Architect Jobs in the North West

Architect
England > North West

The median Architect salary in the North West is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 37 57
Rank change year-on-year +9 +20 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 583 581 508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.91% 7.42% 5.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% 8.32% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 336 146 227
10th Percentile £56,809 £56,219 £53,750
25th Percentile £62,250 £60,016 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,338 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -0.88% -3.23%
75th Percentile £85,250 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £109,919
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,328 6,982 8,962
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.17% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,169 4,074 5,367
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £81,450
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Architect in the North West

Architect
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the North West

Architect
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Manchester +13 362 £75,000 - 57
Merseyside -3 104 £75,000 - 8
Lancashire +13 46 £70,000 +14.59% 9
Cheshire +14 45 £73,543 +9.43% 12
Cumbria -7 22 £67,500 +6.30% 4
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 North West region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 167 (28.64%) Azure
2 126 (21.61%) Agile
3 125 (21.44%) TOGAF
4 116 (19.90%) Actionable Insight
5 104 (17.84%) AWS
6 98 (16.81%) Social Skills
6 98 (16.81%) Roadmaps
7 93 (15.95%) Technical Architecture
8 81 (13.89%) Microsoft
9 76 (13.04%) Requirements Management
10 74 (12.69%) Network Architecture
10 74 (12.69%) Security Cleared
11 73 (12.52%) Validation
12 71 (12.18%) Network Management
13 70 (12.01%) Mentoring
14 69 (11.84%) Model Validation
14 69 (11.84%) VSAT
15 67 (11.49%) Finance
16 64 (10.98%) SaaS
16 64 (10.98%) Presales
17 62 (10.63%) DevOps
17 62 (10.63%) Public Cloud
18 60 (10.29%) Migration
19 57 (9.78%) Data Modelling
19 57 (9.78%) Coaching
20 56 (9.61%) GCP
21 54 (9.26%) Data Architecture
22 53 (9.09%) SC Cleared
23 52 (8.92%) Problem-Solving
24 51 (8.75%) Analytics

