Architect Jobs in Watford

Architect
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Architect salary in Watford is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 39 60
Rank change year-on-year +7 +21 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 4 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 2.90% 1.68% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% 1.82% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile - £68,250 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £84,688 £115,000 -
90th Percentile £86,375 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £66,250 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% -6.67% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 128 274 315
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 91.95% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 77 220 206
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,169 £33,375
25th Percentile £38,750 £30,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -28.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,625
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -13.04% +9.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Watford

Architect
Salary Trend in Watford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in Watford.

Salary trend for Architect in Watford

Architect
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Watford over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Watford

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Watford region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) API Development
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Awareness
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) API Development
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Awareness
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) PHP
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft