Senior Software Architect
UK
The median Senior Software Architect salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 679 | 889 | 941 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +210 | +52 | +283 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Architect | 11 | 13 | 32 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.020% | 0.013% | 0.032% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.022% | 0.014% | 0.035% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £72,500 | £62,250 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £66,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.30% | +15.65% | -28.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £73,688 | £58,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £78,975 | £82,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | £66,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.30% | +15.65% | -28.13% |
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 | 49,007 | 93,784 | 92,686 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.47% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,411 | 67,216 | 58,370 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,375 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Senior Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Software Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Architect.
Senior Software Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Architect over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
Senior Software Architect
Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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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| UK excluding London | +183 | 11 | £80,000 | +20.30% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +149 | 10 | £80,000 | +20.30% | 4 |
| Scotland | +135 | 10 | £80,000 | - | |
| England | +151 | 1 | £105,000 | +57.89% | 7 |
| South East | +94 | 1 | £105,000 | +31.25% | 3 |
Senior Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Senior Software 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 Software Architect in the job title.
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Senior Software 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: