.NET Architect Jobs

Microsoft .NET Architect
UK

The median Microsoft .NET Architect salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 713 862 874
Rank change year-on-year +149 +12 +284
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Architect 14 46 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.043% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.045% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 9 41 40
10th Percentile £68,500 £70,000 £75,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £140,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £86,250 £90,000
% change year-on-year -1.45% -4.17% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 50,763 102,595 85,167
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 94.88% 91.22%
Number of salaries quoted 26,743 72,457 55,296
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,524 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +5.94%

.NET Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET Architect in the UK

.NET Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for .NET Architect in the UK

.NET Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Architect over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for .NET Architect in the UK

.NET Architect
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +148 11 £80,000 -9.86% 2
UK excluding London +168 6 £85,000 -1.45% 3
London +99 4 £67,500 -25.00%
South East - 3 £82,500 -
Work from Home +97 2 £67,500 -25.00% 1
Midlands +84 1 - - 1
North of England +61 1 £85,000 +6.25% 1
North West 0 1 £85,000 +6.25% 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -

.NET Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, .NET 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 featuring .NET Architect in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (78.57%) C#
2 11 (78.57%) Azure
3 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 7 (50.00%) Agile
4 7 (50.00%) .NET Framework
5 6 (42.86%) Entity Framework
6 5 (35.71%) Microservices
6 5 (35.71%) DevOps
6 5 (35.71%) SQL
6 5 (35.71%) MVC
7 4 (28.57%) Software Architecture
7 4 (28.57%) Cloud Native
7 4 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
7 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
8 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (21.43%) Architectural Patterns
8 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
8 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
8 3 (21.43%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
8 3 (21.43%) PowerApps
8 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (21.43%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence

.NET Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 3 (21.43%) PowerApps
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Functions
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
3 2 (14.29%) Serverless
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
4 1 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (7.14%) MySQL
4 1 (7.14%) NoSQL
4 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) NUnit
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (14.29%) Publishing
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 6 (42.86%) Entity Framework
4 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (21.43%) CSS
4 3 (21.43%) HTML
4 3 (21.43%) WCF
5 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
5 2 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (14.29%) React
5 2 (14.29%) RESTful
6 1 (7.14%) AngularJS
6 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (7.14%) CSS3
6 1 (7.14%) Dapper ORM
6 1 (7.14%) gRPC
6 1 (7.14%) HTML5
6 1 (7.14%) Kafka
6 1 (7.14%) REST
6 1 (7.14%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (14.29%) FMCG
4 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) DevOps
2 5 (35.71%) Microservices
2 5 (35.71%) MVC
3 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 4 (28.57%) Software Architecture
3 4 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (21.43%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (21.43%) CRM
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
4 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 3 (21.43%) TOGAF
5 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
5 2 (14.29%) Content Management
5 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Content Management
5 2 (14.29%) Logistics
5 2 (14.29%) OOP
5 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (21.43%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) OpenAI