Application Architect
UK

The median Application Architect salary in the UK is £92,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 852 1078
Rank change year-on-year +50 +226 -305
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Architect 92 133 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.13% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.14% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 24 97 68
10th Percentile £35,000 £68,000 £67,500
25th Percentile £70,938 £75,000 £72,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +2.94% +13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £113,750 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £75,250 £75,250
% change year-on-year -11.96% - +11.48%

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Architect in the UK

Applications Architect
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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
England +74 64 £88,750 -1.39% 15
UK excluding London +30 58 £66,250 -11.96% 3
Work from Home +116 51 £150,000 +87.50% 3
North of England +60 25 £48,750 -39.06% 1
London +109 18 £100,000 +5.26% 11
North West +21 14 £35,000 -57.58%
Yorkshire +88 11 £87,500 +10.76%
West Midlands +41 11 - -
Midlands +6 11 - -
South East +14 6 £73,750 +11.32% 1
South West -12 4 - - 1
Scotland -60 4 - -
Wales - 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 4 - -

Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Applications 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 Applications Architect in the job title.

1 66 (71.74%) Roadmaps
2 57 (61.96%) Microsoft
3 52 (56.52%) Technology Roadmap
4 18 (19.57%) Agile
5 14 (15.22%) Azure
5 14 (15.22%) DevOps
6 13 (14.13%) Finance
7 12 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (11.96%) Enterprise Architecture
9 10 (10.87%) Manufacturing
10 8 (8.70%) Application Security
10 8 (8.70%) SDLC
11 7 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (7.61%) Social Skills
11 7 (7.61%) Architectural Patterns
12 6 (6.52%) JSON
12 6 (6.52%) C#
12 6 (6.52%) SQL
12 6 (6.52%) Oracle
12 6 (6.52%) Design Patterns
13 5 (5.43%) Project Delivery
13 5 (5.43%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (5.43%) .NET
13 5 (5.43%) UML
13 5 (5.43%) ERP
13 5 (5.43%) Software Engineering
13 5 (5.43%) PaaS
13 5 (5.43%) AWS
13 5 (5.43%) IaaS
13 5 (5.43%) Mentoring

Applications 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 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.17%) IIS
2 2 (2.17%) JBoss
2 2 (2.17%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.17%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.17%) WebSphere
2 2 (2.17%) WildFly
Business Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (4.35%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.22%) Azure
2 7 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.43%) AWS
3 5 (5.43%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (5.43%) IaaS
3 5 (5.43%) PaaS
4 4 (4.35%) SaaS
5 3 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.09%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.09%) GCP
6 1 (1.09%) IBM Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) OCI
6 1 (1.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.17%) DNS
1 2 (2.17%) Firewall
1 2 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.09%) MySQL
2 1 (1.09%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Git
2 2 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (14.13%) Finance
2 10 (10.87%) Manufacturing
3 7 (7.61%) Social Skills
4 4 (4.35%) Retail
5 3 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.26%) Law
5 3 (3.26%) Legal
6 2 (2.17%) Banking
7 1 (1.09%) Marketing
7 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.52%) JSON
2 5 (5.43%) .NET
3 4 (4.35%) REST
3 4 (4.35%) WCF
3 4 (4.35%) Web Services
3 4 (4.35%) XML
4 2 (2.17%) YAML
5 1 (1.09%) Kafka
5 1 (1.09%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (1.09%) LINQ
5 1 (1.09%) Next.js
5 1 (1.09%) OAuth
5 1 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.17%) Blockchain
2 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.09%) Blog
3 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.09%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.09%) IoT
3 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.26%) Linux
1 3 (3.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (71.74%) Roadmaps
2 52 (56.52%) Technology Roadmap
3 18 (19.57%) Agile
4 14 (15.22%) DevOps
5 11 (11.96%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (8.70%) Application Security
6 8 (8.70%) SDLC
7 7 (7.61%) Architectural Patterns
8 6 (6.52%) Design Patterns
9 5 (5.43%) ERP
9 5 (5.43%) Mentoring
9 5 (5.43%) Project Delivery
9 5 (5.43%) Software Engineering
9 5 (5.43%) UML
10 4 (4.35%) API Design
10 4 (4.35%) CRM
10 4 (4.35%) E-Commerce
10 4 (4.35%) PLM
10 4 (4.35%) Threat Modelling
10 4 (4.35%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.52%) C#
1 6 (6.52%) SQL
2 2 (2.17%) Java
2 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.09%) Python
3 1 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (2.17%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.09%) QA
1 1 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.26%) Docker
2 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.09%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 57 (61.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.52%) Oracle
3 3 (3.26%) JDA
3 3 (3.26%) RedPrairie
4 2 (2.17%) Aderant
4 2 (2.17%) iManage
4 2 (2.17%) Intapp
5 1 (1.09%) Google
5 1 (1.09%) IBM
5 1 (1.09%) Okta
5 1 (1.09%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.09%) SAP