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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 27 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 +28 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 680 633 529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.35% 8.59% 5.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.69% 9.59% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 379 143 236
10th Percentile £56,447 £56,219 £53,493
25th Percentile £61,875 £60,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £85,000 £89,375 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,625
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 10,164 6,599 9,230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.53% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,697 4,001 5,389
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,351 £40,834 £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 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +5 417 £75,000 - 64
Merseyside -5 117 £76,636 +5.71% 13
Lancashire +16 67 £70,000 -17.65% 14
Cheshire +4 46 £73,543 +9.90% 4
Cumbria -6 25 £67,500 +6.30% 2
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 181 (26.62%) Azure
2 164 (24.12%) Agile
3 127 (18.68%) TOGAF
4 123 (18.09%) AWS
5 108 (15.88%) Actionable Insight
6 106 (15.59%) Mentoring
7 105 (15.44%) Social Skills
8 93 (13.68%) Roadmaps
9 92 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (13.53%) Microsoft
10 88 (12.94%) Technical Architecture
11 81 (11.91%) DevOps
12 72 (10.59%) Finance
12 72 (10.59%) Requirements Management
13 71 (10.44%) Security Cleared
13 71 (10.44%) Presales
14 70 (10.29%) Network Architecture
15 69 (10.15%) Validation
15 69 (10.15%) Migration
16 67 (9.85%) Network Management
17 65 (9.56%) Software Engineering
17 65 (9.56%) VSAT
17 65 (9.56%) Model Validation
18 63 (9.26%) Public Cloud
19 61 (8.97%) Data Modelling
19 61 (8.97%) SaaS
20 59 (8.68%) Data Architecture
21 58 (8.53%) Coaching
21 58 (8.53%) Analytics
22 52 (7.65%) GCP

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 13 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.18%) WebLogic
3 3 (0.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.15%) Confluence
4 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (1.32%) SAP PP
4 8 (1.18%) SAP BPC
5 6 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.74%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.74%) SAP IBP
7 4 (0.59%) SAP APO
7 4 (0.59%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.59%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.59%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 181 (26.62%) Azure
2 123 (18.09%) AWS
3 61 (8.97%) SaaS
4 52 (7.65%) GCP
5 28 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
5 28 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (3.53%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.06%) PaaS
8 10 (1.47%) IaaS
9 8 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (1.03%) GitHub
11 4 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.59%) Serverless
12 3 (0.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.44%) dbt
12 3 (0.44%) Kong
13 2 (0.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 65 (9.56%) VSAT
2 38 (5.59%) WAN
3 30 (4.41%) SD-WAN
4 24 (3.53%) Network Security
5 13 (1.91%) DNS
6 12 (1.76%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.62%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (1.18%) BGP
8 8 (1.18%) LAN
8 8 (1.18%) SSL
9 5 (0.74%) DHCP
9 5 (0.74%) Firewall
10 4 (0.59%) Multicast
10 4 (0.59%) OSPF
10 4 (0.59%) SAN
10 4 (0.59%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.59%) Wireless
10 4 (0.59%) WLAN
11 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (3.38%) Metadata
3 21 (3.09%) Relational Database
4 19 (2.79%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.06%) Geospatial Data
6 11 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (1.62%) Data Vault
6 11 (1.62%) Power BI
7 10 (1.47%) BigQuery
7 10 (1.47%) RDBMS
8 8 (1.18%) Looker
8 8 (1.18%) Oracle Database
8 8 (1.18%) SAP BW
9 6 (0.88%) DB2
9 6 (0.88%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.88%) Tableau
10 5 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (1.32%) Git
2 6 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (0.88%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.74%) JIRA
4 4 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
General
1 105 (15.44%) Social Skills
2 72 (10.59%) Finance
