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 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 365 446 662
Rank change year-on-year +81 +216 -126
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 756 650 729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.69% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.75% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 453 312 381
10th Percentile £53,000 £60,800 £62,500
25th Percentile £56,809 £70,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £94,500 £103,750 £103,750
90th Percentile £107,000 £112,500 £116,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £80,000 £75,500
% change year-on-year -15.63% +5.96% +0.67%

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 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 2 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 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 +112 653 £74,000 -12.94% 116
UK excluding London +43 444 £67,500 -15.63% 82
London +100 259 £92,500 -2.63% 46
Work from Home +36 251 £70,000 -17.65% 66
North of England +127 178 £70,000 -12.50% 33
Midlands +58 107 £62,500 -21.88% 13
North West +23 94 £70,000 -12.10% 17
West Midlands +45 83 £62,500 -17.22% 9
Yorkshire +117 74 £74,000 -12.94% 10
South East -50 64 £67,500 -20.59% 9
Scotland -65 45 £80,000 -5.88% 9
South West -25 34 £72,500 -12.12% 8
East Midlands -1 24 £50,000 -47.37% 4
Wales +6 10 £53,500 -15.75% 4
North East -4 10 £61,206 -46.78% 6
East of England -22 4 £90,750 +13.44% 2
Northern Ireland +14 2 £90,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 210 (27.78%) Azure
2 206 (27.25%) Agile
3 191 (25.26%) Finance
4 169 (22.35%) Microsoft
5 156 (20.63%) Degree
5 156 (20.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 152 (20.11%) AWS
7 147 (19.44%) Mentoring
8 144 (19.05%) Roadmaps
9 138 (18.25%) Cybersecurity
10 133 (17.59%) Social Skills
11 118 (15.61%) Coaching
12 105 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
13 100 (13.23%) Data Modelling
14 90 (11.90%) Analytics
15 86 (11.38%) Business Strategy
16 85 (11.24%) Data Centre
17 82 (10.85%) Presales
17 82 (10.85%) GCP
17 82 (10.85%) Architectural Patterns
18 81 (10.71%) DevOps
19 77 (10.19%) Data Architecture
19 77 (10.19%) Design Patterns
20 72 (9.52%) Banking
21 71 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
22 70 (9.26%) Cisco Certification
23 69 (9.13%) Public Sector
24 68 (8.99%) Migration
25 64 (8.47%) WAN
26 63 (8.33%) 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 (2.38%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.59%) CMS
3 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.66%) Apache
4 5 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Confluence
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.79%) Simulink
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.66%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.13%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.13%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 210 (27.78%) Azure
2 152 (20.11%) AWS
3 82 (10.85%) GCP
4 54 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 51 (6.75%) Dynamics 365
6 38 (5.03%) SaaS
7 32 (4.23%) Power Automate
8 30 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (3.04%) PaaS
10 22 (2.91%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (2.25%) IaaS
11 17 (2.25%) Serverless
12 16 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (1.19%) Route 53
14 9 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.47%) WAN
2 53 (7.01%) SD-WAN
3 30 (3.97%) Cisco Firepower
4 29 (3.84%) Firewall
5 17 (2.25%) MPLS
6 15 (1.98%) LAN
7 14 (1.85%) Network Security
8 11 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.19%) DNS
10 8 (1.06%) VPN
11 5 (0.66%) DHCP
11 5 (0.66%) DMVPN
11 5 (0.66%) DWDM
11 5 (0.66%) GLBP
11 5 (0.66%) HTTP
11 5 (0.66%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.66%) Multicast
11 5 (0.66%) SNMP
11 5 (0.66%) SSL
11 5 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.88%) Metadata
2 45 (5.95%) NoSQL
3 29 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.31%) Power BI
5 24 (3.17%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.25%) Data Mining
7 16 (2.12%) SQL Server
8 13 (1.72%) Hadoop
9 12 (1.59%) Apache Ignite
9 12 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.59%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.46%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.06%) Big Data
13 6 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.79%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.66%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.40%) MySQL
16 2 (0.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (1.46%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.19%) Git
2 9 (1.19%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) JIRA
General
1 191 (25.26%) Finance
2 156 (20.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 133 (17.59%) Social Skills
4 72 (9.52%) Banking
