System Architect
UK
The median System Architect salary in the UK is £73,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 737 | 871 | 1098 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +134 | +227 | -225 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect | 187 | 74 | 183 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.079% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.087% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 98 | 31 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,250 | £55,500 | £51,594 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £65,000 | £58,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £73,750 | £70,000 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.36% | -9.68% | +10.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £90,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £92,500 | £91,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £66,500 | £70,000 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -6.67% | +11.11% |
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 | 102,753 | 84,908 | 164,946 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.75% | 91.21% | 95.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72,538 | 55,143 | 85,388 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,524 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| 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 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.37% | +5.89% |
Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect.
Systems Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
Systems 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 Systems Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 | +31 | 147 | £66,500 | -5.00% | 21 |
| England | +101 | 143 | £65,000 | -8.77% | 23 |
| Work from Home | +96 | 61 | £70,000 | - | 3 |
| North of England | +55 | 34 | £60,000 | +3.45% | 3 |
| South West | -4 | 32 | £67,500 | +22.73% | 2 |
| London | +77 | 26 | £85,000 | +29.36% | 4 |
| Scotland | - | 24 | £80,000 | - | 3 |
| South East | +1 | 22 | £64,000 | -28.89% | 10 |
| North West | +7 | 19 | £49,371 | -14.88% | 1 |
| Midlands | -16 | 16 | - | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | - | 15 | £85,000 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | +3 | 14 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | -19 | 13 | £65,000 | -14.75% | 4 |
| Wales | +11 | 3 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - |
Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 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 featuring Systems Architect in the job title.
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Systems 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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