IT Architect Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

IT Architect
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median IT Architect salary in Tyne and Wear is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 72 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 -21 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Architect 1 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.14% 0.50% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.52% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £65,750
25th Percentile £73,750 - £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - £72,500
75th Percentile £81,250 - £76,875
90th Percentile - - £77,250
North East median annual salary £77,500 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +24.00% -13.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 647 964 370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 96.98% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 421 538 304
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,960 £29,825
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £38,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £84,964 £77,500
North East median annual salary £44,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.11% -10.00% -

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

IT Architect job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

IT Architect
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for IT Architect job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

IT Architect
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Architect within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +8 1 £77,500 -
IT Architect
North East

IT Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, IT 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring IT Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design

IT Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto