Architecture Governance Job Trends in the South West

Architecture Governance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Architecture Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 184 215
Rank change year-on-year +4 +31 +59
Permanent jobs citing Architecture Governance 2 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.040% 0.16% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.19% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £67,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% - -
England median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £88,000
% change year-on-year - -3.41% -4.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Architecture Governance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,629 3,610 4,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.06% 84.88% 90.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,472 1,833 3,117
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £40,619
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +3.36%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Architecture Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Architecture Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Architecture Governance job vacancy trend in the South West

Architecture Governance
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Architecture Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Architecture Governance

Architecture Governance
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 Architecture Governance within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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 +11 2 £85,000 +25.93% 2
Architecture Governance
England

Architecture Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) SABSA
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC