Senior Architect Job Trends in Surrey

Senior Architect
South East > Surrey

The median Senior Architect salary in Surrey is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 September 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - 112
Rank change year-on-year - - -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 1 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.043% - 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% - 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £96,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.74%
75th Percentile £98,750 - £73,750
90th Percentile - - £74,250
South East median annual salary £72,500 £110,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -34.09% +51.72% -17.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,234 1,016 1,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.27% 86.17% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,675 713 1,027
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £50,047
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -3.09% -12.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in Surrey

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in Surrey

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 7 September 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 Surrey region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft