Architect Jobs in the South West

Architect
England > South West

The median Architect salary in the South West is £78,273 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 19 64
Rank change year-on-year -17 +45 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 435 712 440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.95% 11.44% 4.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.16% 12.76% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 261 199 230
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,500 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,273 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.96% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £93,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,426 5,578 8,651
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 89.64% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,017 3,752 5,360
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,438 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,288 £36,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,725 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% +8.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the South West

Architect
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Bristol -5 247 £80,000 +3.23% 11
Wiltshire -14 81 £66,500 -5.00% 4
Somerset +9 34 £55,000 -2.44% 4
Dorset -21 26 £80,000 - 1
Gloucestershire -62 23 £87,500 +6.06% 7
Devon -25 14 £68,420 +24.40% 2
Cornwall - 1 - -
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 130 (29.89%) Security Cleared
2 117 (26.90%) TOGAF
2 117 (26.90%) Azure
3 108 (24.83%) Agile
4 83 (19.08%) AWS
4 83 (19.08%) DevOps
5 70 (16.09%) Microsoft
6 68 (15.63%) Social Skills
7 67 (15.40%) Technical Architecture
8 66 (15.17%) SC Cleared
9 60 (13.79%) Finance
10 59 (13.56%) Actionable Insight
11 58 (13.33%) Degree
12 57 (13.10%) ArchiMate
13 55 (12.64%) Enterprise Architecture
14 42 (9.66%) Problem-Solving
15 41 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
15 41 (9.43%) Microservices
15 41 (9.43%) Roadmaps
16 40 (9.20%) DV Cleared
16 40 (9.20%) Migration
17 39 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
17 39 (8.97%) Cloud Native
18 38 (8.74%) Python
19 36 (8.28%) .NET
20 35 (8.05%) Project Management
20 35 (8.05%) Public Cloud
21 34 (7.82%) Linux
22 33 (7.59%) Validation
22 33 (7.59%) Azure DevOps

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 5 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (0.92%) CMS
2 4 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.92%) WebLogic
3 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.69%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 29 (6.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.46%) Maximo
5 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 117 (26.90%) Azure
2 83 (19.08%) AWS
3 41 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (5.06%) GCP
5 22 (5.06%) PaaS
5 22 (5.06%) SaaS
6 20 (4.60%) IaaS
7 18 (4.14%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.84%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.84%) Serverless
10 6 (1.38%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.38%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.92%) Amazon SQS
13 3 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.29%) VSAT
2 8 (1.84%) DNS
3 7 (1.61%) Network Security
4 6 (1.38%) Firewall
5 5 (1.15%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.92%) BGP
6 4 (0.92%) SSL
7 3 (0.69%) Asterisk PBX
7 3 (0.69%) Broadband
7 3 (0.69%) PBX
7 3 (0.69%) RTP
7 3 (0.69%) VoIP
8 2 (0.46%) VPN
9 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.23%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (2.30%) Big Data
3 8 (1.84%) Geospatial Data
3 8 (1.84%) Power BI
3 8 (1.84%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.15%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.15%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.15%) Looker
5 5 (1.15%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.15%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.92%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.69%) Data Hub
7 3 (0.69%) Data Vault
7 3 (0.69%) GIS
7 3 (0.69%) MySQL
7 3 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.69%) Star Schema
7 3 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (1.61%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.23%) Git
3 1 (0.23%) JUnit
3 1 (0.23%) Maven
3 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (15.63%) Social Skills
2 60 (13.79%) Finance
3 29 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (6.44%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.06%) Banking
6 22 (5.06%) Marketing
6 22 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (4.37%) Law
7 19 (4.37%) Telecoms
8 18 (4.14%) Military
9 14 (3.22%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.53%) Legal
11 9 (2.07%) Retail
12 7 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.61%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.38%) Aviation
14 5 (1.15%) Electronics
15 3 (0.69%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.28%) .NET
2 8 (1.84%) OAuth
2 8 (1.84%) SAML
3 7 (1.61%) OpenID
4 6 (1.38%) REST
5 5 (1.15%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (1.15%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.15%) Web Services
6 4 (0.92%) CSS
6 4 (0.92%) HTML
7 3 (0.69%) LDAP
7 3 (0.69%) PySpark
7 3 (0.69%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.69%) XML
7 3 (0.69%) YAML
8 2 (0.46%) CSS3
8 2 (0.46%) HTML5
8 2 (0.46%) Kafka
8 2 (0.46%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.97%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.05%) Public Cloud
3 26 (5.98%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.68%) Enterprise Cloud
5 11 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.84%) PKI
8 7 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.38%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.38%) Replication
10 5 (1.15%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.69%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.69%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.69%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.82%) Linux
2 4 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.69%) CentOS
3 3 (0.69%) Ubuntu
3 3 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (26.90%) TOGAF
2 108 (24.83%) Agile
3 83 (19.08%) DevOps
4 67 (15.40%) Technical Architecture
5 59 (13.56%) Actionable Insight
6 57 (13.10%) ArchiMate
7 55 (12.64%) Enterprise Architecture
8 42 (9.66%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (9.43%) Microservices
9 41 (9.43%) Roadmaps
10 40 (9.20%) Migration
11 39 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
12 35 (8.05%) Project Management
13 33 (7.59%) Validation
14 31 (7.13%) Collaborative Working
14 31 (7.13%) Requirements Management
15 30 (6.90%) Business Case
15 30 (6.90%) Business Strategy
15 30 (6.90%) Full Stack Development
15 30 (6.90%) Model Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.74%) Python
2 18 (4.14%) Java
3 17 (3.91%) C
4 12 (2.76%) SQL
5 9 (2.07%) C#
6 8 (1.84%) C++
7 6 (1.38%) R
7 6 (1.38%) Scala
8 5 (1.15%) Ruby
9 4 (0.92%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.92%) PHP
10 3 (0.69%) Bicep
11 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (29.89%) Security Cleared
2 66 (15.17%) SC Cleared
3 58 (13.33%) Degree
4 40 (9.20%) DV Cleared
5 29 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
6 22 (5.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (4.14%) CISSP
8 17 (3.91%) CISM
9 16 (3.68%) CISA
9 16 (3.68%) CRISC
10 10 (2.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 10 (2.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 8 (1.84%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.38%) SANS
14 4 (0.92%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (0.46%) CEH
16 2 (0.46%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.53%) GDPR
3 9 (2.07%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.07%) NIST
4 4 (0.92%) COBIT
4 4 (0.92%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.69%) HMG Infosec
5 3 (0.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (0.69%) JSP 440
5 3 (0.69%) RMADS
6 2 (0.46%) GRC
6 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.46%) NCSC
6 2 (0.46%) QA
7 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.23%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.69%) Kamailio
3 3 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.46%) Docker
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.29%) Terraform
3 19 (4.37%) Ansible
4 18 (4.14%) Puppet
5 3 (0.69%) NetIQ Identity Manager
5 3 (0.69%) OpenView
5 3 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.46%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 70 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.67%) Sparx
3 19 (4.37%) Google
4 16 (3.68%) Oracle
5 12 (2.76%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.15%) BiZZdesign
6 5 (1.15%) ESRI
6 5 (1.15%) Pega
7 4 (0.92%) Databricks
8 3 (0.69%) Cisco
8 3 (0.69%) Dialogic
8 3 (0.69%) ForgeRock
8 3 (0.69%) NetIQ
8 3 (0.69%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.69%) Remedy
8 3 (0.69%) Ribbon
8 3 (0.69%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.69%) Splunk
8 3 (0.69%) Twitter
8 3 (0.69%) VMware