Architect Jobs in the South East

Architect
England > South East

The median Architect salary in the South East is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 39 67
Rank change year-on-year +3 +28 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 872 930 933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.23% 6.37% 4.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.57% 7.04% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 437 466 458
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,334
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,438 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,669 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,272 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the South East

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 Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 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
Thames Valley -5 344 £76,250 -4.69% 53
Hampshire +1 222 £70,000 -7.28% 47
Berkshire -10 192 £75,000 -3.23% 32
Buckinghamshire -2 107 £80,000 - 15
Surrey -34 106 £85,000 - 32
East Sussex +58 66 £80,000 +25.45% 7
Middlesex -5 55 - -
Oxfordshire +12 45 £80,000 -15.79% 7
West Sussex +58 43 £67,500 -28.00% 3
Kent -8 18 £95,000 +26.67% 5
Sussex - 8 £75,000 - 2
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 Architect in the job title.

1 269 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 254 (29.13%) Security Cleared
3 247 (28.33%) Agile
4 239 (27.41%) Azure
5 197 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
6 187 (21.44%) Finance
7 178 (20.41%) TOGAF
8 175 (20.07%) Roadmaps
9 163 (18.69%) SC Cleared
10 156 (17.89%) Microsoft
11 153 (17.55%) AWS
12 141 (16.17%) Degree
13 111 (12.73%) Enterprise Architecture
13 111 (12.73%) Mentoring
14 92 (10.55%) Data Management
14 92 (10.55%) Change Management
14 92 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
15 91 (10.44%) Presales
16 89 (10.21%) Actionable Insight
17 88 (10.09%) Strategic Roadmap
18 86 (9.86%) Oracle
19 84 (9.63%) ERP
20 83 (9.52%) Data Architecture
21 79 (9.06%) Data Modelling
22 76 (8.72%) SAP
23 75 (8.60%) SAS
23 75 (8.60%) Broadband
23 75 (8.60%) Hyperion
23 75 (8.60%) Performance Management
23 75 (8.60%) SAP ERP

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:

Application Platforms
1 75 (8.60%) SAS
2 13 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.57%) Drupal
5 4 (0.46%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.46%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.34%) WordPress
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.23%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (8.60%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 239 (27.41%) Azure
2 153 (17.55%) AWS
3 52 (5.96%) Power Platform
4 50 (5.73%) GCP
5 42 (4.82%) SaaS
6 37 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
7 35 (4.01%) Serverless
8 31 (3.56%) Snowflake
9 24 (2.75%) Matillion
10 20 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (2.29%) PowerApps
11 17 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.15%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
14 10 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (1.03%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 75 (8.60%) Broadband
2 53 (6.08%) Firewall
3 35 (4.01%) VSAT
4 33 (3.78%) WAN
5 29 (3.33%) SD-WAN
6 27 (3.10%) Network Security
7 22 (2.52%) DNS
8 19 (2.18%) BGP
9 18 (2.06%) VPN
10 15 (1.72%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (1.72%) VLAN
11 14 (1.61%) SSL
12 13 (1.49%) Wireless
13 9 (1.03%) CTI
13 9 (1.03%) OSPF
14 7 (0.80%) Intranet
14 7 (0.80%) Multicast
15 6 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.69%) MPLS
16 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
2 39 (4.47%) Power BI
3 36 (4.13%) Data Lake
4 32 (3.67%) BigQuery
4 32 (3.67%) Looker
5 27 (3.10%) Metadata
6 15 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.26%) MongoDB
8 11 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.03%) SQL Server
10 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.69%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.46%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.34%) OLAP
13 3 (0.34%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 21 (2.41%) GitLab
2 18 (2.06%) Visual Studio
3 14 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.38%) Git
5 9 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.11%) DbUnit
7 1 (0.11%) JIRA
7 1 (0.11%) jMock
7 1 (0.11%) JUnit
7 1 (0.11%) Maven
7 1 (0.11%) Mockito
7 1 (0.11%) MSI
7 1 (0.11%) Postman
7 1 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.11%) TestNG
General
1 269 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 187 (21.44%) Finance
3 92 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (4.01%) Retail
6 32 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (2.18%) Legal
8 17 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (1.83%) Billing
9 16 (1.83%) Public Sector
10 15 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.15%) Publishing
13 9 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.03%) Police
14 7 (0.80%) Law
15 6 (0.69%) Automotive
16 5 (0.57%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.57%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.57%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.67%) .NET
2 25 (2.87%) OAuth
2 25 (2.87%) REST
3 19 (2.18%) OpenID
4 18 (2.06%) SAML
5 13 (1.49%) Kafka
5 13 (1.49%) React
5 13 (1.49%) Web Services
6 11 (1.26%) Node.js
7 7 (0.80%) OAuth2
7 7 (0.80%) SOAP
8 6 (0.69%) Middleware
9 4 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.46%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.46%) Spring Boot
10 3 (0.34%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.34%) AWS CDK
10 3 (0.34%) RESTful
11 2 (0.23%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.39%) Data Centre
2 46 (5.28%) Cloud Native
3 37 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.10%) PMI
4 27 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.75%) Security Posture
6 22 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (2.52%) Public Cloud
7 21 (2.41%) PKI
8 20 (2.29%) Private Cloud
9 12 (1.38%) Management Information System
10 8 (0.92%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.80%) Biopharmaceutical
11 7 (0.80%) IoT
12 5 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.46%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.46%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.82%) Linux
2 35 (4.01%) Windows
3 13 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.15%) Unix
5 7 (0.80%) Android
5 7 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.46%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (28.33%) Agile
2 197 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (20.41%) TOGAF
4 175 (20.07%) Roadmaps
5 111 (12.73%) Enterprise Architecture
5 111 (12.73%) Mentoring
6 92 (10.55%) Change Management
6 92 (10.55%) Data Management
7 91 (10.44%) Presales
8 89 (10.21%) Actionable Insight
9 88 (10.09%) Strategic Roadmap
10 84 (9.63%) ERP
11 83 (9.52%) Data Architecture
12 79 (9.06%) Data Modelling
13 75 (8.60%) Performance Management
14 73 (8.37%) DevOps
15 71 (8.14%) Microservices
16 64 (7.34%) ETL
17 63 (7.22%) Network Management
18 59 (6.77%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 54 (6.19%) SQL
2 47 (5.39%) C#
3 46 (5.28%) Java
4 43 (4.93%) Python
5 24 (2.75%) T-SQL
6 21 (2.41%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.18%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.38%) C++
9 10 (1.15%) Go
10 9 (1.03%) Fortran
11 7 (0.80%) C
12 6 (0.69%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.46%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.46%) Scala
14 2 (0.23%) R
15 1 (0.11%) Gremlin
15 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 254 (29.13%) Security Cleared
2 163 (18.69%) SC Cleared
3 141 (16.17%) Degree
4 64 (7.34%) DV Cleared
5 35 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (3.33%) Azure Certification
7 27 (3.10%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (2.52%) AWS Certification
10 18 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 14 (1.61%) CISSP
12 13 (1.49%) CCNA
12 13 (1.49%) CCNP
13 11 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 9 (1.03%) CCSK
15 9 (1.03%) CCSP
15 9 (1.03%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.22%) GDPR
2 45 (5.16%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.41%) NIST
4 13 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 13 (1.49%) QA
5 9 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.80%) ISO 13485
7 5 (0.57%) COBIT
7 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.23%) PMO
10 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 35 (4.01%) Docker
2 18 (2.06%) Virtual Servers
3 13 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.11%) HDFS
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.64%) Terraform
3 6 (0.69%) Endace
3 6 (0.69%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (0.57%) CASB
5 4 (0.46%) Suricata
6 3 (0.34%) Grafana
6 3 (0.34%) OpenView
6 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.23%) Ansible
8 1 (0.11%) Consul
8 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 156 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.86%) Oracle
3 76 (8.72%) SAP
4 75 (8.60%) Anaplan
4 75 (8.60%) Hyperion
5 51 (5.85%) Google
6 50 (5.73%) Cisco
7 39 (4.47%) Juniper
8 31 (3.56%) Databricks
9 23 (2.64%) Apple
10 19 (2.18%) Salesforce
11 18 (2.06%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.61%) Adobe
13 11 (1.26%) Fortinet
13 11 (1.26%) Meraki
14 10 (1.15%) F5
15 6 (0.69%) Guidewire
15 6 (0.69%) Palo Alto
15 6 (0.69%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.69%) VMware