Chief Architect
UK
The median Chief Architect salary in the UK is £120,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 February 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Feb 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 731 | 779 | 983 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +48 | +204 | +97 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Architect | 9 | 40 | 17 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.052% | 0.015% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.016% | 0.055% | 0.016% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 38 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £93,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £100,000 | £75,208 | £96,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £120,000 | £79,632 | £102,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +50.69% | -22.31% | -6.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £142,500 | £116,250 | £122,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £150,500 | - | £150,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £100,000 | £79,632 | £102,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.58% | -22.31% | -21.86% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 56,869 | 72,954 | 104,338 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.02% | 95.06% | 94.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,612 | 55,098 | 66,320 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £28,500 | £32,655 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £39,425 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.27% | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £73,750 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,793 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.59% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Chief Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Chief Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Chief Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Architect.
Chief Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Chief Architect over the 6 months to 11 February 2025.
Chief Architect
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 11 February 2025. 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 |
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| England | +47 | 8 | £110,000 | +15.79% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +61 | 6 | £100,000 | +25.58% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +57 | 5 | £100,000 | +25.58% | 8 |
| South East | +37 | 4 | £100,000 | -28.57% | 1 |
| London | +34 | 2 | £152,500 | +60.53% | 1 |
| South West | +53 | 1 | £125,000 | +56.97% | 2 |
| North of England | +5 | 1 | £120,000 | +6.67% | |
| North West | -6 | 1 | £120,000 | +50.69% |
Chief Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 February 2025, Chief 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 Chief Architect in the job title.
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Chief 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: