Senior Architect
UK
The median Senior Architect salary in the UK is £83,500 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 | |
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| Rank | 441 | 365 | 455 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -76 | +90 | +210 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect | 277 | 741 | 648 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.50% | 0.71% | 0.68% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.55% | 0.75% | 0.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 89 | 443 | 304 |
| 10th Percentile | £67,000 | £53,000 | £60,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £70,000 | £56,809 | £69,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £83,500 | £75,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.33% | -11.76% | -2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £106,250 | £95,000 | £103,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £126,250 | £107,500 | £112,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £75,000 | £66,500 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.78% | -16.88% | +6.31% |
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% |
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 31 May 2025.
Senior Architect
Top 17 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 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 | -95 | 234 | £95,000 | +28.38% | 176 |
| London | +12 | 137 | £110,000 | +18.92% | 75 |
| UK excluding London | -56 | 131 | £75,000 | +12.78% | 114 |
| Work from Home | -58 | 52 | £92,319 | +31.88% | 99 |
| North of England | -95 | 31 | £70,000 | - | 18 |
| Scotland | +107 | 29 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 16 |
| South East | +39 | 24 | £110,000 | +62.96% | 29 |
| Midlands | -20 | 19 | £70,641 | +13.03% | 12 |
| North West | -73 | 16 | £68,500 | -2.14% | 10 |
| South West | +94 | 15 | £78,750 | +8.62% | 22 |
| West Midlands | -13 | 13 | £70,641 | +13.03% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -6 | 10 | £70,000 | -5.41% | 6 |
| East of England | +52 | 6 | - | - | 10 |
| East Midlands | +26 | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| North East | +46 | 5 | £70,000 | +14.37% | 3 |
| Wales | +36 | 4 | £92,500 | +72.90% | |
| Northern Ireland | +44 | 3 | £80,000 | -20.00% | 5 |
Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 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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