Architect Jobs in the Midlands

Architect
England > Midlands

The median Architect salary in the Midlands is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 22 46
Rank change year-on-year -8 +24 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 550 490 682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.34% 8.26% 5.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.62% 8.78% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 345 176 444
10th Percentile £56,881 £56,500 £58,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £64,732 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,940
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.35% +4.74%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £97,500 £90,770
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 9,794 5,582 11,048
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 94.13% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5,310 4,039 6,994
10th Percentile £28,119 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,170 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +4.34% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
West Midlands +17 340 £77,750 -2.81% 65
East Midlands -25 209 £70,000 -14.11% 27
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 134 (24.36%) Azure
2 117 (21.27%) Microsoft
3 103 (18.73%) Agile
4 79 (14.36%) AWS
5 71 (12.91%) Social Skills
6 63 (11.45%) Finance
7 59 (10.73%) Security Cleared
8 58 (10.55%) Roadmaps
9 56 (10.18%) DevOps
10 55 (10.00%) Presales
10 55 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (10.00%) SC Cleared
10 55 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
10 55 (10.00%) Degree
11 50 (9.09%) TOGAF
12 47 (8.55%) Retail
12 47 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
13 43 (7.82%) Dynamics 365
14 37 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
15 34 (6.18%) Technical Architecture
15 34 (6.18%) Migration
16 33 (6.00%) Marketing
16 33 (6.00%) Mentoring
17 31 (5.64%) Architectural Patterns
17 31 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 30 (5.45%) SD-WAN
18 30 (5.45%) WAN
18 30 (5.45%) Analytics
19 29 (5.27%) CRM
20 28 (5.09%) Power Platform

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.73%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.73%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.55%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.91%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.36%) Magento
5 2 (0.36%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.36%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.36%) TIBCO iProcess
5 2 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.18%) Avolution ABACUS
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 134 (24.36%) Azure
2 79 (14.36%) AWS
3 43 (7.82%) Dynamics 365
4 28 (5.09%) Power Platform
5 26 (4.73%) SaaS
6 24 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.64%) PaaS
8 19 (3.45%) GCP
9 15 (2.73%) IaaS
10 10 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.82%) Power Automate
10 10 (1.82%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.09%) GitHub
12 5 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.73%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.73%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.73%) dbt
14 3 (0.55%) Boomi
14 3 (0.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.45%) SD-WAN
1 30 (5.45%) WAN
2 18 (3.27%) DNS
3 17 (3.09%) Firewall
4 12 (2.18%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (1.64%) BGP
5 9 (1.64%) VSAT
6 8 (1.45%) DHCP
6 8 (1.45%) LAN
7 7 (1.27%) Wireless
8 6 (1.09%) VPN
9 5 (0.91%) EIGRP
9 5 (0.91%) Frame Relay
9 5 (0.91%) Intranet
9 5 (0.91%) IPv6
9 5 (0.91%) MPLS
9 5 (0.91%) Multicast
9 5 (0.91%) SNMP
9 5 (0.91%) SSL
9 5 (0.91%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.73%) Power BI
4 12 (2.18%) RDBMS
4 12 (2.18%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
5 7 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.09%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.09%) Looker
7 5 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.91%) Big Data
7 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.91%) Tableau
8 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.55%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.55%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.36%) Metadata
11 1 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (1.09%) Git
2 5 (0.91%) GitLab
2 5 (0.91%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (12.91%) Social Skills
2 63 (11.45%) Finance
3 47 (8.55%) Retail
4 37 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.00%) Marketing
6 31 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (2.36%) Public Sector
8 9 (1.64%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.09%) Law
10 5 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.73%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.55%) Legal
12 3 (0.55%) Police
13 2 (0.36%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.36%) Banking
13 2 (0.36%) Billing
13 2 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.36%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.55%) .NET
2 11 (2.00%) React
3 10 (1.82%) Node.js
4 9 (1.64%) JSON
5 6 (1.09%) YAML
6 5 (0.91%) Django
6 5 (0.91%) Laravel
6 5 (0.91%) Middleware
7 4 (0.73%) FreeSWITCH
7 4 (0.73%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.73%) REST
7 4 (0.73%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.73%) WebRTC
7 4 (0.73%) XML
8 3 (0.55%) HTML
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.36%) Visualforce
9 2 (0.36%) Web Services
9 2 (0.36%) XSLT
10 1 (0.18%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 20 (3.64%) Public Cloud
3 16 (2.91%) Cloud Native
4 10 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (1.64%) IoT
5 9 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.45%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.91%) PMI
9 5 (0.91%) Replication
9 5 (0.91%) Robotics
10 4 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.55%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.55%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.55%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.36%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.36%) FMCG
12 2 (0.36%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.55%) Windows
2 20 (3.64%) Linux
3 9 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.09%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.91%) Solaris
5 5 (0.91%) Unix
6 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.36%) Android
7 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.36%) VME
8 1 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (18.73%) Agile
2 58 (10.55%) Roadmaps
3 56 (10.18%) DevOps
4 55 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 55 (10.00%) Presales
4 55 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (9.09%) TOGAF
6 47 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (6.18%) Migration
7 34 (6.18%) Technical Architecture
8 33 (6.00%) Mentoring
9 31 (5.64%) Architectural Patterns
10 30 (5.45%) Analytics
11 29 (5.27%) CRM
12 28 (5.09%) Business Case
13 27 (4.91%) Business Development
14 26 (4.73%) CI/CD
14 26 (4.73%) Software Engineering
15 25 (4.55%) Data Management
15 25 (4.55%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.55%) C#
2 14 (2.55%) SQL
3 12 (2.18%) Python
4 10 (1.82%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.45%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.27%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.91%) PHP
7 5 (0.91%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.36%) COBOL
9 2 (0.36%) Java
9 2 (0.36%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 2 (0.36%) SOQL
9 2 (0.36%) VB
9 2 (0.36%) VB6
10 1 (0.18%) R
10 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (10.73%) Security Cleared
2 55 (10.00%) Degree
2 55 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.73%) Azure Certification
4 23 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.27%) CCNA
6 18 (3.27%) CCNP
7 15 (2.73%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.73%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 13 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.09%) CCIE
12 5 (0.91%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.73%) SAP Certification
14 2 (0.36%) CISA
14 2 (0.36%) CISM
14 2 (0.36%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.45%) Data Quality
1 8 (1.45%) GDPR
2 5 (0.91%) COBIT
3 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.36%) QA
4 2 (0.36%) SLA
5 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.18%) GRC
5 1 (0.18%) NCSC
5 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.27%) Docker
3 4 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.73%) Kamailio
4 2 (0.36%) vCloud
4 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.36%) vSphere
5 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (3.64%) Terraform
2 12 (2.18%) Stealthwatch
3 7 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.91%) CASB
5 3 (0.55%) OpenView
6 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 117 (21.27%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.91%) Cisco
3 26 (4.73%) SAP
4 24 (4.36%) Adobe
5 23 (4.18%) Apple
6 18 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 17 (3.09%) Meraki
8 11 (2.00%) Google
8 11 (2.00%) Oracle
9 10 (1.82%) Remedy
10 9 (1.64%) VMware
11 8 (1.45%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.09%) Dell
13 5 (0.91%) NetApp
13 5 (0.91%) Sparx
14 4 (0.73%) Cognizant
14 4 (0.73%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.73%) Juniper
14 4 (0.73%) NEC
14 4 (0.73%) Unisys