Architect Jobs in the South East

Architect
England > South East

The median Architect salary in the South East is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 36 64
Rank change year-on-year +1 +28 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 921 937 965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.29% 6.65% 4.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.62% 7.37% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 464 445 449
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £83,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +11.33% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,379 12,711 19,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 90.19% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11,667 8,030 12,417
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in the South East.

Salary trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the South East

Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley -3 375 £75,000 -6.25% 52
Hampshire 0 238 £70,000 -6.67% 28
Berkshire -13 205 £75,000 - 26
Buckinghamshire -3 120 £72,500 -12.12% 17
Surrey -38 109 £85,000 - 16
East Sussex +51 65 £90,000 -12.20% 7
Middlesex -5 55 - -
Oxfordshire +5 50 £80,000 -15.79% 10
West Sussex +47 43 £67,500 -27.03% 3
Kent -18 17 £97,500 +30.00% 2
Sussex - 8 £75,000 - 2
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 South East region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 274 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 269 (29.21%) Agile
3 260 (28.23%) Security Cleared
4 253 (27.47%) Azure
5 192 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
6 191 (20.74%) Finance
7 181 (19.65%) Microsoft
8 178 (19.33%) Roadmaps
9 176 (19.11%) TOGAF
10 168 (18.24%) SC Cleared
11 159 (17.26%) AWS
12 157 (17.05%) Degree
13 112 (12.16%) Enterprise Architecture
13 112 (12.16%) Mentoring
14 101 (10.97%) Data Management
15 96 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
16 94 (10.21%) Presales
17 92 (9.99%) Change Management
18 87 (9.45%) Oracle
18 87 (9.45%) Strategic Roadmap
19 85 (9.23%) ERP
20 80 (8.69%) Data Architecture
21 77 (8.36%) Data Modelling
21 77 (8.36%) SAP
22 75 (8.14%) SAS
22 75 (8.14%) Broadband
22 75 (8.14%) Hyperion
22 75 (8.14%) Performance Management
22 75 (8.14%) SAP ERP
22 75 (8.14%) Actionable Insight

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 75 (8.14%) SAS
2 13 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.54%) Drupal
5 4 (0.43%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.33%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.33%) WordPress
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (8.14%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 253 (27.47%) Azure
2 159 (17.26%) AWS
3 66 (7.17%) Power Platform
4 52 (5.65%) GCP
4 52 (5.65%) SaaS
5 38 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (3.47%) Serverless
7 29 (3.15%) Snowflake
8 25 (2.71%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (2.39%) Matillion
11 19 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.09%) Amazon S3
15 10 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (0.98%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (8.14%) Broadband
2 56 (6.08%) Firewall
3 39 (4.23%) WAN
4 36 (3.91%) SD-WAN
5 34 (3.69%) VSAT
6 30 (3.26%) Network Security
7 22 (2.39%) DNS
8 19 (2.06%) VPN
9 18 (1.95%) BGP
9 18 (1.95%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (1.63%) Wireless
11 14 (1.52%) SSL
11 14 (1.52%) VLAN
12 9 (0.98%) CTI
13 8 (0.87%) OSPF
14 7 (0.76%) Intranet
14 7 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.76%) MPLS
14 7 (0.76%) Multicast
15 5 (0.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
2 50 (5.43%) Power BI
3 36 (3.91%) Data Lake
4 32 (3.47%) BigQuery
4 32 (3.47%) Looker
5 25 (2.71%) Metadata
6 15 (1.63%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.19%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.98%) SQL Server
11 6 (0.65%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
11 6 (0.65%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.43%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.43%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.43%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.33%) OLAP
13 3 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (2.82%) GitLab
2 25 (2.71%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.09%) Git
3 10 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.33%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.11%) JIRA
6 1 (0.11%) MSI
General
1 274 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 191 (20.74%) Finance
3 96 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (4.56%) Retail
6 34 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (1.74%) Billing
7 16 (1.74%) Public Sector
8 15 (1.63%) Legal
8 15 (1.63%) Manufacturing
9 14 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.30%) Marketing
12 10 (1.09%) Publishing
13 9 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (0.98%) Police
14 8 (0.87%) Law
15 6 (0.65%) Automotive
16 5 (0.54%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.58%) .NET
2 24 (2.61%) OAuth
2 24 (2.61%) REST
3 18 (1.95%) OpenID
3 18 (1.95%) SAML
4 13 (1.41%) Middleware
4 13 (1.41%) Web Services
5 12 (1.30%) Kafka
5 12 (1.30%) React
6 10 (1.09%) Node.js
7 6 (0.65%) OAuth2
7 6 (0.65%) SOAP
8 4 (0.43%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.43%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.33%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.33%) AWS CDK
10 2 (0.22%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.22%) RESTful
10 2 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.54%) Data Centre
2 40 (4.34%) Cloud Native
3 39 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.93%) PMI
6 24 (2.61%) Security Posture
7 22 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (2.39%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.28%) PKI
9 18 (1.95%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.41%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.76%) Biopharmaceutical
12 7 (0.76%) IoT
12 7 (0.76%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.43%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.43%) SCADA
14 3 (0.33%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.32%) Linux
2 36 (3.91%) Windows
3 13 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.09%) Unix
5 5 (0.54%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.43%) Android
6 4 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (29.21%) Agile
2 192 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (19.33%) Roadmaps
4 176 (19.11%) TOGAF
5 112 (12.16%) Enterprise Architecture
5 112 (12.16%) Mentoring
6 101 (10.97%) Data Management
7 94 (10.21%) Presales
8 92 (9.99%) Change Management
9 87 (9.45%) Strategic Roadmap
10 85 (9.23%) ERP
11 80 (8.69%) Data Architecture
12 77 (8.36%) Data Modelling
13 75 (8.14%) Actionable Insight
13 75 (8.14%) Performance Management
14 74 (8.03%) DevOps
15 65 (7.06%) ETL
16 63 (6.84%) Data Security
17 62 (6.73%) Network Management
18 61 (6.62%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 72 (7.82%) SQL
2 55 (5.97%) C#
2 55 (5.97%) Python
3 48 (5.21%) Java
4 23 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 23 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 22 (2.39%) T-SQL
6 17 (1.85%) C++
7 16 (1.74%) Fortran
8 13 (1.41%) Kotlin
9 10 (1.09%) Go
10 8 (0.87%) C
11 4 (0.43%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.43%) Scala
12 2 (0.22%) R
13 1 (0.11%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 260 (28.23%) Security Cleared
2 168 (18.24%) SC Cleared
3 157 (17.05%) Degree
4 58 (6.30%) DV Cleared
5 36 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.69%) Azure Certification
7 27 (2.93%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (2.50%) AWS Certification
10 18 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.74%) CCNA
11 16 (1.74%) CCNP
12 14 (1.52%) CISSP
13 12 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (0.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 8 (0.87%) CCSK
15 8 (0.87%) CCSP
15 8 (0.87%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.51%) GDPR
2 45 (4.89%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.28%) NIST
4 13 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 10 (1.09%) QA
6 8 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.76%) ISO 13485
8 5 (0.54%) COBIT
8 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.22%) PMO
11 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 32 (3.47%) Docker
2 18 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
3 13 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.11%) HDFS
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.61%) Terraform
3 9 (0.98%) Stealthwatch
4 6 (0.65%) Endace
5 5 (0.54%) CASB
5 5 (0.54%) Suricata
6 3 (0.33%) Grafana
6 3 (0.33%) OpenView
6 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) Ansible
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.11%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 181 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 87 (9.45%) Oracle
3 77 (8.36%) SAP
4 75 (8.14%) Anaplan
4 75 (8.14%) Hyperion
5 56 (6.08%) Cisco
6 51 (5.54%) Google
7 42 (4.56%) Juniper
8 29 (3.15%) Databricks
9 26 (2.82%) Apple
10 18 (1.95%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.85%) MuleSoft
12 16 (1.74%) Adobe
13 14 (1.52%) Meraki
14 12 (1.30%) Fortinet
15 10 (1.09%) F5
16 8 (0.87%) Palo Alto
17 6 (0.65%) ServiceNow
17 6 (0.65%) VMware
18 5 (0.54%) Splunk