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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 29 52
Rank change year-on-year -3 +23 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 720 652 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.51% 7.62% 5.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.83% 8.51% 5.44%
Number of salaries quoted 452 266 334
10th Percentile £50,000 £57,750 £56,250
25th Percentile £58,688 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £83,750
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 12,357 7,658 10,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.51% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 9,004 4,510 7,073
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,650
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,425 £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 1 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 1 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 +23 447 £76,750 +2.33% 82
East Midlands -18 266 £67,500 -6.90% 36
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 156 (21.67%) Azure
2 146 (20.28%) Agile
3 136 (18.89%) Microsoft
4 103 (14.31%) AWS
5 85 (11.81%) Roadmaps
6 82 (11.39%) Social Skills
7 73 (10.14%) Actionable Insight
7 73 (10.14%) Data Modelling
7 73 (10.14%) Security Cleared
8 72 (10.00%) TOGAF
9 68 (9.44%) Finance
9 68 (9.44%) Degree
10 67 (9.31%) Analytics
10 67 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
11 65 (9.03%) Presales
12 61 (8.47%) Data Architecture
13 59 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
14 58 (8.06%) Architectural Patterns
15 57 (7.92%) DevOps
16 56 (7.78%) Power Platform
17 54 (7.50%) Mentoring
17 54 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
17 54 (7.50%) Retail
18 53 (7.36%) Public Cloud
19 51 (7.08%) SC Cleared
20 48 (6.67%) Data Management
21 45 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
22 44 (6.11%) GCP
23 42 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
24 41 (5.69%) SaaS

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 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.56%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.14%) Appian
Applications
1 16 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.97%) Simulink
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.14%) Revit
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 11 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.42%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.42%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 156 (21.67%) Azure
2 103 (14.31%) AWS
3 56 (7.78%) Power Platform
4 54 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
5 44 (6.11%) GCP
6 41 (5.69%) SaaS
7 24 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.19%) IaaS
8 23 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (3.19%) PaaS
9 21 (2.92%) PowerApps
10 20 (2.78%) Power Automate
11 6 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (0.69%) GitHub
13 4 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.56%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.42%) dbt
15 2 (0.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 2 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.42%) WAN
2 31 (4.31%) VSAT
3 28 (3.89%) SD-WAN
4 20 (2.78%) Firewall
5 17 (2.36%) Wireless
6 15 (2.08%) VPN
7 10 (1.39%) LAN
8 9 (1.25%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (1.25%) DNS
9 8 (1.11%) NGFW
10 6 (0.83%) BGP
11 5 (0.69%) MPLS
11 5 (0.69%) Network Security
11 5 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.56%) Internet
12 4 (0.56%) Intranet
12 4 (0.56%) SSL
12 4 (0.56%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.42%) VoIP
13 3 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.86%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (4.17%) Metadata
3 26 (3.61%) Power BI
4 18 (2.50%) BigQuery
5 16 (2.22%) Looker
6 11 (1.53%) Geospatial Data
6 11 (1.53%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.53%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.11%) RDBMS
8 7 (0.97%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.83%) GIS
9 6 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.69%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.56%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.56%) Spatial Data
12 3 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (1.53%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (1.11%) Git
3 6 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (0.83%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 82 (11.39%) Social Skills
2 68 (9.44%) Finance
3 54 (7.50%) Retail
4 42 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (4.03%) Public Sector
6 27 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.75%) Marketing
7 22 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (2.36%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.53%) Military
11 9 (1.25%) Automotive
11 9 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Fire and Rescue
12 8 (1.11%) Police
13 7 (0.97%) Legal
14 5 (0.69%) Banking
15 4 (0.56%) Games
15 4 (0.56%) Law
16 2 (0.28%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.61%) .NET
2 18 (2.50%) JSON
3 13 (1.81%) YAML
4 8 (1.11%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.11%) Middleware
5 7 (0.97%) HTML
5 7 (0.97%) Web Services
6 6 (0.83%) .NET Core
6 6 (0.83%) XML
7 5 (0.69%) EDI
7 5 (0.69%) REST
8 4 (0.56%) CSS
8 4 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.56%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.56%) WCF
9 3 (0.42%) Django
9 3 (0.42%) Node.js
9 3 (0.42%) React
10 2 (0.28%) SOAP
10 2 (0.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.36%) Public Cloud
2 33 (4.58%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.75%) Cloud Native
4 20 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 18 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (1.81%) IoT
7 9 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.25%) Private Cloud
8 7 (0.97%) PKI
9 6 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (0.83%) FMCG
10 5 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.69%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.69%) Replication
10 5 (0.69%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.56%) PropTech
12 3 (0.42%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.42%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.36%) Linux
2 14 (1.94%) Windows
3 9 (1.25%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.11%) Solaris
4 8 (1.11%) Unix
5 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.28%) VME
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (20.28%) Agile
2 85 (11.81%) Roadmaps
3 73 (10.14%) Actionable Insight
3 73 (10.14%) Data Modelling
4 72 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 67 (9.31%) Analytics
5 67 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
6 65 (9.03%) Presales
7 61 (8.47%) Data Architecture
8 59 (8.19%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (8.06%) Architectural Patterns
10 57 (7.92%) DevOps
11 54 (7.50%) Mentoring
12 48 (6.67%) Data Management
13 45 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
14 40 (5.56%) Validation
15 39 (5.42%) Enterprise Architecture
15 39 (5.42%) User Experience
16 37 (5.14%) ERP
16 37 (5.14%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.44%) C#
2 25 (3.47%) SQL
3 21 (2.92%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.81%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.67%) MATLAB
6 9 (1.25%) Python
7 4 (0.56%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.42%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.28%) COBOL
9 2 (0.28%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 2 (0.28%) R
9 2 (0.28%) SOQL
10 1 (0.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 73 (10.14%) Security Cleared
2 68 (9.44%) Degree
3 51 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 30 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 27 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (3.19%) AWS Certification
7 22 (3.06%) CCNP
8 19 (2.64%) CCNA
9 17 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 17 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.83%) CCIE
12 6 (0.83%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.42%) CCSP
15 3 (0.42%) CISSP
15 3 (0.42%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.36%) GDPR
2 16 (2.22%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.94%) SLA
4 13 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.42%) COBIT
5 3 (0.42%) NIST
5 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.42%) QA
6 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.28%) NCSC
7 1 (0.14%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.14%) GRC
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.39%) Docker
3 8 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (1.11%) vSphere
4 2 (0.28%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (2.92%) Terraform
2 11 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.25%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (0.69%) CASB
5 3 (0.42%) MOM
5 3 (0.42%) OpenView
5 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 136 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.86%) Cisco
3 33 (4.58%) Google
4 25 (3.47%) SAP
5 17 (2.36%) Meraki
6 16 (2.22%) Adobe
6 16 (2.22%) Apple
6 16 (2.22%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.94%) Juniper
8 13 (1.81%) VMware
9 12 (1.67%) Pega
10 11 (1.53%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.25%) Guidewire
12 8 (1.11%) Citrix
13 7 (0.97%) Oracle
14 6 (0.83%) Salesforce
15 5 (0.69%) Sparx
15 5 (0.69%) Unisys
16 4 (0.56%) Mapbox
16 4 (0.56%) NEC