Architect Jobs 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 to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 35 72
Rank change year-on-year -5 +37 -19
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 343 410 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.11% 6.83% 4.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.39% 7.60% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 126 155 171
10th Percentile £60,000 £61,625 £57,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £64,375 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,625 £100,750 £95,500
South East median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,361 5,393 6,664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 89.81% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,463 3,160 4,121
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the Thames Valley

Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Architect 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 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 -10 191 £75,000 -1.64% 31
Buckinghamshire +4 108 £80,000 - 13
Oxfordshire +8 44 £81,000 -14.74% 8
Architect
South East

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 103 (30.03%) Social Skills
2 93 (27.11%) Degree
3 91 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (24.49%) Security Cleared
5 81 (23.62%) Azure
6 75 (21.87%) Mentoring
7 70 (20.41%) Microsoft
8 62 (18.08%) AWS
8 62 (18.08%) Actionable Insight
9 61 (17.78%) Presales
9 61 (17.78%) TOGAF
10 51 (14.87%) Line Management
11 49 (14.29%) Agile
12 47 (13.70%) SC Cleared
13 46 (13.41%) Technical Architecture
13 46 (13.41%) Coaching
14 43 (12.54%) Network Management
15 40 (11.66%) Prototyping
15 40 (11.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 37 (10.79%) Network Architecture
17 36 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
18 35 (10.20%) Data Modelling
19 34 (9.91%) Validation
19 34 (9.91%) Requirements Management
19 34 (9.91%) VSAT
19 34 (9.91%) Model Validation
20 32 (9.33%) Data Architecture
21 31 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
22 27 (7.87%) GCP
22 27 (7.87%) Analytics

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.46%) Drupal
4 4 (1.17%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.87%) WordPress
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.17%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (23.62%) Azure
2 62 (18.08%) AWS
3 27 (7.87%) GCP
4 26 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.08%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.92%) SaaS
6 10 (2.92%) Serverless
7 9 (2.62%) Amazon SQS
7 9 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (2.04%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.46%) AWS Step Functions
11 5 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.17%) OCI
13 3 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.87%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.29%) Amazon Cognito
14 1 (0.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.91%) VSAT
2 27 (7.87%) WAN
3 25 (7.29%) SD-WAN
4 19 (5.54%) Firewall
5 13 (3.79%) Wireless
6 9 (2.62%) Network Security
7 8 (2.33%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (2.04%) Intranet
9 6 (1.75%) VPN
10 5 (1.46%) Internet
10 5 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (1.46%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.17%) BGP
11 4 (1.17%) DNS
11 4 (1.17%) SSL
12 2 (0.58%) LAN
13 1 (0.29%) DMZ
13 1 (0.29%) Modbus
13 1 (0.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.87%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (4.66%) BigQuery
2 16 (4.66%) Looker
3 11 (3.21%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.75%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.17%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.17%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.87%) OLAP
7 3 (0.87%) Power BI
7 3 (0.87%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.58%) Big Data
8 2 (0.58%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (3.21%) GitLab
1 11 (3.21%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 103 (30.03%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.29%) Finance
5 21 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (2.92%) Billing
6 10 (2.92%) Legal
6 10 (2.92%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (2.04%) Retail
9 6 (1.75%) Automotive
9 6 (1.75%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.87%) Law
10 3 (0.87%) Marketing
11 2 (0.58%) Games
11 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.29%) Banking
12 1 (0.29%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.33%) Web Services
2 5 (1.46%) .NET
3 4 (1.17%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (1.17%) REST
3 4 (1.17%) SOAP
3 4 (1.17%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.58%) Kafka
4 2 (0.58%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.58%) React
5 1 (0.29%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.29%) EDI
5 1 (0.29%) OAuth
5 1 (0.29%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.29%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.29%) OpenID
5 1 (0.29%) Swagger
5 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.71%) Data Centre
2 21 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.37%) Public Cloud
4 14 (4.08%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.04%) Biopharmaceutical
7 7 (2.04%) PKI
7 7 (2.04%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.17%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.87%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.29%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.29%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.29%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.29%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.46%) Kali Linux
1 5 (1.46%) Linux
2 4 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (21.87%) Mentoring
3 62 (18.08%) Actionable Insight
4 61 (17.78%) Presales
4 61 (17.78%) TOGAF
5 51 (14.87%) Line Management
6 49 (14.29%) Agile
7 46 (13.41%) Coaching
7 46 (13.41%) Technical Architecture
8 43 (12.54%) Network Management
9 40 (11.66%) Prototyping
10 37 (10.79%) Network Architecture
11 35 (10.20%) Data Modelling
12 34 (9.91%) Model Validation
12 34 (9.91%) Requirements Management
12 34 (9.91%) Validation
13 32 (9.33%) Data Architecture
14 31 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
15 27 (7.87%) Analytics
15 27 (7.87%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.41%) Python
2 21 (6.12%) SQL
3 15 (4.37%) C#
4 11 (3.21%) Fortran
5 7 (2.04%) C++
6 5 (1.46%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.17%) Java
7 4 (1.17%) Scala
8 2 (0.58%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (27.11%) Degree
2 84 (24.49%) Security Cleared
3 47 (13.70%) SC Cleared
4 24 (7.00%) DV Cleared
5 20 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (5.25%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.79%) CISSP
8 12 (3.50%) CCNA
8 12 (3.50%) CCNP
9 10 (2.92%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (2.33%) CCSK
10 8 (2.33%) CCSP
11 7 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.29%) ISACA
14 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.58%) GDPR
2 24 (7.00%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.66%) NIST
4 13 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 8 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.46%) COBIT
6 5 (1.46%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.29%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 7 (2.04%) Stealthwatch
2 5 (1.46%) CASB
2 5 (1.46%) Suricata
3 3 (0.87%) OpenView
4 2 (0.58%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.29%) Puppet
5 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 70 (20.41%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.29%) Cisco
3 23 (6.71%) Google
4 14 (4.08%) Adobe
4 14 (4.08%) Apple
4 14 (4.08%) MuleSoft
5 13 (3.79%) Juniper
5 13 (3.79%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.50%) Meraki
7 9 (2.62%) Oracle
8 8 (2.33%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.75%) Databricks
10 5 (1.46%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.46%) Sparx
10 5 (1.46%) Splunk
11 3 (0.87%) BMC
11 3 (0.87%) HP
11 3 (0.87%) Remedy
11 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.58%) NetApp