Senior Architect
UK

The median Senior Architect salary in the UK is £74,000 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 375 454 663
Rank change year-on-year +79 +209 -128
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 722 662 709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.67% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.73% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 425 309 377
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £62,500
25th Percentile £57,050 £67,750 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £92,500 £103,750 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £116,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,500 £80,000 £75,720
% change year-on-year -16.88% +5.65% +0.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in the UK

Senior Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect.

Salary trend for Senior Architect in the UK

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in the UK

Senior Architect
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the UK 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
England +95 629 £73,000 -14.12% 88
UK excluding London +36 419 £66,500 -16.88% 48
London +99 253 £92,500 -2.63% 51
Work from Home +39 235 £70,000 -17.65% 63
North of England +144 169 £70,000 -12.50% 12
Midlands +49 101 £62,500 -19.35% 9
North West +42 88 £70,000 -7.59% 6
West Midlands +58 79 £62,500 -14.97% 7
Yorkshire +139 72 £74,000 -12.94% 4
South East -40 61 £67,500 -12.34% 13
Scotland -57 43 £80,000 -5.88% 3
South West -27 31 £72,500 -12.12% 3
East Midlands +5 22 £50,000 -47.37% 2
North East 0 9 £61,206 -46.78% 2
Wales +7 8 £53,500 -15.75% 1
East of England -15 6 £90,750 +13.44% 5

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 211 (29.22%) Agile
2 198 (27.42%) Azure
3 187 (25.90%) Finance
4 166 (22.99%) Microsoft
5 157 (21.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 155 (21.47%) AWS
7 154 (21.33%) Degree
8 149 (20.64%) Roadmaps
9 148 (20.50%) Mentoring
10 133 (18.42%) Social Skills
11 119 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
12 117 (16.20%) Coaching
13 106 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
14 101 (13.99%) Data Modelling
15 89 (12.33%) Business Strategy
16 84 (11.63%) Architectural Patterns
17 83 (11.50%) Analytics
17 83 (11.50%) GCP
18 80 (11.08%) Data Architecture
19 79 (10.94%) Design Patterns
20 77 (10.66%) DevOps
20 77 (10.66%) Data Centre
20 77 (10.66%) Presales
21 75 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
22 69 (9.56%) Banking
22 69 (9.56%) Public Sector
23 68 (9.42%) Microservices
24 66 (9.14%) Migration
25 64 (8.86%) Data Strategy
25 64 (8.86%) Digital Transformation Programme

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (2.77%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.94%) CMS
4 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.69%) Apache
5 5 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) Confluence
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.83%) Simulink
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.69%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.14%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 198 (27.42%) Azure
2 155 (21.47%) AWS
3 83 (11.50%) GCP
4 53 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 50 (6.93%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (5.54%) SaaS
7 32 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (4.29%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.46%) PaaS
10 22 (3.05%) PowerApps
11 19 (2.63%) IaaS
12 18 (2.49%) Serverless
13 17 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
16 9 (1.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
16 9 (1.25%) Route 53
16 9 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (8.03%) WAN
2 47 (6.51%) SD-WAN
3 29 (4.02%) Firewall
4 24 (3.32%) Cisco Firepower
5 17 (2.35%) MPLS
6 14 (1.94%) LAN
7 13 (1.80%) Network Security
8 11 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.25%) DNS
10 8 (1.11%) VPN
11 6 (0.83%) IPsec
11 6 (0.83%) SSL
12 5 (0.69%) BGP
12 5 (0.69%) DWDM
12 5 (0.69%) EIGRP
12 5 (0.69%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.69%) IGRP
12 5 (0.69%) OSPF
12 5 (0.69%) SNMP
12 5 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.20%) Metadata
2 45 (6.23%) NoSQL
3 29 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.46%) Power BI
5 23 (3.19%) Data Lake
6 19 (2.63%) Data Mining
7 15 (2.08%) Hadoop
8 14 (1.94%) Apache Ignite
8 14 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (1.80%) SQL Server
10 10 (1.39%) Big Data
11 9 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.25%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.11%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.83%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.69%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.42%) MySQL
16 2 (0.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (1.52%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.25%) Git
2 9 (1.25%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.14%) ERwin
5 1 (0.14%) JIRA
General
1 187 (25.90%) Finance
2 157 (21.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 133 (18.42%) Social Skills
4 75 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (9.56%) Banking
5 69 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 50 (6.93%) Marketing
7 49 (6.79%) Retail
8 43 (5.96%) Law
9 32 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (3.46%) Retail Banking
11 24 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.22%) Back Office
12 16 (2.22%) Financial Institution
12 16 (2.22%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.97%) Games
16 6 (0.83%) Military
16 6 (0.83%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.88%) .NET
2 20 (2.77%) Kafka
3 9 (1.25%) .NET Core
3 9 (1.25%) ASP.NET
3 9 (1.25%) ASP.NET Core
3 9 (1.25%) Entity Framework
3 9 (1.25%) Hibernate
3 9 (1.25%) Spring
3 9 (1.25%) Spring MVC
4 7 (0.97%) HTML
4 7 (0.97%) OAuth
4 7 (0.97%) SAML
5 6 (0.83%) Web Services
6 5 (0.69%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.69%) 802.1X
6 5 (0.69%) Apache Beam
6 5 (0.69%) XML
7 4 (0.55%) React
8 3 (0.42%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.42%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.66%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.17%) Public Cloud
3 42 (5.82%) Management Information System
4 41 (5.68%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.91%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.49%) PMI
7 17 (2.35%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.22%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.22%) Reinsurance
9 13 (1.80%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.66%) NHS
11 11 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
11 11 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 7 (0.97%) Cyberattack
13 7 (0.97%) FMCG
13 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.97%) PKI
13 7 (0.97%) PropTech
14 6 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.02%) Linux
2 9 (1.25%) Windows
3 8 (1.11%) VME
4 5 (0.69%) Unix
5 3 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (29.22%) Agile
2 149 (20.64%) Roadmaps
3 148 (20.50%) Mentoring
4 119 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
5 117 (16.20%) Coaching
6 106 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (13.99%) Data Modelling
8 89 (12.33%) Business Strategy
9 84 (11.63%) Architectural Patterns
10 83 (11.50%) Analytics
11 80 (11.08%) Data Architecture
12 79 (10.94%) Design Patterns
13 77 (10.66%) DevOps
13 77 (10.66%) Presales
14 68 (9.42%) Microservices
15 66 (9.14%) Migration
16 64 (8.86%) Data Strategy
16 64 (8.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 63 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
18 61 (8.45%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.99%) C#
2 35 (4.85%) SQL
3 34 (4.71%) Python
4 30 (4.16%) Java
5 17 (2.35%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.39%) C
7 8 (1.11%) COBOL
7 8 (1.11%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 7 (0.97%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.97%) Scala
9 6 (0.83%) MATLAB
9 6 (0.83%) R
10 5 (0.69%) Bicep
11 4 (0.55%) C++
12 3 (0.42%) PHP
13 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 154 (21.33%) Degree
2 63 (8.73%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (8.59%) Security Cleared
4 57 (7.89%) SC Cleared
5 45 (6.23%) CCNA
6 44 (6.09%) AWS Certification
6 44 (6.09%) CCNP
7 36 (4.99%) CISSP
8 34 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (3.88%) Azure Certification
10 27 (3.74%) CISM
11 19 (2.63%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 11 (1.52%) CCSP
13 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (1.39%) Master's Degree
15 9 (1.25%) CRISC
15 9 (1.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.46%) NIST
2 22 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.66%) SLA
4 7 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.97%) QA
5 6 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.69%) IASME
6 5 (0.69%) PMO
7 4 (0.55%) COBIT
7 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.42%) HMG Infosec
8 3 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.42%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.42%) RMADS
9 2 (0.28%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) GDPR
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (3.60%) Docker
2 20 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.11%) KVM
5 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.28%) Firmware
6 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.14%) RACF
Systems Management
1 33 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.02%) Terraform
3 24 (3.32%) Stealthwatch
4 16 (2.22%) CASB
5 8 (1.11%) Ansible
5 8 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.83%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.69%) Puppet
8 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 166 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.89%) Cisco
3 48 (6.65%) Google
4 43 (5.96%) Meraki
5 39 (5.40%) Adobe
5 39 (5.40%) Apple
6 27 (3.74%) Oracle
7 18 (2.49%) Databricks
7 18 (2.49%) Juniper
7 18 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.35%) Informatica
9 12 (1.66%) VMware
10 8 (1.11%) Micro Focus
10 8 (1.11%) SAP
11 7 (0.97%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.69%) Arista
12 5 (0.69%) Tufin
12 5 (0.69%) Twitter
13 4 (0.55%) Alibaba
14 3 (0.42%) Palo Alto