Systems Architect Jobs in the South East

System Architect
England > South East

The median System Architect salary in the South East is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 377 372
Rank change year-on-year +111 -5 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 48 22 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.49% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.13% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 33 11 10
10th Percentile - - £62,000
25th Percentile - £60,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -22.42% +21.32%
75th Percentile - £71,875 £90,000
90th Percentile - £73,750 £92,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -11.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,444 16,769 12,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.98% 94.15% 90.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,515 11,915 7,932
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,315
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.96% +0.53%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in the South East

Systems Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect in the South East.

Salary trend for Systems Architect in the South East

Systems Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Isle of Wight - 48 £65,000 -
Systems Architect
England

Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 June 2025, Systems 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 South East region featuring Systems Architect in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) IBM
1 48 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 48 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 48 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 48 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 48 (100.00%) Degree
1 48 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 48 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 48 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 48 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 48 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 48 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 48 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 48 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 48 (100.00%) Business Case
1 48 (100.00%) Social Skills

Systems Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 48 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 48 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 48 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (100.00%) Business Case
1 48 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 48 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 48 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 48 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 48 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 48 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 48 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
Qualifications
1 48 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 48 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 48 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) IBM