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 14 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.37%) WebLogic
3 3 (0.51%) Apache
4 2 (0.34%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 11 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (1.54%) SAP BPC
3 9 (1.54%) SAP PP
4 7 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.86%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.86%) SAP IBP
7 4 (0.69%) SAP APO
7 4 (0.69%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.69%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.69%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.51%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 167 (28.64%) Azure
2 104 (17.84%) AWS
3 64 (10.98%) SaaS
4 56 (9.61%) GCP
5 28 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (3.95%) Power Platform
8 21 (3.60%) PaaS
9 17 (2.92%) IaaS
10 13 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (1.37%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.03%) GitHub
13 5 (0.86%) Serverless
14 3 (0.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.34%) Azure Event Grid
15 2 (0.34%) Azure Service Bus
15 2 (0.34%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 69 (11.84%) VSAT
2 35 (6.00%) WAN
3 27 (4.63%) SD-WAN
4 20 (3.43%) Network Security
5 12 (2.06%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.54%) SSL
7 8 (1.37%) BGP
7 8 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (1.37%) DNS
7 8 (1.37%) LAN
8 5 (0.86%) Firewall
9 4 (0.69%) Multicast
9 4 (0.69%) OSPF
9 4 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.69%) Wireless
9 4 (0.69%) WLAN
10 1 (0.17%) IPsec
10 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.38%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (3.60%) NoSQL
2 21 (3.60%) Relational Database
3 20 (3.43%) Metadata
4 10 (1.72%) BigQuery
4 10 (1.72%) RDBMS
5 9 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.54%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.54%) SAP BW
5 9 (1.54%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.37%) Looker
6 8 (1.37%) Oracle Database
7 7 (1.20%) Data Vault
7 7 (1.20%) Power BI
8 6 (1.03%) DB2
9 5 (0.86%) MySQL
9 5 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (1.54%) Git
2 6 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (1.03%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.69%) JIRA
3 4 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
General
1 98 (16.81%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.49%) Finance
3 47 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 23 (3.95%) Retail
6 20 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (2.92%) Legal
8 14 (2.40%) Banking
9 9 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.37%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.86%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.51%) Law
15 1 (0.17%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.17%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.29%) .NET
2 11 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
3 10 (1.72%) React
4 8 (1.37%) Spring Boot
5 6 (1.03%) OpenID
6 5 (0.86%) SAP TM
7 4 (0.69%) Akka
7 4 (0.69%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.69%) EDI
7 4 (0.69%) Node.js
8 3 (0.51%) Kafka
9 2 (0.34%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.34%) Django
9 2 (0.34%) Middleware
9 2 (0.34%) SAP Basis
9 2 (0.34%) Smart Contracts
9 2 (0.34%) Vue
10 1 (0.17%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.17%) OAuth
10 1 (0.17%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.63%) Public Cloud
2 39 (6.69%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.09%) Data Centre
6 17 (2.92%) Cloud Native
7 16 (2.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 14 (2.40%) PKI
9 13 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.89%) FMCG
10 11 (1.89%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.72%) Blog
11 10 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.20%) IoT
13 6 (1.03%) Mainframe
13 6 (1.03%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.86%) Blockchain
14 5 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
15 4 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.09%) Linux
2 9 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.86%) Unix
4 3 (0.51%) VME
5 1 (0.17%) HPUX
5 1 (0.17%) Solaris
5 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (21.61%) Agile
2 125 (21.44%) TOGAF
3 116 (19.90%) Actionable Insight
4 98 (16.81%) Roadmaps
5 93 (15.95%) Technical Architecture
6 76 (13.04%) Requirements Management
7 74 (12.69%) Network Architecture
8 73 (12.52%) Validation
9 71 (12.18%) Network Management
10 70 (12.01%) Mentoring
11 69 (11.84%) Model Validation
12 64 (10.98%) Presales
13 62 (10.63%) DevOps
14 60 (10.29%) Migration
15 57 (9.78%) Coaching
15 57 (9.78%) Data Modelling
16 54 (9.26%) Data Architecture
17 52 (8.92%) Problem-Solving
18 51 (8.75%) Analytics
19 49 (8.40%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (4.12%) JavaScript
2 19 (3.26%) SQL
3 16 (2.74%) C#
4 8 (1.37%) Python
5 7 (1.20%) Java
6 4 (0.69%) Bicep
7 3 (0.51%) COBOL
7 3 (0.51%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 2 (0.34%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 74 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 53 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.20%) Degree
4 35 (6.00%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (5.32%) Azure Certification
6 26 (4.46%) AWS Certification
7 24 (4.12%) CISSP
8 21 (3.60%) CISM
9 17 (2.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 15 (2.57%) CCSK
10 15 (2.57%) CCSP
11 14 (2.40%) CCNP
12 13 (2.23%) CCNA
13 11 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (1.03%) CEH
14 6 (1.03%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
15 5 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.80%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.77%) NIST
3 19 (3.26%) GDPR
4 8 (1.37%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.03%) COBIT
6 6 (1.03%) SLA
7 5 (0.86%) QA
8 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (3.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.17%) RACF
2 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (2.06%) Terraform
4 7 (1.20%) Stealthwatch
5 6 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.03%) OpenView
6 5 (0.86%) CASB
6 5 (0.86%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 81 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.00%) Google
3 29 (4.97%) SAP
4 21 (3.60%) Cisco
5 20 (3.43%) Oracle
6 17 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.06%) Adobe
7 12 (2.06%) Apple
7 12 (2.06%) Meraki
8 10 (1.72%) Sparx
9 7 (1.20%) Databricks
9 7 (1.20%) HP
9 7 (1.20%) IBM
9 7 (1.20%) Thales
10 6 (1.03%) BMC
10 6 (1.03%) Remedy
11 5 (0.86%) Tanium
12 4 (0.69%) BiZZdesign
12 4 (0.69%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.51%) Micro Focus