Senior Architect Job Trends in England

Senior Architect
UK > England

The median Senior Architect salary in England is £85,000 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 390 475 370
Rank change year-on-year +85 -105 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 235 214 336
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.44% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.48% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 134 116 204
10th Percentile £67,750 £56,809 £56,809
25th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.21% -5.31% -5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,125 £114,250
UK median annual salary £90,000 £76,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -4.38% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in England

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in England

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in England

Senior 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 Senior Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +63 105 £100,000 - 28
North of England +19 63 £80,000 +27.43% 36
North West +27 33 £80,000 +29.05% 18
Midlands +18 24 £87,500 +33.89% 17
Yorkshire -8 20 £80,000 +27.43% 12
South East +29 16 £100,000 +29.03% 33
South West +18 15 £75,000 - 12
West Midlands +16 15 £87,500 +33.89% 8
North East +11 10 £80,000 +29.05% 6
East of England - 10 £90,000 - 18
East Midlands -8 7 £80,000 +6.67% 9
Senior Architect
UK

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

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 England region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 67 (28.51%) Azure
1 67 (28.51%) Roadmaps
2 56 (23.83%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (18.30%) AWS
4 43 (18.30%) Degree
5 42 (17.87%) AI
6 40 (17.02%) Microsoft
7 37 (15.74%) IT Strategy
8 36 (15.32%) Analytics
9 34 (14.47%) GCP
10 33 (14.04%) Integration Patterns
11 32 (13.62%) Agile
11 32 (13.62%) Mentoring
12 31 (13.19%) Business Strategy
13 30 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (12.34%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (12.34%) Microservices
14 29 (12.34%) Power BI
14 29 (12.34%) Power Platform
14 29 (12.34%) Strategic Thinking
15 27 (11.49%) Migration
16 26 (11.06%) Data Lake
16 26 (11.06%) Enterprise Architecture
17 25 (10.64%) Architectural Patterns
17 25 (10.64%) Middleware
17 25 (10.64%) Risk Management
17 25 (10.64%) Technology Strategy
18 24 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
18 24 (10.21%) Tableau

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.83%) JBoss
1 9 (3.83%) WebSphere
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (8.51%) Maya
Business Applications
1 15 (6.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (3.40%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.85%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.43%) Maximo
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.43%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 67 (28.51%) Azure
2 43 (18.30%) AWS
3 34 (14.47%) GCP
4 29 (12.34%) Power Platform
5 21 (8.94%) SaaS
6 16 (6.81%) Serverless
7 12 (5.11%) Boomi
7 12 (5.11%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 9 (3.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (2.55%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.55%) IaaS
9 6 (2.55%) PaaS
10 5 (2.13%) OCI
11 4 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.43%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.28%) WAN
2 2 (0.85%) Firewall
2 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.85%) VLAN
2 2 (0.85%) VPN
3 1 (0.43%) Broadband
3 1 (0.43%) LAN
3 1 (0.43%) PCoIP
3 1 (0.43%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.34%) Power BI
2 26 (11.06%) Data Lake
3 24 (10.21%) Tableau
4 23 (9.79%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (4.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 10 (4.26%) SAP BW
6 9 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (3.40%) Data Mining
7 8 (3.40%) Data Vault
8 3 (1.28%) Metadata
9 2 (0.85%) DB2
9 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
General
1 60 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 57 (24.26%) Finance
3 51 (21.70%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (17.02%) Games
5 39 (16.60%) Law
6 25 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (9.79%) Retail
8 18 (7.66%) Marketing
9 15 (6.38%) Banking
10 13 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (5.53%) Public Sector
11 9 (3.83%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.98%) Automotive
12 7 (2.98%) Dutch Language
12 7 (2.98%) French Language
12 7 (2.98%) Legal
12 7 (2.98%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.70%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.43%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.64%) Middleware
2 10 (4.26%) GraphQL
2 10 (4.26%) Hibernate
2 10 (4.26%) REST
2 10 (4.26%) SOAP
2 10 (4.26%) Spring
3 9 (3.83%) .NET
4 1 (0.43%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.43%) CSS
4 1 (0.43%) HTML
4 1 (0.43%) LDAP
4 1 (0.43%) Node.js
4 1 (0.43%) OAuth
4 1 (0.43%) OpenID
4 1 (0.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.62%) Cloud Native
2 30 (12.77%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (4.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (4.26%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.83%) DataPower
6 8 (3.40%) PMI
6 8 (3.40%) Reinsurance
7 6 (2.55%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.70%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.70%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.85%) Bitcoin
9 2 (0.85%) Blockchain
9 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.85%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.43%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (28.51%) Roadmaps
2 56 (23.83%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (17.87%) AI
5 37 (15.74%) IT Strategy
6 36 (15.32%) Analytics
7 33 (14.04%) Integration Patterns
8 32 (13.62%) Agile
8 32 (13.62%) Mentoring
9 31 (13.19%) Business Strategy
10 30 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 29 (12.34%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (12.34%) Microservices
11 29 (12.34%) Strategic Thinking
12 27 (11.49%) Migration
13 26 (11.06%) Enterprise Architecture
14 25 (10.64%) Architectural Patterns
14 25 (10.64%) Risk Management
14 25 (10.64%) Technology Strategy
15 24 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.94%) SQL
2 16 (6.81%) Java
3 4 (1.70%) Python
4 3 (1.28%) C#
4 3 (1.28%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.43%) Bash
6 1 (0.43%) Bicep
6 1 (0.43%) Scala
6 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (18.30%) Degree
2 20 (8.51%) PMI Certification
3 12 (5.11%) PMP
4 11 (4.68%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.68%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.26%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.28%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.28%) CISSP
7 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.85%) CCSP
8 2 (0.85%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CCNP
9 1 (0.43%) CISM
9 1 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.68%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.13%) NIST
3 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.28%) GDPR
5 2 (0.85%) GRC
6 1 (0.43%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.28%) Docker
2 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.13%) Terraform
2 2 (0.85%) CASB
2 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 40 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.79%) SAP
3 17 (7.23%) Oracle
4 14 (5.96%) Salesforce
5 12 (5.11%) Adobe
5 12 (5.11%) Anaplan
5 12 (5.11%) Dell
5 12 (5.11%) Genesys
5 12 (5.11%) MuleSoft
5 12 (5.11%) ServiceNow
5 12 (5.11%) Verint
6 10 (4.26%) Databricks
7 8 (3.40%) Ariba
8 7 (2.98%) Google
9 2 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.85%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.43%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.43%) Rackspace
10 1 (0.43%) VMware