Architect Jobs in the South West

Architect
England > South West

The median Architect salary in the South West is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 26 60
Rank change year-on-year -8 +34 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 508 563 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.49% 8.37% 5.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.70% 9.40% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 268 173 225
10th Percentile £55,000 £46,335 £47,400
25th Percentile £62,250 £56,219 £56,160
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +11.54%
75th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,908 5,989 7,837
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.24% 89.07% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,530 3,737 5,143
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,275
25th Percentile £36,279 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,150 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Architect in the South West

Architect
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the South West

Architect
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Bristol +4 295 £80,000 +6.67% 51
Wiltshire -2 115 £70,000 -3.42% 3
Gloucestershire -75 29 £70,000 -22.22% 6
Dorset -14 25 £95,000 +22.58% 5
Somerset +4 17 £45,585 -50.54% 7
Devon -23 13 £71,840 +51.18% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 South West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 198 (38.98%) Security Cleared
2 149 (29.33%) TOGAF
3 148 (29.13%) Azure
4 134 (26.38%) Agile
5 124 (24.41%) Actionable Insight
6 123 (24.21%) AWS
7 109 (21.46%) Microsoft
8 93 (18.31%) Social Skills
8 93 (18.31%) Roadmaps
9 91 (17.91%) DevOps
10 88 (17.32%) SC Cleared
11 86 (16.93%) Finance
12 82 (16.14%) ArchiMate
13 80 (15.75%) Enterprise Architecture
14 75 (14.76%) Validation
15 71 (13.98%) Degree
16 66 (12.99%) Migration
17 62 (12.20%) Microservices
18 61 (12.01%) Technical Architecture
19 60 (11.81%) Cloud Native
19 60 (11.81%) Business Case
20 59 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
21 58 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
21 58 (11.42%) Model Validation
22 53 (10.43%) TOGAF Certification
22 53 (10.43%) DV Cleared
23 52 (10.24%) Requirements Management
23 52 (10.24%) Collaborative Working
24 51 (10.04%) Public Cloud
25 50 (9.84%) Analytics

