Senior Architect Job Trends in Leeds

Senior Architect
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior Architect salary in Leeds is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 77 98
Rank change year-on-year -16 +21 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 10 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.75% 1.15% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 1.20% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 14
10th Percentile £62,802 - £72,900
25th Percentile £76,110 - £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% -4.59%
75th Percentile £98,125 £71,427 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £50,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% -5.24%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,237 999 1,298
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.15% 95.87% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 803 569 957
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in Leeds

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Leeds

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in Leeds over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Leeds region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (30.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Anaplan
3 1 (10.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Data Design
3 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (10.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling

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

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) IaaS
2 1 (10.00%) PaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (10.00%) Metadata
1 1 (10.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Games
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (30.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (10.00%) Data Design
3 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (10.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Anaplan
1 1 (10.00%) Genesys
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (10.00%) Verint