Principal Architect
UK
The median Principal Architect salary in the UK is £83,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 653 | 678 | 876 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +25 | +198 | +3 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect | 52 | 222 | 101 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.094% | 0.22% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.10% | 0.24% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40 | 62 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £68,173 | £70,000 | £71,652 |
| 25th Percentile | £72,918 | £74,759 | £88,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £83,500 | £80,500 | £105,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.73% | -23.33% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £98,750 | £123,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £117,500 | £122,500 | £135,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £82,801 | £78,273 | £105,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.79% | -25.45% | +23.53% |
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 | 49,982 | 93,747 | 91,844 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.62% | 94.66% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,989 | 67,111 | 57,934 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £74,014 | £71,250 | £80,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Principal Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Principal Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Architect.
Principal Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Architect over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.
Principal Architect
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 | +60 | 46 | £83,750 | +4.04% | 90 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 29 | £82,801 | +5.79% | 65 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 27 | £82,801 | +5.79% | 59 |
| London | +81 | 20 | £115,000 | +9.52% | 41 |
| North of England | +46 | 10 | £86,500 | +10.51% | 21 |
| South West | +114 | 7 | £68,525 | -12.45% | 5 |
| Midlands | +53 | 6 | £77,310 | -1.23% | 5 |
| North West | -7 | 5 | £86,500 | +7.45% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +62 | 4 | £100,000 | +27.76% | 6 |
| East Midlands | +32 | 4 | £77,310 | -1.23% | 3 |
| South East | +70 | 2 | £88,000 | +17.33% | 9 |
| Scotland | +56 | 2 | £82,632 | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | +53 | 2 | £73,901 | -5.59% | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | +43 | 1 | £82,801 | - | 5 |
| North East | +41 | 1 | £81,764 | +8.46% | 4 |
| Wales | +38 | 1 | £81,764 | +4.46% | 5 |
Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Principal 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 Principal Architect in the job title.
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Principal 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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