Senior Architect Jobs in England

Senior Architect
UK > England

The median Senior Architect salary in England is £74,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 455 658
Rank change year-on-year +105 +203 -127
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 699 528 627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.73% 0.64% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.71% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 425 263 344
10th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £58,375 £70,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £105,000
90th Percentile £114,000 £112,500 £116,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +117 277 £93,500 +1.08% 42
North of England +121 200 £70,000 -12.10% 20
Midlands +37 112 £62,500 -19.35% 12
North West +23 104 £70,000 -12.10% 9
West Midlands +48 87 £62,500 -17.22% 7
Yorkshire +129 80 £70,000 -17.65% 8
South East -63 65 £67,500 -20.59% 4
South West -36 34 £72,500 -9.38% 3
East Midlands -13 25 £50,000 -52.38% 5
North East -4 16 £70,000 -28.21% 3
East of England -27 4 £90,750 +13.44% 3
Senior Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the England region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 191 (27.32%) Agile
2 174 (24.89%) Azure
3 164 (23.46%) Microsoft
4 163 (23.32%) Finance
5 157 (22.46%) Degree
6 149 (21.32%) AWS
7 145 (20.74%) Mentoring
8 123 (17.60%) Social Skills
9 122 (17.45%) Cybersecurity
10 116 (16.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 115 (16.45%) Roadmaps
12 112 (16.02%) Coaching
13 102 (14.59%) Data Modelling
14 98 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
15 93 (13.30%) Analytics
16 85 (12.16%) Presales
17 84 (12.02%) DevOps
18 82 (11.73%) Data Centre
19 77 (11.02%) GCP
20 70 (10.01%) Banking
21 69 (9.87%) Design Patterns
21 69 (9.87%) Architectural Patterns
22 67 (9.59%) Business Strategy
22 67 (9.59%) Cisco Certification
23 66 (9.44%) WAN
24 65 (9.30%) Cisco
25 63 (9.01%) Migration
26 61 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
26 61 (8.73%) Data Strategy
27 60 (8.58%) Digital Transformation Programme

