The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Architect
Rank 396 367 368
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 219 304 305
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.503% 0.567% 0.519%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.538% 0.604% 0.555%
Number of salaries quoted 178 260 220
Average salary £68,000 £72,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.20% -3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £57,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +5.83%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40671 50354 54941
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.40% 93.93% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 34205 43701 46341
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Architect across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Senior Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Architect across the London region.

London Senior Architect Salary Trend

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Architect across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Senior Architect Salary Histogram

Senior Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +18 72 £61,000 -9.62%
Bromley - 3 £75,000 -
Docklands, London - 2 £68,250 -
Paddington - 1 - -
Wembley - 1 £82,500 -
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Architect in their job title.

1 150 (32.40%) Finance
2 123 (26.57%) Java
3 111 (23.97%) SQL
4 95 (20.52%) SQL Server
5 75 (16.20%) .NET
6 72 (15.55%) Spring
7 71 (15.33%) Degree
8 67 (14.47%) J2EE
9 66 (14.25%) Web Services
10 65 (14.04%) Banking
11 64 (13.82%) C#
12 63 (13.61%) Microsoft
13 61 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
14 56 (12.10%) SOA
14 56 (12.10%) Apache
15 54 (11.66%) HTML
15 54 (11.66%) Oracle
16 53 (11.45%) Windows
16 53 (11.45%) Technical Architecture
17 49 (10.58%) CSS
17 49 (10.58%) MVC
18 46 (9.935%) Stakeholder Management
19 45 (9.719%) ETL
20 44 (9.503%) Linux
20 44 (9.503%) Analytics
21 42 (9.071%) OO
22 39 (8.423%) JSP
22 39 (8.423%) Data Warehouse
23 38 (8.207%) TDD
23 38 (8.207%) jQuery

Senior Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 75 (16.20%) .NET
2 72 (15.55%) Spring
3 67 (14.47%) J2EE
4 66 (14.25%) Web Services
5 54 (11.66%) HTML
6 49 (10.58%) CSS
7 39 (8.423%) JSP
8 38 (8.207%) jQuery
8 38 (8.207%) RESTful
9 36 (7.775%) JSTL
10 35 (7.559%) WCF
10 35 (7.559%) JMS
11 34 (7.343%) XML
12 31 (6.695%) Struts
13 30 (6.479%) Spring MVC
14 28 (6.048%) WPF
15 27 (5.832%) JPA
16 24 (5.184%) Hibernate
17 21 (4.536%) WebSphere
18 20 (4.320%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 56 (12.10%) Apache
2 37 (7.991%) Tomcat
3 23 (4.968%) IIS
4 14 (3.024%) SharePoint
4 14 (3.024%) Apache Solr
5 13 (2.808%) ActiveMQ
5 13 (2.808%) Alfresco
6 12 (2.592%) CMS
7 11 (2.376%) ESB
7 11 (2.376%) WebLogic
8 10 (2.160%) GemFire
8 10 (2.160%) Windows Azure
9 9 (1.944%) Jetty
10 8 (1.728%) SharePoint 2010
10 8 (1.728%) Force.com
11 7 (1.512%) MS Exchange
12 6 (1.296%) BizTalk Server
12 6 (1.296%) Exchange Server 2010
12 6 (1.296%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (1.080%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 28 (6.048%) MS Excel
2 9 (1.944%) MS Office
3 8 (1.728%) Office 365
4 1 (0.216%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.216%) Windchill
4 1 (0.216%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 8 (1.728%) SAP BPC
2 7 (1.512%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.080%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.864%) Tridion
4 4 (0.864%) RMDS
5 3 (0.648%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.648%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.648%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.648%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.432%) Bond Adapt
7 1 (0.216%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.216%) Oracle BRM
7 1 (0.216%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.216%) ENOVIA
7 1 (0.216%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.216%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.216%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.216%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.216%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.216%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.104%) SAN
2 18 (3.888%) WAN
3 17 (3.672%) LAN
4 13 (2.808%) Firewall
5 12 (2.592%) DNS
5 12 (2.592%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.944%) Internet
6 9 (1.944%) VPN
6 9 (1.944%) HTTP
6 9 (1.944%) DHCP
7 8 (1.728%) OSPF
7 8 (1.728%) BGP
8 7 (1.512%) Wireless
9 6 (1.296%) FTP
9 6 (1.296%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.648%) 4G
10 3 (0.648%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.648%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.648%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.648%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (20.52%) SQL Server
2 39 (8.423%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (7.991%) MySQL
4 31 (6.695%) Big Data
5 18 (3.888%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.456%) MarkLogic
7 14 (3.024%) MongoDB
8 13 (2.808%) SAP Data Services
8 13 (2.808%) SQL Server 2008
9 11 (2.376%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (2.160%) BusinessObjects
11 9 (1.944%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.944%) DB2
12 8 (1.728%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.512%) SAP HANA
13 7 (1.512%) BODI
13 7 (1.512%) SAP BI
14 6 (1.296%) Crystal Reports
14 6 (1.296%) SQL Server 2005
14 6 (1.296%) Crystal Dashboard Design
Development Applications
1 7 (1.512%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (0.864%) ERwin
2 4 (0.864%) Subversion
3 3 (0.648%) Talend Open Studio
3 3 (0.648%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.648%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (0.432%) NUnit
4 2 (0.432%) Maven
4 2 (0.432%) Jasmine
4 2 (0.432%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.432%) JSUnit
5 1 (0.216%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.216%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.216%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 1 (0.216%) Rational Application Developer
5 1 (0.216%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.216%) Introscope
5 1 (0.216%) JUnit
5 1 (0.216%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 1 (0.216%) Eclipse
General
1 150 (32.40%) Finance
2 65 (14.04%) Banking
3 31 (6.695%) Investment Banking
4 30 (6.479%) Publishing
5 24 (5.184%) Retail
6 15 (3.240%) Games
7 14 (3.024%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.808%) Marketing
9 11 (2.376%) Advertising
10 10 (2.160%) Front Office
11 7 (1.512%) Corporate Banking
11 7 (1.512%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.080%) Multimedia
12 5 (1.080%) Legal
13 4 (0.864%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.864%) French Language
14 2 (0.432%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.432%) Electronics
15 1 (0.216%) Italian Language
15 1 (0.216%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.695%) Digital Media
2 25 (5.400%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (4.968%) Mathematics
4 22 (4.752%) Open Source
5 20 (4.320%) Cloud Computing
6 18 (3.888%) Semantic Web
7 17 (3.672%) Computer Science
8 16 (3.456%) PaaS
9 15 (3.240%) SaaS
10 12 (2.592%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.944%) New Media
11 9 (1.944%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.944%) BBC
12 8 (1.728%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.728%) Heroku
13 7 (1.512%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.512%) N-Tier
14 5 (1.080%) Video on Demand
14 5 (1.080%) CMDB
14 5 (1.080%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 53 (11.45%) Windows
2 44 (9.503%) Linux
3 31 (6.695%) UNIX
4 10 (2.160%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (1.512%) Android
6 6 (1.296%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.080%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.864%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (0.864%) CentOS
9 3 (0.648%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.432%) AIX
11 1 (0.216%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.216%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
2 56 (12.10%) SOA
3 53 (11.45%) Technical Architecture
4 49 (10.58%) MVC
5 46 (9.935%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (9.719%) ETL
7 44 (9.503%) Analytics
8 42 (9.071%) OO
9 38 (8.207%) TDD
10 36 (7.775%) Agile Software Development
11 35 (7.559%) E-Commerce
12 32 (6.911%) Business Development
13 29 (6.263%) CRM
14 27 (5.832%) Project Management
14 27 (5.832%) Data Modelling
15 26 (5.616%) Data Architecture
16 24 (5.184%) Enterprise Architecture
17 22 (4.752%) Web Development
17 22 (4.752%) TOGAF
18 21 (4.536%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 123 (26.57%) Java
2 111 (23.97%) SQL
3 64 (13.82%) C#
4 29 (6.263%) T-SQL
5 24 (5.184%) Ruby
6 18 (3.888%) PHP
6 18 (3.888%) XQuery
7 17 (3.672%) JavaScript
8 13 (2.808%) Scala
9 12 (2.592%) VBA
10 8 (1.728%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.080%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.648%) PowerHouse
12 3 (0.648%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.648%) ECMAScript
13 2 (0.432%) C++
13 2 (0.432%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.216%) SAS Macro
14 1 (0.216%) Groovy
14 1 (0.216%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (15.33%) Degree
2 13 (2.808%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (1.728%) MCP
3 8 (1.728%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 8 (1.728%) MCTS
4 7 (1.512%) MCITP
5 6 (1.296%) CIPD
6 5 (1.080%) MCSE
7 4 (0.864%) RHCE
8 3 (0.648%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (0.648%) CITP
8 3 (0.648%) MBCS
8 3 (0.648%) CISSP
9 2 (0.432%) CCIE
9 2 (0.432%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.432%) CISM
9 2 (0.432%) VCP5
9 2 (0.432%) VCP4
10 1 (0.216%) NCDA
10 1 (0.216%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.456%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.160%) QA
3 4 (0.864%) PCI DSS
3 4 (0.864%) Basel III
4 2 (0.432%) COBIT
4 2 (0.432%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.216%) RosettaNet
5 1 (0.216%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.216%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 21 (4.536%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (3.456%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.456%) Squid
3 7 (1.512%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.296%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.296%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (1.296%) UAG
5 3 (0.648%) XenApp
5 3 (0.648%) vSphere
6 2 (0.432%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.432%) vCloud
6 2 (0.432%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.216%) XenServer
7 1 (0.216%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.216%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.216%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.944%) SCCM
2 7 (1.512%) SCOM
3 4 (0.864%) Tivoli
3 4 (0.864%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.432%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 1 (0.216%) Ionix
5 1 (0.216%) HP NNM
5 1 (0.216%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.216%) Netcool
5 1 (0.216%) CA SiteMinder
5 1 (0.216%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (0.216%) OpenView
Vendors
1 63 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 54 (11.66%) Oracle
3 30 (6.479%) VMware
4 28 (6.048%) IBM
5 26 (5.616%) SAP
6 20 (4.320%) Cisco
7 17 (3.672%) JBoss
8 14 (3.024%) Informatica
9 12 (2.592%) Juniper
10 11 (2.376%) Tableau
10 11 (2.376%) Business Objects
10 11 (2.376%) Sybase
11 9 (1.944%) Pega
11 9 (1.944%) Citrix
12 8 (1.728%) Cognizant
12 8 (1.728%) CA
12 8 (1.728%) Salesforce.com
12 8 (1.728%) Google
13 7 (1.512%) AppSense
13 7 (1.512%) HP
London
London. £55,000 - £60,000 and Excellent Company Benefits The Senior Solutions Architect will have the responsibility for the delivery of IS Solutions, interacting directly with business owners...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Market related
Posted: 20 May 2013
Harrow, South East
Our customer is a house-hold known company and due to new technological advancements such as mobile apps they are now seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + £6k Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Harrow, Middlesex
Our customer is a house-hold known company and due to new technological advancements such as mobile apps they are now seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + £6k Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Key skills and requirements: strong track record in SOA / Solutions architect experience / strategic delivery / delivery of technology roadmaps / Business process management (BPM) / IBM process Server experience a bonus...
iKas International
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
South East London
Our client, a global leader in market research, requires a talented Senior Developer / Business Systems Architect with strong analysis skills to join them to assist on a number...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + 10% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Harrow, South East
Our customer is a house-hold known company and due to new technological advancements such as mobile apps they are now seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to join...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £650000 per annum + £6k Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Must Have Strong Experience of the following - Spring/MVCJ2EE, JSP, JSTLRestful Web ServicesJMSHTML, CSS, Java Scripting, JQuerySQL/Oracle Database scriptingTDD Desirable Skills Apache ConfigurationSQUID ConfigurationStrutsXSLTAccessibility StandardsCross Browser CompatibilityMarkLogicSemantic...
I4 Rec
Salary: £50k - 60k per year + package
Posted: 18 May 2013
London, Central London, South East England
My client (a top Marketing and Technology Agency) is looking for a Senior User Experience Architect to join their team. Reporting to the Associate User Experience Director, you...
Big Wednesday
Salary: £0 - £60,000 per year
Posted: 27 April 2013
West London
The Senior Solutions Architect will come from an extensive Solutions Architecture background, and a strong technical knowledge covering JEE / Oracle / LAMP / .NET based technology... The successful Senior Solutions...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
My Client is a highly reputable IT consulting firm focusing on designing and managing the implementation of complex IT solutions. The successful candidate will have a big consultancy...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £90,000 to £120,000 per annum plus outstanding banking bonuses an
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Individuals with web applications experience and strong core Java Spring skills are especially needed... Essential skillsJ2EE , JSP, JSTLSpring, MVCRESTful Web ServicesJMSHTML, CSS, Java Scripting, JQueryXQueryMSSQL/MYSQL Database scripting /...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
London, London, United Kingdom
A proven project manager, you'll have an excellent command of technologies such as Java, J2EE, HTML, DHTML, XML and JavaScript. You'll also have demonstrable expertise in...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Central London / West End
L eading the analysis, design, and implementation of changes to the technical architecture and ensure the architecture meets the requirements... Acknowledged expert in content ingest, management, delivery and...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Senior Enterprise Architect(EMEA) Key Skills: Experience working on large scale database applications, data warehousing or BI initiatives... Expertise with design patterns for VLDB with heavy use of...
Annapurna
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Senior Enterprise Architect(EMEA) Key Skills: Experience working on large scale database applications, data warehousing or BI initiatives Demonstrable Governance/Technical Design Authority experience Expertise with design patterns...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Central London
Senior Developer / Software Architect - C# .NET, C++, OO, SQL, Business Analysis, Solution Design, Full Software Life Cycle, Financial Software, Mathematical Modelling... They are looking for a Senior Developer...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £80k + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
This is very much a Windows environment, using IIS, CDN, networking components, SAN technologies, etc... Skills required for the Infrastructure Engineer / Architect - Digital Entertainment - Solid Microsoft / Windows networking...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
with good front-end skills, HTML, XHTML, CSS, ASP.NET, C#.NET / SQL server) and experience of large-scale web environments & improving online performance to join this leading...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £60000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
.NET. - N-tier Architecture. - A strong knowledge of Network Analytics... You will have a strong programming background, ideally in .NET and Windows... In particular, .NET server-side development,...
JPS Selection
Salary: From £70,000 to £100,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits & Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Strong commercial experience providing Pre Sales support to modern software solutions (PoC, RFP, RFQ`s) - Hands on coding / scripting ability for PoC tailoring around JSP, XML / XSL, Javascript,...
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £60000 to £95000 per annum - £30K OTE + Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
South East London
Must Have Strong Experience of the following - Spring/MVC. J2EE, JSP, JSTL. Restful Web Services. JMS. HTML, CSS, Java Scripting, JQuery. SQL/Oracle Database scripting. TDD... Apache Configuration...
I4 Recruitment
Salary: £50k - 60k per year + package
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Are you looking to progress your career in architecture and consultancy? This international consultancy employs over 80,000 people worldwide. They offer a range of Strategic, Advisory, Technology...
Selecture Limited
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits Package
Posted: 30 April 2013
Southwark, London
GOS Systems are currently recruiting for a Senior Network Architect/Manager (linux, network manager, network architect, asterisk, mysql)Salary: Competitive Salary with BenefitsLocation: Southwark, London, United Kingdom.GOS...
GOS Systems
Salary: Competitive Salary with Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Essential skills J2EE , JSP, JSTL Spring, MVC RESTful Web Services JMS HTML, CSS, Java Scripting, JQuery XQuery MSSQL/MYSQL Database scripting / programming using Java technologies TDD Desirable skills...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
IT, SAP Business One, Epicor, .Net, develop, consultant, C#, VB.Net, SQL. Our client is a global provider of financial accounting and business management solutions, due to continued...
Computer People
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
You will have a strong commercial background working within scalable Cloud Architecture, Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies and APIs such as EC2, S3, DynamoDB... Any understanding of HTTP,...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Experience with Rational Application Developer (RAD) or WSAD. Proven experience with Java/J2EE (EJB, JCA, JNDI, JSTL, Struts), Web Development (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and Web 2.0 concepts (...
Sanderson
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bromley, Kent
Provide a consultation service to the Enterprise Technology Services organisation to pre-empt issues in the environment and assist resolution of Major Incidents *Provide consultation service to the...
JM
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013