Senior Architect
UK

The median Senior Architect salary in the UK is £74,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 447 654
Rank change year-on-year +83 +207 -110
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 724 671 699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.67% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.73% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 426 316 370
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £57,056 £67,500 £72,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £92,500 £103,750 £104,688
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £116,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,500 £80,000 £75,940
% change year-on-year -16.88% +5.35% +1.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in the UK

Senior Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect.

Salary trend for Senior Architect in the UK

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in the UK

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 14 May 2024. 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 +93 632 £73,000 -14.12% 90
UK excluding London +53 419 £66,500 -16.88% 42
London +105 254 £91,250 -6.41% 53
Work from Home +39 235 £70,000 -17.65% 48
North of England +129 168 £70,000 -12.50% 13
Midlands +62 99 £62,500 -19.35% 9
North West +40 87 £70,000 -7.59% 6
West Midlands +51 78 £62,500 -14.97% 6
Yorkshire +145 72 £74,000 -12.94% 5
South East -39 60 £67,500 -8.16% 10
Scotland -49 42 £80,000 -5.88% 3
South West -22 36 £72,500 -17.14% 1
East Midlands -5 21 £50,000 -47.37% 3
North East 0 9 £61,206 -46.78% 2
Wales +13 8 £53,500 -15.75% 1
East of England -14 6 £90,750 +13.44% 4

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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.

1 216 (29.83%) Agile
2 198 (27.35%) Azure
3 188 (25.97%) Finance
4 166 (22.93%) Microsoft
5 161 (22.24%) AWS
6 158 (21.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 156 (21.55%) Roadmaps
8 154 (21.27%) Degree
9 148 (20.44%) Mentoring
10 137 (18.92%) Social Skills
11 115 (15.88%) Coaching
11 115 (15.88%) Cybersecurity
12 104 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
13 102 (14.09%) Data Modelling
14 88 (12.15%) Business Strategy
15 84 (11.60%) Architectural Patterns
16 83 (11.46%) GCP
17 81 (11.19%) Data Architecture
18 80 (11.05%) Analytics
19 79 (10.91%) Design Patterns
20 76 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
20 76 (10.50%) DevOps
21 75 (10.36%) Presales
22 74 (10.22%) Data Centre
23 70 (9.67%) Public Sector
24 69 (9.53%) Microservices
25 68 (9.39%) Security Cleared
25 68 (9.39%) Technical Leadership
26 67 (9.25%) Migration
27 65 (8.98%) Banking

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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (3.04%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.93%) CMS
4 10 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.69%) Apache
5 5 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.14%) Confluence
6 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.83%) Simulink
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.69%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.14%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.14%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 198 (27.35%) Azure
2 161 (22.24%) AWS
3 83 (11.46%) GCP
4 52 (7.18%) Power Platform
5 48 (6.63%) Dynamics 365
6 42 (5.80%) SaaS
7 33 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (4.14%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.59%) PaaS
10 22 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (3.04%) PowerApps
11 20 (2.76%) IaaS
12 19 (2.62%) Serverless
13 16 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.24%) CloudFront
15 9 (1.24%) Route 53
15 9 (1.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (7.60%) WAN
2 44 (6.08%) SD-WAN
3 29 (4.01%) Firewall
4 21 (2.90%) Cisco Firepower
5 17 (2.35%) MPLS
6 14 (1.93%) DNS
6 14 (1.93%) LAN
6 14 (1.93%) Network Security
7 11 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.38%) DHCP
8 10 (1.38%) HTTP
9 9 (1.24%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.10%) VPN
11 6 (0.83%) IPsec
11 6 (0.83%) SSL
12 5 (0.69%) DMVPN
12 5 (0.69%) GLBP
12 5 (0.69%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.69%) Multicast
12 5 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.18%) Metadata
2 45 (6.22%) NoSQL
3 29 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.45%) Power BI
5 23 (3.18%) Data Lake
6 21 (2.90%) Data Mining
7 17 (2.35%) Hadoop
8 16 (2.21%) Apache Ignite
8 16 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (1.80%) SQL Server
10 10 (1.38%) Big Data
11 9 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.24%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.10%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.83%) Delta Lake
14 5 (0.69%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.41%) MySQL
16 2 (0.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (1.52%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.24%) Git
2 9 (1.24%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.14%) ERwin
5 1 (0.14%) JIRA
General
1 188 (25.97%) Finance
2 158 (21.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 137 (18.92%) Social Skills
4 76 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 65 (8.98%) Banking
7 51 (7.04%) Marketing
8 46 (6.35%) Retail
9 43 (5.94%) Law
10 31 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (3.18%) Retail Banking
13 16 (2.21%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.07%) Back Office
14 15 (2.07%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.97%) Games
18 6 (0.83%) Military
18 6 (0.83%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.14%) .NET
2 22 (3.04%) Kafka
3 12 (1.66%) HTML
3 12 (1.66%) SAML
4 9 (1.24%) .NET Core
4 9 (1.24%) ASP.NET
4 9 (1.24%) ASP.NET Core
4 9 (1.24%) Entity Framework
4 9 (1.24%) Hibernate
4 9 (1.24%) Spring
4 9 (1.24%) Spring MVC
5 7 (0.97%) OAuth
6 6 (0.83%) OpenID
6 6 (0.83%) Web Services
7 5 (0.69%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.69%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.69%) Apache Beam
7 5 (0.69%) XML
8 4 (0.55%) React
9 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.22%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.15%) Public Cloud
3 46 (6.35%) Cloud Native
4 42 (5.80%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.62%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.49%) PMI
7 17 (2.35%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.21%) Reinsurance
9 14 (1.93%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.80%) Product Ownership
11 12 (1.66%) Cyberattack
11 12 (1.66%) NHS
12 11 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
12 11 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (0.97%) FMCG
14 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.97%) PKI
14 7 (0.97%) PropTech
15 6 (0.83%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.01%) Linux
2 9 (1.24%) Windows
3 8 (1.10%) VME
4 5 (0.69%) Unix
5 3 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (29.83%) Agile
2 156 (21.55%) Roadmaps
3 148 (20.44%) Mentoring
4 115 (15.88%) Coaching
4 115 (15.88%) Cybersecurity
5 104 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
6 102 (14.09%) Data Modelling
7 88 (12.15%) Business Strategy
8 84 (11.60%) Architectural Patterns
9 81 (11.19%) Data Architecture
10 80 (11.05%) Analytics
11 79 (10.91%) Design Patterns
12 76 (10.50%) DevOps
13 75 (10.36%) Presales
14 69 (9.53%) Microservices
15 68 (9.39%) Technical Leadership
16 67 (9.25%) Migration
17 65 (8.98%) Data Strategy
18 64 (8.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 62 (8.56%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.11%) C#
2 36 (4.97%) SQL
3 34 (4.70%) Python
4 30 (4.14%) Java
5 17 (2.35%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.38%) C
7 8 (1.10%) COBOL
7 8 (1.10%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 7 (0.97%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.97%) Scala
9 6 (0.83%) MATLAB
9 6 (0.83%) R
10 5 (0.69%) Bicep
11 4 (0.55%) C++
12 3 (0.41%) PHP
13 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 154 (21.27%) Degree
2 68 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 60 (8.29%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (8.01%) SC Cleared
5 48 (6.63%) AWS Certification
6 42 (5.80%) CCNA
7 41 (5.66%) CCNP
8 36 (4.97%) CISSP
9 34 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.73%) Azure Certification
10 27 (3.73%) CISM
11 22 (3.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 19 (2.62%) PMI Certification
13 14 (1.93%) DV Cleared
14 12 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (1.52%) CCSP
15 11 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (1.38%) Master's Degree
17 9 (1.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.45%) NIST
2 22 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.52%) SLA
4 9 (1.24%) QA
5 7 (0.97%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.69%) IASME
8 4 (0.55%) COBIT
8 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.55%) PMO
9 3 (0.41%) HMG Infosec
9 3 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.41%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.41%) RMADS
10 2 (0.28%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) GDPR
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (3.59%) Docker
2 19 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.10%) KVM
5 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.28%) Firmware
6 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.14%) RACF
Systems Management
1 35 (4.83%) Terraform
2 33 (4.56%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.90%) Stealthwatch
4 16 (2.21%) CASB
5 8 (1.10%) Ansible
5 8 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.83%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.69%) Puppet
8 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 166 (22.93%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.46%) Cisco
3 50 (6.91%) Google
4 40 (5.52%) Meraki
5 36 (4.97%) Adobe
5 36 (4.97%) Apple
6 27 (3.73%) Oracle
7 18 (2.49%) Databricks
7 18 (2.49%) Juniper
8 17 (2.35%) Informatica
9 16 (2.21%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.66%) VMware
11 8 (1.10%) Micro Focus
11 8 (1.10%) SAP
12 7 (0.97%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.69%) Arista
13 5 (0.69%) Tufin
13 5 (0.69%) Twitter
14 4 (0.55%) Alibaba
15 3 (0.41%) Palo Alto