IT Architect Jobs in England

IT Architect
UK > England

The median IT Architect salary in England is £83,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 739 777 970
Rank change year-on-year +38 +193 -179
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Architect 96 148 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 46 40 70
10th Percentile £58,125 £54,278 £61,125
25th Percentile £70,000 £77,188 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £83,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% +11.00% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £116,250 £102,250 £103,650
UK median annual salary £83,750 £84,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.30% +20.00% -9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,809 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Architect in England

IT Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Architect in England.

Salary trend for IT Architect in England

IT Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Architect in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Architect in England

IT Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +93 65 £92,500 +12.12% 9
North of England +41 14 £112,500 +82.19% 2
Yorkshire +102 13 £112,500 +77.17%
South East 0 6 £56,421 -37.31% 2
South West -21 6 £62,500 - 3
East of England +21 3 £75,000 - 3
West Midlands +10 2 £85,000 +6.25% 1
Midlands +10 2 £85,000 +6.25% 3
North East - 1 £62,500 -
IT Architect
UK

IT Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT 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 England region featuring IT Architect in the job title.

1 60 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 44 (45.83%) Degree
3 42 (43.75%) Azure
4 41 (42.71%) IT Strategy
5 36 (37.50%) Business Strategy
5 36 (37.50%) Agile
6 31 (32.29%) TOGAF
7 30 (31.25%) Technology Strategy
8 28 (29.17%) Roadmaps
8 28 (29.17%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
9 26 (27.08%) AWS
9 26 (27.08%) Migration
10 25 (26.04%) Mathematics
10 25 (26.04%) Data Governance
10 25 (26.04%) Data Strategy
11 24 (25.00%) Project Management
12 23 (23.96%) Data Mining
12 23 (23.96%) Technical Architecture
12 23 (23.96%) Data Integration
12 23 (23.96%) Google
12 23 (23.96%) Hadoop
12 23 (23.96%) Visualisation
12 23 (23.96%) Data Visualisation
12 23 (23.96%) Kafka
12 23 (23.96%) Apache Spark
12 23 (23.96%) GCP
12 23 (23.96%) Apache Ignite
12 23 (23.96%) Project Delivery
13 21 (21.88%) Finance

IT Architect 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 23 (23.96%) Apache Spark
2 5 (5.21%) WebSphere
3 4 (4.17%) ArcGIS
4 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.08%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 42 (43.75%) Azure
2 26 (27.08%) AWS
3 23 (23.96%) GCP
4 12 (12.50%) IaaS
4 12 (12.50%) PaaS
5 10 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (6.25%) SaaS
7 5 (5.21%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (5.21%) Snowflake
8 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.58%) Firewall
2 10 (10.42%) VPN
3 6 (6.25%) Network Security
4 5 (5.21%) DHCP
4 5 (5.21%) DNS
4 5 (5.21%) LAN
4 5 (5.21%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.21%) WAN
4 5 (5.21%) Wireless
5 1 (1.04%) 4G
5 1 (1.04%) 5G
5 1 (1.04%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (29.17%) Elasticsearch
2 23 (23.96%) Apache Ignite
2 23 (23.96%) Data Mining
2 23 (23.96%) Hadoop
3 15 (15.63%) Data Lake
4 5 (5.21%) DB2
4 5 (5.21%) NoSQL
4 5 (5.21%) Redis
5 4 (4.17%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (4.17%) GIS
6 2 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 26 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (21.88%) Finance
3 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (3.13%) Law
4 3 (3.13%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.08%) Legal
5 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.08%) Social Skills
6 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.04%) Games
6 1 (1.04%) Marketing
6 1 (1.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (23.96%) Kafka
2 11 (11.46%) .NET
3 5 (5.21%) Middleware
3 5 (5.21%) WebSphere MQ
4 4 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (3.13%) ARM Templates
6 2 (2.08%) React
7 1 (1.04%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.63%) Management Information System
2 10 (10.42%) Data Centre
2 10 (10.42%) Security Posture
3 7 (7.29%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (5.21%) PMI
4 5 (5.21%) Private Cloud
4 5 (5.21%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.17%) PKI
6 3 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.13%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.04%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.63%) Linux
2 9 (9.38%) Windows
3 5 (5.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (4.17%) Android
4 4 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (42.71%) IT Strategy
2 36 (37.50%) Agile
2 36 (37.50%) Business Strategy
3 31 (32.29%) TOGAF
4 30 (31.25%) Technology Strategy
5 28 (29.17%) Roadmaps
6 26 (27.08%) Migration
7 25 (26.04%) Data Governance
7 25 (26.04%) Data Strategy
7 25 (26.04%) Mathematics
8 24 (25.00%) Project Management
9 23 (23.96%) Data Integration
9 23 (23.96%) Data Visualisation
9 23 (23.96%) Project Delivery
9 23 (23.96%) Technical Architecture
9 23 (23.96%) Visualisation
10 12 (12.50%) DevOps
10 12 (12.50%) Microservices
11 11 (11.46%) Application Security
11 11 (11.46%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.21%) SQL
2 4 (4.17%) C
2 4 (4.17%) C++
3 3 (3.13%) Bicep
3 3 (3.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (45.83%) Degree
2 15 (15.63%) CISSP
2 15 (15.63%) TOGAF Certification
3 10 (10.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 10 (10.42%) CCSP
3 10 (10.42%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 6 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (5.21%) PMI Certification
5 5 (5.21%) RHCA
5 5 (5.21%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.21%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
System Software
1 8 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.21%) Hyper-V
2 5 (5.21%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.21%) Grafana
1 5 (5.21%) Kubernetes
1 5 (5.21%) Prometheus
1 5 (5.21%) SCOM
2 3 (3.13%) Ansible
2 3 (3.13%) Progress Chef
2 3 (3.13%) Puppet
2 3 (3.13%) Terraform
3 2 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.08%) WebSphere Cast Iron
Vendors
1 60 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 23 (23.96%) Google
3 11 (11.46%) Oracle
4 5 (5.21%) Cisco
4 5 (5.21%) Citrix
4 5 (5.21%) IBM
4 5 (5.21%) Juniper
4 5 (5.21%) Red Hat
4 5 (5.21%) SolarWinds
4 5 (5.21%) Sparx
4 5 (5.21%) VMware
5 4 (4.17%) ESRI
6 2 (2.08%) SAP
7 1 (1.04%) Aderant
7 1 (1.04%) iManage
7 1 (1.04%) Intapp
7 1 (1.04%) OutSystems