Senior Enterprise Architect Job Trends

Senior Enterprise Architect
UK

The median Senior Enterprise Architect salary in the UK is £68,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 698 725
Rank change year-on-year +56 +27 +271
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Enterprise Architect 9 14 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.026% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.028% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile - £98,750 £91,450
25th Percentile £67,750 £104,375 £92,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £115,000 £93,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +22.99% -2.60%
75th Percentile £69,250 £129,375 £93,750
90th Percentile - £141,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,500 £100,000 -
% change year-on-year -31.50% - -

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 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Senior Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Enterprise Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Enterprise Architect
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Enterprise Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Enterprise Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 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
England +66 9 £68,500 -40.43%
UK excluding London +71 6 £68,500 -31.50%
North of England - 6 £68,500 -
Work from Home - 6 £68,500 - 2
North West - 6 £68,500 -
London +46 3 - -

Senior Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Senior Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (77.78%) AWS
2 7 (77.78%) Azure
3 6 (66.67%) IT Strategy
4 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) OCI
4 5 (55.56%) Oracle
4 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) GCP
5 2 (22.22%) Microservices
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
5 2 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (11.11%) API Design
6 1 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
6 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (11.11%) People Management
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Technology Strategy

Senior Enterprise 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 7 (77.78%) AWS
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) OCI
3 2 (22.22%) GCP
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (66.67%) IT Strategy
3 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Microservices
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
5 1 (11.11%) API Design
5 1 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (11.11%) People Management
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
1 5 (55.56%) Oracle