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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 37 55
Rank change year-on-year +6 +18 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 659 644 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.46% 7.10% 5.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.78% 7.92% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 417 278 316
10th Percentile £50,000 £59,400 £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 - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £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 11,399 8,135 10,435
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 89.69% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,438 4,565 7,028
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,607
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 £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +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 18 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 18 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 +24 415 £77,500 +3.33% 66
East Midlands -14 237 £65,025 -10.31% 41
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 144 (21.85%) Azure
2 127 (19.27%) Agile
3 117 (17.75%) Microsoft
4 96 (14.57%) AWS
5 86 (13.05%) Roadmaps
6 84 (12.75%) Social Skills
7 77 (11.68%) Actionable Insight
8 75 (11.38%) TOGAF
9 71 (10.77%) Data Modelling
10 69 (10.47%) Degree
11 68 (10.32%) Security Cleared
12 66 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
13 65 (9.86%) Analytics
14 61 (9.26%) Presales
15 59 (8.95%) Data Architecture
15 59 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
16 56 (8.50%) Architectural Patterns
17 55 (8.35%) Power Platform
17 55 (8.35%) Mentoring
17 55 (8.35%) Public Cloud
18 53 (8.04%) Finance
19 51 (7.74%) Dynamics 365
19 51 (7.74%) DevOps
20 45 (6.83%) Technical Architecture
21 44 (6.68%) SC Cleared
21 44 (6.68%) GCP
22 41 (6.22%) Validation
23 40 (6.07%) Requirements Management
24 38 (5.77%) User Experience
24 38 (5.77%) ERP

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 17 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.61%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.15%) Appian
Applications
1 10 (1.52%) Simulink
2 2 (0.30%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 11 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.46%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.15%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 144 (21.85%) Azure
2 96 (14.57%) AWS
3 55 (8.35%) Power Platform
4 51 (7.74%) Dynamics 365
5 44 (6.68%) GCP
6 37 (5.61%) SaaS
7 25 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (3.49%) IaaS
8 23 (3.49%) PaaS
9 21 (3.19%) PowerApps
10 20 (3.03%) Power Automate
11 6 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (0.76%) GitHub
13 4 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.61%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 2 (0.30%) dbt
15 2 (0.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.61%) WAN
2 32 (4.86%) VSAT
3 26 (3.95%) SD-WAN
4 17 (2.58%) Firewall
5 16 (2.43%) VPN
5 16 (2.43%) Wireless
6 10 (1.52%) LAN
6 10 (1.52%) NGFW
7 8 (1.21%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (1.21%) DNS
8 6 (0.91%) BGP
9 5 (0.76%) MPLS
9 5 (0.76%) Network Security
9 5 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.61%) Internet
10 4 (0.61%) Intranet
10 4 (0.61%) SSL
10 4 (0.61%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.01%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (4.55%) Metadata
3 24 (3.64%) Power BI
4 18 (2.73%) BigQuery
5 16 (2.43%) Looker
6 11 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.67%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.21%) Geospatial Data
7 8 (1.21%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.91%) GIS
8 6 (0.91%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.61%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.61%) Spatial Data
11 3 (0.46%) DB2
12 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (1.67%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (1.06%) Git
3 6 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (0.91%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.30%) CANoe
4 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (12.75%) Social Skills
2 53 (8.04%) Finance
3 37 (5.61%) Retail
4 29 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 25 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (3.03%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (1.97%) Automotive
10 11 (1.67%) Military
11 10 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.21%) Fire and Rescue
12 8 (1.21%) Marketing
12 8 (1.21%) Police
13 7 (1.06%) Banking
14 6 (0.91%) Games
14 6 (0.91%) Legal
15 5 (0.76%) Law
16 2 (0.30%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.49%) .NET
2 19 (2.88%) JSON
3 14 (2.12%) YAML
4 10 (1.52%) ARM Templates
5 7 (1.06%) Middleware
5 7 (1.06%) Web Services
6 6 (0.91%) HTML
7 5 (0.76%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.76%) EDI
7 5 (0.76%) REST
7 5 (0.76%) XML
8 4 (0.61%) CSS
8 4 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.61%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.61%) WCF
9 2 (0.30%) Django
9 2 (0.30%) Node.js
9 2 (0.30%) React
9 2 (0.30%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.35%) Public Cloud
2 33 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.79%) Cloud Native
4 18 (2.73%) Data Centre
4 18 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (1.97%) IoT
6 11 (1.67%) Private Cloud
7 7 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.06%) PKI
8 6 (0.91%) FMCG
9 5 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.76%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.61%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.61%) PropTech
10 4 (0.61%) Replication
11 3 (0.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.46%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.30%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.28%) Linux
2 13 (1.97%) Windows
3 7 (1.06%) Solaris
3 7 (1.06%) Ubuntu
3 7 (1.06%) Unix
4 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.30%) VME
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (19.27%) Agile
2 86 (13.05%) Roadmaps
3 77 (11.68%) Actionable Insight
4 75 (11.38%) TOGAF
5 71 (10.77%) Data Modelling
6 66 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
7 65 (9.86%) Analytics
8 61 (9.26%) Presales
9 59 (8.95%) Data Architecture
9 59 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (8.50%) Architectural Patterns
11 55 (8.35%) Mentoring
12 51 (7.74%) DevOps
13 45 (6.83%) Technical Architecture
14 41 (6.22%) Validation
15 40 (6.07%) Requirements Management
16 38 (5.77%) ERP
16 38 (5.77%) User Experience
17 37 (5.61%) Network Architecture
18 36 (5.46%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.55%) C#
2 23 (3.49%) SQL
3 20 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 15 (2.28%) MATLAB
5 14 (2.12%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.52%) Python
7 4 (0.61%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.46%) C
8 3 (0.46%) C++
9 2 (0.30%) COBOL
9 2 (0.30%) Java
9 2 (0.30%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 2 (0.30%) R
10 1 (0.15%) ABAP
10 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.15%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 69 (10.47%) Degree
2 68 (10.32%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.68%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.10%) Azure Certification
5 26 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (3.34%) AWS Certification
7 21 (3.19%) CCNP
8 18 (2.73%) CCNA
9 17 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (2.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (2.28%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.91%) CCIE
13 6 (0.91%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.61%) CISM
15 4 (0.61%) CISSP
15 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.46%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.58%) Data Quality
1 17 (2.58%) GDPR
2 14 (2.12%) SLA
3 13 (1.97%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.76%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.46%) COBIT
5 3 (0.46%) NIST
5 3 (0.46%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.46%) QA
6 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.30%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (1.52%) vSphere
3 9 (1.37%) Docker
4 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (3.34%) Terraform
2 11 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.21%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (0.76%) CASB
5 3 (0.46%) MOM
5 3 (0.46%) OpenView
5 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 117 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.01%) Cisco
2 33 (5.01%) Google
3 26 (3.95%) SAP
4 16 (2.43%) Meraki
4 16 (2.43%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.28%) Adobe
5 15 (2.28%) Apple
5 15 (2.28%) VMware
6 13 (1.97%) Juniper
7 12 (1.82%) Pega
8 11 (1.67%) Citrix
9 10 (1.52%) Fortinet
10 9 (1.37%) Guidewire
11 8 (1.21%) Oracle
12 5 (0.76%) Sparx
12 5 (0.76%) Unisys
13 4 (0.61%) Mapbox
13 4 (0.61%) NEC
14 3 (0.46%) Salesforce