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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 27 52
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 754 671 605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.46% 7.90% 5.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.80% 8.83% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 480 262 349
10th Percentile £50,000 £56,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £86,563 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £88,750
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 12,991 7,603 10,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.49% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,265 4,488 7,108
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,571 £37,500 £37,198
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £66,389 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 9 June 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 9 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
West Midlands +18 468 £76,450 +1.93% 66
East Midlands -21 279 £70,000 -3.45% 34
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 161 (21.35%) Azure
2 145 (19.23%) Agile
3 143 (18.97%) Microsoft
4 104 (13.79%) AWS
5 88 (11.67%) Roadmaps
6 84 (11.14%) Social Skills
7 74 (9.81%) Data Modelling
8 73 (9.68%) Finance
8 73 (9.68%) Security Cleared
9 72 (9.55%) TOGAF
10 71 (9.42%) Degree
11 70 (9.28%) Presales
11 70 (9.28%) Actionable Insight
12 68 (9.02%) Analytics
13 67 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
14 62 (8.22%) Data Architecture
15 60 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
16 59 (7.82%) Architectural Patterns
17 58 (7.69%) DevOps
18 57 (7.56%) Dynamics 365
19 55 (7.29%) Retail
19 55 (7.29%) Mentoring
20 54 (7.16%) Power Platform
21 52 (6.90%) SC Cleared
21 52 (6.90%) Public Cloud
22 48 (6.37%) Data Management
22 48 (6.37%) Enterprise Architecture
23 44 (5.84%) GCP
24 43 (5.70%) Technical Architecture
25 42 (5.57%) Analytical Skills

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 18 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.53%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.13%) Appian
Applications
1 18 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.93%) Simulink
4 2 (0.27%) Revit
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.72%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.40%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.13%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 161 (21.35%) Azure
2 104 (13.79%) AWS
3 57 (7.56%) Dynamics 365
4 54 (7.16%) Power Platform
5 44 (5.84%) GCP
6 42 (5.57%) SaaS
7 26 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.32%) IaaS
8 25 (3.32%) PaaS
9 22 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (2.79%) PowerApps
11 20 (2.65%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (0.66%) GitHub
13 4 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.40%) Boomi
14 3 (0.40%) dbt
15 2 (0.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 2 (0.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 40 (5.31%) WAN
2 29 (3.85%) SD-WAN
2 29 (3.85%) VSAT
3 20 (2.65%) Firewall
4 16 (2.12%) Wireless
5 15 (1.99%) VPN
6 12 (1.59%) DNS
7 11 (1.46%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (1.33%) LAN
9 7 (0.93%) NGFW
10 6 (0.80%) BGP
11 5 (0.66%) MPLS
11 5 (0.66%) Network Security
11 5 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.53%) Internet
12 4 (0.53%) Intranet
12 4 (0.53%) SSL
12 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.40%) Broadband
13 3 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (3.98%) Metadata
3 25 (3.32%) Power BI
4 18 (2.39%) BigQuery
5 16 (2.12%) Looker
6 11 (1.46%) Geospatial Data
6 11 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.46%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.06%) RDBMS
8 7 (0.93%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.80%) GIS
9 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.53%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.53%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.53%) Spatial Data
12 3 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (1.46%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (1.19%) Git
3 6 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (0.80%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (11.14%) Social Skills
2 73 (9.68%) Finance
3 55 (7.29%) Retail
4 42 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (4.11%) Marketing
6 29 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.46%) Military
12 9 (1.19%) Automotive
12 9 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
13 8 (1.06%) Legal
13 8 (1.06%) Police
14 5 (0.66%) Banking
15 4 (0.53%) Law
16 3 (0.40%) Games
16 3 (0.40%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.32%) .NET
2 18 (2.39%) JSON
3 13 (1.72%) YAML
4 8 (1.06%) Middleware
5 7 (0.93%) ARM Templates
5 7 (0.93%) HTML
5 7 (0.93%) Web Services
6 6 (0.80%) EDI
6 6 (0.80%) XML
7 5 (0.66%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.66%) REST
8 4 (0.53%) CSS
8 4 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.53%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.53%) WCF
9 3 (0.40%) Django
9 3 (0.40%) Node.js
9 3 (0.40%) React
10 2 (0.27%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.27%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.90%) Public Cloud
2 33 (4.38%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.58%) Cloud Native
4 23 (3.05%) Data Centre
5 18 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.72%) IoT
8 9 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.06%) Private Cloud
10 7 (0.93%) PKI
11 6 (0.80%) FMCG
12 5 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.66%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.66%) Replication
12 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.53%) PropTech
14 3 (0.40%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (0.40%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.25%) Linux
2 16 (2.12%) Windows
3 9 (1.19%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.06%) Solaris
4 8 (1.06%) Unix
5 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.27%) VME
7 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (19.23%) Agile
2 88 (11.67%) Roadmaps
3 74 (9.81%) Data Modelling
4 72 (9.55%) TOGAF
5 70 (9.28%) Actionable Insight
5 70 (9.28%) Presales
6 68 (9.02%) Analytics
7 67 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
8 62 (8.22%) Data Architecture
9 60 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
10 59 (7.82%) Architectural Patterns
11 58 (7.69%) DevOps
12 55 (7.29%) Mentoring
13 48 (6.37%) Data Management
13 48 (6.37%) Enterprise Architecture
14 43 (5.70%) Technical Architecture
15 40 (5.31%) User Experience
16 38 (5.04%) ERP
16 38 (5.04%) Validation
17 36 (4.77%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.11%) C#
2 25 (3.32%) SQL
3 21 (2.79%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.72%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.59%) MATLAB
6 10 (1.33%) Python
7 5 (0.66%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.27%) COBOL
9 2 (0.27%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 2 (0.27%) R
9 2 (0.27%) SOQL
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 71 (9.42%) Degree
3 52 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 29 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (3.18%) CCNP
6 23 (3.05%) AWS Certification
7 21 (2.79%) CCNA
8 17 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 17 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.80%) CCIE
11 6 (0.80%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.53%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.40%) CCSP
13 3 (0.40%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.25%) GDPR
2 16 (2.12%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.86%) SLA
4 13 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.40%) COBIT
5 3 (0.40%) NIST
5 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.40%) QA
6 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.27%) NCSC
7 1 (0.13%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.13%) GRC
7 1 (0.13%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (1.19%) Docker
3 7 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (0.93%) vSphere
4 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (2.65%) Terraform
2 11 (1.46%) Stealthwatch
3 10 (1.33%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.66%) CASB
5 3 (0.40%) MOM
5 3 (0.40%) OpenView
5 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.13%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 143 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.77%) Cisco
3 33 (4.38%) Google
4 26 (3.45%) SAP
5 19 (2.52%) Meraki
6 18 (2.39%) Apple
6 18 (2.39%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.25%) Adobe
8 13 (1.72%) Juniper
9 12 (1.59%) Pega
9 12 (1.59%) VMware
10 10 (1.33%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.19%) Guidewire
12 7 (0.93%) Citrix
12 7 (0.93%) Oracle
13 6 (0.80%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.66%) Sparx
14 5 (0.66%) Unisys
15 4 (0.53%) Mapbox
15 4 (0.53%) NEC