Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Architect salary in the West Midlands is £77,500 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 32 56 42
Rank change year-on-year +24 -14 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 415 328 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.56% 5.25% 6.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.89% 5.82% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 277 195 238
10th Percentile £52,500 £60,500 £55,875
25th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £62,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £83,555
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £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
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 7,048 5,636 7,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 90.15% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,268 3,225 4,768
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £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 £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 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 18 May 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 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
Birmingham +6 245 £77,500 +3.33% 38
Warwickshire +68 65 £78,750 -12.50% 17
Solihull +3 30 £62,500 -31.88% 2
Staffordshire -18 14 £65,000 -16.13% 1
Shropshire -1 8 £74,136 -14.29% 1
Coventry -4 4 £81,636 +11.45% 3
West Bromwich - 3 £78,500 -
Walsall - 2 £92,500 -
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 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 West Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 95 (22.89%) Azure
2 92 (22.17%) Microsoft
3 87 (20.96%) Agile
4 67 (16.14%) Roadmaps
5 61 (14.70%) Cybersecurity
5 61 (14.70%) Data Modelling
6 59 (14.22%) Analytics
7 50 (12.05%) Architectural Patterns
8 47 (11.33%) Dynamics 365
9 46 (11.08%) Data Architecture
10 45 (10.84%) Power Platform
11 42 (10.12%) AWS
12 41 (9.88%) Degree
13 40 (9.64%) Finance
13 40 (9.64%) Social Skills
14 37 (8.92%) ERP
15 35 (8.43%) Mentoring
16 34 (8.19%) WAN
17 33 (7.95%) DevOps
18 31 (7.47%) User Experience
19 30 (7.23%) Public Cloud
19 30 (7.23%) Data Design
19 30 (7.23%) Metadata
19 30 (7.23%) Data Management
20 29 (6.99%) Cisco
20 29 (6.99%) Presales
21 28 (6.75%) IT Strategy
21 28 (6.75%) Management Information System
21 28 (6.75%) Stakeholder Management
22 27 (6.51%) Business Intelligence

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 17 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.48%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.24%) Appian
Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Simulink
2 2 (0.48%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.89%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.48%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.48%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 95 (22.89%) Azure
2 47 (11.33%) Dynamics 365
3 45 (10.84%) Power Platform
4 42 (10.12%) AWS
5 26 (6.27%) SaaS
6 23 (5.54%) GCP
7 22 (5.30%) IaaS
7 22 (5.30%) PaaS
8 21 (5.06%) PowerApps
9 20 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (4.82%) Power Automate
10 18 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.48%) dbt
11 2 (0.48%) Serverless
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
12 1 (0.24%) Boomi
12 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.19%) WAN
2 26 (6.27%) SD-WAN
3 17 (4.10%) Firewall
4 16 (3.86%) VPN
5 13 (3.13%) Wireless
6 10 (2.41%) NGFW
7 8 (1.93%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (1.93%) LAN
8 5 (1.20%) MPLS
9 4 (0.96%) DNS
9 4 (0.96%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.96%) Intranet
10 3 (0.72%) VoIP
10 3 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.72%) WLAN
11 2 (0.48%) BGP
11 2 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.48%) IPsec
11 2 (0.48%) Junos
11 2 (0.48%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.23%) Metadata
2 22 (5.30%) Power BI
3 21 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.17%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.93%) Looker
6 7 (1.69%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.72%) DB2
10 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.48%) Big Data
11 1 (0.24%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Git
2 6 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (1.45%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.48%) CANoe
3 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (9.64%) Finance
1 40 (9.64%) Social Skills
2 21 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (4.82%) Public Sector
4 17 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (3.37%) Retail
6 13 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.65%) Automotive
8 9 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.93%) Marketing
10 5 (1.20%) Legal
11 4 (0.96%) Law
11 4 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.72%) Banking
13 2 (0.48%) Electronics
13 2 (0.48%) Games
13 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.24%) Back Office
14 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.58%) JSON
2 14 (3.37%) YAML
3 10 (2.41%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.93%) .NET
5 7 (1.69%) Middleware
6 6 (1.45%) Web Services
7 5 (1.20%) EDI
7 5 (1.20%) XML
8 4 (0.96%) REST
8 4 (0.96%) WCF
9 2 (0.48%) Django
9 2 (0.48%) HTML
9 2 (0.48%) Node.js
9 2 (0.48%) React
9 2 (0.48%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.24%) Kafka
10 1 (0.24%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.23%) Public Cloud
2 28 (6.75%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.86%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.61%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.65%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.45%) FMCG
9 4 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.96%) IoT
9 4 (0.96%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.96%) Replication
10 3 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.72%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.48%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.48%) NHS
11 2 (0.48%) PropTech
12 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.13%) Windows
2 9 (2.17%) Linux
3 7 (1.69%) Solaris
3 7 (1.69%) Ubuntu
3 7 (1.69%) Unix
4 2 (0.48%) VME
4 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (20.96%) Agile
2 67 (16.14%) Roadmaps
3 61 (14.70%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (14.70%) Data Modelling
4 59 (14.22%) Analytics
5 50 (12.05%) Architectural Patterns
6 46 (11.08%) Data Architecture
7 37 (8.92%) ERP
8 35 (8.43%) Mentoring
9 33 (7.95%) DevOps
10 31 (7.47%) User Experience
11 30 (7.23%) Data Design
11 30 (7.23%) Data Management
12 29 (6.99%) Presales
13 28 (6.75%) IT Strategy
13 28 (6.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (6.51%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (6.51%) CI/CD
15 26 (6.27%) Artificial Intelligence
16 25 (6.02%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.58%) SQL
2 15 (3.61%) C#
3 14 (3.37%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.96%) MATLAB
5 4 (0.96%) Python
5 4 (0.96%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.72%) C
6 3 (0.72%) C++
7 2 (0.48%) COBOL
7 2 (0.48%) Java
7 2 (0.48%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 2 (0.48%) R
8 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 41 (9.88%) Degree
2 22 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 18 (4.34%) CCNP
4 18 (4.34%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.10%) Azure Certification
6 15 (3.61%) CCNA
7 13 (3.13%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.20%) CCIE
11 4 (0.96%) CISM
11 4 (0.96%) CISSP
11 4 (0.96%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.72%) CCSK
12 3 (0.72%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.37%) SLA
2 9 (2.17%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.93%) GDPR
4 5 (1.20%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.72%) NIST
6 2 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 15 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (2.41%) vSphere
3 3 (0.72%) Docker
4 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (3.86%) Terraform
2 8 (1.93%) Stealthwatch
3 5 (1.20%) CASB
3 5 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.72%) MOM
4 3 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 92 (22.17%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.99%) Cisco
3 24 (5.78%) SAP
4 15 (3.61%) Adobe
4 15 (3.61%) Apple
4 15 (3.61%) Meraki
4 15 (3.61%) VMware
5 13 (3.13%) Juniper
6 12 (2.89%) Google
6 12 (2.89%) Pega
6 12 (2.89%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.65%) Citrix
8 10 (2.41%) Fortinet
9 8 (1.93%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.20%) Unisys
11 4 (0.96%) NEC
11 4 (0.96%) Oracle
12 3 (0.72%) IBM
12 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.48%) CyberArk