System Architect
UK
The median System Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 720 | 846 | 1070 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +126 | +224 | -230 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect | 182 | 113 | 154 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.11% | 0.098% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.12% | 0.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 90 | 34 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | £56,475 | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,750 | £62,813 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | - | +3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,813 | £83,750 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £92,500 | £93,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.57% | - | +5.66% |
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 | 93,937 | 92,745 | 151,578 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.52% | 96.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,282 | 58,546 | 84,308 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,604 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £80,627 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect.
Systems Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.
Systems Architect
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Architect within the UK 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +58 | 145 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 20 |
| England | +115 | 138 | £68,750 | +4.63% | 22 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 66 | £73,750 | +5.36% | 5 |
| South West | +5 | 33 | £55,000 | - | 3 |
| North of England | +76 | 29 | £63,750 | +9.91% | 2 |
| Scotland | - | 27 | £80,000 | - | 1 |
| London | +129 | 26 | £85,000 | +29.36% | 3 |
| South East | +5 | 22 | £64,000 | -14.67% | 5 |
| Midlands | +3 | 16 | - | - | 3 |
| Yorkshire | - | 15 | £85,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | +29 | 14 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | +14 | 14 | £60,000 | +3.45% | 2 |
| East of England | -6 | 12 | £65,000 | -23.53% | 7 |
| Wales | +13 | 3 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 May 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 featuring Systems Architect in the job title.
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Systems 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:
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