Senior Technical Architect Jobs

Senior Technical Architect
UK

The median Senior Technical Architect salary in the UK is £68,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 828 900 1190
Rank change year-on-year +72 +290 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technical Architect 77 46 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.049% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.053% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 50 36 42
10th Percentile £51,750 £76,250 £51,406
25th Percentile £56,000 £81,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% +10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £94,688
90th Percentile £81,250 £116,250 £102,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,050 £92,500 £62,250
% change year-on-year -29.68% +48.59% -4.23%

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 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
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 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Senior Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Technical Architect in the UK

Senior Technical Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Technical Architect in the UK

Senior Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Technical Architect over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Technical Architect in the UK

Senior Technical 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 Technical Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +71 50 £66,500 -19.39% 12
Work from Home +70 31 £56,000 -44.00% 10
UK excluding London -19 30 £65,050 -29.68% 17
London +99 24 £85,000 +3.03% 4
North of England +43 12 £65,050 - 6
North West - 9 £60,000 - 4
Midlands -7 6 £65,050 - 1
Wales - 6 £53,500 - 4
West Midlands -8 4 £65,050 - 1
South West -32 3 £65,050 -13.27%
Yorkshire - 2 £65,050 -
East Midlands - 2 £56,007 -
North East -12 1 £80,000 - 2
Scotland - 1 £80,000 - 4
East of England - 1 £66,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £80,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 34 (44.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 31 (40.26%) Social Skills
3 27 (35.06%) Agile
4 26 (33.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
6 22 (28.57%) Degree
7 21 (27.27%) Finance
7 21 (27.27%) Azure
7 21 (27.27%) Roadmaps
7 21 (27.27%) Architectural Patterns
8 19 (24.68%) AWS
9 18 (23.38%) Microservices
10 17 (22.08%) Mentoring
11 16 (20.78%) Decision-Making
12 15 (19.48%) Technical Leadership
13 14 (18.18%) Business Strategy
13 14 (18.18%) Data Science
14 13 (16.88%) GCP
14 13 (16.88%) .NET
14 13 (16.88%) Google
14 13 (16.88%) Integration Patterns
15 12 (15.58%) Design Patterns
16 11 (14.29%) React
17 10 (12.99%) Data Structures
17 10 (12.99%) Virtual Team
17 10 (12.99%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (12.99%) Banking
17 10 (12.99%) Retail
17 10 (12.99%) Data Management

Senior Technical 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (27.27%) Azure
2 19 (24.68%) AWS
3 13 (16.88%) GCP
4 10 (12.99%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (5.19%) IaaS
6 3 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.90%) PaaS
6 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.30%) SaaS
7 1 (1.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (3.90%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (3.90%) WAN
2 3 (3.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Git
General
1 34 (44.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 31 (40.26%) Social Skills
3 21 (27.27%) Finance
4 10 (12.99%) Banking
4 10 (12.99%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (12.99%) Retail
5 9 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
6 8 (10.39%) Marketing
7 5 (6.49%) Digital Health
7 5 (6.49%) Health Technology
8 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.90%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (2.60%) Law
10 2 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.88%) .NET
2 11 (14.29%) React
3 9 (11.69%) .NET Core
3 9 (11.69%) ASP.NET
3 9 (11.69%) ASP.NET Core
3 9 (11.69%) Entity Framework
3 9 (11.69%) Hibernate
3 9 (11.69%) Spring
3 9 (11.69%) Spring MVC
4 7 (9.09%) Django
4 7 (9.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Data Structures
1 10 (12.99%) Virtual Team
2 9 (11.69%) Management Information System
3 7 (9.09%) PropTech
4 5 (6.49%) NHS
5 4 (5.19%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.19%) PMI
6 3 (3.90%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.60%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.06%) Agile
2 26 (33.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
5 21 (27.27%) Architectural Patterns
5 21 (27.27%) Roadmaps
6 18 (23.38%) Microservices
7 17 (22.08%) Mentoring
8 16 (20.78%) Decision-Making
9 15 (19.48%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (18.18%) Business Strategy
10 14 (18.18%) Data Science
11 13 (16.88%) Integration Patterns
12 12 (15.58%) Design Patterns
13 10 (12.99%) Customer Experience
13 10 (12.99%) Data Management
14 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
14 9 (11.69%) Enterprise Architecture
14 9 (11.69%) MVC
14 9 (11.69%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.69%) C#
1 9 (11.69%) Java
2 7 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (2.60%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (28.57%) Degree
2 9 (11.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (11.69%) Master's Degree
2 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
2 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.19%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.90%) CCIE
4 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.90%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (11.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (11.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (16.88%) Google
2 10 (12.99%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.19%) Databricks
4 3 (3.90%) Cisco
4 3 (3.90%) Meraki
4 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.90%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.30%) BMC