Enterprise Architecture Job Trends in the West Midlands

Enterprise Architecture
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 169 152
Rank change year-on-year +36 -17 +77
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 46 35 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.87% 0.84% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.92% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 36 28 23
10th Percentile £62,500 £61,386 £64,143
25th Percentile £67,188 £69,125 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £79,949 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -0.06% -3.03%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £104,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £96,250 £111,050
England median annual salary £85,000 £79,974 £79,632
% change year-on-year +6.28% +0.43% -6.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Enterprise Architecture 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 4,355 3,796 3,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.15% 91.18% 86.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,261 1,688 2,648
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £35,000
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 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Enterprise Architecture job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Enterprise Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the West Midlands

Enterprise Architecture
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 Enterprise Architecture within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Birmingham +21 19 £85,000 +9.68% 3
Solihull +9 11 £87,500 -2.78%
Staffordshire -13 7 £75,000 +4.08% 3
Sutton Coldfield - 3 £72,500 -
Coventry +2 2 £74,600 -12.24%
Warwickshire +27 1 - - 2
Walsall - 1 £72,250 -
Enterprise Architecture
England

Enterprise Architecture
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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 27 (58.70%) Azure
2 12 (26.09%) AWS
3 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (15.22%) GCP
5 6 (13.04%) IaaS
5 6 (13.04%) PaaS
5 6 (13.04%) Power Platform
6 4 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
6 4 (8.70%) SaaS
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
1 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
1 2 (4.35%) VLAN
1 2 (4.35%) VPN
1 2 (4.35%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Rational DOORS
General
1 29 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 14 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (28.26%) Public Sector
4 11 (23.91%) Finance
5 6 (13.04%) Legal
6 4 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.52%) Retail
8 2 (4.35%) Banking
8 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.17%) Law
9 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (82.61%) Architect
2 20 (43.48%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (19.57%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (10.87%) Lead
5 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Architect
5 4 (8.70%) Senior
5 4 (8.70%) Senior Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Designer
7 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Information Architect
7 2 (4.35%) IT Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Lead Designer
7 2 (4.35%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (54.35%) Roadmaps
2 23 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 15 (32.61%) Project Delivery
4 14 (30.43%) IT Strategy
5 13 (28.26%) Analytical Thinking
5 13 (28.26%) Technology Roadmap
6 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (23.91%) CRM
7 11 (23.91%) Integration Patterns
7 11 (23.91%) Technology Strategy
8 10 (21.74%) Architectural Design
8 10 (21.74%) Systems Engineering
9 9 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (17.39%) AI
10 8 (17.39%) API Management
10 8 (17.39%) Architecture Roadmap
10 8 (17.39%) Case Management
10 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (15.22%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) SC Cleared
1 17 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 15 (32.61%) Degree
3 7 (15.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (13.04%) DV Cleared
5 5 (10.87%) CISSP
6 4 (8.70%) CISM
6 4 (8.70%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (4.35%) DBS Check
8 1 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.17%) CCSP
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) QA
2 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (4.35%) GRC
4 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) SAP
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle