Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Architect salary in the West Midlands is £76,450 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 34 52 39
Rank change year-on-year +18 -13 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 468 325 491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.54% 5.62% 6.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.91% 6.25% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 308 186 270
10th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £59,163 £65,313 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,450 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £83,555
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,750 £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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,925 5,201 7,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 89.90% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5,725 3,210 4,866
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,503
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the West Midlands

Architect
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the West 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
Birmingham +6 274 £77,813 +3.75% 33
Warwickshire +73 84 £77,500 -18.29% 20
Solihull -1 31 £62,500 -33.16% 6
Staffordshire -24 17 £65,000 -17.46% 6
Shropshire -1 8 £74,136 -14.29%
Coventry -6 3 £81,636 +8.85% 3
West Bromwich - 3 £78,500 -
Stourbridge - 1 £75,000 -
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 West Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 109 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 107 (22.86%) Azure
3 93 (19.87%) Agile
4 69 (14.74%) Roadmaps
5 65 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
6 62 (13.25%) Data Modelling
7 60 (12.82%) Analytics
8 54 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
9 53 (11.32%) Finance
9 53 (11.32%) Architectural Patterns
10 47 (10.04%) Data Architecture
11 45 (9.62%) AWS
12 43 (9.19%) Power Platform
13 42 (8.97%) Degree
14 39 (8.33%) Social Skills
15 38 (8.12%) ERP
16 37 (7.91%) WAN
16 37 (7.91%) Presales
17 36 (7.69%) Data Management
18 35 (7.48%) DevOps
18 35 (7.48%) Mentoring
19 32 (6.84%) Cisco
20 31 (6.62%) SaaS
20 31 (6.62%) User Experience
21 30 (6.41%) Data Design
21 30 (6.41%) Metadata
22 29 (6.20%) CI/CD
22 29 (6.20%) SD-WAN
22 29 (6.20%) Security Cleared
22 29 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.21%) Appian
Applications
1 9 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Simulink
3 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.78%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 9 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.43%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.43%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.21%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 107 (22.86%) Azure
2 54 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
3 45 (9.62%) AWS
4 43 (9.19%) Power Platform
5 31 (6.62%) SaaS
6 24 (5.13%) IaaS
6 24 (5.13%) PaaS
7 23 (4.91%) GCP
8 21 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.49%) PowerApps
9 20 (4.27%) Power Automate
10 15 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.64%) Boomi
11 3 (0.64%) dbt
12 2 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (0.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 1 (0.21%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.21%) Kong
13 1 (0.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.91%) WAN
2 29 (6.20%) SD-WAN
3 20 (4.27%) Firewall
4 15 (3.21%) VPN
5 13 (2.78%) Wireless
6 11 (2.35%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (1.71%) DNS
7 8 (1.71%) LAN
8 7 (1.50%) NGFW
9 5 (1.07%) MPLS
10 4 (0.85%) Intranet
11 3 (0.64%) VoIP
11 3 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.64%) WLAN
12 2 (0.43%) BGP
12 2 (0.43%) DHCP
12 2 (0.43%) Internet
12 2 (0.43%) IPsec
12 2 (0.43%) Network Security
12 2 (0.43%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.41%) Metadata
2 21 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (4.49%) Power BI
3 9 (1.92%) BigQuery
4 8 (1.71%) Looker
4 8 (1.71%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.50%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.64%) DB2
9 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.43%) Big Data
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.21%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.21%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (1.92%) Git
2 6 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (1.28%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 53 (11.32%) Finance
2 39 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 22 (4.70%) Marketing
4 21 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (4.27%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.27%) Retail
6 17 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (2.35%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.50%) Automotive
9 7 (1.50%) Legal
10 4 (0.85%) Banking
10 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.64%) Law
11 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.43%) Billing
12 2 (0.43%) Games
12 2 (0.43%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.85%) JSON
2 13 (2.78%) YAML
3 9 (1.92%) .NET
4 8 (1.71%) Middleware
5 7 (1.50%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.28%) EDI
6 6 (1.28%) Web Services
6 6 (1.28%) XML
7 4 (0.85%) REST
7 4 (0.85%) WCF
8 3 (0.64%) Django
8 3 (0.64%) HTML
8 3 (0.64%) Node.js
8 3 (0.64%) React
9 2 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.43%) Visualforce
10 1 (0.21%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.98%) Management Information System
2 27 (5.77%) Public Cloud
3 20 (4.27%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.63%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.71%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.28%) FMCG
8 5 (1.07%) Replication
9 4 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.85%) IoT
9 4 (0.85%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.64%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.64%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.43%) NHS
11 2 (0.43%) PropTech
12 1 (0.21%) Blog
12 1 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.42%) Windows
2 11 (2.35%) Linux
3 9 (1.92%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.71%) Solaris
4 8 (1.71%) Unix
5 4 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.43%) VME
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Android
7 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (19.87%) Agile
2 69 (14.74%) Roadmaps
3 65 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (13.25%) Data Modelling
5 60 (12.82%) Analytics
6 53 (11.32%) Architectural Patterns
7 47 (10.04%) Data Architecture
8 38 (8.12%) ERP
9 37 (7.91%) Presales
10 36 (7.69%) Data Management
11 35 (7.48%) DevOps
11 35 (7.48%) Mentoring
12 31 (6.62%) User Experience
13 30 (6.41%) Data Design
14 29 (6.20%) CI/CD
14 29 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (5.98%) IT Strategy
16 27 (5.77%) Business Intelligence
17 25 (5.34%) Artificial Intelligence
17 25 (5.34%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.27%) SQL
2 15 (3.21%) C#
3 13 (2.78%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.28%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.07%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.85%) Python
7 2 (0.43%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.43%) COBOL
7 2 (0.43%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 2 (0.43%) R
7 2 (0.43%) SOQL
8 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (8.97%) Degree
2 29 (6.20%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.34%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (4.49%) CCNP
6 18 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.85%) CCNA
7 13 (2.78%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.07%) CCIE
12 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.64%) CCSK
13 3 (0.64%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.99%) SLA
2 9 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.71%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.71%) GDPR
4 3 (0.64%) NIST
5 2 (0.43%) NCSC
6 1 (0.21%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.21%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 12 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
2 7 (1.50%) vSphere
3 3 (0.64%) Docker
4 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (3.21%) Terraform
2 11 (2.35%) Stealthwatch
3 5 (1.07%) CASB
4 4 (0.85%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.64%) MOM
5 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.21%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 109 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.84%) Cisco
3 24 (5.13%) SAP
4 18 (3.85%) Apple
4 18 (3.85%) Meraki
5 17 (3.63%) Adobe
6 14 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.78%) Juniper
8 12 (2.56%) Google
8 12 (2.56%) Pega
8 12 (2.56%) VMware
9 10 (2.14%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.71%) Guidewire
11 7 (1.50%) Citrix
12 5 (1.07%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.07%) Unisys
13 4 (0.85%) NEC
14 3 (0.64%) IBM
14 3 (0.64%) Oracle
15 2 (0.43%) Cognizant