Senior Architect Jobs

Senior Architect
UK

The median Senior Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 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 362 452 672
Rank change year-on-year +90 +220 -139
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 793 636 736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.68% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.75% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 481 310 388
10th Percentile £52,500 £61,200 £62,500
25th Percentile £57,050 £70,000 £70,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £93,750 £103,750 £103,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £75,940
% change year-on-year -12.50% +5.35% +1.25%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in the UK

Senior Architect
Top 17 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 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
England +100 687 £72,500 -14.71% 95
UK excluding London +44 468 £70,000 -12.50% 65
London +82 272 £93,000 +0.54% 37
Work from Home +58 268 £70,000 -17.65% 69
North of England +128 193 £70,000 -12.30% 29
Midlands +41 112 £62,500 -19.35% 12
North West +35 102 £70,000 -12.10% 13
West Midlands +46 87 £62,500 -17.22% 7
Yorkshire +125 77 £70,000 -17.65% 11
South East -42 65 £67,500 -20.59% 5
Scotland -59 47 £80,000 -5.88% 6
South West -27 34 £72,500 -9.38% 4
East Midlands -17 25 £50,000 -52.38% 5
North East -5 14 £65,603 -38.26% 5
Wales +15 11 £53,500 -15.75% 4
East of England -28 4 £90,750 +13.44% 3
Northern Ireland +12 2 £90,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 213 (26.86%) Azure
2 206 (25.98%) Agile
3 198 (24.97%) Finance
4 170 (21.44%) Microsoft
5 165 (20.81%) AWS
6 157 (19.80%) Degree
6 157 (19.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 146 (18.41%) Mentoring
8 142 (17.91%) Cybersecurity
8 142 (17.91%) Roadmaps
9 135 (17.02%) Social Skills
10 119 (15.01%) Coaching
11 105 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
12 104 (13.11%) Data Modelling
13 96 (12.11%) Analytics
14 89 (11.22%) DevOps
15 88 (11.10%) Data Centre
16 87 (10.97%) Business Strategy
17 85 (10.72%) Presales
18 83 (10.47%) GCP
19 82 (10.34%) Architectural Patterns
20 79 (9.96%) Data Architecture
21 77 (9.71%) Design Patterns
22 73 (9.21%) Banking
22 73 (9.21%) Cisco Certification
23 69 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
23 69 (8.70%) Public Sector
24 68 (8.58%) Migration
25 67 (8.45%) WAN
26 66 (8.32%) Cisco

