Architect Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Architect
South East > Thames Valley

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

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 44 59
Rank change year-on-year +8 +15 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 189 187 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.69% 5.53% 3.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.08% 6.34% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 52 123 115
10th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £53,500
25th Percentile £64,688 £71,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -1.23%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,400 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 3,722 2,948 3,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 87.12% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,181 1,458 2,675
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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 +5 121 £90,000 +9.09% 37
Buckinghamshire +11 63 £67,500 -11.76% 20
Oxfordshire +7 5 £90,000 +16.13% 5
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Thames Valley region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 61 (32.28%) SAP
2 54 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (27.51%) Project Management
4 51 (26.98%) Source to Pay
5 49 (25.93%) Business Strategy
5 49 (25.93%) Risk Management
5 49 (25.93%) SAP MDG
6 38 (20.11%) Azure
7 37 (19.58%) Indirect Procurement
7 37 (19.58%) OpenText
7 37 (19.58%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 35 (18.52%) Data Modelling
9 34 (17.99%) Analytics
10 33 (17.46%) Data Architecture
10 33 (17.46%) Data Integration
11 28 (14.81%) Data Engineering
11 28 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
12 24 (12.70%) Digital Analytics
12 24 (12.70%) E-Commerce
12 24 (12.70%) Microsoft
12 24 (12.70%) Roadmaps
13 23 (12.17%) Snowflake
14 22 (11.64%) Accessibility
14 22 (11.64%) Data Management
15 20 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
16 16 (8.47%) GCP
17 15 (7.94%) Security Cleared
17 15 (7.94%) Strategic Roadmap
18 14 (7.41%) Mentoring
18 14 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management

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 5 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 54 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (25.93%) SAP MDG
3 37 (19.58%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.53%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.53%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.53%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.53%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 38 (20.11%) Azure
2 23 (12.17%) Snowflake
3 16 (8.47%) GCP
4 11 (5.82%) AWS
5 5 (2.65%) SaaS
6 3 (1.59%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.06%) IaaS
7 2 (1.06%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.53%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.53%) GitHub
8 1 (0.53%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.65%) Firewall
2 2 (1.06%) Broadband
3 1 (0.53%) 5G
3 1 (0.53%) DNS
3 1 (0.53%) MIMO
3 1 (0.53%) NGN
3 1 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.53%) S/MIME
3 1 (0.53%) VPN
3 1 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.23%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.06%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 59 (31.22%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.17%) Marketing
4 14 (7.41%) Law
5 10 (5.29%) Finance
5 10 (5.29%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.70%) Legal
7 5 (2.65%) Retail
7 5 (2.65%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.12%) Games
9 3 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.59%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.06%) Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Billing
11 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.59%) JSON
1 3 (1.59%) Middleware
1 3 (1.59%) REST
1 3 (1.59%) SOAP
1 3 (1.59%) XML
2 2 (1.06%) .NET
2 2 (1.06%) Node.js
2 2 (1.06%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.53%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (0.53%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.53%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.53%) Hibernate
3 1 (0.53%) RESTful
3 1 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.53%) Spring
3 1 (0.53%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.82%) Cloud Native
2 5 (2.65%) PKI
3 4 (2.12%) Digital Signage
4 3 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) IoT
6 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.53%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.17%) Windows
2 5 (2.65%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.12%) Linux
4 2 (1.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (27.51%) Project Management
2 51 (26.98%) Source to Pay
3 49 (25.93%) Business Strategy
3 49 (25.93%) Risk Management
4 37 (19.58%) Indirect Procurement
5 35 (18.52%) Data Modelling
6 34 (17.99%) Analytics
7 33 (17.46%) Data Architecture
7 33 (17.46%) Data Integration
8 28 (14.81%) Data Engineering
9 24 (12.70%) Digital Analytics
9 24 (12.70%) E-Commerce
9 24 (12.70%) Roadmaps
10 22 (11.64%) Data Management
11 20 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (7.94%) Strategic Roadmap
13 14 (7.41%) Mentoring
13 14 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (6.88%) Architectural Design
14 13 (6.88%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.35%) Java
2 10 (5.29%) Python
3 8 (4.23%) SQL
4 6 (3.17%) Go
5 2 (1.06%) ABAP
5 2 (1.06%) C#
6 1 (0.53%) Bash
6 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (7.94%) Security Cleared
2 8 (4.23%) DV Cleared
3 6 (3.17%) CISM
3 6 (3.17%) CISSP
3 6 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
4 5 (2.65%) Degree
5 4 (2.12%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.12%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.53%) CCSP
8 1 (0.53%) CEH
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.53%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.64%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.65%) QA
4 4 (2.12%) GRC
5 3 (1.59%) GDPR
6 2 (1.06%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.17%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.12%) Docker
3 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 9 (4.76%) Netcool
2 5 (2.65%) vRealize
3 2 (1.06%) Ansible
4 1 (0.53%) Argo
4 1 (0.53%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.53%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 61 (32.28%) SAP
2 37 (19.58%) OpenText
3 24 (12.70%) Microsoft
4 12 (6.35%) Ariba
5 9 (4.76%) Google
6 6 (3.17%) VMware
7 3 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.06%) Workday
9 1 (0.53%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco
9 1 (0.53%) Databricks
9 1 (0.53%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.53%) IBM
9 1 (0.53%) Juniper
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle
9 1 (0.53%) Pega
9 1 (0.53%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Thales
9 1 (0.53%) UiPath