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Senior Architect
Weigh a senior move by the projects you will run and the people you will lead. Compare live roles, pay and the evidence practices look for.
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7 Senior Architect roles on the board today.
Matched by tag and by job title, so no role is missed because it was filed differently. “Typically” means the advert gives no salary, so we show our benchmark.
- Senior Architect - Data Centre ProjectsConfidential practiceConfidential practice · London · HybridTypically £52k to £60kPosted 15 Oct
- Senior Architect for Commercial ProjectsConfidential practiceConfidential practice · London · Hybrid£48,000 to £55,000 a yearPosted 14 Oct
- Senior ArchitectConfidential practiceConfidential practice · London · HybridUp to £60,000Posted 13 Oct
- Senior ArchitectConfidential practiceConfidential practice · London · Hybrid£50,000 to £55,000 a yearPosted 9 Oct
- Senior Architect - Facade Design and DeliveryConfidential practiceConfidential practice · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid£48,000 to £55,000 a yearPosted 9 Oct
- Senior ArchitectConfidential practiceConfidential practice · London · Hybrid£55,000 to £60,000Posted 28 Sep
- Senior ArchitectConfidential practiceConfidential practice · Camden · Hybrid£55,000 to £65,000Posted 17 Sep
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Salary guide · June 2026
What Senior Architect roles pay.
Published benchmarks, not offers. Compare them with what live adverts state and the projects and team you would lead.
- Greater London0 to 4 years, open the salary guide£56,000 typical£52,000 to £60,000
- Greater London5+ years, open the salary guide£62,000 typical£56,000 to £68,000
- Outside London0 to 4 years, open the salary guide£50,000 typical£45,000 to £55,000
- Outside London5+ years, open the salary guide£55,000 typical£50,000 to £62,000
Bar: published low to high. Mark: typical. Scale £42,000 to £70,000.
From live adverts
6 of 7
Senior Architect adverts state a salary, from £48,000 to £65,000.
The role
Senior Architect, in plain terms.
A Senior Architect leads projects, or large parts of them, and guides the people working on them. The role usually brings more client contact, design review and mentoring than earlier stages.
Senior means different things in different practices. Ask how many projects and people you would lead, how much client contact you would have and what the route to Associate looks like.
Ask before you accept
- Which projects would I lead, and from which stage?
- How many people would I manage or mentor?
- What would the route to Associate look like here?
Prepare
Show the projects and people you have led.
Show the projects you ran, the people you guided and the results, with your own part in each made clear.
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Where it leads
From Architect to practice leadership.
Live counts refresh with the jobs board. These are possible career stages, not a fixed route.
- EarlierArchitectAfter Part 3 and ARB registration23 open today
- EarlierProject ArchitectLeading a project’s delivery11 open today
- You are hereSenior ArchitectLeading projects and teams7 open today
- NextAssociatePractice leadership and clientsNone open today
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