Senior Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £66,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 432 595
Rank change year-on-year +36 +163 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 419 327 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.55% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.62% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 280 135 122
10th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,111
25th Percentile £56,809 £65,375 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £80,000 £75,720
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +5.65% +0.96%
75th Percentile £80,250 £90,000 £85,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,000 £94,875
UK median annual salary £74,000 £85,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -12.94% -2.86% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,926 52,593 68,736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.19% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 47,990 30,014 42,465
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in the UK excluding London

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Architect in the UK excluding London

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in the UK excluding London

Senior Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
North of England +144 169 £70,000 -12.50% 13
Midlands +49 101 £62,500 -19.35% 10
North West +42 88 £70,000 -7.59% 6
West Midlands +58 79 £62,500 -14.97% 7
Yorkshire +139 72 £74,000 -12.94% 5
South East -40 61 £67,500 -12.34% 14
Scotland -57 43 £80,000 -5.88% 2
South West -27 31 £72,500 -12.12% 4
East Midlands +5 22 £50,000 -47.37% 3
North East 0 9 £61,206 -46.78% 2
Wales +7 8 £53,500 -15.75% 1
East of England -15 6 £90,750 +13.44% 6
Senior Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 98 (23.39%) Degree
2 89 (21.24%) Agile
3 85 (20.29%) Finance
3 85 (20.29%) Cybersecurity
4 84 (20.05%) Microsoft
5 83 (19.81%) Mentoring
6 80 (19.09%) Coaching
7 77 (18.38%) Roadmaps
8 74 (17.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 69 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (15.75%) Social Skills
11 63 (15.04%) Architectural Patterns
11 63 (15.04%) AWS
12 62 (14.80%) Analytics
13 60 (14.32%) Design Patterns
14 57 (13.60%) Azure
15 56 (13.37%) Public Cloud
16 54 (12.89%) Data Centre
17 53 (12.65%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 52 (12.41%) Cisco Certification
18 52 (12.41%) WAN
19 50 (11.93%) DevOps
20 49 (11.69%) Data Modelling
21 48 (11.46%) Presales
22 46 (10.98%) SD-WAN
23 45 (10.74%) Decision-Making
24 44 (10.50%) Public Sector
24 44 (10.50%) Artificial Intelligence
25 43 (10.26%) CCNP
25 43 (10.26%) Cisco

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 14 (3.34%) CMS
2 6 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.43%) Simulink
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.19%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.24%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.24%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 63 (15.04%) AWS
2 57 (13.60%) Azure
3 30 (7.16%) Power Platform
4 27 (6.44%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (4.77%) Power Automate
5 20 (4.77%) PowerApps
6 16 (3.82%) SaaS
7 13 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.39%) Serverless
9 9 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 9 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (2.15%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.15%) CloudFront
9 9 (2.15%) Route 53
9 9 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (1.67%) GCP
11 6 (1.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 52 (12.41%) WAN
2 46 (10.98%) SD-WAN
3 24 (5.73%) Cisco Firepower
4 12 (2.86%) Network Security
5 11 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.67%) Firewall
7 4 (0.95%) LAN
7 4 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.95%) Wireless
8 3 (0.72%) DMZ
8 3 (0.72%) Internet
8 3 (0.72%) Modbus
8 3 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.72%) VLAN
8 3 (0.72%) VPN
9 1 (0.24%) GPON
9 1 (0.24%) IPsec
9 1 (0.24%) MPLS
9 1 (0.24%) SSL
9 1 (0.24%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.55%) NoSQL
2 21 (5.01%) Power BI
3 17 (4.06%) Metadata
4 12 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.67%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.43%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.72%) MySQL
10 2 (0.48%) Big Data
11 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.24%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
1 6 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
1 6 (1.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 85 (20.29%) Finance
2 74 (17.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 66 (15.75%) Social Skills
4 44 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 40 (9.55%) Law
6 37 (8.83%) Marketing
7 24 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (4.77%) Retail
9 15 (3.58%) Banking
10 11 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.43%) Games
11 6 (1.43%) Military
12 5 (1.19%) Digital Health
12 5 (1.19%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.95%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.72%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.72%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.86%) .NET
2 7 (1.67%) OAuth
2 7 (1.67%) SAML
3 5 (1.19%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.95%) React
4 4 (0.95%) Web Services
5 3 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.72%) REST
5 3 (0.72%) SOAP
5 3 (0.72%) YAML
6 1 (0.24%) EDI
6 1 (0.24%) Kafka
6 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.24%) OpenID
6 1 (0.24%) RESTful
6 1 (0.24%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.37%) Public Cloud
2 54 (12.89%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.92%) Cloud Native
4 22 (5.25%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.82%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (1.67%) PropTech
8 6 (1.43%) FMCG
8 6 (1.43%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.19%) NHS
9 5 (1.19%) Replication
10 4 (0.95%) SCADA
10 4 (0.95%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.72%) PMI
11 3 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.72%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.34%) Linux
2 8 (1.91%) VME
3 3 (0.72%) Android
3 3 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (21.24%) Agile
2 85 (20.29%) Cybersecurity
3 83 (19.81%) Mentoring
4 80 (19.09%) Coaching
5 77 (18.38%) Roadmaps
6 69 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (15.04%) Architectural Patterns
8 62 (14.80%) Analytics
9 60 (14.32%) Design Patterns
10 53 (12.65%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 50 (11.93%) DevOps
12 49 (11.69%) Data Modelling
13 48 (11.46%) Presales
14 45 (10.74%) Decision-Making
15 44 (10.50%) Artificial Intelligence
16 40 (9.55%) Microservices
17 39 (9.31%) Business Strategy
17 39 (9.31%) Customer Engagement
17 39 (9.31%) Software Licensing
17 39 (9.31%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.30%) Python
2 14 (3.34%) SQL
3 12 (2.86%) C#
4 11 (2.63%) Java
5 8 (1.91%) C
5 8 (1.91%) COBOL
5 8 (1.91%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 7 (1.67%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.43%) MATLAB
7 6 (1.43%) R
7 6 (1.43%) Scala
8 4 (0.95%) C++
9 3 (0.72%) Bicep
9 3 (0.72%) PHP
10 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 98 (23.39%) Degree
2 52 (12.41%) Cisco Certification
3 43 (10.26%) CCNP
4 39 (9.31%) CCNA
5 25 (5.97%) Security Cleared
6 23 (5.49%) CISSP
6 23 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (5.25%) SC Cleared
8 17 (4.06%) CISM
9 15 (3.58%) AWS Certification
10 9 (2.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.91%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (1.67%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (1.43%) CCIE
13 6 (1.43%) CCSK
13 6 (1.43%) CCSP
14 5 (1.19%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.49%) NIST
2 13 (3.10%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.72%) HMG Infosec
4 3 (0.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.72%) JSP 440
4 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.72%) RMADS
5 2 (0.48%) GRC
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.24%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (3.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.48%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) RACF
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (5.73%) Stealthwatch
2 22 (5.25%) Kubernetes
3 15 (3.58%) CASB
4 12 (2.86%) Terraform
5 8 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 84 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.26%) Cisco
2 43 (10.26%) Meraki
3 39 (9.31%) Adobe
3 39 (9.31%) Apple
4 8 (1.91%) Micro Focus
5 7 (1.67%) SAP
6 6 (1.43%) Databricks
6 6 (1.43%) Oracle
7 4 (0.95%) Google
8 3 (0.72%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.72%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.72%) Splunk
8 3 (0.72%) Twitter
9 2 (0.48%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.48%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.48%) Workday
10 1 (0.24%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.24%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.24%) Symantec