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 18 (2.27%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.39%) CMS
5 7 (0.88%) Apache
5 7 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Confluence
6 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.76%) Simulink
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.63%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.25%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.13%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 213 (26.86%) Azure
2 165 (20.81%) AWS
3 83 (10.47%) GCP
4 54 (6.81%) Power Platform
5 52 (6.56%) Dynamics 365
6 38 (4.79%) SaaS
7 32 (4.04%) Power Automate
8 30 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (2.90%) PaaS
10 22 (2.77%) PowerApps
11 18 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (2.14%) IaaS
12 17 (2.14%) Serverless
13 16 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (1.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.26%) Amazon S3
15 10 (1.26%) Snowflake
16 9 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 67 (8.45%) WAN
2 56 (7.06%) SD-WAN
3 33 (4.16%) Cisco Firepower
4 29 (3.66%) Firewall
5 17 (2.14%) MPLS
6 15 (1.89%) LAN
7 14 (1.77%) Network Security
8 11 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.13%) DNS
10 8 (1.01%) VPN
11 5 (0.63%) BGP
11 5 (0.63%) DHCP
11 5 (0.63%) DWDM
11 5 (0.63%) EIGRP
11 5 (0.63%) HTTP
11 5 (0.63%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.63%) IGRP
11 5 (0.63%) OSPF
11 5 (0.63%) SNMP
11 5 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.68%) Metadata
2 47 (5.93%) NoSQL
3 29 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.15%) Power BI
5 23 (2.90%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.14%) Data Mining
7 16 (2.02%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.51%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.39%) Big Data
9 11 (1.39%) Hadoop
9 11 (1.39%) RDBMS
10 10 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.26%) Apache Ignite
10 10 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.88%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.76%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.38%) MySQL
16 2 (0.25%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 13 (1.64%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.13%) Git
2 9 (1.13%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) JIRA
General
1 198 (24.97%) Finance
2 157 (19.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 135 (17.02%) Social Skills
4 73 (9.21%) Banking
5 69 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 55 (6.94%) Retail
7 48 (6.05%) Marketing
8 43 (5.42%) Law
9 31 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (3.66%) Retail Banking
11 24 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.27%) Financial Institution
13 17 (2.14%) Back Office
14 16 (2.02%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.76%) Games
17 6 (0.76%) Military
17 6 (0.76%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.28%) .NET
2 19 (2.40%) React
3 18 (2.27%) Kafka
4 15 (1.89%) Django
4 15 (1.89%) Node.js
5 9 (1.13%) .NET Core
5 9 (1.13%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.13%) ASP.NET Core
5 9 (1.13%) Entity Framework
5 9 (1.13%) Hibernate
5 9 (1.13%) Spring
5 9 (1.13%) Spring MVC
6 7 (0.88%) Apache Beam
6 7 (0.88%) HTML
7 6 (0.76%) OAuth
7 6 (0.76%) SAML
8 5 (0.63%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.63%) 802.1X
8 5 (0.63%) Web Services
8 5 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.10%) Data Centre
2 58 (7.31%) Public Cloud
3 43 (5.42%) Management Information System
4 40 (5.04%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.65%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.27%) PMI
7 16 (2.02%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.89%) Product Ownership
8 15 (1.89%) Reinsurance
9 13 (1.64%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.51%) NHS
11 11 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.01%) Cyberattack
12 8 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 7 (0.88%) FMCG
13 7 (0.88%) PKI
13 7 (0.88%) PropTech
14 6 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.40%) Linux
2 9 (1.13%) Windows
3 8 (1.01%) VME
4 5 (0.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (25.98%) Agile
2 146 (18.41%) Mentoring
3 142 (17.91%) Cybersecurity
3 142 (17.91%) Roadmaps
4 119 (15.01%) Coaching
5 105 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (13.11%) Data Modelling
7 96 (12.11%) Analytics
8 89 (11.22%) DevOps
9 87 (10.97%) Business Strategy
10 85 (10.72%) Presales
11 82 (10.34%) Architectural Patterns
12 79 (9.96%) Data Architecture
13 77 (9.71%) Design Patterns
14 68 (8.58%) Migration
15 63 (7.94%) Microservices
16 61 (7.69%) Data Strategy
16 61 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 61 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
17 60 (7.57%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (6.18%) Python
2 39 (4.92%) SQL
3 35 (4.41%) C#
4 29 (3.66%) Java
5 18 (2.27%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.01%) C
6 8 (1.01%) COBOL
6 8 (1.01%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 8 (1.01%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.88%) Scala
8 6 (0.76%) MATLAB
8 6 (0.76%) R
9 5 (0.63%) Bicep
10 3 (0.38%) PHP
11 2 (0.25%) C++
11 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 157 (19.80%) Degree
2 73 (9.21%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (7.82%) Security Cleared
4 55 (6.94%) SC Cleared
5 54 (6.81%) CCNA
6 53 (6.68%) CCNP
7 47 (5.93%) AWS Certification
8 37 (4.67%) CISSP
9 33 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 31 (3.91%) Azure Certification
11 28 (3.53%) CISM
12 19 (2.40%) PMI Certification
13 17 (2.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (1.51%) CCSP
15 11 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (1.26%) Master's Degree
17 9 (1.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 9 (1.13%) CRISC
17 9 (1.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.03%) NIST
2 23 (2.90%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.64%) SLA
4 10 (1.26%) QA
5 7 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.76%) IASME
6 6 (0.76%) PMO
7 4 (0.50%) COBIT
7 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.38%) HMG Infosec
8 3 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.38%) RMADS
9 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) GDPR
10 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (3.28%) Docker
2 22 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.01%) KVM
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (4.16%) Kubernetes
1 33 (4.16%) Stealthwatch
2 31 (3.91%) Terraform
3 16 (2.02%) CASB
4 8 (1.01%) Ansible
5 7 (0.88%) Consul
5 7 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.76%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.63%) Puppet
8 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 170 (21.44%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.32%) Cisco
3 52 (6.56%) Meraki
4 48 (6.05%) Adobe
4 48 (6.05%) Apple
5 44 (5.55%) Google
6 30 (3.78%) Oracle
7 20 (2.52%) Databricks
8 18 (2.27%) Juniper
8 18 (2.27%) Salesforce
9 16 (2.02%) Informatica
9 16 (2.02%) SAP
10 10 (1.26%) VMware
11 8 (1.01%) Micro Focus
12 7 (0.88%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.63%) Arista
13 5 (0.63%) Tufin
13 5 (0.63%) Twitter
14 4 (0.50%) Alibaba
15 3 (0.38%) Sparx