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.43%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.57%) CMS
5 7 (1.00%) Apache
5 7 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.86%) Simulink
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.72%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.43%) SAP BPC
3 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.14%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 174 (24.89%) Azure
2 149 (21.32%) AWS
3 77 (11.02%) GCP
4 55 (7.87%) Power Platform
5 53 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
6 35 (5.01%) SaaS
7 33 (4.72%) Power Automate
8 25 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (3.29%) PowerApps
10 20 (2.86%) PaaS
11 18 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (2.43%) Serverless
13 14 (2.00%) IaaS
14 13 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (1.43%) Amazon S3
17 9 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
17 9 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 66 (9.44%) WAN
2 55 (7.87%) SD-WAN
3 33 (4.72%) Cisco Firepower
4 26 (3.72%) Firewall
5 17 (2.43%) MPLS
6 14 (2.00%) Network Security
7 11 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (1.29%) DNS
8 9 (1.29%) LAN
9 8 (1.14%) VPN
10 5 (0.72%) BGP
10 5 (0.72%) DHCP
10 5 (0.72%) DWDM
10 5 (0.72%) EIGRP
10 5 (0.72%) HTTP
10 5 (0.72%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.72%) IGRP
10 5 (0.72%) OSPF
10 5 (0.72%) SNMP
10 5 (0.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (7.15%) Metadata
2 46 (6.58%) NoSQL
3 28 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (3.72%) Power BI
5 23 (3.29%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.43%) Data Mining
7 15 (2.15%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.57%) RDBMS
10 10 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.43%) Apache Ignite
10 10 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.43%) Hadoop
11 9 (1.29%) Big Data
12 8 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.00%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.86%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.72%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.43%) MySQL
16 3 (0.43%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 13 (1.86%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.29%) Visual Studio
3 7 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (0.86%) Git
4 6 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.14%) ERwin
5 1 (0.14%) JIRA
General
1 163 (23.32%) Finance
2 123 (17.60%) Social Skills
3 116 (16.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 70 (10.01%) Banking
5 61 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (8.15%) Retail
7 53 (7.58%) Public Sector
8 29 (4.15%) Retail Banking
9 27 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.58%) Financial Institution
12 17 (2.43%) Back Office
13 16 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (2.00%) Law
16 11 (1.57%) Marketing
17 7 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.86%) Military
19 4 (0.57%) Investment Banking
20 3 (0.43%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.29%) .NET
2 20 (2.86%) React
3 17 (2.43%) Kafka
4 16 (2.29%) Django
4 16 (2.29%) Node.js
5 7 (1.00%) Apache Beam
5 7 (1.00%) HTML
6 6 (0.86%) .NET Core
6 6 (0.86%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.86%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (0.86%) Entity Framework
6 6 (0.86%) Hibernate
6 6 (0.86%) Spring
6 6 (0.86%) Spring MVC
7 5 (0.72%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.72%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.72%) Web Services
7 5 (0.72%) XML
8 3 (0.43%) REST
8 3 (0.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 82 (11.73%) Data Centre
2 52 (7.44%) Public Cloud
3 33 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.29%) Virtual Team
5 19 (2.72%) Cloud Native
6 18 (2.58%) Data Structures
6 18 (2.58%) PMI
7 15 (2.15%) Reinsurance
8 14 (2.00%) Product Ownership
9 13 (1.86%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 7 (1.00%) FMCG
12 7 (1.00%) PKI
12 7 (1.00%) PropTech
13 6 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.86%) NHS
14 5 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.86%) Linux
2 9 (1.29%) Windows
3 8 (1.14%) VME
4 5 (0.72%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (27.32%) Agile
2 145 (20.74%) Mentoring
3 122 (17.45%) Cybersecurity
4 115 (16.45%) Roadmaps
5 112 (16.02%) Coaching
6 102 (14.59%) Data Modelling
7 98 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (13.30%) Analytics
9 85 (12.16%) Presales
10 84 (12.02%) DevOps
11 69 (9.87%) Architectural Patterns
11 69 (9.87%) Design Patterns
12 67 (9.59%) Business Strategy
13 63 (9.01%) Migration
14 61 (8.73%) Data Strategy
15 60 (8.58%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 58 (8.30%) Data Architecture
16 58 (8.30%) IT Strategy
17 55 (7.87%) Customer Experience
18 54 (7.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 49 (7.01%) Python
2 38 (5.44%) SQL
3 33 (4.72%) C#
4 25 (3.58%) Java
5 18 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.14%) C
6 8 (1.14%) COBOL
6 8 (1.14%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 8 (1.14%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.86%) MATLAB
7 6 (0.86%) Scala
8 5 (0.72%) Bicep
8 5 (0.72%) R
9 3 (0.43%) PHP
10 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 157 (22.46%) Degree
2 67 (9.59%) Cisco Certification
3 54 (7.73%) CCNA
4 53 (7.58%) CCNP
5 50 (7.15%) Security Cleared
6 42 (6.01%) SC Cleared
7 41 (5.87%) AWS Certification
8 31 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (3.58%) CISSP
10 24 (3.43%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.72%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 16 (2.29%) CISM
14 11 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (1.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 9 (1.29%) CRISC
17 8 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
17 8 (1.14%) DV Cleared
18 7 (1.00%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.00%) Data Quality
2 18 (2.58%) NIST
3 12 (1.72%) SLA
4 7 (1.00%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.00%) PMO
5 4 (0.57%) COBIT
5 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.57%) QA
6 3 (0.43%) HMG Infosec
6 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.43%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.43%) RMADS
7 2 (0.29%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.14%) GDPR
8 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 23 (3.29%) Docker
2 14 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.14%) KVM
5 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (4.72%) Stealthwatch
2 29 (4.15%) Terraform
3 24 (3.43%) Kubernetes
4 16 (2.29%) CASB
5 7 (1.00%) Consul
5 7 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.86%) Ansible
6 6 (0.86%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.72%) Puppet
8 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 164 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 65 (9.30%) Cisco
3 52 (7.44%) Meraki
4 48 (6.87%) Adobe
4 48 (6.87%) Apple
5 38 (5.44%) Google
6 20 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.72%) Databricks
8 18 (2.58%) SAP
9 17 (2.43%) Juniper
10 16 (2.29%) Informatica
11 15 (2.15%) Oracle
12 10 (1.43%) VMware
13 8 (1.14%) Micro Focus
14 6 (0.86%) Fortinet
15 5 (0.72%) Arista
15 5 (0.72%) Tufin
15 5 (0.72%) Twitter
16 4 (0.57%) Alibaba
17 3 (0.43%) Sparx