Architect Jobs in London

Architect
England > London

The median Architect salary in London is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 21 26
Rank change year-on-year -27 +5 +46
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 724 1,966 2,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.71% 8.20% 8.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.32% 8.68% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 388 1,157 1,817
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
25th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £90,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% -2.12%
75th Percentile £110,000 £107,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £125,000 £130,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in London

Architect
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Architect in London

Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in London

Architect
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Central London -22 140 £95,000 +5.56% 59
West London -43 19 £50,000 -41.18% 167
South London -41 3 £60,000 -27.27% 7
North London -13 1 - -
East London -24 1 £85,000 -29.17% 4
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 312 (43.09%) Azure
2 233 (32.18%) Finance
3 219 (30.25%) AWS
4 214 (29.56%) Agile
5 209 (28.87%) Social Skills
6 205 (28.31%) Roadmaps
7 201 (27.76%) Degree
8 165 (22.79%) Microsoft
9 137 (18.92%) GCP
10 131 (18.09%) TOGAF
11 115 (15.88%) DevOps
12 113 (15.61%) Data Architecture
13 109 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
14 108 (14.92%) Analytics
15 107 (14.78%) Artificial Intelligence
16 105 (14.50%) Migration
17 97 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
18 94 (12.98%) Law
19 91 (12.57%) Computer Science
19 91 (12.57%) Microservices
20 90 (12.43%) Business Strategy
20 90 (12.43%) CI/CD
21 87 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
22 85 (11.74%) Computer Science Degree
23 83 (11.46%) Data Governance
23 83 (11.46%) Banking
23 83 (11.46%) Data Modelling
24 82 (11.33%) Cybersecurity
25 81 (11.19%) Python
26 80 (11.05%) Cloud Native

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (2.90%) Confluence
2 14 (1.93%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.38%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.83%) Apache
6 4 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.41%) CMS
7 3 (0.41%) nginx
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.28%) Appian
9 1 (0.14%) CICS
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (3.45%) Maya
2 11 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.28%) Blender
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (4.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.24%) SAP IBP
4 8 (1.10%) Postilion
5 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.41%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.41%) Shopify
7 2 (0.28%) Magento
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 312 (43.09%) Azure
2 219 (30.25%) AWS
3 137 (18.92%) GCP
4 68 (9.39%) SaaS
5 56 (7.73%) Power Platform
6 34 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (4.14%) Serverless
8 27 (3.73%) PaaS
9 26 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 26 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (3.31%) IaaS
11 23 (3.18%) Power Automate
12 22 (3.04%) Snowflake
13 21 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (2.35%) Azure AI
15 17 (2.35%) Entra ID
15 17 (2.35%) PowerApps
16 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 40 (5.52%) Firewall
2 34 (4.70%) Network Security
3 15 (2.07%) DNS
4 10 (1.38%) Unified Communications
5 9 (1.24%) VPN
5 9 (1.24%) WAN
6 8 (1.10%) ATM
6 8 (1.10%) DHCP
6 8 (1.10%) SD-WAN
6 8 (1.10%) VoIP
7 7 (0.97%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.83%) LAN
9 5 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.69%) ISDN
10 4 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 3 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.41%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.41%) MPLS
11 3 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.49%) Data Lake
2 38 (5.25%) Power BI
3 36 (4.97%) Metadata
4 32 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (3.59%) NoSQL
5 26 (3.59%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.66%) Big Data
7 10 (1.38%) SAP BW
7 10 (1.38%) Tableau
8 9 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.83%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.69%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.55%) KDB
12 4 (0.55%) MySQL
12 4 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 25 (3.45%) JIRA
2 17 (2.35%) Ant
2 17 (2.35%) Maven
2 17 (2.35%) SonarQube
2 17 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
2 17 (2.35%) TeamCity
3 12 (1.66%) GitLab
4 6 (0.83%) Git
5 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.14%) MLflow
5 1 (0.14%) NUnit
5 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.14%) Selenium
5 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 233 (32.18%) Finance
2 209 (28.87%) Social Skills
3 97 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (12.98%) Law
5 83 (11.46%) Banking
6 62 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (6.08%) Public Sector
8 36 (4.97%) Retail
9 35 (4.83%) Games
9 35 (4.83%) Marketing
10 29 (4.01%) Retail Banking
11 28 (3.87%) Legal
12 26 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (3.45%) Financial Institution
14 24 (3.31%) Telecoms
15 19 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.93%) Manufacturing
17 9 (1.24%) Automotive
17 9 (1.24%) Dutch Language
17 9 (1.24%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.97%) Kafka
2 32 (4.42%) .NET
3 28 (3.87%) REST
4 23 (3.18%) Middleware
5 16 (2.21%) SOAP
6 15 (2.07%) RESTful
7 13 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
8 12 (1.66%) JSON
9 10 (1.38%) HTML
10 9 (1.24%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.24%) ADO
10 9 (1.24%) CSS
10 9 (1.24%) WebSockets
11 8 (1.10%) MERN Stack
11 8 (1.10%) XML
12 7 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (0.97%) Web Services
13 6 (0.83%) ARM Templates
13 6 (0.83%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (0.69%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 80 (11.05%) Cloud Native
2 52 (7.18%) Management Information System
3 51 (7.04%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 22 (3.04%) Public Cloud
6 17 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.35%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.52%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.52%) Mainframe
10 10 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.38%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.38%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.24%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.10%) IBM Mainframe
12 8 (1.10%) PMI
12 8 (1.10%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.28%) Linux
2 17 (2.35%) Windows
3 11 (1.52%) zOS
4 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (29.56%) Agile
2 205 (28.31%) Roadmaps
3 131 (18.09%) TOGAF
4 115 (15.88%) DevOps
5 113 (15.61%) Data Architecture
6 109 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
7 108 (14.92%) Analytics
8 107 (14.78%) Artificial Intelligence
9 105 (14.50%) Migration
10 91 (12.57%) Computer Science
10 91 (12.57%) Microservices
11 90 (12.43%) Business Strategy
11 90 (12.43%) CI/CD
12 87 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 83 (11.46%) Data Governance
13 83 (11.46%) Data Modelling
14 82 (11.33%) Cybersecurity
15 79 (10.91%) Enterprise Architecture
16 72 (9.94%) Technical Leadership
17 71 (9.81%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 81 (11.19%) Python
2 67 (9.25%) SQL
3 46 (6.35%) Java
4 41 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 31 (4.28%) C#
6 22 (3.04%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.80%) Bash
8 12 (1.66%) Bicep
9 11 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.69%) Scala
12 4 (0.55%) COBOL
13 3 (0.41%) JCL
14 2 (0.28%) C
14 2 (0.28%) C++
14 2 (0.28%) R
14 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.14%) PHP
15 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.14%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 201 (27.76%) Degree
2 85 (11.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (10.91%) Security Cleared
4 74 (10.22%) AWS Certification
5 63 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 61 (8.43%) Azure Certification
7 35 (4.83%) TOGAF Certification
8 34 (4.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (2.49%) CISSP
10 15 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.24%) CISM
12 9 (1.24%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.10%) CCNP
13 8 (1.10%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.69%) CRISC
14 5 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.55%) CCSP
15 4 (0.55%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.84%) GDPR
2 34 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.42%) NIST
4 26 (3.59%) HIPAA
5 15 (2.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (1.93%) SOC 2
7 11 (1.52%) Data Quality
8 10 (1.38%) NCSC
9 9 (1.24%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.97%) QA
11 6 (0.83%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.55%) COBIT
12 4 (0.55%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.28%) PMO
14 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 15022
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 41 (5.66%) Docker
2 10 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.14%) ACF2
5 1 (0.14%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.14%) RACF
5 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (6.91%) Terraform
2 47 (6.49%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.49%) Ansible
4 14 (1.93%) Grafana
4 14 (1.93%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.10%) SCCM
8 6 (0.83%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.41%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.41%) Puppet
10 2 (0.28%) Argo
10 2 (0.28%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.28%) Nessus
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco UCCX
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
11 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 165 (22.79%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.29%) Google
3 46 (6.35%) SAP
3 46 (6.35%) ServiceNow
4 44 (6.08%) Oracle
5 36 (4.97%) Salesforce
6 32 (4.42%) Databricks
7 21 (2.90%) Cisco
8 17 (2.35%) IBM
8 17 (2.35%) Workday
9 14 (1.93%) Dell
9 14 (1.93%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.80%) OpenAI
11 11 (1.52%) Adobe
12 9 (1.24%) Ariba
12 9 (1.24%) F5
12 9 (1.24%) Informatica
12 9 (1.24%) VMware
13 5 (0.69%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.69%) Splunk