5 71 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
6 69 (9.13%) Public Sector
7 52 (6.88%) Retail
8 48 (6.35%) Marketing
9 42 (5.56%) Law
10 31 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (3.70%) Retail Banking
12 24 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (2.38%) Financial Institution
14 17 (2.25%) Back Office
15 16 (2.12%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.79%) Games
18 6 (0.79%) Military
18 6 (0.79%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.44%) .NET
2 18 (2.38%) Kafka
3 11 (1.46%) React
4 9 (1.19%) .NET Core
4 9 (1.19%) ASP.NET
4 9 (1.19%) ASP.NET Core
4 9 (1.19%) Entity Framework
4 9 (1.19%) Hibernate
4 9 (1.19%) Spring
4 9 (1.19%) Spring MVC
5 7 (0.93%) Django
5 7 (0.93%) HTML
5 7 (0.93%) Node.js
6 6 (0.79%) OAuth
6 6 (0.79%) SAML
7 5 (0.66%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.66%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.66%) Apache Beam
7 5 (0.66%) Web Services
7 5 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.24%) Data Centre
2 58 (7.67%) Public Cloud
3 43 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 40 (5.29%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.78%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.38%) PMI
7 16 (2.12%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.98%) Reinsurance
9 14 (1.85%) Mobile App
9 14 (1.85%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.59%) NHS
11 11 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.06%) Cyberattack
14 7 (0.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (0.93%) FMCG
14 7 (0.93%) PKI
14 7 (0.93%) PropTech
15 6 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.57%) Linux
2 9 (1.19%) Windows
3 8 (1.06%) VME
4 5 (0.66%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (27.25%) Agile
2 147 (19.44%) Mentoring
3 144 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 138 (18.25%) Cybersecurity
5 118 (15.61%) Coaching
6 105 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
7 100 (13.23%) Data Modelling
8 90 (11.90%) Analytics
9 86 (11.38%) Business Strategy
10 82 (10.85%) Architectural Patterns
10 82 (10.85%) Presales
11 81 (10.71%) DevOps
12 77 (10.19%) Data Architecture
12 77 (10.19%) Design Patterns
13 68 (8.99%) Migration
14 63 (8.33%) Data Strategy
14 63 (8.33%) Microservices
15 62 (8.20%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 61 (8.07%) Technical Leadership
17 59 (7.80%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.42%) Python
2 37 (4.89%) SQL
3 35 (4.63%) C#
4 29 (3.84%) Java
5 18 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.06%) C
6 8 (1.06%) COBOL
6 8 (1.06%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 8 (1.06%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.93%) Scala
8 6 (0.79%) MATLAB
8 6 (0.79%) R
9 5 (0.66%) Bicep
10 3 (0.40%) PHP
11 2 (0.26%) C++
11 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 156 (20.63%) Degree
2 70 (9.26%) Cisco Certification
3 61 (8.07%) Security Cleared
4 55 (7.28%) SC Cleared
5 51 (6.75%) CCNA
6 50 (6.61%) CCNP
7 47 (6.22%) AWS Certification
8 37 (4.89%) CISSP
9 33 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 31 (4.10%) Azure Certification
11 28 (3.70%) CISM
12 19 (2.51%) PMI Certification
13 17 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (1.59%) CCSP
15 11 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (1.32%) Master's Degree
17 9 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 9 (1.19%) CRISC
17 9 (1.19%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.17%) NIST
2 22 (2.91%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.72%) SLA
4 9 (1.19%) QA
5 7 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.79%) IASME
7 5 (0.66%) PMO
8 4 (0.53%) COBIT
8 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.40%) HMG Infosec
9 3 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.40%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.40%) RMADS
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) GDPR
11 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (3.44%) Docker
2 22 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.06%) KVM
5 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.97%) Stealthwatch
3 29 (3.84%) Terraform
4 16 (2.12%) CASB
5 8 (1.06%) Ansible
6 7 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.79%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.66%) Puppet
9 3 (0.40%) Consul
10 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 169 (22.35%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.33%) Cisco
3 49 (6.48%) Meraki
4 46 (6.08%) Google
5 45 (5.95%) Adobe
5 45 (5.95%) Apple
6 30 (3.97%) Oracle
7 18 (2.38%) Databricks
7 18 (2.38%) Juniper
7 18 (2.38%) Salesforce
8 16 (2.12%) Informatica
9 14 (1.85%) SAP
10 10 (1.32%) VMware
11 8 (1.06%) Micro Focus
12 7 (0.93%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.66%) Arista
13 5 (0.66%) Tufin
13 5 (0.66%) Twitter
14 4 (0.53%) Alibaba
15 3 (0.40%) Palo Alto