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 to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 38 54
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 641 651 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.39% 7.01% 5.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.72% 7.82% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 404 289 312
10th Percentile £50,000 £57,900 £56,250
25th Percentile £58,375 £66,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 11,208 8,329 10,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.68% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,339 4,674 7,007
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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 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 12 May 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 12 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
West Midlands +29 403 £77,500 +3.33% 44
East Midlands -18 231 £65,000 -10.34% 44
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 134 (20.90%) Azure
2 124 (19.34%) Agile
3 114 (17.78%) Microsoft
4 90 (14.04%) AWS
5 82 (12.79%) Roadmaps
5 82 (12.79%) Social Skills
6 77 (12.01%) Actionable Insight
7 74 (11.54%) TOGAF
8 71 (11.08%) Data Modelling
9 67 (10.45%) Security Cleared
10 66 (10.30%) Degree
11 64 (9.98%) Analytics
11 64 (9.98%) Cybersecurity
12 59 (9.20%) Data Architecture
12 59 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
13 57 (8.89%) Presales
14 55 (8.58%) Mentoring
14 55 (8.58%) Architectural Patterns
14 55 (8.58%) Power Platform
15 53 (8.27%) Public Cloud
16 51 (7.96%) Finance
17 50 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
18 49 (7.64%) DevOps
19 46 (7.18%) Technical Architecture
20 43 (6.71%) GCP
20 43 (6.71%) SC Cleared
21 41 (6.40%) Validation
22 40 (6.24%) Requirements Management
23 38 (5.93%) ERP
24 37 (5.77%) Network Architecture

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 16 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.62%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.16%) Appian
3 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 10 (1.56%) Simulink
2 2 (0.31%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.87%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.47%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.47%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.16%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 134 (20.90%) Azure
2 90 (14.04%) AWS
3 55 (8.58%) Power Platform
4 50 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
5 43 (6.71%) GCP
6 36 (5.62%) SaaS
7 25 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.43%) IaaS
9 22 (3.43%) PaaS
10 21 (3.28%) PowerApps
11 20 (3.12%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.78%) GitHub
14 4 (0.62%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (0.62%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
16 2 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 2 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
16 2 (0.31%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.30%) WAN
2 32 (4.99%) VSAT
3 24 (3.74%) SD-WAN
4 16 (2.50%) Firewall
4 16 (2.50%) VPN
5 14 (2.18%) Wireless
6 10 (1.56%) NGFW
7 9 (1.40%) LAN
8 8 (1.25%) DNS
9 7 (1.09%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.94%) BGP
11 5 (0.78%) MPLS
11 5 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.62%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.62%) Internet
12 4 (0.62%) Intranet
12 4 (0.62%) Network Security
12 4 (0.62%) SSL
12 4 (0.62%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
1 30 (4.68%) Metadata
2 24 (3.74%) Power BI
3 18 (2.81%) BigQuery
4 16 (2.50%) Looker
5 11 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.56%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.25%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.94%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
8 6 (0.94%) GIS
8 6 (0.94%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.62%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.62%) Spatial Data
10 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.47%) DB2
12 2 (0.31%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (1.09%) Git
3 6 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (0.94%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.31%) CANoe
4 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 82 (12.79%) Social Skills
2 51 (7.96%) Finance
3 35 (5.46%) Retail
4 29 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (4.06%) Public Sector
6 22 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (3.12%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.03%) Automotive
10 11 (1.72%) Military
11 10 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.25%) Fire and Rescue
12 8 (1.25%) Police
13 7 (1.09%) Banking
14 6 (0.94%) Games
14 6 (0.94%) Marketing
15 5 (0.78%) Law
15 5 (0.78%) Legal
16 2 (0.31%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.59%) .NET
2 19 (2.96%) JSON
3 14 (2.18%) YAML
4 10 (1.56%) ARM Templates
5 7 (1.09%) Web Services
6 6 (0.94%) HTML
6 6 (0.94%) Middleware
7 5 (0.78%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.78%) EDI
7 5 (0.78%) REST
7 5 (0.78%) XML
8 4 (0.62%) CSS
8 4 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.62%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.62%) WCF
9 2 (0.31%) Django
9 2 (0.31%) Node.js
9 2 (0.31%) React
9 2 (0.31%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.27%) Public Cloud
2 33 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.59%) Cloud Native
4 18 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.03%) IoT
7 11 (1.72%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.09%) PKI
9 6 (0.94%) FMCG
10 5 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.78%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.62%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.62%) PropTech
12 3 (0.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.47%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.47%) Replication
13 2 (0.31%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.18%) Linux
2 11 (1.72%) Windows
3 6 (0.94%) Solaris
3 6 (0.94%) Ubuntu
3 6 (0.94%) Unix
4 4 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.31%) VME
6 1 (0.16%) VMS
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (19.34%) Agile
2 82 (12.79%) Roadmaps
3 77 (12.01%) Actionable Insight
4 74 (11.54%) TOGAF
5 71 (11.08%) Data Modelling
6 64 (9.98%) Analytics
6 64 (9.98%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (9.20%) Data Architecture
7 59 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (8.89%) Presales
9 55 (8.58%) Architectural Patterns
9 55 (8.58%) Mentoring
10 49 (7.64%) DevOps
11 46 (7.18%) Technical Architecture
12 41 (6.40%) Validation
13 40 (6.24%) Requirements Management
14 38 (5.93%) ERP
15 37 (5.77%) Network Architecture
16 36 (5.62%) Coaching
17 35 (5.46%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.68%) C#
2 21 (3.28%) SQL
3 20 (3.12%) JavaScript
4 15 (2.34%) MATLAB
5 14 (2.18%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.56%) Python
7 3 (0.47%) C
7 3 (0.47%) C++
7 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.31%) COBOL
8 2 (0.31%) Java
8 2 (0.31%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 2 (0.31%) R
9 1 (0.16%) ABAP
9 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 67 (10.45%) Security Cleared
2 66 (10.30%) Degree
3 43 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.90%) Azure Certification
5 24 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (2.96%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.96%) CCNP
7 16 (2.50%) CCNA
7 16 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (2.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
10 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.78%) CCIE
13 4 (0.62%) CISM
13 4 (0.62%) CISSP
13 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.65%) Data Quality
1 17 (2.65%) GDPR
2 14 (2.18%) SLA
3 13 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.78%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.47%) COBIT
5 3 (0.47%) NIST
5 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.47%) QA
6 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.31%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (1.56%) vSphere
3 9 (1.40%) Docker
4 4 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (3.28%) Terraform
2 11 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.09%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (0.78%) CASB
5 3 (0.47%) MOM
5 3 (0.47%) OpenView
5 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 114 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.15%) Google
3 30 (4.68%) Cisco
4 26 (4.06%) SAP
5 16 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.34%) Meraki
6 15 (2.34%) VMware
7 14 (2.18%) Adobe
7 14 (2.18%) Apple
8 12 (1.87%) Juniper
8 12 (1.87%) Pega
9 11 (1.72%) Citrix
10 9 (1.40%) Fortinet
10 9 (1.40%) Guidewire
11 8 (1.25%) Oracle
12 5 (0.78%) Sparx
12 5 (0.78%) Unisys
13 4 (0.62%) Mapbox
13 4 (0.62%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.47%) Remedy