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (0.79%) ArcGIS
1 4 (0.79%) WebLogic
2 3 (0.59%) CMS
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.59%) Simulink
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 40 (7.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 148 (29.13%) Azure
2 123 (24.21%) AWS
3 59 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (7.48%) GCP
6 37 (7.28%) PaaS
7 36 (7.09%) IaaS
8 33 (6.50%) SaaS
9 21 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (4.13%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.97%) OCI
12 9 (1.77%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (1.18%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.18%) Serverless
14 5 (0.98%) Azure Stack
15 4 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (0.79%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.69%) VSAT
2 10 (1.97%) DNS
2 10 (1.97%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.38%) Firewall
3 7 (1.38%) Network Security
3 7 (1.38%) Software-Defined Networking
4 6 (1.18%) DHCP
4 6 (1.18%) HTTP
4 6 (1.18%) SSL
5 5 (0.98%) VoIP
6 4 (0.79%) BGP
6 4 (0.79%) PBX
7 3 (0.59%) Broadband
7 3 (0.59%) Tactical Data Link
8 2 (0.39%) Asterisk PBX
8 2 (0.39%) RTP
8 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.20%) 4G
9 1 (0.20%) VPN
9 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (3.35%) Big Data
3 11 (2.17%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.97%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.77%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.57%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.57%) Looker
7 7 (1.38%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.98%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.79%) GIS
10 4 (0.79%) Metadata
10 4 (0.79%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.59%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.59%) MySQL
12 2 (0.39%) Power BI
13 1 (0.20%) Data Hub
13 1 (0.20%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.59%) Cucumber
2 3 (0.59%) Git
2 3 (0.59%) JUnit
2 3 (0.59%) Maven
3 2 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
General
1 93 (18.31%) Social Skills
2 86 (16.93%) Finance
3 37 (7.28%) Aerospace
4 34 (6.69%) Presentation Skills
5 31 (6.10%) Banking
5 31 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (4.72%) Retail
8 22 (4.33%) Marketing
9 20 (3.94%) Telecoms
10 17 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.15%) Law
12 14 (2.76%) Public Sector
13 13 (2.56%) Military
14 11 (2.17%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.77%) Legal
16 7 (1.38%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.38%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.98%) Electronics
18 3 (0.59%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.84%) .NET
2 13 (2.56%) Spring Boot
3 10 (1.97%) OpenID
4 9 (1.77%) HTML
5 8 (1.57%) Kafka
6 7 (1.38%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.18%) Middleware
7 6 (1.18%) SAML
8 5 (0.98%) Spring
9 4 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.59%) CSS
10 3 (0.59%) Hibernate
10 3 (0.59%) Java SE
10 3 (0.59%) JPA
10 3 (0.59%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.59%) Playwright
10 3 (0.59%) REST
10 3 (0.59%) Swagger
10 3 (0.59%) YAML
11 2 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.81%) Cloud Native
2 51 (10.04%) Public Cloud
3 24 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.15%) Taxonomies
6 15 (2.95%) Enterprise Cloud
7 13 (2.56%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.17%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.57%) Blockchain
10 7 (1.38%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.38%) PKI
11 6 (1.18%) CCTV
11 6 (1.18%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.18%) Replication
12 4 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.79%) Mainframe
12 4 (0.79%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.28%) Linux
2 7 (1.38%) Windows
3 6 (1.18%) Unix
4 4 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.39%) CentOS
5 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (29.33%) TOGAF
2 134 (26.38%) Agile
3 124 (24.41%) Actionable Insight
4 93 (18.31%) Roadmaps
5 91 (17.91%) DevOps
6 82 (16.14%) ArchiMate
7 80 (15.75%) Enterprise Architecture
8 75 (14.76%) Validation
9 66 (12.99%) Migration
10 62 (12.20%) Microservices
11 61 (12.01%) Technical Architecture
12 60 (11.81%) Business Case
13 58 (11.42%) Model Validation
13 58 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
14 52 (10.24%) Collaborative Working
14 52 (10.24%) Requirements Management
15 50 (9.84%) Analytics
16 48 (9.45%) Business Strategy
16 48 (9.45%) Technical Leadership
17 47 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.06%) Python
2 24 (4.72%) Java
3 17 (3.35%) C
4 16 (3.15%) SQL
5 9 (1.77%) C#
6 8 (1.57%) Ruby
7 7 (1.38%) C++
8 6 (1.18%) Bash
8 6 (1.18%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.18%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.18%) R
8 6 (1.18%) Scala
8 6 (1.18%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.59%) Bicep
9 3 (0.59%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.59%) PHP
10 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 198 (38.98%) Security Cleared
2 88 (17.32%) SC Cleared
3 71 (13.98%) Degree
4 53 (10.43%) DV Cleared
4 53 (10.43%) TOGAF Certification
5 44 (8.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (4.72%) CISSP
7 20 (3.94%) CISM
8 16 (3.15%) CISA
9 15 (2.95%) CRISC
10 14 (2.76%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (1.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 10 (1.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 9 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.57%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.18%) SANS
15 5 (0.98%) CCSP
15 5 (0.98%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.36%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.36%) NIST
3 11 (2.17%) GDPR
4 6 (1.18%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.59%) COBIT
6 3 (0.59%) HMG Infosec
6 3 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.59%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.59%) RMADS
7 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.39%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.39%) QA
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.98%) Docker
3 3 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) Kamailio
4 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.71%) Terraform
3 20 (3.94%) Ansible
4 19 (3.74%) Puppet
5 3 (0.59%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.59%) OpenView
6 2 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (21.46%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.87%) Sparx
3 33 (6.50%) Google
4 23 (4.53%) Oracle
5 17 (3.35%) VMware
6 8 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.18%) Cisco
7 6 (1.18%) PagerDuty
8 5 (0.98%) Pega
9 4 (0.79%) ESRI
9 4 (0.79%) Ribbon
10 3 (0.59%) BMC
10 3 (0.59%) Databricks
10 3 (0.59%) HP
10 3 (0.59%) Remedy
10 3 (0.59%) Riverbed
10 3 (0.59%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.59%) Splunk
10 3 (0.59%) Twitter
10 3 (0.59%) Veracode