Architectural Design Job Trends in the West Midlands

Architectural Design
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Architectural Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 195 137
Rank change year-on-year +30 -58 +80
Permanent jobs citing Architectural Design 16 21 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.34% 0.42% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.48% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 21
10th Percentile £57,450 £48,000 £44,875
25th Percentile £63,000 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,700 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +43.09% -14.06%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £89,000
England median annual salary £75,535 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.44% +3.13% +4.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Architectural Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,904 4,360 3,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.62% 87.46% 92.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,123 1,988 2,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,175 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Architectural Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Architectural Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Architectural Design job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Architectural Design
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Architectural Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Architectural Design

Architectural Design
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architectural Design in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Architectural Design in the West Midlands

Architectural Design
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 Architectural Design within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Birmingham +36 11 £68,000 -15.00% 3
Solihull +1 5 £85,000 -5.56%
Architectural Design
England

Architectural Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) IaaS
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) PaaS
2 5 (31.25%) Power Platform
2 5 (31.25%) SaaS
3 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.25%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Legal
3 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
4 3 (18.75%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Architect
2 9 (56.25%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Data Architect
4 2 (12.50%) IT Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Applications Architect
5 1 (6.25%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (6.25%) ERP Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (6.25%) IT Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Cloud Native
2 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.25%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Project Delivery
2 9 (56.25%) Enterprise Architecture
2 9 (56.25%) TOGAF
3 7 (43.75%) AI
3 7 (43.75%) Architecture Roadmap
3 7 (43.75%) Case Management
3 7 (43.75%) CRM
3 7 (43.75%) Roadmaps
4 6 (37.50%) Agile
4 6 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
5 5 (31.25%) Analytics
5 5 (31.25%) API Management
5 5 (31.25%) Business Development
5 5 (31.25%) Data Governance
5 5 (31.25%) Data Privacy
5 5 (31.25%) Integration Patterns
6 4 (25.00%) Change Control
6 4 (25.00%) Data Analytics
6 4 (25.00%) IT Strategy
6 4 (25.00%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C#
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle