Senior Software Architect
UK
The median Senior Software Architect salary in the UK is £66,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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 3 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 892 | 961 | 1225 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +69 | +264 | -326 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Architect | 12 | 32 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.031% | 0.003% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.013% | 0.034% | 0.003% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 22 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £62,250 | £56,250 | £77,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,500 | £57,500 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.65% | -28.13% | +23.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,750 | £58,750 | £83,438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £82,375 | £85,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £66,500 | £57,500 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.65% | -28.13% | +39.13% |
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 | 93,314 | 94,990 | 150,394 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.53% | 96.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,914 | 59,752 | 85,367 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,508 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.49% | - | +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% |
Senior Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Software Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Architect.
Senior Software Architect
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -5 | 10 | £66,500 | +15.65% | 3 |
| England | +67 | 9 | £66,500 | +15.65% | 3 |
| South West | - | 6 | £66,500 | - | |
| Work from Home | +78 | 4 | £66,500 | +15.65% | 4 |
| East of England | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | -65 | 1 | - | - |
Senior Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Senior Software 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 Senior Software Architect in the job title.
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Senior Software 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: