Senior Architect Jobs in London

Senior Architect
England > London

The median Senior Architect salary in London is £92,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 278 375 561
Rank change year-on-year +97 +186 -139
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 251 266 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.06% 0.77% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.81% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 111 139 197
10th Percentile £69,106 £65,000 £75,000
25th Percentile £81,750 £81,250 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,000 £95,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -2.56% +18.18%
75th Percentile £113,750 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £120,000 £127,500
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 22,274 32,686 65,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.09% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16,684 24,117 34,486
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
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 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 12 May 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 12 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
Central London +39 20 £93,750 -3.85% 5
West London +4 2 £55,000 -14.73% 4
South London - 2 £125,000 -
Senior Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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.

1 122 (48.61%) Azure
2 105 (41.83%) Agile
3 86 (34.26%) Finance
4 85 (33.86%) Microsoft
5 78 (31.08%) AWS
6 67 (26.69%) GCP
7 59 (23.51%) Roadmaps
8 57 (22.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (22.71%) Migration
9 55 (21.91%) Mentoring
10 53 (21.12%) Analytical Skills
11 51 (20.32%) Degree
12 50 (19.92%) Data Modelling
13 48 (19.12%) Banking
14 46 (18.33%) Data Strategy
15 45 (17.93%) Social Skills
16 42 (16.73%) Business Strategy
17 41 (16.33%) Data Architecture
18 37 (14.74%) Google
19 36 (14.34%) Technical Leadership
20 35 (13.94%) Metadata
20 35 (13.94%) Project Delivery
20 35 (13.94%) Technology Strategy
20 35 (13.94%) Customer Experience
20 35 (13.94%) Asset Management
21 33 (13.15%) Data Management
22 32 (12.75%) Project Management
23 30 (11.95%) Business Development
24 29 (11.55%) Data Integration
24 29 (11.55%) Coaching

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 21 (8.37%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.99%) Apache
3 5 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
4 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
1 122 (48.61%) Azure
2 78 (31.08%) AWS
3 67 (26.69%) GCP
4 23 (9.16%) SaaS
5 22 (8.76%) Power Platform
6 21 (8.37%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (7.17%) PaaS
9 12 (4.78%) IaaS
10 10 (3.98%) Power Automate
11 8 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (3.19%) Serverless
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 35 (13.94%) Metadata
2 22 (8.76%) Data Lake
3 21 (8.37%) Data Mining
4 17 (6.77%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (6.37%) Apache Ignite
5 16 (6.37%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (6.37%) Hadoop
6 9 (3.59%) SQL Server
7 8 (3.19%) Big Data
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 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.80%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.80%) Relational Database
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 86 (34.26%) Finance
2 57 (22.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 53 (21.12%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (19.12%) Banking
5 45 (17.93%) Social Skills
6 25 (9.96%) Retail
7 23 (9.16%) Retail Banking
8 18 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (6.37%) Back Office
10 14 (5.58%) Financial Institution
11 12 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (4.78%) 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 21 (8.37%) Kafka
2 13 (5.18%) .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%) Web Services
7 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.40%) FHIR
7 1 (0.40%) Middleware
7 1 (0.40%) RESTful
7 1 (0.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.17%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.37%) Reinsurance
3 15 (5.98%) PMI
4 10 (3.98%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.98%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.59%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.79%) NHS
6 7 (2.79%) PKI
6 7 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.39%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
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
1 105 (41.83%) Agile
2 59 (23.51%) Roadmaps
3 57 (22.71%) Migration
4 55 (21.91%) Mentoring
5 50 (19.92%) Data Modelling
6 46 (18.33%) Data Strategy
7 42 (16.73%) Business Strategy
8 41 (16.33%) Data Architecture
9 36 (14.34%) Technical Leadership
10 35 (13.94%) Asset Management
10 35 (13.94%) Customer Experience
10 35 (13.94%) Project Delivery
10 35 (13.94%) Technology Strategy
11 33 (13.15%) Data Management
12 32 (12.75%) Project Management
13 30 (11.95%) Business Development
14 29 (11.55%) Coaching
14 29 (11.55%) Data Integration
15 28 (11.16%) Presales
15 28 (11.16%) Technology Roadmap
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 51 (20.32%) Degree
2 23 (9.16%) AWS Certification
3 22 (8.76%) Security Cleared
4 20 (7.97%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.37%) PMI Certification
6 14 (5.58%) Azure Certification
7 12 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.19%) AWS Certified Developer
8 8 (3.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.19%) CISSP
9 6 (2.39%) CCNA
9 6 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.99%) CISM
10 5 (1.99%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.99%) GIAC
11 4 (1.59%) CRISC
11 4 (1.59%) ISSMP
11 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.98%) SLA
2 8 (3.19%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.59%) COBIT
3 4 (1.59%) PMO
3 4 (1.59%) QA
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 11 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
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 15 (5.98%) 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 85 (33.86%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.74%) Google
3 17 (6.77%) Informatica
4 16 (6.37%) Juniper
5 13 (5.18%) Cisco
6 12 (4.78%) Databricks
7 11 (4.38%) VMware
8 10 (3.98%) Salesforce
9 9 (3.59%) Oracle
10 5 (1.99%) Arista
10 5 (1.99%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.99%) Tufin
11 4 (1.59%) Alibaba
12 3 (1.20%) Sparx
13 2 (0.80%) Dell
13 2 (0.80%) Facebook
13 2 (0.80%) Teradata
13 2 (0.80%) Twitter
13 2 (0.80%) Veeam
14 1 (0.40%) IBM