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 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 72 57
Rank change year-on-year +23 -15 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 17 14 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 2.81% 1.38% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% 1.44% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 7
10th Percentile £64,072 £58,250 £56,000
25th Percentile £70,641 - £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -16.13% +21.09%
75th Percentile £101,250 - £82,500
90th Percentile - £89,000 £83,000
West Midlands median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -

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 451 974 485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 74.55% 96.06% 92.56%
Number of salaries quoted 283 720 376
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,000 £23,125
25th Percentile £28,822 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,754 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,740 £62,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,485 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.97% -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 11 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 11 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 +20 7 - - 8
Lichfield - 3 £97,500 - 1
Stafford -4 2 £63,330 - 1
Burton-upon-Trent +8 1 £80,000 -20.00% 2
Architect
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 (41.18%) Roadmaps
2 6 (35.29%) TOGAF
3 5 (29.41%) AWS
3 5 (29.41%) Technology Strategy
3 5 (29.41%) IT Strategy
4 4 (23.53%) SDLC
4 4 (23.53%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) Degree
5 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
5 3 (17.65%) SaaS
5 3 (17.65%) Data Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) Azure
5 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
5 3 (17.65%) Information Security
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
5 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (17.65%) Network Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) Service Catalogue
5 3 (17.65%) Architecture Governance
5 3 (17.65%) MACH
5 3 (17.65%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (11.76%) Police
6 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (11.76%) Change Advisory Board
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Big Data
6 2 (11.76%) IaaS
6 2 (11.76%) Mobile App

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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) SaaS
3 2 (11.76%) IaaS
3 2 (11.76%) PaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Big Data
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (11.76%) Police
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) MACH
2 2 (11.76%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
2 6 (35.29%) TOGAF
3 5 (29.41%) IT Strategy
3 5 (29.41%) Technology Strategy
4 4 (23.53%) SDLC
4 4 (23.53%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) Architecture Governance
5 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
5 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
5 3 (17.65%) Data Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (17.65%) Information Security
5 3 (17.65%) Network Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) Service Catalogue
6 2 (11.76%) Change Advisory Board
6 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (11.76%) DevOps
6 2 (11.76%) Microservices
6 2 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
1 3 (17.65%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (11.76%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) COBIT
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft