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 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 39 69
Rank change year-on-year +3 +30 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 876 926 919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.21% 6.40% 4.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.54% 7.08% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 443 464 457
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 £93,750 £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 15,805 13,071 19,082
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 90.33% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,356 8,241 12,449
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 £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +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 11 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 11 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 -4 345 £75,000 -6.25% 49
Hampshire +2 223 £70,000 -6.67% 40
Berkshire -6 192 £72,500 -4.92% 28
Buckinghamshire +1 109 £80,000 - 13
Surrey -37 105 £85,000 - 22
East Sussex +51 68 £80,000 +0.77% 6
Middlesex -5 55 - -
Oxfordshire +14 44 £81,000 -14.74% 9
West Sussex +54 43 £67,500 -28.95% 3
Kent -14 18 £95,000 +26.67% 2
Sussex - 8 £75,000 - 1
Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 267 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 254 (29.00%) Security Cleared
3 247 (28.20%) Agile
4 239 (27.28%) Azure
5 194 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
6 187 (21.35%) Finance
7 178 (20.32%) TOGAF
8 177 (20.21%) Roadmaps
9 163 (18.61%) SC Cleared
10 160 (18.26%) Microsoft
11 152 (17.35%) AWS
12 148 (16.89%) Degree
13 112 (12.79%) Mentoring
14 111 (12.67%) Enterprise Architecture
15 93 (10.62%) Presales
16 92 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
16 92 (10.50%) Change Management
16 92 (10.50%) Data Management
17 87 (9.93%) Strategic Roadmap
18 86 (9.82%) Oracle
19 84 (9.59%) ERP
20 82 (9.36%) Data Architecture
21 79 (9.02%) Data Modelling
21 79 (9.02%) Actionable Insight
22 77 (8.79%) SAP
23 75 (8.56%) SAS
23 75 (8.56%) Broadband
23 75 (8.56%) Hyperion
23 75 (8.56%) Performance Management
23 75 (8.56%) SAP ERP

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 (8.56%) SAS
2 13 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.57%) Drupal
5 4 (0.46%) 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 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (8.56%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.46%) 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
1 239 (27.28%) Azure
2 152 (17.35%) AWS
3 55 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 51 (5.82%) GCP
5 42 (4.79%) SaaS
6 36 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
7 35 (4.00%) Serverless
8 31 (3.54%) Snowflake
9 24 (2.74%) Matillion
10 21 (2.40%) PowerApps
11 19 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.14%) Amazon S3
15 10 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
16 9 (1.03%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 75 (8.56%) Broadband
2 53 (6.05%) Firewall
3 35 (4.00%) VSAT
4 34 (3.88%) WAN
5 31 (3.54%) SD-WAN
6 28 (3.20%) Network Security
7 22 (2.51%) DNS
8 19 (2.17%) VPN
9 18 (2.05%) BGP
10 16 (1.83%) Cisco Firepower
11 14 (1.60%) SSL
11 14 (1.60%) VLAN
12 13 (1.48%) Wireless
13 9 (1.03%) CTI
14 8 (0.91%) OSPF
15 7 (0.80%) Intranet
15 7 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.80%) Multicast
16 6 (0.68%) MPLS
17 5 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (4.68%) Power BI
3 37 (4.22%) Data Lake
4 32 (3.65%) BigQuery
4 32 (3.65%) Looker
5 27 (3.08%) Metadata
6 14 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (1.37%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.26%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.03%) SQL Server
11 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.68%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.46%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.34%) OLAP
14 3 (0.34%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 22 (2.51%) GitLab
2 21 (2.40%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.14%) Git
3 10 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.11%) JIRA
6 1 (0.11%) MSI
General
1 267 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 187 (21.35%) Finance
3 92 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (3.88%) Retail
6 32 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (2.17%) Legal
8 17 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (1.83%) Billing
10 15 (1.71%) Manufacturing
