Principal Architect
UK
The median Principal Architect salary in the UK is £80,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 667 | 854 | 863 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +187 | +9 | -61 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect | 242 | 92 | 420 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.23% | 0.097% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | 0.11% | 0.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 64 | 76 | 188 |
| 10th Percentile | £70,000 | £78,875 | £61,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £74,759 | £90,000 | £79,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,500 | £105,000 | £87,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.33% | +20.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £120,000 | £107,188 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £135,000 | £115,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £78,273 | £105,000 | £85,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.45% | +23.53% | +6.25% |
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 | 99,838 | 86,540 | 162,414 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.86% | 91.29% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,991 | 55,953 | 84,888 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,676 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,238 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.49% | +5.76% |
Principal Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Principal Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Principal Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Architect.
Principal Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Architect over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.
Principal Architect
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 | +83 | 175 | £78,273 | -25.45% | 16 |
| England | +126 | 144 | £78,273 | -25.45% | 27 |
| Scotland | - | 64 | - | - | |
| London | +114 | 41 | £102,500 | -10.87% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +61 | 39 | £78,273 | -30.42% | 16 |
| South East | +3 | 30 | £75,000 | -28.57% | 5 |
| North of England | +50 | 29 | £78,273 | -31.19% | 5 |
| Midlands | +9 | 21 | £78,273 | - | 1 |
| North West | +2 | 16 | £80,500 | +31.77% | 1 |
| South West | -27 | 13 | £78,273 | +1.00% | 3 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 12 | £78,273 | - | |
| Yorkshire | +62 | 11 | £74,136 | -36.23% | 4 |
| East of England | -3 | 9 | £115,000 | - | 2 |
| Wales | +4 | 5 | £78,273 | -15.38% | |
| West Midlands | - | 5 | £78,273 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | - | - | |
| North East | - | 2 | £75,386 | - |
Principal Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Principal 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 Principal Architect in the job title.
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Principal 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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