Architect Jobs in Staffordshire

Architect
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Architect salary in Staffordshire is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 73 58
Rank change year-on-year +26 -15 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 19 15 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 3.05% 1.37% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.03% 1.42% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 8
10th Percentile £60,960 £59,375 £56,063
25th Percentile £65,550 - £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -17.46% +7.51%
75th Percentile £94,375 - £82,813
90th Percentile £101,250 - £87,875
West Midlands median annual salary £72,500 £76,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.54% +2.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 471 1,058 494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 75.72% 96.36% 92.51%
Number of salaries quoted 239 783 378
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,000 £23,658
25th Percentile £28,822 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Staffordshire

Architect
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Architect in Staffordshire

Architect
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Staffordshire

Architect
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Stoke-on-Trent +26 9 £56,500 -13.08% 5
Lichfield - 3 £97,500 -
Stafford +1 2 £63,330 -
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 £80,000 -
Architect
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Staffordshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 7 (36.84%) TOGAF
1 7 (36.84%) Roadmaps
2 6 (31.58%) AWS
3 5 (26.32%) Azure
3 5 (26.32%) IT Strategy
3 5 (26.32%) Technology Strategy
4 4 (21.05%) TOGAF Certification
4 4 (21.05%) SDLC
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (21.05%) Degree
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
4 4 (21.05%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) ITIL
5 3 (15.79%) Information Security
5 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (15.79%) SaaS
5 3 (15.79%) Data Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) Network Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) MACH
5 3 (15.79%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (15.79%) Architecture Governance
5 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
5 3 (15.79%) Service Catalogue
6 2 (10.53%) Change Advisory Board
6 2 (10.53%) Police
6 2 (10.53%) Power Platform

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) AWS
2 5 (26.32%) Azure
3 3 (15.79%) SaaS
4 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (10.53%) IaaS
4 2 (10.53%) PaaS
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.26%) GCP
5 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Big Data
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Police
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) MACH
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Roadmaps
1 7 (36.84%) TOGAF
2 5 (26.32%) IT Strategy
2 5 (26.32%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
3 4 (21.05%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) SDLC
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Architecture Governance
4 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Data Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (15.79%) Information Security
4 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 3 (15.79%) Network Architecture
4 3 (15.79%) Service Catalogue
5 2 (10.53%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C#
2 1 (5.26%) C
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
1 4 (21.05%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CITP
3 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (5.26%) CCSP
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.26%) CISSP
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) COBIT
2 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft