Architect Jobs in the South East

Architect
England > South East

The median Architect salary in the South East is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 38 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 881 925 927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.22% 6.46% 4.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.55% 7.16% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 447 461 458
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,861 12,921 19,187
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.26% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,350 8,154 12,404
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in the South East.

Salary trend for Architect in the South East

Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in the South East

Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Thames Valley -5 349 £75,000 -6.25% 61
Hampshire 0 224 £70,000 -6.67% 36
Berkshire -7 196 £72,500 -6.45% 34
Buckinghamshire -1 110 £80,000 - 16
Surrey -42 106 £85,000 - 23
East Sussex +57 67 £85,000 +7.07% 7
Middlesex -5 55 - -
West Sussex +53 43 £67,500 -28.00% 2
Oxfordshire +5 43 £80,000 -15.79% 12
Kent -7 18 £95,000 +26.67% 3
Sussex - 8 £75,000 - 2
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, 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 South East region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 268 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 256 (29.06%) Security Cleared
3 251 (28.49%) Agile
4 242 (27.47%) Azure
5 190 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
6 185 (21.00%) Finance
7 177 (20.09%) TOGAF
8 176 (19.98%) Roadmaps
9 166 (18.84%) SC Cleared
10 164 (18.62%) Microsoft
11 155 (17.59%) AWS
12 152 (17.25%) Degree
13 112 (12.71%) Enterprise Architecture
13 112 (12.71%) Mentoring
14 94 (10.67%) Presales
15 92 (10.44%) Data Management
15 92 (10.44%) Change Management
16 89 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
17 87 (9.88%) Strategic Roadmap
18 86 (9.76%) Oracle
19 84 (9.53%) ERP
20 79 (8.97%) Data Architecture
21 77 (8.74%) SAP
21 77 (8.74%) Actionable Insight
22 76 (8.63%) Data Modelling
23 75 (8.51%) SAS
23 75 (8.51%) Broadband
23 75 (8.51%) Hyperion
23 75 (8.51%) SAP ERP
23 75 (8.51%) Performance Management

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 75 (8.51%) SAS
2 13 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.57%) Drupal
5 4 (0.45%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.34%) WordPress
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (8.51%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 242 (27.47%) Azure
2 155 (17.59%) AWS
3 58 (6.58%) Power Platform
4 52 (5.90%) GCP
5 42 (4.77%) SaaS
6 36 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (3.75%) Serverless
8 30 (3.41%) Snowflake
9 23 (2.61%) Matillion
10 22 (2.50%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (1.14%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 9 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (1.02%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 75 (8.51%) Broadband
2 54 (6.13%) Firewall
3 36 (4.09%) WAN
4 35 (3.97%) VSAT
5 33 (3.75%) SD-WAN
6 28 (3.18%) Network Security
7 22 (2.50%) DNS
8 19 (2.16%) VPN
9 18 (2.04%) BGP
10 17 (1.93%) Cisco Firepower
11 14 (1.59%) SSL
11 14 (1.59%) VLAN
11 14 (1.59%) Wireless
12 9 (1.02%) CTI
13 8 (0.91%) OSPF
14 7 (0.79%) Intranet
14 7 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.79%) Multicast
15 6 (0.68%) MPLS
16 5 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.79%) Data Warehouse
2 43 (4.88%) Power BI
3 36 (4.09%) Data Lake
4 32 (3.63%) BigQuery
4 32 (3.63%) Looker
5 26 (2.95%) Metadata
6 14 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (1.48%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.25%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.02%) SQL Server
10 7 (0.79%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.68%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.45%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.45%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.34%) OLAP
13 3 (0.34%) Spark SQL
14 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 24 (2.72%) GitLab
2 23 (2.61%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.14%) Git
3 10 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.11%) JIRA
6 1 (0.11%) MSI
General
1 268 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 185 (21.00%) Finance
3 89 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (3.75%) Retail
6 32 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (2.04%) Legal
8 16 (1.82%) Billing
8 16 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.70%) Manufacturing
9 15 (1.70%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.14%) Publishing
12 9 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.02%) Police
13 6 (0.68%) Automotive
13 6 (0.68%) Law
14 5 (0.57%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.57%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.45%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.63%) .NET
2 25 (2.84%) OAuth
3 24 (2.72%) REST
4 19 (2.16%) OpenID
5 18 (2.04%) SAML
6 13 (1.48%) Web Services
7 12 (1.36%) Kafka
7 12 (1.36%) React
8 10 (1.14%) Node.js
9 9 (1.02%) Middleware
10 7 (0.79%) OAuth2
11 6 (0.68%) SOAP
12 4 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
12 4 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (0.45%) Spring Boot
13 3 (0.34%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.34%) AWS CDK
14 2 (0.23%) .NET Framework
14 2 (0.23%) RESTful
14 2 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.68%) Data Centre
2 42 (4.77%) Cloud Native
3 37 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.06%) PMI
4 27 (3.06%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.72%) Security Posture
6 23 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (2.50%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.38%) PKI
9 18 (2.04%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.48%) Management Information System
11 8 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.79%) Biopharmaceutical
12 7 (0.79%) IoT
12 7 (0.79%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.45%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.45%) SCADA
14 3 (0.34%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.11%) Linux
2 35 (3.97%) Windows
3 13 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.14%) Unix
5 6 (0.68%) Android
5 6 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.57%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (28.49%) Agile
2 190 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
3 177 (20.09%) TOGAF
4 176 (19.98%) Roadmaps
5 112 (12.71%) Enterprise Architecture
5 112 (12.71%) Mentoring
6 94 (10.67%) Presales
7 92 (10.44%) Change Management
7 92 (10.44%) Data Management
8 87 (9.88%) Strategic Roadmap
9 84 (9.53%) ERP
10 79 (8.97%) Data Architecture
11 77 (8.74%) Actionable Insight
12 76 (8.63%) Data Modelling
13 75 (8.51%) Performance Management
14 73 (8.29%) DevOps
15 67 (7.60%) Microservices
16 65 (7.38%) ETL
17 64 (7.26%) Network Management
18 62 (7.04%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 63 (7.15%) SQL
2 51 (5.79%) C#
3 49 (5.56%) Python
4 47 (5.33%) Java
5 23 (2.61%) T-SQL
6 21 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 20 (2.27%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.70%) C++
9 14 (1.59%) Fortran
10 10 (1.14%) Go
11 9 (1.02%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.79%) C
13 4 (0.45%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.45%) Scala
14 2 (0.23%) R
15 1 (0.11%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 256 (29.06%) Security Cleared
2 166 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 152 (17.25%) Degree
4 62 (7.04%) DV Cleared
5 35 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.63%) Azure Certification
7 27 (3.06%) PMI Certification
8 24 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (2.61%) AWS Certification
10 18 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (1.70%) CCNA
11 15 (1.70%) CCNP
12 14 (1.59%) CISSP
13 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 8 (0.91%) CCSK
15 8 (0.91%) CCSP
15 8 (0.91%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (6.92%) GDPR
2 45 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.38%) NIST
4 13 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 11 (1.25%) QA
6 8 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.79%) ISO 13485
8 5 (0.57%) COBIT
8 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 5 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.23%) PMO
10 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 32 (3.63%) Docker
2 18 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
3 13 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.14%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.11%) HDFS
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (3.97%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.61%) Terraform
3 8 (0.91%) Stealthwatch
4 6 (0.68%) Endace
5 5 (0.57%) CASB
5 5 (0.57%) Suricata
6 3 (0.34%) Grafana
6 3 (0.34%) OpenView
6 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.11%) Ansible
7 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.11%) Puppet
7 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 164 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.76%) Oracle
3 77 (8.74%) SAP
4 75 (8.51%) Anaplan
4 75 (8.51%) Hyperion
5 54 (6.13%) Cisco
6 51 (5.79%) Google
7 41 (4.65%) Juniper
8 30 (3.41%) Databricks
9 25 (2.84%) Apple
10 18 (2.04%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.93%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.70%) Adobe
13 13 (1.48%) Meraki
14 11 (1.25%) Fortinet
15 10 (1.14%) F5
16 8 (0.91%) Palo Alto
17 6 (0.68%) ServiceNow
17 6 (0.68%) VMware
18 5 (0.57%) Guidewire