Systems Architect Jobs in Central London

System Architect
London > Central London

The median System Architect salary in Central London is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 193 237
Rank change year-on-year +34 +44 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.042% 0.053% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.055% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £107,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 - -
75th Percentile £122,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £77,500 £85,000 £65,709
% change year-on-year -8.82% +29.36% -26.99%

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 2,167 3,609 4,859
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 95.43% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 2,775 4,034
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,625
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%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in Central London

Systems Architect
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect in Central London.

Salary trend for Systems Architect in Central London

Systems Architect
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 Systems Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 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 +41 1 £115,000 -
Systems Architect
London

Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring Systems Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) iManage
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI

Systems Architect 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) iManage
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft