Application Architect
UK
The median Application Architect salary in the UK is £83,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 666 | 802 | 844 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +136 | +42 | +293 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Architect | 36 | 105 | 124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.064% | 0.10% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.071% | 0.11% | 0.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 30 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £68,900 | £35,000 | £72,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £69,750 | £60,000 | £76,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £83,750 | £87,500 | £87,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.29% | - | +2.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £98,125 | £100,000 | £103,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,500 | £115,000 | £122,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £71,500 | £61,250 | £78,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.73% | -22.22% | +1.61% |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £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 | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Applications Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Applications Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Architect.
Applications Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Architect over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Applications Architect
Top 7 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 31 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 |
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| England | +130 | 36 | £83,750 | +9.84% | 40 |
| UK excluding London | +144 | 25 | £71,500 | +16.73% | 25 |
| South East | +92 | 22 | £82,500 | +17.86% | 12 |
| London | +90 | 10 | £105,000 | +5.00% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +72 | 5 | - | - | 15 |
| East of England | - | 2 | £71,500 | - | 1 |
| South West | +109 | 1 | - | - |
Applications Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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.
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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:
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