Architect Jobs in Surrey

Architect
South East > Surrey

The median Architect salary in Surrey is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 57 20
Rank change year-on-year -34 -37 +41
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 14 105 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 1.22% 4.09% 10.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 4.47% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 12 61 132
10th Percentile £77,625 £60,000 -
25th Percentile £80,625 £71,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - +13.33%
75th Percentile £115,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,375 £143,750 £111,250
South East median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -11.76% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 924 2,347 2,157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.35% 91.50% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 565 1,508 1,356
10th Percentile £31,100 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +8.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Surrey

Architect
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for Architect in Surrey

Architect
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Surrey over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Surrey

Architect
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 12 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
Camberley -5 3 £82,500 -
Guildford +30 2 £81,250 +80.56% 5
Staines +4 2 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames +26 1 £82,500 -
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Surrey region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) SQL
3 7 (50.00%) .NET
3 7 (50.00%) C#
3 7 (50.00%) HTML
3 7 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (50.00%) CSS
3 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (50.00%) MSBuild
3 7 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 7 (50.00%) Octopus Deploy
3 7 (50.00%) DevOps
3 7 (50.00%) Microservices
3 7 (50.00%) API Integration
3 7 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (50.00%) GDPR
3 7 (50.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 7 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 7 (50.00%) Event-Driven
3 7 (50.00%) Code Quality
4 6 (42.86%) Design Patterns
4 6 (42.86%) SonarCloud
4 6 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
4 6 (42.86%) gRPC
4 6 (42.86%) Data Encryption
4 6 (42.86%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (42.86%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (42.86%) Docker
4 6 (42.86%) Bootstrap
4 6 (42.86%) Git

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 7 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 7 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (50.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 6 (42.86%) SonarCloud
4 2 (14.29%) AWS
4 2 (14.29%) GCP
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (14.29%) Power Automate
4 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 2 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (21.43%) Metadata
3 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 2 (14.29%) Metadata Repository
3 2 (14.29%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) MSBuild
1 7 (50.00%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (42.86%) Git
2 6 (42.86%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (42.86%) Visual Studio
3 2 (14.29%) ERwin
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) .NET
1 7 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (50.00%) CSS
1 7 (50.00%) HTML
2 6 (42.86%) Bootstrap
2 6 (42.86%) gRPC
2 6 (42.86%) JSON
2 6 (42.86%) REST
2 6 (42.86%) XML
3 2 (14.29%) PySpark
4 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Low-Code
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) API Integration
1 7 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 7 (50.00%) DevOps
1 7 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 7 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 7 (50.00%) Microservices
2 6 (42.86%) Data Encryption
2 6 (42.86%) Design Patterns
2 6 (42.86%) MVC
2 6 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
2 6 (42.86%) Performance Testing
3 5 (35.71%) Data Architecture
3 5 (35.71%) Data Modelling
4 4 (28.57%) Analytics
4 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 4 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (21.43%) Metadata Management
5 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) C#
2 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Google
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft