4 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (10.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (6.67%) CISM
2 2 (6.67%) CISSP
2 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.67%) GDPR
2 2 (6.67%) GRC
3 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) Oracle