Principal Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Principal Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Principal Architect salary in the West Midlands is £73,901 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 248 -
Rank change year-on-year +56 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.045% 0.068% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.072% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £66,227 £70,952 -
25th Percentile £68,067 £72,379 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,901 £78,273 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% - -
75th Percentile £82,499 £81,786 -
90th Percentile £85,999 - -
England median annual salary £83,750 £79,386 £105,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -24.39% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 3,985 6,938 5,767
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.14% 90.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,792 5,218 3,278
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Architect in the West Midlands

Principal Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Principal Architect in the West Midlands

Principal Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal Architect in the West Midlands

Principal 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 Principal Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +28 1 £82,801 - 2
Worcestershire - 1 £65,000 -
Principal Architect
England

Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Principal 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 Principal Architect in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) SABSA
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns

Principal 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SABSA
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) QA