Senior Architect Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Architect salary in the City of London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 149 152
Rank change year-on-year +22 +3 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 7 16 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.30% 0.60% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.65% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 12
10th Percentile - £83,550 -
25th Percentile - £87,750 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +54.47% -36.92%
75th Percentile - £122,813 £102,563
90th Percentile - £142,125 £147,000
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +54.47% -36.92%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,173 2,445 2,683
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 92.09% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,627 1,587 2,388
10th Percentile £40,532 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% - -1.33%
75th Percentile £99,375 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in the City of London

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) IT Strategy
1 4 (57.14%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) API Design
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Microservices
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) IT Strategy
1 4 (57.14%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) API Design
2 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Microservices
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Senior Architect jobs