Senior Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Senior Architect salary in the West Midlands is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 199 232
Rank change year-on-year +33 +33 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 63 27 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.90% 0.53% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.59% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 37 16 74
10th Percentile - £54,375 -
25th Percentile £56,809 £67,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,500 £75,940
Median % change year-on-year -17.22% -0.58% +8.49%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £75,150 £82,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -8.91% -2.94% +3.03%

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 6,598 4,571 8,205
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 90.05% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,468 3,109 5,288
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in the West Midlands

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior Architect in the West Midlands

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in the West Midlands

Senior 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 Senior Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +22 45 £70,000 -17.65%
Solihull +12 9 £62,500 -
Warwickshire +13 4 £85,000 -
Senior Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 32 (50.79%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (49.21%) Microsoft
3 22 (34.92%) Analytics
4 21 (33.33%) Presales
5 19 (30.16%) Degree
6 18 (28.57%) Data Centre
7 17 (26.98%) Software Licensing
7 17 (26.98%) Meraki
7 17 (26.98%) Customer Engagement
7 17 (26.98%) Cisco
7 17 (26.98%) Time Management
7 17 (26.98%) Apple
7 17 (26.98%) Adobe
7 17 (26.98%) CCNP
7 17 (26.98%) CCNA
7 17 (26.98%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (26.98%) WAN
7 17 (26.98%) SD-WAN
8 13 (20.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 13 (20.63%) Architectural Patterns
9 12 (19.05%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (19.05%) Stealthwatch
9 12 (19.05%) Cisco Firepower
9 12 (19.05%) Power Platform
9 12 (19.05%) Mentoring
10 11 (17.46%) Data Modelling
10 11 (17.46%) Agile
10 11 (17.46%) Design Patterns
11 10 (15.87%) Coaching
12 9 (14.29%) User Experience

Senior 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 3 (4.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.05%) Dynamics 365
1 12 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 9 (14.29%) Power Automate
2 9 (14.29%) PowerApps
3 7 (11.11%) Azure
4 5 (7.94%) AWS
5 4 (6.35%) SaaS
6 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.59%) dbt
7 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (26.98%) SD-WAN
1 17 (26.98%) WAN
2 12 (19.05%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.29%) Power BI
2 4 (6.35%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.59%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.35%) Finance
4 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.59%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) Django
1 1 (1.59%) EDI
1 1 (1.59%) Node.js
1 1 (1.59%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.11%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.76%) FMCG
4 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.17%) Linux
1 2 (3.17%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (50.79%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (34.92%) Analytics
3 21 (33.33%) Presales
4 17 (26.98%) Customer Engagement
4 17 (26.98%) Software Licensing
4 17 (26.98%) Time Management
5 13 (20.63%) Architectural Patterns
5 13 (20.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 12 (19.05%) Mentoring
7 11 (17.46%) Agile
7 11 (17.46%) Data Modelling
7 11 (17.46%) Design Patterns
8 10 (15.87%) Coaching
9 9 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
9 9 (14.29%) Data Analytics
9 9 (14.29%) Machine Learning
9 9 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
9 9 (14.29%) User Experience
9 9 (14.29%) Visualisation
9 9 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.76%) C#
2 2 (3.17%) COBOL
2 2 (3.17%) Micro Focus COBOL
3 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (30.16%) Degree
2 17 (26.98%) CCNA
2 17 (26.98%) CCNP
2 17 (26.98%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 12 (19.05%) Stealthwatch
2 5 (7.94%) CASB
3 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (49.21%) Microsoft
2 17 (26.98%) Adobe
2 17 (26.98%) Apple
2 17 (26.98%) Cisco
2 17 (26.98%) Meraki
3 4 (6.35%) Cognizant
4 2 (3.17%) Micro Focus
5 1 (1.59%) Duck Creek
5 1 (1.59%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.59%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.59%) Pega
5 1 (1.59%) Symantec