Architectural Design Job Trends in Staffordshire

Architectural Design
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.20% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £44,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £70,932 £78,700 £78,273
% change year-on-year -9.87% +0.55% +7.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

Architectural Design 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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 823 465 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 82.55% 91.72% 85.04%
Number of salaries quoted 363 293 459
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,822 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,580 £32,500 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,967 £61,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Architectural Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware