Architect Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 39 51
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 192 247 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.50% 5.74% 4.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.02% 6.06% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 54 132 103
10th Percentile £60,300 - £58,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £82,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.54% +9.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £108,750
South East median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -8.82% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,187 4,078 3,217
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 94.84% 93.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,744 2,090 2,298
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £39,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,881
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +0.22% -0.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,094 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% -0.91%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Architect job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Architect
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in the Thames Valley

Architect
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Berkshire -2 138 £82,500 +4.76% 232
Buckinghamshire -11 41 £72,500 +11.54% 32
Oxfordshire +16 13 £65,000 -16.13% 12
Architect
South East

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 59 (30.73%) Azure
1 59 (30.73%) SAP
2 56 (29.17%) Risk Management
3 54 (28.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 52 (27.08%) Mentoring
4 52 (27.08%) Project Management
5 51 (26.56%) Source to Pay
6 50 (26.04%) Roadmaps
7 49 (25.52%) Business Strategy
7 49 (25.52%) SAP MDG
8 45 (23.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (22.40%) GCP
10 42 (21.88%) Strategic Roadmap
11 41 (21.35%) Analytics
11 41 (21.35%) Data Integration
12 39 (20.31%) Architectural Design
12 39 (20.31%) Data Modelling
12 39 (20.31%) Data Science
13 37 (19.27%) Indirect Procurement
13 37 (19.27%) OpenText
13 37 (19.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 36 (18.75%) Data Architecture
14 36 (18.75%) Data Engineering
14 36 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
15 28 (14.58%) Data Governance
16 27 (14.06%) Performance Optimisation
17 26 (13.54%) Cloud Security
17 26 (13.54%) E-Commerce
18 25 (13.02%) AWS
18 25 (13.02%) Python

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (7.81%) CMS
2 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 54 (28.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (25.52%) SAP MDG
3 37 (19.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.52%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 59 (30.73%) Azure
2 43 (22.40%) GCP
3 25 (13.02%) AWS
4 17 (8.85%) Snowflake
5 11 (5.73%) SaaS
6 9 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.69%) PaaS
7 8 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (3.65%) iPaaS
8 7 (3.65%) SonarCloud
9 3 (1.56%) IaaS
10 2 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.52%) GitHub
11 1 (0.52%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.56%) WAN
2 2 (1.04%) Junos
2 2 (1.04%) LAN
2 2 (1.04%) VPN
2 2 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.52%) 5G
3 1 (0.52%) DNS
3 1 (0.52%) Firewall
3 1 (0.52%) MIMO
3 1 (0.52%) NGN
3 1 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (11.46%) BigQuery
3 7 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.04%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.52%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.17%) Git
2 7 (3.65%) MSBuild
2 7 (3.65%) Octopus Deploy
2 7 (3.65%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (3.65%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.04%) JIRA
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
General
1 73 (38.02%) Social Skills
2 65 (33.85%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (28.13%) Marketing
4 40 (20.83%) Law
5 18 (9.38%) Finance
6 14 (7.29%) Legal
7 8 (4.17%) Retail
8 7 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.13%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.08%) Banking
11 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.04%) Games
13 1 (0.52%) Advertising
13 1 (0.52%) Billing
13 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.17%) JSON
1 8 (4.17%) XML
2 7 (3.65%) .NET
2 7 (3.65%) ASP.NET
2 7 (3.65%) Bootstrap
2 7 (3.65%) CSS
2 7 (3.65%) gRPC
2 7 (3.65%) HTML
2 7 (3.65%) REST
3 3 (1.56%) Node.js
4 2 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.04%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.52%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.52%) React
5 1 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.65%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.04%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.52%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.52%) IoT
4 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.08%) Linux
2 2 (1.04%) Unix
2 2 (1.04%) Windows
3 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.17%) Risk Management
2 52 (27.08%) Mentoring
2 52 (27.08%) Project Management
3 51 (26.56%) Source to Pay
4 50 (26.04%) Roadmaps
5 49 (25.52%) Business Strategy
6 45 (23.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (21.88%) Strategic Roadmap
8 41 (21.35%) Analytics
8 41 (21.35%) Data Integration
9 39 (20.31%) Architectural Design
9 39 (20.31%) Data Modelling
9 39 (20.31%) Data Science
10 37 (19.27%) Indirect Procurement
11 36 (18.75%) Data Architecture
11 36 (18.75%) Data Engineering
12 28 (14.58%) Data Governance
13 27 (14.06%) Performance Optimisation
14 26 (13.54%) Cloud Security
14 26 (13.54%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.02%) Python
2 23 (11.98%) Java
3 20 (10.42%) Go
4 15 (7.81%) C#
5 11 (5.73%) SQL
6 8 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.04%) ABAP
7 2 (1.04%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.04%) SOQL
8 1 (0.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (9.38%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.21%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.60%) DV Cleared
3 5 (2.60%) TOGAF Certification
4 4 (2.08%) CISM
4 4 (2.08%) CISSP
4 4 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.04%) CCNA
5 2 (1.04%) CCNP
5 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.04%) Degree
5 2 (1.04%) JNCIA
6 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.90%) Data Quality
2 17 (8.85%) Accessibility
3 11 (5.73%) GDPR
4 4 (2.08%) GRC
5 3 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.04%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.04%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.52%) NCSC
7 1 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 11 (5.73%) Docker
2 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.04%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (11.98%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.56%) Ansible
3 2 (1.04%) Terraform
4 1 (0.52%) Argo
4 1 (0.52%) Netcool
4 1 (0.52%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 59 (30.73%) SAP
2 37 (19.27%) OpenText
3 22 (11.46%) Google
4 21 (10.94%) Microsoft
5 12 (6.25%) Ariba
6 5 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.56%) Cisco
7 3 (1.56%) Juniper
8 2 (1.04%) Databricks
8 2 (1.04%) Oracle
8 2 (1.04%) VMware
8 2 (1.04%) Workday
9 1 (0.52%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.52%) IBM
9 1 (0.52%) Pega
9 1 (0.52%) Pure Storage
9 1 (0.52%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.52%) UiPath