Architect Job Trends in Taunton

Architect
Somerset > Taunton

The median Architect salary in Taunton is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Taunton 0.95% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £72,500 £76,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.92% +38.64% -26.63%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 101 14 50
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.19% 77.78% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 90 8 40
10th Percentile £28,000 £21,834 £14,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,405 £20,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,710 £27,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +53.06% -37.91%
75th Percentile £46,250 £45,064 £39,438
90th Percentile £55,000 £52,625 £48,250
Somerset median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -10.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Taunton.

Architect job vacancy trend in Taunton

Architect
Salary Trend in Taunton

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Taunton.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Taunton

Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 14 June 2026, Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Taunton region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) GeoJSON
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) Hydrography
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GeoJSON
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Hydrography
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft