Head of Architecture Jobs in Central London

Head of Architecture
London > Central London

The median Head of Architecture salary in Central London is £155,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 186 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 11 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.44% 0.053% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.056% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile £126,250 £116,000 -
25th Percentile £135,000 £117,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £155,000 £125,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% - -
75th Percentile £165,000 £132,500 -
90th Percentile £170,000 £134,000 -
London median annual salary £132,500 £120,000 £107,500
% change year-on-year +10.42% +11.63% -2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,289 3,587 4,951
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 95.30% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,622 2,777 4,126
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
Median % change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Head of Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Head of Architecture in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Architecture in Central London

Head of Architecture
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Architecture in Central London.

Salary trend for Head of Architecture in Central London

Head of Architecture
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Architecture in Central London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Architecture in Central London

Head of Architecture
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Architecture within the Central London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2025. 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
City of London +39 10 £155,000 +24.00% 1
Head of Architecture
London

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Head of Architecture 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 Central London region featuring Head of Architecture in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 6 (54.55%) RabbitMQ
2 6 (54.55%) Endur
2 6 (54.55%) Back Office
2 6 (54.55%) Kafka
2 6 (54.55%) Azure Service Bus
2 6 (54.55%) ETRM
3 4 (36.36%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
5 2 (18.18%) Data Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) SaaS
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Legal
5 2 (18.18%) Retail
5 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (18.18%) ERP
6 1 (9.09%) C#
6 1 (9.09%) .NET
6 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Azure AKS
6 1 (9.09%) Serverless
6 1 (9.09%) API Management

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 6 (54.55%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure AKS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure API Management
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Stack
4 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (54.55%) Back Office
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Kafka
1 6 (54.55%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ETRM
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) Data Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) API Management
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Data Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) DevOps
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft