Head of Architecture Jobs in the City of London

Head of Architecture
Central London > City of London

The median Head of Architecture salary in the City of London is £155,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 175 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 11 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.53% 0.060% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.062% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £126,250 £116,000 -
25th Percentile £142,500 £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 -
Central London median annual salary £155,000 £125,000 -
% change year-on-year +24.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,923 3,208 4,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.85% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,468 2,545 3,737
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,480
% change year-on-year - -1.33% +1.35%

Head of Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Architecture in the City of London

Head of Architecture
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Head of Architecture in the City of London

Head of Architecture
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Architecture in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Architecture in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 City of London region featuring Head of Architecture in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Endur
1 6 (54.55%) Back Office
1 6 (54.55%) ETRM
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
1 6 (54.55%) AWS
1 6 (54.55%) RabbitMQ
1 6 (54.55%) Kafka
1 6 (54.55%) Azure Service Bus
2 4 (36.36%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 3 (27.27%) Data Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
4 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Legal
4 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) ArchiMate
5 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
5 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Adaptive Web Design

Head of Architecture Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 6 (54.55%) AWS
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
1 6 (54.55%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
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
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Kafka
1 6 (54.55%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ETRM
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Data Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Adaptive Web Design
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) ArchiMate
5 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
5 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (9.09%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Debt
5 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft