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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 446 651
Rank change year-on-year +80 +205 -107
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 725 662 717
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 431 307 377
10th Percentile £52,500 £56,550 £62,500
25th Percentile £56,809 £68,250 £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 £92,500 £103,750 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £116,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,775 £80,000 £75,250
% change year-on-year -17.78% +6.31% +0.33%

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 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

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 23 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 23 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 +98 630 £72,750 -14.41% 103
UK excluding London +63 421 £65,775 -17.78% 66
London +114 255 £92,500 -2.63% 59
Work from Home +29 235 £70,000 -17.65% 45
North of England +130 170 £70,000 -12.50% 13
Midlands +49 102 £62,500 -19.35% 10
North West +33 88 £70,000 -7.59% 7
West Midlands +55 79 £62,500 -14.97% 8
Yorkshire +136 73 £74,000 -12.94% 4
South East -35 60 £67,500 -14.56% 23
Scotland -54 44 £80,000 -4.66% 3
South West -15 32 £72,500 -12.12% 4
East Midlands +7 23 £50,000 -47.37% 2
North East 0 9 £61,206 -46.78% 2
Wales +8 8 £53,500 -15.75% 1
East of England -10 5 £90,750 +13.44% 8

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 210 (28.97%) Agile
2 199 (27.45%) Azure
3 190 (26.21%) Finance
4 165 (22.76%) Microsoft
5 159 (21.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 155 (21.38%) AWS
7 151 (20.83%) Degree
8 148 (20.41%) Mentoring
9 147 (20.28%) Roadmaps
10 133 (18.34%) Social Skills
11 119 (16.41%) Coaching
12 117 (16.14%) Cybersecurity
13 105 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
14 101 (13.93%) Data Modelling
15 86 (11.86%) Business Strategy
16 84 (11.59%) Analytics
17 83 (11.45%) GCP
17 83 (11.45%) Architectural Patterns
18 78 (10.76%) Design Patterns
18 78 (10.76%) Data Architecture
19 77 (10.62%) Data Centre
19 77 (10.62%) DevOps
20 76 (10.48%) Presales
21 72 (9.93%) Banking
21 72 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
22 70 (9.66%) Public Sector
23 66 (9.10%) Migration
24 64 (8.83%) Microservices
25 63 (8.69%) Cisco Certification
25 63 (8.69%) 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 18 (2.48%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.79%) CMS
4 12 (1.66%) 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 (1.38%) 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 BPC
3 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
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
1 199 (27.45%) Azure
2 155 (21.38%) AWS
3 83 (11.45%) GCP
4 54 (7.45%) Power Platform
5 51 (7.03%) Dynamics 365
6 39 (5.38%) SaaS
7 32 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (4.41%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.31%) PaaS
9 22 (3.03%) PowerApps
10 18 (2.48%) IaaS
11 17 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (2.34%) Serverless
12 16 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.24%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (1.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (8.00%) WAN
2 47 (6.48%) SD-WAN
3 29 (4.00%) Firewall
4 24 (3.31%) Cisco Firepower
5 17 (2.34%) MPLS
6 14 (1.93%) LAN
7 13 (1.79%) Network Security
8 11 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.24%) DNS
10 8 (1.10%) VPN
11 5 (0.69%) BGP
11 5 (0.69%) DMVPN
11 5 (0.69%) DWDM
11 5 (0.69%) GLBP
11 5 (0.69%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.69%) IPsec
11 5 (0.69%) Multicast
11 5 (0.69%) OSPF
11 5 (0.69%) SSL
11 5 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (7.31%) Metadata
2 45 (6.21%) NoSQL
3 29 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.45%) Power BI
5 23 (3.17%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.34%) Data Mining
7 15 (2.07%) SQL Server
8 13 (1.79%) Hadoop
9 12 (1.66%) Apache Ignite
9 12 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.38%) RDBMS
12 9 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.24%) Big Data
13 6 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.83%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.69%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.41%) MySQL
17 2 (0.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (1.52%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.24%) Git
2 9 (1.24%) 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
1 190 (26.21%) Finance
2 159 (21.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 133 (18.34%) Social Skills
4 72 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (9.93%) Banking
5 70 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 50 (6.90%) Marketing
7 49 (6.76%) Retail
8 43 (5.93%) Law
9 32 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (3.72%) Retail Banking
11 24 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.34%) Back Office
12 17 (2.34%) Financial Institution
13 16 (2.21%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.83%) Games
16 6 (0.83%) Military
16 6 (0.83%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.86%) .NET
2 18 (2.48%) Kafka
3 9 (1.24%) .NET Core
3 9 (1.24%) ASP.NET
3 9 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
3 9 (1.24%) Entity Framework
3 9 (1.24%) Hibernate
3 9 (1.24%) Spring
3 9 (1.24%) Spring MVC
4 7 (0.97%) HTML
5 6 (0.83%) OAuth
5 6 (0.83%) SAML
6 5 (0.69%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.69%) 802.1X
6 5 (0.69%) Apache Beam
6 5 (0.69%) Web Services
6 5 (0.69%) XML
7 4 (0.55%) React
8 3 (0.41%) SOAP
8 3 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.62%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.14%) Public Cloud
3 42 (5.79%) Management Information System
4 41 (5.66%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.90%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.48%) PMI
7 16 (2.21%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.21%) Mobile App
7 16 (2.21%) Reinsurance
8 13 (1.79%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.66%) NHS
10 11 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
11 10 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.97%) Cyberattack
12 7 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 7 (0.97%) FMCG
12 7 (0.97%) PKI
12 7 (0.97%) PropTech
13 6 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.86%) Linux
2 9 (1.24%) Windows
3 8 (1.10%) VME
4 5 (0.69%) Unix
5 2 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (28.97%) Agile
2 148 (20.41%) Mentoring
3 147 (20.28%) Roadmaps
4 119 (16.41%) Coaching
5 117 (16.14%) Cybersecurity
6 105 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (13.93%) Data Modelling
8 86 (11.86%) Business Strategy
9 84 (11.59%) Analytics
10 83 (11.45%) Architectural Patterns
11 78 (10.76%) Data Architecture
11 78 (10.76%) Design Patterns
12 77 (10.62%) DevOps
13 76 (10.48%) Presales
14 66 (9.10%) Migration
15 64 (8.83%) Microservices
16 63 (8.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 62 (8.55%) Data Strategy
18 61 (8.41%) Technical Leadership
19 59 (8.14%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.97%) C#
1 36 (4.97%) SQL
2 34 (4.69%) Python
3 30 (4.14%) Java
4 17 (2.34%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.24%) C
6 8 (1.10%) COBOL
6 8 (1.10%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 7 (0.97%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.97%) Scala
8 6 (0.83%) MATLAB
8 6 (0.83%) R
9 5 (0.69%) Bicep
10 3 (0.41%) C++
10 3 (0.41%) PHP
11 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 151 (20.83%) Degree
2 63 (8.69%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (8.55%) Security Cleared
4 56 (7.72%) SC Cleared
5 45 (6.21%) AWS Certification
5 45 (6.21%) CCNA
6 44 (6.07%) CCNP
7 36 (4.97%) CISSP
8 34 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (4.00%) Azure Certification
10 27 (3.72%) CISM
11 19 (2.62%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.34%) 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 (1.38%) Master's Degree
15 9 (1.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 9 (1.24%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.45%) NIST
2 22 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.79%) SLA
4 8 (1.10%) QA
5 7 (0.97%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.69%) IASME
7 5 (0.69%) PMO
8 4 (0.55%) COBIT
8 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.41%) HMG Infosec
9 3 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.41%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.41%) RMADS
10 2 (0.28%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) GDPR
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (3.59%) Docker
2 21 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.10%) KVM
5 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.00%) Terraform
3 24 (3.31%) Stealthwatch
4 16 (2.21%) CASB
5 8 (1.10%) Ansible
6 7 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.83%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.69%) Puppet
9 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 165 (22.76%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.86%) Cisco
3 46 (6.34%) Google
4 43 (5.93%) Meraki
5 39 (5.38%) Adobe
5 39 (5.38%) Apple
6 29 (4.00%) Oracle
7 18 (2.48%) Databricks
7 18 (2.48%) Juniper
7 18 (2.48%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.34%) Informatica
9 11 (1.52%) VMware
10 9 (1.24%) SAP
11 8 (1.10%) Micro Focus
12 7 (0.97%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.69%) Arista
13 5 (0.69%) Tufin
13 5 (0.69%) Twitter
14 4 (0.55%) Alibaba
15 3 (0.41%) Palo Alto