Head of Architecture Jobs in England

Head of Architecture
UK > England

The median Head of Architecture salary in England is £117,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 653 771 786
Rank change year-on-year +118 +15 +272
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 40 52 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.081% 0.060% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.064% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 34 42 127
10th Percentile £81,625 £80,000 -
25th Percentile £105,000 £85,313 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £117,500 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.56% +28.57% -30.00%
75th Percentile £158,750 £120,767 £81,251
90th Percentile £170,000 £137,041 £115,500
UK median annual salary £120,000 £90,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +28.57% -30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Head of Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Architecture in England

Head of Architecture
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Head of Architecture in England

Head of Architecture
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Architecture in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Architecture in England

Head of Architecture
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London +117 23 £132,500 +10.42% 19
Midlands +57 7 £115,000 +27.78% 2
West Midlands +49 7 £115,000 +27.78% 2
South West +109 2 - - 1
South East - 2 £110,000 - 4
North of England +30 1 £120,000 +46.34%
North West -12 1 £120,000 +50.00%
Head of Architecture
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 England region featuring Head of Architecture in the job title.

1 24 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 22 (55.00%) Finance
3 17 (42.50%) Azure
4 15 (37.50%) Social Skills
5 13 (32.50%) Data Architecture
6 12 (30.00%) AWS
7 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
7 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (25.00%) IT Strategy
8 10 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
8 10 (25.00%) TOGAF
8 10 (25.00%) Business Strategy
9 9 (22.50%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (20.00%) Agile
10 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
11 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (15.00%) Analytics
12 6 (15.00%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (15.00%) Data Strategy
12 6 (15.00%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (15.00%) Endur
12 6 (15.00%) Back Office
12 6 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
12 6 (15.00%) ETRM
12 6 (15.00%) Software Engineering
12 6 (15.00%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (15.00%) Kafka
13 5 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 17 (42.50%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) AWS
3 6 (15.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 5 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (5.00%) GCP
6 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.00%) Nutanix
6 2 (5.00%) Power Automate
6 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.00%) SaaS
7 1 (2.50%) Azure AKS
7 1 (2.50%) Azure API Management
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Stack
7 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (10.00%) Data Lake
3 2 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) ER Studio
General
1 22 (55.00%) Finance
2 15 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Back Office
5 4 (10.00%) Banking
5 4 (10.00%) Legal
6 3 (7.50%) Retail
7 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.50%) French Language
8 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) Kafka
1 6 (15.00%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (7.50%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (7.50%) Robotics
4 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 13 (32.50%) Data Architecture
3 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 10 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 10 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 10 (25.00%) TOGAF
5 9 (22.50%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (20.00%) Agile
6 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
7 6 (15.00%) Analytics
7 6 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (15.00%) Data Strategy
7 6 (15.00%) ETRM
7 6 (15.00%) Software Engineering
8 5 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (10.00%) Product Backlog
9 4 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (7.50%) Degree
1 3 (7.50%) Master's Degree
1 3 (7.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) VxRail
2 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) Avaloq
2 4 (10.00%) Databricks
2 4 (10.00%) VMware
3 2 (5.00%) Dell