Senior Architect Jobs in London

Senior Architect
England > London

The median Senior Architect salary in London is £93,000 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 271 377 550
Rank change year-on-year +106 +173 -125
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 251 273 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.06% 0.77% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.81% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 112 146 189
10th Percentile £69,106 £63,750 £75,000
25th Percentile £82,438 £80,313 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £93,000 £93,750 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £113,125 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £118,250 £128,000
England median annual salary £74,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% -5.56% +12.50%

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%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in London

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect in London.

Salary trend for Senior Architect in London

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in London

Senior Architect
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect 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 +43 21 £97,500 - 9
West London +2 3 £55,000 -14.73% 3
South London - 2 £125,000 - 1
Senior Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 across the London region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 117 (46.61%) Azure
2 100 (39.84%) Agile
3 84 (33.47%) Microsoft
4 79 (31.47%) Finance
5 78 (31.08%) AWS
6 65 (25.90%) GCP
7 59 (23.51%) Roadmaps
8 57 (22.71%) Mentoring
9 55 (21.91%) Migration
10 54 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
11 53 (21.12%) Degree
12 48 (19.12%) Data Modelling
12 48 (19.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 47 (18.73%) Data Strategy
14 46 (18.33%) Social Skills
15 42 (16.73%) Business Strategy
16 40 (15.94%) Banking
16 40 (15.94%) Data Architecture
17 39 (15.54%) Google
18 37 (14.74%) Project Management
18 37 (14.74%) Project Delivery
19 36 (14.34%) Technology Strategy
20 34 (13.55%) Technical Leadership
20 34 (13.55%) Presales
21 32 (12.75%) Metadata
22 31 (12.35%) Data Integration
23 29 (11.55%) Visualisation
23 29 (11.55%) Data Visualisation
23 29 (11.55%) Data Management
23 29 (11.55%) Technology Roadmap

Senior Architect 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 23 (9.16%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.99%) Apache
4 5 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 117 (46.61%) Azure
2 78 (31.08%) AWS
3 65 (25.90%) GCP
4 22 (8.76%) SaaS
5 21 (8.37%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (7.97%) Power Platform
7 19 (7.57%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (7.17%) PaaS
9 12 (4.78%) IaaS
10 9 (3.59%) Serverless
11 8 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (3.19%) Power Automate
12 7 (2.79%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.99%) Amazon Kinesis
14 5 (1.99%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 5 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (1.99%) Stackdriver
15 3 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.17%) Firewall
2 16 (6.37%) MPLS
3 9 (3.59%) DNS
4 5 (1.99%) BGP
4 5 (1.99%) DHCP
4 5 (1.99%) DMVPN
4 5 (1.99%) DWDM
4 5 (1.99%) EIGRP
4 5 (1.99%) GLBP
4 5 (1.99%) HTTP
4 5 (1.99%) HTTPS
4 5 (1.99%) IGRP
4 5 (1.99%) IPsec
4 5 (1.99%) LAN
4 5 (1.99%) Multicast
4 5 (1.99%) OSPF
4 5 (1.99%) SNMP
4 5 (1.99%) SSL
4 5 (1.99%) VPN
4 5 (1.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.75%) Metadata
2 23 (9.16%) Data Mining
3 21 (8.37%) Data Lake
4 19 (7.57%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (7.17%) Apache Ignite
5 18 (7.17%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (7.17%) Hadoop
6 8 (3.19%) Big Data
7 7 (2.79%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.39%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.99%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.99%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.59%) Power BI
11 3 (1.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.40%) Data Vault
12 1 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
12 1 (0.40%) NewSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.98%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.59%) Git
3 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.40%) ERwin
4 1 (0.40%) JIRA
4 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 79 (31.47%) Finance
2 54 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (19.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 46 (18.33%) Social Skills
5 40 (15.94%) Banking
6 24 (9.56%) Retail
7 19 (7.57%) Retail Banking
8 16 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (5.58%) Back Office
10 12 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (4.78%) Financial Institution
11 11 (4.38%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.39%) Marketing
13 5 (1.99%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.20%) Brand Awareness
15 3 (1.20%) Law
16 2 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
17 1 (0.40%) Front Office
17 1 (0.40%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.16%) Kafka
2 14 (5.58%) .NET
3 7 (2.79%) HTML
4 5 (1.99%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.99%) Apache Beam
4 5 (1.99%) XML
5 4 (1.59%) .NET Core
5 4 (1.59%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.59%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (1.59%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.59%) Hibernate
5 4 (1.59%) Spring
5 4 (1.59%) Spring MVC
6 2 (0.80%) RESTful
6 2 (0.80%) Web Services
7 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.40%) FHIR
7 1 (0.40%) Middleware
7 1 (0.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.17%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.37%) Reinsurance
3 15 (5.98%) PMI
4 9 (3.59%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.19%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.79%) NHS
6 7 (2.79%) PKI
6 7 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.39%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.59%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.20%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.80%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.80%) Social Media
11 1 (0.40%) Life Science
11 1 (0.40%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.98%) Linux
2 5 (1.99%) Unix
2 5 (1.99%) Windows
3 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (39.84%) Agile
2 59 (23.51%) Roadmaps
3 57 (22.71%) Mentoring
4 55 (21.91%) Migration
5 48 (19.12%) Data Modelling
6 47 (18.73%) Data Strategy
7 42 (16.73%) Business Strategy
8 40 (15.94%) Data Architecture
9 37 (14.74%) Project Delivery
9 37 (14.74%) Project Management
10 36 (14.34%) Technology Strategy
11 34 (13.55%) Presales
11 34 (13.55%) Technical Leadership
12 31 (12.35%) Data Integration
13 29 (11.55%) Data Management
13 29 (11.55%) Data Visualisation
13 29 (11.55%) Technology Roadmap
13 29 (11.55%) Visualisation
14 28 (11.16%) Customer Experience
15 27 (10.76%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.37%) SQL
2 20 (7.97%) C#
3 16 (6.37%) Python
4 14 (5.58%) Java
5 10 (3.98%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.39%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.80%) C
7 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.40%) Bicep
8 1 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (21.12%) Degree
2 21 (8.37%) AWS Certification
2 21 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.57%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.37%) PMI Certification
5 12 (4.78%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.19%) AWS Certified Developer
6 8 (3.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (3.19%) CISSP
7 6 (2.39%) CCNA
7 6 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.99%) CISM
8 5 (1.99%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.99%) GIAC
8 5 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.59%) CRISC
9 4 (1.59%) ISSMP
9 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.19%) SLA
2 7 (2.79%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.79%) QA
3 4 (1.59%) COBIT
3 4 (1.59%) PMO
4 2 (0.80%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) NCSC
5 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.40%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 10 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.19%) KVM
4 5 (1.99%) Docker
5 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (6.37%) Terraform
2 5 (1.99%) Ansible
2 5 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.99%) Progress Chef
2 5 (1.99%) Puppet
3 2 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.40%) CASB
Vendors
1 84 (33.47%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.54%) Google
3 18 (7.17%) Informatica
4 16 (6.37%) Juniper
5 13 (5.18%) Cisco
6 12 (4.78%) Databricks
7 11 (4.38%) VMware
8 7 (2.79%) Oracle
8 7 (2.79%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.99%) Arista
9 5 (1.99%) Dell
9 5 (1.99%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.99%) Tufin
10 4 (1.59%) Alibaba
11 3 (1.20%) Sparx
11 3 (1.20%) Teradata
12 2 (0.80%) Facebook
12 2 (0.80%) Twitter
12 2 (0.80%) Veeam
13 1 (0.40%) IBM