Architect Jobs in South Wales

Architect
Wales > South Wales

The median Architect salary in South Wales is £66,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 10 53
Rank change year-on-year -12 +43 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 112 185 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 7.76% 16.03% 4.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.56% 17.93% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 36 50 49
10th Percentile £51,500 - £50,000
25th Percentile £54,188 £42,500 £59,168
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £71,438 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,550 £96,250 £83,000
Wales median annual salary £66,250 £66,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -5.36% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,309 1,032 1,400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 89.43% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 866 585 864
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,099 £45,456 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in South Wales

Architect
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in South Wales.

Salary trend for Architect in South Wales

Architect
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in South Wales over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in South Wales

Architect
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
Bridgend -7 66 - - 2
Cardiff -9 28 £61,750 -11.79% 12
Newport +1 18 £66,250 +47.22%
Architect
Wales

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, 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 South Wales region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 62 (55.36%) Actionable Insight
2 53 (47.32%) TOGAF
3 42 (37.50%) Technical Architecture
4 34 (30.36%) Validation
4 34 (30.36%) Model Validation
5 33 (29.46%) Requirements Management
5 33 (29.46%) VSAT
5 33 (29.46%) Network Management
5 33 (29.46%) Network Architecture
6 32 (28.57%) Azure
7 28 (25.00%) Security Cleared
8 25 (22.32%) SC Cleared
9 23 (20.54%) Social Skills
10 22 (19.64%) AWS
11 21 (18.75%) Presales
12 20 (17.86%) Agile
13 17 (15.18%) Microsoft
14 16 (14.29%) Project Management
15 13 (11.61%) Migration
16 12 (10.71%) Power Platform
17 11 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
17 11 (9.82%) Business Case
17 11 (9.82%) Public Cloud
18 9 (8.04%) SaaS
18 9 (8.04%) GCP
18 9 (8.04%) Scrum
18 9 (8.04%) Roadmaps
18 9 (8.04%) Public Sector
19 8 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
19 8 (7.14%) Commercial Awareness

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 4 (3.57%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.89%) Anypoint
Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (2.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (28.57%) Azure
2 22 (19.64%) AWS
3 12 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 9 (8.04%) GCP
4 9 (8.04%) SaaS
5 8 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.46%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (3.57%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (3.57%) Azure API Management
8 2 (1.79%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.79%) Serverless
9 1 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.89%) dbt
9 1 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.89%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.89%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.89%) Stitch
Communications & Networking
1 33 (29.46%) VSAT
2 4 (3.57%) BGP
2 4 (3.57%) DNS
2 4 (3.57%) SSL
2 4 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.89%) Broadband
3 1 (0.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.46%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.57%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.57%) RDBMS
3 4 (3.57%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.89%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.89%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.89%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.89%) MySQL
4 1 (0.89%) Power BI
4 1 (0.89%) Tableau
General
1 23 (20.54%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.04%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.46%) Digital Health
5 5 (4.46%) Health Technology
5 5 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.89%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (3.57%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.89%) .NET
2 1 (0.89%) Django
2 1 (0.89%) Node.js
2 1 (0.89%) React
2 1 (0.89%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.82%) Public Cloud
2 7 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.25%) PKI
3 6 (5.36%) NHS
4 4 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.79%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.79%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.57%) Linux
1 4 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (55.36%) Actionable Insight
2 53 (47.32%) TOGAF
3 42 (37.50%) Technical Architecture
4 34 (30.36%) Model Validation
4 34 (30.36%) Validation
5 33 (29.46%) Network Architecture
5 33 (29.46%) Network Management
5 33 (29.46%) Requirements Management
6 21 (18.75%) Presales
7 20 (17.86%) Agile
8 16 (14.29%) Project Management
9 13 (11.61%) Migration
10 11 (9.82%) Business Case
10 11 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (8.04%) Roadmaps
11 9 (8.04%) Scrum
12 8 (7.14%) Analytics
12 8 (7.14%) Data Analytics
12 8 (7.14%) Open Source
12 8 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.89%) C#
1 1 (0.89%) Python
1 1 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (22.32%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.25%) Degree
4 4 (3.57%) AWS Certification
4 4 (3.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.68%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.68%) OpenView
2 2 (1.79%) Terraform
3 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.14%) Google
3 5 (4.46%) Sparx
4 4 (3.57%) Oracle
5 3 (2.68%) BMC
5 3 (2.68%) HP
5 3 (2.68%) Remedy
5 3 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.89%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.89%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.89%) Talend