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 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 458 662
Rank change year-on-year +93 +204 -122
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 723 673 694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.66% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.73% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 427 318 370
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,600 £62,500
25th Percentile £57,063 £67,563 £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 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

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 13 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 13 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 +105 631 £73,000 -14.12% 96
UK excluding London +54 419 £66,500 -16.88% 45
London +94 253 £90,000 -5.26% 54
Work from Home +47 235 £70,000 -17.65% 51
North of England +142 168 £70,000 -12.50% 15
Midlands +56 99 £62,500 -19.35% 11
North West +40 87 £70,000 -7.59% 8
West Midlands +61 78 £62,500 -14.97% 8
Yorkshire +140 72 £74,000 -12.94% 4
South East -31 60 £67,500 -8.16% 10
Scotland -50 42 £80,000 -5.88% 2
South West -15 36 £72,500 -17.14% 1
East Midlands +6 21 £50,000 -47.37% 3
North East +2 9 £61,206 -46.78% 3
Wales +14 8 £53,500 -15.75% 1
East of England -1 6 £90,750 +13.44% 4

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 214 (29.60%) Agile
2 198 (27.39%) Azure
3 187 (25.86%) Finance
4 166 (22.96%) Microsoft
5 161 (22.27%) AWS
6 156 (21.58%) Roadmaps
6 156 (21.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 153 (21.16%) Degree
8 146 (20.19%) Mentoring
9 135 (18.67%) Social Skills
10 115 (15.91%) Coaching
10 115 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
11 102 (14.11%) Data Modelling
11 102 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
12 86 (11.89%) Business Strategy
13 84 (11.62%) Architectural Patterns
14 83 (11.48%) GCP
15 81 (11.20%) Data Architecture
16 80 (11.07%) Analytics
17 79 (10.93%) Design Patterns
18 76 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
18 76 (10.51%) DevOps
19 75 (10.37%) Presales
20 74 (10.24%) Data Centre
21 70 (9.68%) Public Sector
22 69 (9.54%) Microservices
23 68 (9.41%) Security Cleared
23 68 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
24 67 (9.27%) Migration
25 65 (8.99%) Data Strategy

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 (1.94%) 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 (27.39%) Azure
2 161 (22.27%) AWS
3 83 (11.48%) GCP
4 52 (7.19%) Power Platform
5 48 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
6 42 (5.81%) SaaS
7 33 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (4.15%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.60%) PaaS
10 22 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (3.04%) PowerApps
11 20 (2.77%) IaaS
12 19 (2.63%) Serverless
13 16 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.24%) Amazon S3
15 9 (1.24%) CloudFront
15 9 (1.24%) Route 53
15 9 (1.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (7.61%) WAN
2 44 (6.09%) SD-WAN
3 29 (4.01%) Firewall
4 21 (2.90%) Cisco Firepower
5 17 (2.35%) MPLS
6 14 (1.94%) DNS
6 14 (1.94%) LAN
6 14 (1.94%) 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 (1.11%) VPN
11 6 (0.83%) IPsec
11 6 (0.83%) SSL
12 5 (0.69%) BGP
12 5 (0.69%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.69%) OSPF
12 5 (0.69%) SNMP
12 5 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.19%) Metadata
2 45 (6.22%) NoSQL
3 29 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.46%) 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 (1.11%) 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
1 187 (25.86%) Finance
2 156 (21.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 135 (18.67%) Social Skills
4 76 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 64 (8.85%) Banking
7 51 (7.05%) Marketing
8 45 (6.22%) Retail
9 43 (5.95%) Law
10 29 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (3.32%) 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 (1.94%) 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 (4.15%) .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 (10.24%) Data Centre
2 59 (8.16%) Public Cloud
3 46 (6.36%) Cloud Native
4 42 (5.81%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.49%) PMI
6 17 (2.35%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.35%) Virtual Team
7 16 (2.21%) Reinsurance
8 13 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.66%) Cyberattack
9 12 (1.66%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.66%) NHS
9 12 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 7 (0.97%) FMCG
12 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.97%) PKI
12 7 (0.97%) PropTech
13 6 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.01%) Linux
2 9 (1.24%) Windows
3 8 (1.11%) VME
4 5 (0.69%) Unix
5 3 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (29.60%) Agile
2 156 (21.58%) Roadmaps
3 146 (20.19%) Mentoring
4 115 (15.91%) Coaching
4 115 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
5 102 (14.11%) Data Modelling
5 102 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
6 86 (11.89%) Business Strategy
7 84 (11.62%) Architectural Patterns
8 81 (11.20%) Data Architecture
9 80 (11.07%) Analytics
10 79 (10.93%) Design Patterns
11 76 (10.51%) DevOps
12 75 (10.37%) Presales
13 69 (9.54%) Microservices
14 68 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
15 67 (9.27%) Migration
16 65 (8.99%) Data Strategy
16 65 (8.99%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 62 (8.58%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.12%) C#
2 36 (4.98%) SQL
3 34 (4.70%) Python
4 30 (4.15%) Java
5 17 (2.35%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.38%) C
7 8 (1.11%) COBOL
7 8 (1.11%) 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
1 153 (21.16%) Degree
2 68 (9.41%) Security Cleared
3 60 (8.30%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (8.02%) SC Cleared
5 48 (6.64%) AWS Certification
6 42 (5.81%) CCNA
7 41 (5.67%) CCNP
8 36 (4.98%) 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 (2.63%) PMI Certification
13 14 (1.94%) 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 (3.46%) 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 (3.60%) Docker
2 19 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.11%) 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 (4.84%) Terraform
2 33 (4.56%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.90%) Stealthwatch
4 16 (2.21%) CASB
5 8 (1.11%) Ansible
5 8 (1.11%) 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 (22.96%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.47%) Cisco
3 50 (6.92%) Google
4 40 (5.53%) Meraki
5 36 (4.98%) Adobe
5 36 (4.98%) Apple
6 27 (3.73%) Oracle
7 18 (2.49%) Databricks
7 18 (2.49%) Juniper
8 17 (2.35%) Informatica
9 14 (1.94%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.66%) VMware
11 8 (1.11%) Micro Focus
11 8 (1.11%) 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%) Sparx