Senior Architect
UK
The median Senior Architect salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 January 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 522 | 350 | 439 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -172 | +89 | +166 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect | 250 | 472 | 757 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.38% | 0.80% | 0.71% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.41% | 0.84% | 0.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 139 | 228 | 462 |
| 10th Percentile | £56,809 | £56,000 | £61,885 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £61,250 | £72,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.13% | -5.88% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | £95,000 | £97,447 |
| 90th Percentile | £120,500 | £107,500 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,122 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.11% | -12.50% | +3.23% |
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 | 60,520 | 56,220 | 102,135 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.94% | 95.42% | 95.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,988 | 41,178 | 66,345 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £30,000 | £33,036 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.93% | -4.17% | +1.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £95,063 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £52,772 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -5.25% | +5.54% |
Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect.
Senior Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.
Senior 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 Senior Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 16 January 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 | -171 | 216 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 84 |
| UK excluding London | -115 | 134 | £67,122 | -4.11% | 29 |
| London | -90 | 95 | £100,000 | +7.82% | 58 |
| Work from Home | -54 | 91 | £75,000 | +11.11% | 58 |
| North of England | -48 | 49 | £62,779 | -10.32% | 13 |
| Midlands | -37 | 28 | £65,350 | +4.56% | 1 |
| North West | -48 | 24 | £61,206 | -5.84% | 9 |
| South East | -41 | 23 | £77,500 | +10.71% | 3 |
| West Midlands | -44 | 20 | £65,350 | -1.36% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +10 | 15 | £62,779 | -21.53% | 4 |
| South West | +5 | 15 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 4 |
| Wales | +15 | 10 | £67,122 | +2.09% | 1 |
| North East | -4 | 10 | £61,992 | -11.44% | |
| Scotland | +5 | 8 | £75,000 | -3.23% | 1 |
| East Midlands | -22 | 8 | £75,000 | +50.00% | |
| Northern Ireland | +14 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 January 2025, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.
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Senior 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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