Systems Architect Jobs in England

System Architect
UK > England

The median System Architect salary in England is £65,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 693 817 1028
Rank change year-on-year +124 +211 -231
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 139 104 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.12% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.13% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 68 27 75
10th Percentile £54,625 £57,450 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,125 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,750 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% -10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £89,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,500 £89,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +7.14% -5.08% +9.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,760 80,739 129,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,876 51,417 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in England

Systems Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Architect in England

Systems Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Architect in England

Systems Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
South West 0 32 £55,000 - 2
North of England +79 31 £60,000 +3.45%
London +113 26 £85,000 +29.36% 7
South East -1 22 £64,000 -14.67% 7
North West +17 16 £60,000 +3.45%
Midlands -1 16 - - 5
Yorkshire - 15 £85,000 -
West Midlands +18 14 - - 3
East of England -15 12 £65,000 -23.53% 6
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
Systems Architect
UK

Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 across the England region featuring Systems Architect in the job title.

1 58 (41.73%) Security Cleared
2 34 (24.46%) Agile
3 33 (23.74%) Social Skills
4 31 (22.30%) Finance
5 28 (20.14%) Technical Leadership
6 26 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (15.83%) Degree
8 21 (15.11%) Pega
9 20 (14.39%) Product Ownership
10 19 (13.67%) Roadmaps
10 19 (13.67%) Systems Engineering
10 19 (13.67%) Computer Science
11 18 (12.95%) Project Management
11 18 (12.95%) Linux
11 18 (12.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (12.23%) DevOps
12 17 (12.23%) Actionable Insight
12 17 (12.23%) Management Information System
13 16 (11.51%) Azure
13 16 (11.51%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (10.79%) Technical Architecture
14 15 (10.79%) QA
14 15 (10.79%) SC Cleared
14 15 (10.79%) DV Cleared
14 15 (10.79%) TOGAF
15 14 (10.07%) MODAF
15 14 (10.07%) Load Balancing
15 14 (10.07%) Python
15 14 (10.07%) Value Proposition

Systems Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Simulink
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.60%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.51%) Azure
2 9 (6.47%) AWS
3 7 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (3.60%) AWS Direct Connect
4 5 (3.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (2.88%) SaaS
6 3 (2.16%) GCP
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.35%) Firewall
2 10 (7.19%) LAN
2 10 (7.19%) VPN
2 10 (7.19%) WAN
3 9 (6.47%) DHCP
3 9 (6.47%) DNS
4 8 (5.76%) MPLS
5 7 (5.04%) BGP
5 7 (5.04%) DMVPN
5 7 (5.04%) DWDM
5 7 (5.04%) EIGRP
5 7 (5.04%) GLBP
5 7 (5.04%) HTTP
5 7 (5.04%) HTTPS
5 7 (5.04%) IGRP
5 7 (5.04%) IPsec
5 7 (5.04%) Multicast
5 7 (5.04%) OSPF
5 7 (5.04%) SNMP
5 7 (5.04%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 33 (23.74%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.30%) Finance
3 26 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.91%) Retail
4 11 (7.91%) Telecoms
5 10 (7.19%) Aerospace
6 8 (5.76%) Electronics
7 6 (4.32%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.60%) Military
9 4 (2.88%) Banking
9 4 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.88%) International Banking
10 2 (1.44%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.04%) 802.1X
1 7 (5.04%) HTML
1 7 (5.04%) XML
2 3 (2.16%) REST
2 3 (2.16%) SOAP
2 3 (2.16%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.39%) Product Ownership
2 17 (12.23%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.76%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.04%) IoT
4 7 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.88%) SCADA
6 4 (2.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (2.16%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.16%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.44%) NHS
9 1 (0.72%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.95%) Linux
2 11 (7.91%) Windows
3 7 (5.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.46%) Agile
2 28 (20.14%) Technical Leadership
3 26 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (13.67%) Computer Science
4 19 (13.67%) Roadmaps
4 19 (13.67%) Systems Engineering
5 18 (12.95%) Project Management
6 17 (12.23%) Actionable Insight
6 17 (12.23%) DevOps
7 15 (10.79%) Technical Architecture
7 15 (10.79%) TOGAF
8 14 (10.07%) ArchiMate
8 14 (10.07%) Load Balancing
8 14 (10.07%) MODAF
8 14 (10.07%) Service Design
8 14 (10.07%) Value Proposition
9 12 (8.63%) Business Strategy
9 12 (8.63%) Software Engineering
9 12 (8.63%) Systems Thinking
10 11 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.07%) Python
2 7 (5.04%) C
2 7 (5.04%) C#
2 7 (5.04%) JavaScript
2 7 (5.04%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.32%) SQL
4 4 (2.88%) Java
5 3 (2.16%) C++
5 3 (2.16%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 58 (41.73%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.83%) Degree
3 18 (12.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (11.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (10.79%) DV Cleared
5 15 (10.79%) SC Cleared
6 10 (7.19%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (5.76%) Master's Degree
8 7 (5.04%) CCNA
9 4 (2.88%) DBS Check
10 3 (2.16%) CCIE
10 3 (2.16%) CCNP
10 3 (2.16%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.79%) QA
2 7 (5.04%) ISO 13485
3 3 (2.16%) NIST
4 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (2.16%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (2.16%) Firmware
2 2 (1.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.04%) Progress Chef
1 7 (5.04%) Puppet
2 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (15.11%) Pega
2 10 (7.19%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.76%) Google
3 8 (5.76%) Juniper
4 7 (5.04%) Arista
4 7 (5.04%) Cisco
4 7 (5.04%) Fortinet
4 7 (5.04%) IBM
4 7 (5.04%) Tufin
5 5 (3.60%) SAP
6 4 (2.88%) Oracle
6 4 (2.88%) Thales
7 3 (2.16%) Riverbed
8 2 (1.44%) QinetiQ
9 1 (0.72%) Okta
9 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.72%) Sparx