Head of Architecture Jobs in London

Head of Architecture
England > London

The median Head of Architecture salary in London is £120,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 605 820
Rank change year-on-year +123 +215 -236
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 20 25 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.070% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.074% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 12 21 26
10th Percentile £106,000 £83,750 £92,500
25th Percentile £118,750 £98,750 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £115,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -10.20%
75th Percentile £140,000 £135,000 £130,000
90th Percentile - £170,000 £139,375
England median annual salary £90,000 £107,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -16.28% +7.50% +8.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,228 33,761 64,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.05% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,730 24,758 34,902
10th Percentile £38,454 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,469
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%

Head of Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Head of Architecture in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Architecture in London.

Salary trend for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Architecture in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Architecture in London

Head of Architecture
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Architecture within the London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Central London +58 2 £125,000 - 1
West London - 2 - -
Head of Architecture
England

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Head of Architecture 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 London region featuring Head of Architecture in the job title.

1 10 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 10 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (35.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 7 (35.00%) TOGAF
3 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (20.00%) Internal Audit
4 4 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 4 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (20.00%) Investment Management
4 4 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
4 4 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (15.00%) Performance Management
5 3 (15.00%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Games
5 3 (15.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Organisational Learning
5 3 (15.00%) Due Diligence
5 3 (15.00%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (15.00%) Service Design
5 3 (15.00%) Cloud Native
5 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (15.00%) Azure
5 3 (15.00%) AWS

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) AWS
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) GCP
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DHCP
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
1 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (15.00%) Games
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Banking
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Tapestry
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 10 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (35.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 7 (35.00%) TOGAF
3 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
4 4 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 4 (20.00%) Internal Audit
4 4 (20.00%) Investment Management
4 4 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 4 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (15.00%) Due Diligence
5 3 (15.00%) Organisational Learning
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (15.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Meraki
2 1 (5.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Zscaler