System Architect
UK
The median System Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 714 | 865 | 1042 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +151 | +177 | -229 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect | 181 | 124 | 154 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.12% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.13% | 0.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 89 | 40 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | £58,425 | £51,422 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,750 | £63,438 | £60,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -12.50% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £80,938 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £92,500 | £91,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +3.70% |
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 | 92,894 | 96,310 | 147,847 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.58% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,756 | 60,420 | 85,018 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,923 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.80% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect.
Systems Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
Systems 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 Systems Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +56 | 144 | £70,000 | - | 16 |
| England | +129 | 137 | £70,000 | +1.82% | 19 |
| Work from Home | +130 | 67 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 4 |
| South West | +8 | 33 | £55,000 | - | 4 |
| North of England | +65 | 28 | £75,000 | +29.31% | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 27 | £80,000 | - | |
| London | +126 | 26 | £85,000 | +29.36% | 3 |
| South East | +11 | 22 | £64,000 | -14.67% | 4 |
| Midlands | +14 | 16 | - | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | - | 15 | £85,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | +23 | 14 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | +21 | 13 | £63,750 | +9.91% | 1 |
| East of England | +3 | 12 | £65,000 | -23.53% | 5 |
| Wales | +2 | 3 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.
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Systems 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:
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