3 46 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (6.76%) Public Sector
4 40 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (3.24%) Retail
7 16 (2.35%) Legal
8 9 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.18%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.03%) Banking
11 6 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.74%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.59%) Marketing
14 3 (0.44%) Law
15 2 (0.29%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.68%) .NET
2 13 (1.91%) React
3 12 (1.76%) RabbitMQ
4 9 (1.32%) Spring Boot
5 7 (1.03%) Node.js
6 5 (0.74%) Django
6 5 (0.74%) SAP TM
7 4 (0.59%) Akka
7 4 (0.59%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.59%) EDI
7 4 (0.59%) Kafka
8 2 (0.29%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.29%) Middleware
8 2 (0.29%) Smart Contracts
8 2 (0.29%) Vue
9 1 (0.15%) IBM Integration Bus
9 1 (0.15%) OpenID
9 1 (0.15%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.15%) Spring
9 1 (0.15%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.26%) Public Cloud
2 42 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 32 (4.71%) Cyberattack
4 23 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (3.24%) Data Centre
6 19 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.65%) Cloud Native
8 15 (2.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 14 (2.06%) PKI
10 11 (1.62%) FMCG
10 11 (1.62%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.47%) Blog
11 10 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.03%) IoT
13 5 (0.74%) NHS
13 5 (0.74%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
14 4 (0.59%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.94%) Linux
2 9 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.44%) VME
4 2 (0.29%) Amazon Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.15%) HPUX
5 1 (0.15%) Solaris
5 1 (0.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (24.12%) Agile
2 127 (18.68%) TOGAF
3 108 (15.88%) Actionable Insight
4 106 (15.59%) Mentoring
5 93 (13.68%) Roadmaps
6 92 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
7 88 (12.94%) Technical Architecture
8 81 (11.91%) DevOps
9 72 (10.59%) Requirements Management
10 71 (10.44%) Presales
11 70 (10.29%) Network Architecture
12 69 (10.15%) Migration
12 69 (10.15%) Validation
13 67 (9.85%) Network Management
14 65 (9.56%) Model Validation
14 65 (9.56%) Software Engineering
15 61 (8.97%) Data Modelling
16 59 (8.68%) Data Architecture
17 58 (8.53%) Analytics
17 58 (8.53%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 27 (3.97%) JavaScript
2 16 (2.35%) SQL
3 12 (1.76%) C#
4 11 (1.62%) Python
5 6 (0.88%) Java
6 4 (0.59%) Bicep
7 3 (0.44%) COBOL
7 3 (0.44%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 1 (0.15%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 71 (10.44%) Security Cleared
2 51 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.76%) Degree
4 38 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (4.56%) Azure Certification
6 27 (3.97%) AWS Certification
7 24 (3.53%) CISSP
8 21 (3.09%) CISM
9 17 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 17 (2.50%) CCNP
10 16 (2.35%) CCNA
11 15 (2.21%) CCSK
11 15 (2.21%) CCSP
12 11 (1.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (0.88%) CEH
15 6 (0.88%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.59%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.56%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.24%) NIST
3 19 (2.79%) GDPR
4 8 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.88%) COBIT
6 6 (0.88%) SLA
7 5 (0.74%) QA
8 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (2.79%) Docker
2 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.79%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (2.21%) Terraform
4 10 (1.47%) Stealthwatch
5 6 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.88%) OpenView
6 5 (0.74%) CASB
6 5 (0.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 92 (13.53%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.74%) Google
3 28 (4.12%) SAP
4 24 (3.53%) Cisco
5 18 (2.65%) Oracle
6 17 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.21%) Adobe
7 15 (2.21%) Apple
7 15 (2.21%) Meraki
8 10 (1.47%) Sparx
9 8 (1.18%) IBM
10 7 (1.03%) HP
10 7 (1.03%) Thales
11 6 (0.88%) BMC
11 6 (0.88%) Remedy
12 5 (0.74%) Databricks
12 5 (0.74%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.74%) Tanium
13 4 (0.59%) BiZZdesign
13 4 (0.59%) Palo Alto