10 15 (1.71%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.14%) Publishing
13 9 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.03%) Police
14 6 (0.68%) Automotive
14 6 (0.68%) Law
15 5 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.57%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.46%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.65%) .NET
2 25 (2.85%) OAuth
3 24 (2.74%) REST
4 19 (2.17%) OpenID
5 18 (2.05%) SAML
6 13 (1.48%) Web Services
7 12 (1.37%) Kafka
7 12 (1.37%) React
8 10 (1.14%) Node.js
9 7 (0.80%) Middleware
9 7 (0.80%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.68%) SOAP
11 4 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
11 4 (0.46%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (0.46%) Spring Boot
12 3 (0.34%) ASP.NET
12 3 (0.34%) AWS CDK
13 2 (0.23%) .NET Framework
13 2 (0.23%) RESTful
13 2 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.59%) Data Centre
2 44 (5.02%) Cloud Native
3 37 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (3.08%) PMI
4 27 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.74%) Security Posture
6 23 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (2.51%) Public Cloud
8 21 (2.40%) PKI
9 18 (2.05%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.48%) Management Information System
11 7 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.80%) Biopharmaceutical
11 7 (0.80%) IoT
11 7 (0.80%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.46%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.46%) SCADA
14 3 (0.34%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.91%) Linux
2 35 (4.00%) Windows
3 13 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.14%) Unix
5 7 (0.80%) Android
5 7 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.57%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (28.20%) Agile
2 194 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (20.32%) TOGAF
4 177 (20.21%) Roadmaps
5 112 (12.79%) Mentoring
6 111 (12.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 93 (10.62%) Presales
8 92 (10.50%) Change Management
8 92 (10.50%) Data Management
9 87 (9.93%) Strategic Roadmap
10 84 (9.59%) ERP
11 82 (9.36%) Data Architecture
12 79 (9.02%) Actionable Insight
12 79 (9.02%) Data Modelling
13 75 (8.56%) Performance Management
14 72 (8.22%) DevOps
15 70 (7.99%) Microservices
16 65 (7.42%) ETL
17 64 (7.31%) Network Management
18 61 (6.96%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 59 (6.74%) SQL
2 50 (5.71%) C#
3 47 (5.37%) Python
4 46 (5.25%) Java
5 24 (2.74%) T-SQL
6 21 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 20 (2.28%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.60%) C++
9 12 (1.37%) Fortran
10 10 (1.14%) Go
11 7 (0.80%) C
11 7 (0.80%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.46%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.46%) Scala
13 2 (0.23%) R
14 1 (0.11%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 254 (29.00%) Security Cleared
2 163 (18.61%) SC Cleared
3 148 (16.89%) Degree
4 63 (7.19%) DV Cleared
5 35 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (3.54%) Azure Certification
7 27 (3.08%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.63%) AWS Certification
8 23 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (1.60%) CCNA
10 14 (1.60%) CCNP
10 14 (1.60%) CISSP
11 11 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 9 (1.03%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.91%) CCSK
13 8 (0.91%) CCSP
14 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.08%) GDPR
2 45 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.40%) NIST
4 13 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 12 (1.37%) QA
6 8 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.80%) 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 (3.65%) Docker
2 18 (2.05%) 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 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.63%) Terraform
3 7 (0.80%) 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
1 160 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.82%) Oracle
3 77 (8.79%) SAP
4 75 (8.56%) Anaplan
4 75 (8.56%) Hyperion
5 52 (5.94%) Cisco
6 51 (5.82%) Google
7 40 (4.57%) Juniper
8 31 (3.54%) Databricks
9 24 (2.74%) Apple
10 18 (2.05%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.94%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.60%) Adobe
13 12 (1.37%) Meraki
14 10 (1.14%) F5
14 10 (1.14%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.91%) Palo Alto
16 6 (0.68%) Guidewire
16 6 (0.68%) ServiceNow
16 6 (0.68%) VMware