Systems Architect Jobs in London

System Architect
England > London

The median System Architect salary in London is £85,000 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 476 606 842
Rank change year-on-year +130 +236 -259
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 26 24 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.068% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.071% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 23 14 13
10th Percentile £65,000 £60,283 £41,850
25th Percentile £72,500 - £66,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,709 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.36% -22.70% +13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £94,250 £118,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,605 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.10% -11.19% +7.14%

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%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in London

Systems Architect
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Systems Architect in London

Systems Architect
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Systems Architect in London

Systems 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 Systems 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
South London -4 3 £75,000 -
Central London +56 2 - -
Systems Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.

1 14 (53.85%) Roadmaps
2 13 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 10 (38.46%) Finance
4 8 (30.77%) Juniper
4 8 (30.77%) MPLS
4 8 (30.77%) Technology Roadmap
4 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (30.77%) Data Centre
4 8 (30.77%) Mentoring
4 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 7 (26.92%) Two-Factor Authentication
5 7 (26.92%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 7 (26.92%) 802.1X
5 7 (26.92%) Progress Chef
5 7 (26.92%) Multicast
5 7 (26.92%) DevOps
5 7 (26.92%) DMVPN
5 7 (26.92%) GLBP
5 7 (26.92%) Arista
5 7 (26.92%) OSPF
5 7 (26.92%) BGP
5 7 (26.92%) EIGRP
5 7 (26.92%) IGRP
5 7 (26.92%) HTML
5 7 (26.92%) CCNA
5 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (26.92%) XML
5 7 (26.92%) Unix
5 7 (26.92%) Linux

Systems 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) AWS
1 5 (19.23%) AWS Direct Connect
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
1 5 (19.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 4 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) MPLS
2 7 (26.92%) BGP
2 7 (26.92%) DHCP
2 7 (26.92%) DMVPN
2 7 (26.92%) DNS
2 7 (26.92%) DWDM
2 7 (26.92%) EIGRP
2 7 (26.92%) Firewall
2 7 (26.92%) GLBP
2 7 (26.92%) HTTP
2 7 (26.92%) HTTPS
2 7 (26.92%) IGRP
2 7 (26.92%) IPsec
2 7 (26.92%) LAN
2 7 (26.92%) Multicast
2 7 (26.92%) OSPF
2 7 (26.92%) SNMP
2 7 (26.92%) SSL
2 7 (26.92%) VPN
2 7 (26.92%) WAN
General
1 13 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Finance
3 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Banking
4 4 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (15.38%) International Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Aerospace
5 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) 802.1X
1 7 (26.92%) HTML
1 7 (26.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 5 (19.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 5 (19.23%) Product Ownership
3 4 (15.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (3.85%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
1 7 (26.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Roadmaps
2 13 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (30.77%) Mentoring
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (30.77%) Technology Roadmap
4 7 (26.92%) Agile
4 7 (26.92%) DevOps
4 7 (26.92%) Load Balancing
4 7 (26.92%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 7 (26.92%) Network Management
4 7 (26.92%) Open Source
4 7 (26.92%) Two-Factor Authentication
5 6 (23.08%) Project Management
6 4 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (15.38%) Threat Detection
6 4 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
1 7 (26.92%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) CCNA
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) Degree
3 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Progress Chef
1 7 (26.92%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Juniper
2 7 (26.92%) Arista
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco
2 7 (26.92%) Fortinet
2 7 (26.92%) Tufin
3 5 (19.23%) Google
3 5 (19.23%) Pega
4 4 (15.38%) IBM
5 1 (3.85%) Okta
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle
5 1 (3.85%) Salesforce