Service Architect Jobs

Service Architect
UK

The median Service Architect salary in the UK is £62,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 731 765 811
Rank change year-on-year +34 +46 +395
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Architect 4 61 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.070% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.074% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 4 27 19
10th Percentile £60,300 £65,000 £61,050
25th Percentile £60,750 £71,875 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £66,938 £83,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £74,025 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -22.50% +14.29% -0.71%

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 55,179 82,422 67,691
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.20% 95.17% 92.09%
Number of salaries quoted 30,337 52,692 48,143
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £44,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,000 £71,991 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £90,822 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%

Service Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Architect in the UK

Service Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Service Architect in the UK

Service Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Architect over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Architect in the UK

Service 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 Service Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 17 August 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
England +28 4 £62,000 -22.50% 5
UK excluding London +41 3 £62,000 -22.50% 5
South East +27 3 £62,000 -31.11% 2
London +60 1 £77,500 -3.13% 1

Service Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, Service 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 Service Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) SIAM
2 2 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) BMC
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) CMDB
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD

Service 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Service Design
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) SIAM
2 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) BMC