Senior Architect Jobs in England

Senior Architect
UK > England

The median Senior Architect salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 473 643
Rank change year-on-year +110 +170 -86
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 613 583 568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.63% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.68% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 366 299 317
10th Percentile £56,809 £56,250 £62,000
25th Percentile £58,469 £67,500 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £106,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £112,500 £117,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +9.38%

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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Architect in England

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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 +115 255 £93,500 +1.08% 57
North of England +152 164 £70,000 -12.50% 14
Midlands +59 94 £62,500 -19.35% 5
North West +52 83 £70,000 -12.50% 8
Yorkshire +154 73 £74,000 -4.52% 5
West Midlands +62 72 £62,500 -17.22% 4
South East -32 49 £67,500 -10.00% 13
South West +2 41 £72,500 -19.44% 1
East Midlands +2 22 £50,000 -41.18% 1
North East +5 10 £61,206 -46.78% 1
East of England -7 4 £115,000 +43.75% 5
Senior Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 195 (31.81%) Agile
2 170 (27.73%) Azure
3 154 (25.12%) AWS
4 151 (24.63%) Microsoft
5 146 (23.82%) Finance
6 129 (21.04%) Degree
7 125 (20.39%) Roadmaps
8 119 (19.41%) Mentoring
9 108 (17.62%) Social Skills
10 98 (15.99%) Data Modelling
11 92 (15.01%) Presales
12 89 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
13 79 (12.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 78 (12.72%) Coaching
15 77 (12.56%) Design Patterns
16 74 (12.07%) GCP
17 71 (11.58%) Analytics
18 69 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
19 68 (11.09%) IT Strategy
20 67 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
21 65 (10.60%) Data Strategy
21 65 (10.60%) DevOps
22 63 (10.28%) Data Centre
22 63 (10.28%) Architectural Patterns
23 62 (10.11%) Business Strategy
23 62 (10.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
24 61 (9.95%) Migration
25 60 (9.79%) Data Architecture
26 58 (9.46%) Microservices
26 58 (9.46%) Project Management

Senior 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 (3.75%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.28%) CMS
4 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.82%) Apache
5 5 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.98%) Simulink
3 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.16%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 170 (27.73%) Azure
2 154 (25.12%) AWS
3 74 (12.07%) GCP
4 49 (7.99%) Power Platform
5 45 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
6 37 (6.04%) SaaS
7 28 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (4.40%) Power Automate
9 25 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (3.59%) PaaS
11 21 (3.43%) PowerApps
12 20 (3.26%) Serverless
13 16 (2.61%) IaaS
14 12 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.47%) Amazon S3
15 9 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (7.99%) WAN
2 38 (6.20%) SD-WAN
3 27 (4.40%) Firewall
4 17 (2.77%) DNS
4 17 (2.77%) MPLS
5 15 (2.45%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (2.12%) DHCP
6 13 (2.12%) HTTP
6 13 (2.12%) Network Security
7 12 (1.96%) TCP/IP
8 11 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.47%) LAN
10 8 (1.31%) VPN
11 6 (0.98%) IPsec
11 6 (0.98%) SSL
12 5 (0.82%) BGP
12 5 (0.82%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.82%) OSPF
12 5 (0.82%) SNMP
12 5 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.67%) Metadata
2 44 (7.18%) NoSQL
3 41 (6.69%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (3.92%) Power BI
5 23 (3.75%) Data Lake
5 23 (3.75%) Data Mining
6 18 (2.94%) Apache Ignite
6 18 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (2.94%) Hadoop
7 10 (1.63%) SQL Server
8 9 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (1.47%) Big Data
9 6 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.98%) Delta Lake
9 6 (0.98%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.98%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.49%) MySQL
12 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 11 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.47%) Visual Studio
3 7 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (0.98%) Git
4 6 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.16%) ERwin
5 1 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 146 (23.82%) Finance
2 108 (17.62%) Social Skills
3 79 (12.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 51 (8.32%) Banking
7 48 (7.83%) Retail
8 23 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (3.10%) Retail Banking
11 16 (2.61%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.28%) Back Office
13 13 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.12%) Financial Institution
13 13 (2.12%) Marketing
14 12 (1.96%) Law
15 8 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.98%) Military
17 4 (0.65%) Investment Banking
18 3 (0.49%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.40%) .NET
2 23 (3.75%) Kafka
3 15 (2.45%) HTML
4 9 (1.47%) OpenID
4 9 (1.47%) SAML
5 6 (0.98%) .NET Core
5 6 (0.98%) ASP.NET
5 6 (0.98%) ASP.NET Core
5 6 (0.98%) Entity Framework
5 6 (0.98%) Hibernate
5 6 (0.98%) Spring
5 6 (0.98%) Spring MVC
5 6 (0.98%) Web Services
6 5 (0.82%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.82%) 802.1X
6 5 (0.82%) Apache Beam
6 5 (0.82%) XML
7 4 (0.65%) React
8 3 (0.49%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.28%) Data Centre
2 51 (8.32%) Public Cloud
3 38 (6.20%) Cloud Native
4 31 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.43%) Data Structures
6 18 (2.94%) PMI
7 16 (2.61%) Mobile App
7 16 (2.61%) Reinsurance
8 12 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.96%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.63%) Cyberattack
11 9 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.31%) FMCG
13 7 (1.14%) NHS
13 7 (1.14%) PKI
13 7 (1.14%) PropTech
14 6 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (0.98%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.75%) Linux
2 9 (1.47%) Windows
3 5 (0.82%) Unix
4 3 (0.49%) Android
5 2 (0.33%) VME
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (31.81%) Agile
2 125 (20.39%) Roadmaps
3 119 (19.41%) Mentoring
4 98 (15.99%) Data Modelling
5 92 (15.01%) Presales
6 89 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
7 78 (12.72%) Coaching
8 77 (12.56%) Design Patterns
9 71 (11.58%) Analytics
10 68 (11.09%) IT Strategy
11 67 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
12 65 (10.60%) Data Strategy
12 65 (10.60%) DevOps
13 63 (10.28%) Architectural Patterns
14 62 (10.11%) Business Strategy
14 62 (10.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 61 (9.95%) Migration
16 60 (9.79%) Data Architecture
17 58 (9.46%) Microservices
17 58 (9.46%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.71%) SQL
2 32 (5.22%) C#
2 32 (5.22%) Python
3 24 (3.92%) Java
4 16 (2.61%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.47%) C
6 6 (0.98%) MATLAB
7 5 (0.82%) Bicep
7 5 (0.82%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.82%) Scala
8 4 (0.65%) R
9 3 (0.49%) C++
9 3 (0.49%) PHP
10 2 (0.33%) COBOL
10 2 (0.33%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 129 (21.04%) Degree
2 56 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 49 (7.99%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (7.18%) AWS Certification
5 43 (7.01%) SC Cleared
6 36 (5.87%) CCNA
7 35 (5.71%) CCNP
8 30 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (4.08%) TOGAF Certification
10 24 (3.92%) CISSP
11 19 (3.10%) Azure Certification
11 19 (3.10%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.77%) DV Cleared
13 15 (2.45%) CISM
14 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 8 (1.31%) AWS Certified Developer
16 8 (1.31%) CRISC
17 7 (1.14%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.10%) Data Quality
2 18 (2.94%) NIST
3 13 (2.12%) QA
4 9 (1.47%) SLA
5 7 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.65%) COBIT
6 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.49%) HMG Infosec
7 3 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.49%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.49%) PMO
7 3 (0.49%) RMADS
8 2 (0.33%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) GDPR
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 23 (3.75%) Docker
2 11 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.47%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.31%) KVM
5 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.33%) Firmware
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.16%) RACF
Systems Management
1 37 (6.04%) Terraform
2 24 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.61%) CASB
4 15 (2.45%) Stealthwatch
5 7 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.98%) Ansible
6 6 (0.98%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.82%) Puppet
8 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 151 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.83%) Cisco
3 46 (7.50%) Google
4 34 (5.55%) Meraki
5 30 (4.89%) Adobe
5 30 (4.89%) Apple
6 18 (2.94%) Databricks
6 18 (2.94%) Informatica
6 18 (2.94%) Juniper
7 12 (1.96%) VMware
8 11 (1.79%) Dell
9 10 (1.63%) Oracle
9 10 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.31%) SAP
11 7 (1.14%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.82%) Arista
12 5 (0.82%) Tufin
12 5 (0.82%) Twitter
13 4 (0.65%) Alibaba
14 3 (0.49%) Sparx