Senior Architect Jobs in England

Senior Architect
UK > England

The median Senior Architect salary in England is £74,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 458 641
Rank change year-on-year +103 +183 -88
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 632 577 588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.64% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.70% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 379 282 328
10th Percentile £56,809 £56,250 £62,500
25th Percentile £58,375 £68,438 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £94,500 £103,750 £106,563
90th Percentile £117,500 £112,500 £117,500
UK median annual salary £74,000 £85,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -12.94% -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 81,185 82,540 127,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.53% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,576 52,509 74,661
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,288 £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 £71,500 £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%

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 12 May 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 12 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 +97 251 £92,000 -3.16% 49
North of England +142 168 £70,000 -12.50% 13
Midlands +53 99 £62,500 -19.35% 10
North West +40 87 £70,000 -7.59% 7
West Midlands +69 78 £62,500 -14.97% 7
Yorkshire +137 72 £74,000 -12.94% 4
South East -36 60 £67,500 -8.16% 10
South West -18 39 £72,500 -17.14% 1
East Midlands +2 21 £50,000 -47.37% 3
North East +1 9 £61,206 -46.78% 2
East of England -4 6 £90,750 +13.44% 3
Senior Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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.

1 197 (31.17%) Agile
2 164 (25.95%) Azure
3 159 (25.16%) Microsoft
4 151 (23.89%) Finance
5 149 (23.58%) Degree
6 143 (22.63%) AWS
7 138 (21.84%) Mentoring
8 131 (20.73%) Roadmaps
9 123 (19.46%) Social Skills
10 110 (17.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 110 (17.41%) Coaching
11 101 (15.98%) Data Modelling
12 100 (15.82%) Cybersecurity
13 92 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
14 79 (12.50%) Analytics
15 76 (12.03%) GCP
16 74 (11.71%) Presales
17 71 (11.23%) Design Patterns
18 70 (11.08%) Architectural Patterns
18 70 (11.08%) DevOps
19 69 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
19 69 (10.92%) Data Centre
20 65 (10.28%) Data Strategy
21 64 (10.13%) Digital Transformation Programme
21 64 (10.13%) Data Architecture
22 63 (9.97%) Migration
23 62 (9.81%) Business Strategy
24 61 (9.65%) IT Strategy
25 60 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
26 59 (9.34%) Banking

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 21 (3.32%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.22%) CMS
4 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.79%) Apache
5 5 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.95%) Simulink
3 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.79%) 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
1 164 (25.95%) Azure
2 143 (22.63%) AWS
3 76 (12.03%) GCP
4 52 (8.23%) Power Platform
5 48 (7.59%) Dynamics 365
6 39 (6.17%) SaaS
7 30 (4.75%) Power Automate
8 27 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (3.96%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (3.64%) PaaS
11 22 (3.48%) PowerApps
12 19 (3.01%) Serverless
13 17 (2.69%) IaaS
14 13 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (1.42%) Amazon S3
16 9 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
16 9 (1.42%) CloudFront
16 9 (1.42%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 54 (8.54%) WAN
2 43 (6.80%) SD-WAN
3 26 (4.11%) Firewall
4 21 (3.32%) Cisco Firepower
5 17 (2.69%) DNS
5 17 (2.69%) MPLS
6 14 (2.22%) Network Security
7 13 (2.06%) DHCP
7 13 (2.06%) HTTP
8 12 (1.90%) TCP/IP
9 11 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.42%) LAN
11 8 (1.27%) VPN
12 6 (0.95%) IPsec
12 6 (0.95%) SSL
13 5 (0.79%) BGP
13 5 (0.79%) DWDM
13 5 (0.79%) HTTPS
13 5 (0.79%) OSPF
13 5 (0.79%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (8.23%) Metadata
2 44 (6.96%) NoSQL
3 28 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.96%) Power BI
5 23 (3.64%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.32%) Data Mining
7 16 (2.53%) Apache Ignite
7 16 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
7 16 (2.53%) Hadoop
8 12 (1.90%) SQL Server
9 9 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.42%) Big Data
10 8 (1.27%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.27%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.95%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.79%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.47%) MySQL
14 2 (0.32%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (1.74%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.42%) Visual Studio
3 7 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (0.95%) Git
4 6 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.16%) ERwin
5 1 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 151 (23.89%) Finance
2 123 (19.46%) Social Skills
3 110 (17.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (9.34%) Banking
6 56 (8.86%) Public Sector
7 44 (6.96%) Retail
8 24 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (3.64%) Retail Banking
10 22 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (2.53%) Back Office
11 16 (2.53%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.37%) Financial Institution
13 14 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (2.22%) Marketing
14 13 (2.06%) Law
15 9 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.95%) Military
17 4 (0.63%) Investment Banking
18 3 (0.47%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.11%) .NET
2 21 (3.32%) Kafka
3 15 (2.37%) HTML
4 9 (1.42%) OpenID
4 9 (1.42%) SAML
5 6 (0.95%) .NET Core
5 6 (0.95%) ASP.NET
5 6 (0.95%) ASP.NET Core
5 6 (0.95%) Entity Framework
5 6 (0.95%) Hibernate
5 6 (0.95%) Spring
5 6 (0.95%) Spring MVC
5 6 (0.95%) Web Services
6 5 (0.79%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.79%) 802.1X
6 5 (0.79%) Apache Beam
6 5 (0.79%) XML
7 4 (0.63%) React
8 3 (0.47%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 69 (10.92%) Data Centre
2 52 (8.23%) Public Cloud
3 34 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 27 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.85%) PMI
6 17 (2.69%) Mobile App
7 16 (2.53%) Reinsurance
8 15 (2.37%) Virtual Team
9 13 (2.06%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.58%) Cyberattack
11 10 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (1.11%) FMCG
14 7 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.11%) NHS
14 7 (1.11%) PKI
14 7 (1.11%) PropTech
15 6 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.59%) Linux
2 9 (1.42%) Windows
3 8 (1.27%) VME
4 5 (0.79%) Unix
5 3 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (31.17%) Agile
2 138 (21.84%) Mentoring
3 131 (20.73%) Roadmaps
4 110 (17.41%) Coaching
5 101 (15.98%) Data Modelling
6 100 (15.82%) Cybersecurity
7 92 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (12.50%) Analytics
9 74 (11.71%) Presales
10 71 (11.23%) Design Patterns
11 70 (11.08%) Architectural Patterns
11 70 (11.08%) DevOps
12 65 (10.28%) Data Strategy
13 64 (10.13%) Data Architecture
13 64 (10.13%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 63 (9.97%) Migration
15 62 (9.81%) Business Strategy
16 61 (9.65%) IT Strategy
17 60 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
18 58 (9.18%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.54%) SQL
2 33 (5.22%) C#
2 33 (5.22%) Python
3 25 (3.96%) Java
4 17 (2.69%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.58%) C
6 8 (1.27%) COBOL
6 8 (1.27%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 7 (1.11%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.95%) MATLAB
8 6 (0.95%) Scala
9 5 (0.79%) Bicep
9 5 (0.79%) R
10 3 (0.47%) C++
10 3 (0.47%) PHP
11 2 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 149 (23.58%) Degree
2 56 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 55 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
4 46 (7.28%) AWS Certification
5 43 (6.80%) SC Cleared
6 42 (6.65%) CCNA
7 41 (6.49%) CCNP
8 31 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (3.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (3.96%) CISSP
10 21 (3.32%) Azure Certification
11 19 (3.01%) PMI Certification
12 17 (2.69%) DV Cleared
13 16 (2.53%) CISM
14 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
16 9 (1.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 9 (1.42%) CRISC
17 8 (1.27%) AWS Certified Developer
18 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.32%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.01%) NIST
3 11 (1.74%) SLA
4 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.63%) COBIT
5 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.63%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.63%) PMO
5 4 (0.63%) QA
6 3 (0.47%) HMG Infosec
6 3 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.47%) JSP 440
6 3 (0.47%) RMADS
7 2 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.16%) GDPR
8 1 (0.16%) NCSC
8 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 23 (3.64%) Docker
2 12 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.27%) KVM
5 3 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.32%) Firmware
6 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.16%) RACF
Systems Management
1 36 (5.70%) Terraform
2 24 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 21 (3.32%) Stealthwatch
4 16 (2.53%) CASB
5 8 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.95%) Ansible
6 6 (0.95%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.79%) Puppet
8 2 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 159 (25.16%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.39%) Cisco
3 44 (6.96%) Google
4 40 (6.33%) Meraki
5 36 (5.70%) Adobe
5 36 (5.70%) Apple
6 17 (2.69%) Databricks
6 17 (2.69%) Informatica
6 17 (2.69%) Juniper
7 12 (1.90%) Oracle
7 12 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.90%) VMware
8 8 (1.27%) Micro Focus
8 8 (1.27%) SAP
9 6 (0.95%) Fortinet
10 5 (0.79%) Arista
10 5 (0.79%) Tufin
10 5 (0.79%) Twitter
11 4 (0.63%) Alibaba
12 3 (0.47%) Sparx