Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Architect salary in the West Midlands is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 60 42
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 412 327 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.54% 5.21% 6.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% 5.79% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 275 194 242
10th Percentile £52,500 £60,375 £56,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £62,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,970
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,011 5,652 6,985
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 90.10% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,243 3,225 4,767
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Birmingham +8 242 £77,500 +3.33% 32
Warwickshire +65 65 £78,750 -12.50% 7
Solihull +3 30 £62,500 -31.88% 2
Staffordshire -18 14 £65,000 -16.13% 3
Shropshire 0 8 £74,136 -14.29% 1
Coventry -3 4 £81,636 +11.45% 3
West Bromwich - 3 £78,500 -
Walsall - 2 £92,500 -
Stourbridge - 1 £75,000 -
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 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 West Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 94 (22.82%) Azure
2 91 (22.09%) Microsoft
3 87 (21.12%) Agile
4 67 (16.26%) Roadmaps
5 61 (14.81%) Data Modelling
6 60 (14.56%) Cybersecurity
7 58 (14.08%) Analytics
8 50 (12.14%) Architectural Patterns
9 46 (11.17%) Data Architecture
9 46 (11.17%) Dynamics 365
10 45 (10.92%) Power Platform
11 42 (10.19%) AWS
12 40 (9.71%) Social Skills
13 39 (9.47%) Degree
13 39 (9.47%) Finance
14 37 (8.98%) ERP
15 35 (8.50%) Mentoring
16 33 (8.01%) DevOps
16 33 (8.01%) WAN
17 31 (7.52%) User Experience
18 30 (7.28%) Public Cloud
18 30 (7.28%) Data Design
18 30 (7.28%) Metadata
19 29 (7.04%) Data Management
20 28 (6.80%) Cisco
20 28 (6.80%) Management Information System
20 28 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
21 27 (6.55%) Business Intelligence
21 27 (6.55%) CI/CD
21 27 (6.55%) IT Strategy

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 17 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.24%) Appian
Applications
1 4 (0.97%) Simulink
2 2 (0.49%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.91%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.49%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.49%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 94 (22.82%) Azure
2 46 (11.17%) Dynamics 365
3 45 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 42 (10.19%) AWS
5 26 (6.31%) SaaS
6 23 (5.58%) GCP
7 22 (5.34%) IaaS
7 22 (5.34%) PaaS
8 21 (5.10%) PowerApps
9 20 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (4.85%) Power Automate
10 18 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.49%) dbt
11 2 (0.49%) Serverless
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
12 1 (0.24%) Boomi
12 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.01%) WAN
2 25 (6.07%) SD-WAN
3 17 (4.13%) Firewall
4 16 (3.88%) VPN
5 13 (3.16%) Wireless
6 10 (2.43%) NGFW
7 8 (1.94%) LAN
8 7 (1.70%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (1.21%) MPLS
10 4 (0.97%) DNS
10 4 (0.97%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.97%) Intranet
11 3 (0.73%) VoIP
11 3 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.73%) WLAN
12 2 (0.49%) BGP
12 2 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.49%) IPsec
12 2 (0.49%) Junos
12 2 (0.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.28%) Metadata
2 22 (5.34%) Power BI
3 20 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.18%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.94%) Looker
6 6 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.46%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.73%) DB2
10 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.49%) Big Data
11 1 (0.24%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.70%) Git
2 6 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (1.46%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.49%) CANoe
3 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (9.71%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.47%) Finance
3 21 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
4 20 (4.85%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.40%) Retail
7 13 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.16%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.67%) Automotive
9 9 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.70%) Marketing
11 5 (1.21%) Legal
12 4 (0.97%) Law
12 4 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.73%) Banking
14 2 (0.49%) Electronics
14 2 (0.49%) Games
14 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.24%) Back Office
15 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.61%) JSON
2 14 (3.40%) YAML
3 10 (2.43%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.94%) .NET
5 7 (1.70%) Middleware
6 6 (1.46%) Web Services
7 5 (1.21%) EDI
7 5 (1.21%) XML
8 4 (0.97%) REST
8 4 (0.97%) WCF
9 2 (0.49%) Django
9 2 (0.49%) HTML
9 2 (0.49%) Node.js
9 2 (0.49%) React
9 2 (0.49%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.24%) Kafka
10 1 (0.24%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.28%) Public Cloud
2 28 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.40%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.67%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.46%) FMCG
9 4 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.97%) IoT
9 4 (0.97%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.73%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.73%) Replication
11 2 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.49%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.49%) NHS
11 2 (0.49%) PropTech
12 1 (0.24%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.16%) Windows
2 9 (2.18%) Linux
3 7 (1.70%) Solaris
3 7 (1.70%) Ubuntu
3 7 (1.70%) Unix
4 2 (0.49%) VME
4 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (21.12%) Agile
2 67 (16.26%) Roadmaps
3 61 (14.81%) Data Modelling
4 60 (14.56%) Cybersecurity
5 58 (14.08%) Analytics
6 50 (12.14%) Architectural Patterns
7 46 (11.17%) Data Architecture
8 37 (8.98%) ERP
9 35 (8.50%) Mentoring
10 33 (8.01%) DevOps
11 31 (7.52%) User Experience
12 30 (7.28%) Data Design
13 29 (7.04%) Data Management
14 28 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (6.55%) Business Intelligence
15 27 (6.55%) CI/CD
15 27 (6.55%) IT Strategy
15 27 (6.55%) Presales
16 26 (6.31%) Artificial Intelligence
17 25 (6.07%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.37%) SQL
2 15 (3.64%) C#
3 14 (3.40%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.97%) MATLAB
5 4 (0.97%) Python
6 3 (0.73%) C
6 3 (0.73%) C++
6 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.49%) COBOL
7 2 (0.49%) Java
7 2 (0.49%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 2 (0.49%) R
8 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 39 (9.47%) Degree
2 21 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.37%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.13%) Azure Certification
4 17 (4.13%) CCNP
5 14 (3.40%) CCNA
6 13 (3.16%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.43%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.21%) CCIE
10 4 (0.97%) CISM
10 4 (0.97%) CISSP
10 4 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.73%) CCSK
11 3 (0.73%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.40%) SLA
2 9 (2.18%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.18%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.94%) GDPR
4 5 (1.21%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.73%) NIST
6 2 (0.49%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 15 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (2.43%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (2.43%) vSphere
3 3 (0.73%) Docker
4 2 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (3.88%) Terraform
2 7 (1.70%) Stealthwatch
3 5 (1.21%) CASB
3 5 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.73%) MOM
4 3 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 91 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.80%) Cisco
3 24 (5.83%) SAP
4 15 (3.64%) VMware
5 14 (3.40%) Adobe
5 14 (3.40%) Apple
5 14 (3.40%) Meraki
6 13 (3.16%) Juniper
7 12 (2.91%) Google
7 12 (2.91%) Pega
7 12 (2.91%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.67%) Citrix
9 10 (2.43%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.94%) Guidewire
11 5 (1.21%) Unisys
12 4 (0.97%) Oracle
13 3 (0.73%) IBM
13 3 (0.73%) NEC
13 3 (0.73%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.49%) CyberArk