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 to 9 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 678 998 1018
Rank change year-on-year +320 +20 -399
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Architect 51 80 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.098% 0.065% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.068% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 49 74 48
10th Percentile £82,250 £66,625 £67,500
25th Percentile - £75,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £88,750 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% -1.39% +12.50%
75th Percentile - £99,375 £105,938
90th Percentile £87,500 £107,500 £170,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% +10.71% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 49,748 116,938 121,615
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 95.42% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 36,451 73,675 84,434
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

.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 December 2023.

Salary histogram for .NET Architect in the UK

.NET Architect
Top 13 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 December 2023. 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 +330 49 £85,000 +3.03% 9
UK excluding London +252 43 £85,000 +9.68% 6
Work from Home +254 38 £85,000 +6.25% 9
North of England +148 15 £85,000 -5.56% 2
Midlands +136 11 £85,000 +13.33% 3
South East +162 10 £85,000 +6.25% 1
Yorkshire +100 9 £85,000 -5.56%
London +236 8 £85,000 -10.53% 3
West Midlands +132 6 £85,000 +13.33% 1
North West - 6 £85,000 - 2
South West +85 5 £85,000 +28.30%
East Midlands - 5 £85,000 - 1
Scotland - 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 9 December 2023, .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 51 (100.00%) .NET
2 48 (94.12%) C#
3 42 (82.35%) CI/CD
4 41 (80.39%) Containerisation
5 39 (76.47%) RabbitMQ
5 39 (76.47%) SQL Server
5 39 (76.47%) TDD
6 38 (74.51%) Technical Architecture
6 38 (74.51%) SaaS
6 38 (74.51%) OOP
6 38 (74.51%) SDLC
6 38 (74.51%) Social Skills
7 17 (33.33%) ASP.NET
8 13 (25.49%) Azure
9 10 (19.61%) DevOps
10 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
11 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
11 7 (13.73%) Agile
12 6 (11.76%) .NET Core
13 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (9.80%) Microservices
14 4 (7.84%) Software Engineering
14 4 (7.84%) SQL
14 4 (7.84%) Event-Driven
14 4 (7.84%) Next.js
14 4 (7.84%) NoSQL
14 4 (7.84%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 4 (7.84%) React
15 3 (5.88%) Terraform
15 3 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB

.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 (3.92%) CMS
1 2 (3.92%) Kentico
2 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 38 (74.51%) SaaS
2 13 (25.49%) Azure
3 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.88%) AWS
4 3 (5.88%) Azure API Management
4 3 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (5.88%) PaaS
5 2 (3.92%) Azure App Service
5 2 (3.92%) GCP
5 2 (3.92%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (76.47%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.84%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Git
1 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (74.51%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.88%) Finance
3 2 (3.92%) Banking
3 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.92%) Law
3 2 (3.92%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (100.00%) .NET
2 39 (76.47%) RabbitMQ
3 17 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 6 (11.76%) .NET Core
5 4 (7.84%) Next.js
5 4 (7.84%) React
6 3 (5.88%) HTML
6 3 (5.88%) HTML5
6 3 (5.88%) Web Services
6 3 (5.88%) YAML
7 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (1.96%) WCF
7 1 (1.96%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.92%) Cloud Native
1 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (82.35%) CI/CD
2 41 (80.39%) Containerisation
3 39 (76.47%) TDD
4 38 (74.51%) OOP
4 38 (74.51%) SDLC
4 38 (74.51%) Technical Architecture
5 10 (19.61%) DevOps
6 7 (13.73%) Agile
7 5 (9.80%) Microservices
8 4 (7.84%) Event-Driven
8 4 (7.84%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 4 (7.84%) Software Engineering
9 3 (5.88%) Full Stack Development
10 2 (3.92%) Continuous Delivery
10 2 (3.92%) Front End Development
10 2 (3.92%) Machine Learning
10 2 (3.92%) Mobile First
10 2 (3.92%) Operational Stability
10 2 (3.92%) Presales
10 2 (3.92%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 48 (94.12%) C#
2 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
3 4 (7.84%) SQL
4 2 (3.92%) C++
4 2 (3.92%) Java
5 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (1.96%) Degree
1 1 (1.96%) MCP
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Terraform
2 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft