Senior Digital Architect Job Trends

Senior Digital Architect
UK

The median Senior Digital Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 664 800
Rank change year-on-year -10 +136 +196
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Digital Architect 3 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.012% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.014% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £74,000 £95,750 £75,500
25th Percentile £76,250 £96,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £102,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +7.89% -7.32%
75th Percentile - £106,250 £122,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £100,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 62,841 44,387 71,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 91.47% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 39,642 23,421 55,777
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Senior Digital Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Digital Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Digital Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Digital Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Digital Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Digital Architect job vacancies in the UK

Senior Digital Architect
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Digital Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. 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
Work from Home +40 3 £80,000 -21.95% 3
England +26 3 £80,000 -21.95% 2
UK excluding London +7 3 £80,000 -20.00% 2
South West - 3 £80,000 - 2

Senior Digital Architect Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Senior Digital Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Digital Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification

Senior Digital Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Application Security
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification