Application Architect
UK

The median Application Architect salary in the UK is £91,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 820 825 1104
Rank change year-on-year +5 +279 -343
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Architect 94 139 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.095% 0.13% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.15% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 26 104 71
10th Percentile £35,000 £72,500 £67,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £76,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,250 £87,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +2.94% +13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £119,250 £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £79,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -11.39% +1.94% +14.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +53 66 £87,500 -1.41% 16
UK excluding London -1 60 £70,000 -11.39% 4
Work from Home +81 51 £150,000 +87.50% 4
North of England +51 25 £48,750 -39.06% 2
London +76 18 £100,000 +5.26% 11
North West +23 14 £35,000 -57.58%
Yorkshire +81 11 £87,500 +9.38%
West Midlands +30 11 - -
Midlands +19 11 - -
South East +23 8 £70,000 +5.66% 2
South West -25 4 - -
Scotland -66 4 - -
Wales - 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 4 - -

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Applications 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 featuring Applications Architect in the job title.

1 69 (73.40%) Roadmaps
2 57 (60.64%) Microsoft
3 52 (55.32%) Technology Roadmap
4 20 (21.28%) Agile
5 17 (18.09%) DevOps
6 14 (14.89%) Azure
7 13 (13.83%) Finance
8 12 (12.77%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (11.70%) Enterprise Architecture
10 10 (10.64%) Manufacturing
11 9 (9.57%) Social Skills
12 8 (8.51%) Application Security
12 8 (8.51%) SDLC
13 7 (7.45%) AWS
13 7 (7.45%) TOGAF
13 7 (7.45%) Architectural Patterns
13 7 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure as Code
14 6 (6.38%) Design Patterns
14 6 (6.38%) CI/CD
14 6 (6.38%) Oracle
14 6 (6.38%) Windows
14 6 (6.38%) Linux
14 6 (6.38%) JSON
15 5 (5.32%) Security Cleared
15 5 (5.32%) PaaS
15 5 (5.32%) IaaS
15 5 (5.32%) Mentoring
15 5 (5.32%) UML

Applications Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.13%) IIS
2 2 (2.13%) JBoss
2 2 (2.13%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.13%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.13%) WebSphere
2 2 (2.13%) WildFly
Business Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (4.26%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.89%) Azure
2 7 (7.45%) AWS
2 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.32%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (5.32%) IaaS
3 5 (5.32%) PaaS
4 4 (4.26%) SaaS
5 3 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.06%) GCP
6 1 (1.06%) IBM Cloud
6 1 (1.06%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.13%) DNS
1 2 (2.13%) Firewall
1 2 (2.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.06%) MySQL
2 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Git
2 2 (2.13%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.06%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (13.83%) Finance
2 10 (10.64%) Manufacturing
3 9 (9.57%) Social Skills
4 4 (4.26%) Retail
5 3 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.19%) Law
5 3 (3.19%) Legal
6 2 (2.13%) Banking
7 1 (1.06%) Marketing
7 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.38%) JSON
2 5 (5.32%) .NET
3 4 (4.26%) REST
3 4 (4.26%) WCF
3 4 (4.26%) Web Services
3 4 (4.26%) XML
4 2 (2.13%) YAML
5 1 (1.06%) Next.js
5 1 (1.06%) OAuth
5 1 (1.06%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.77%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.13%) Blockchain
2 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.06%) Blog
3 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.06%) IoT
3 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.38%) Linux
1 6 (6.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (73.40%) Roadmaps
2 52 (55.32%) Technology Roadmap
3 20 (21.28%) Agile
4 17 (18.09%) DevOps
5 11 (11.70%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (8.51%) Application Security
6 8 (8.51%) SDLC
7 7 (7.45%) Architectural Patterns
7 7 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (7.45%) TOGAF
8 6 (6.38%) CI/CD
8 6 (6.38%) Design Patterns
8 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (5.32%) Architecture Governance
9 5 (5.32%) ERP
9 5 (5.32%) Mentoring
9 5 (5.32%) Project Delivery
9 5 (5.32%) Software Engineering
9 5 (5.32%) UML
10 4 (4.26%) ArchiMate
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.32%) C#
1 5 (5.32%) SQL
2 2 (2.13%) Java
2 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.06%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (5.32%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.06%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.06%) QA
1 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.19%) Docker
2 1 (1.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.19%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.06%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 57 (60.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.38%) Oracle
3 3 (3.19%) JDA
3 3 (3.19%) RedPrairie
4 2 (2.13%) Aderant
4 2 (2.13%) iManage
4 2 (2.13%) Intapp
5 1 (1.06%) Google
5 1 (1.06%) IBM
5 1 (1.06%) Okta
5 1 (1.06%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.06%) SAP