- Based on 70 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Architect in their career, on average, they have 4.43 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 6.0 years on average and earn $158K per year on average in this less senior role.
- 7% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Architect are Architect, Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer. Architect, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs.
- If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Chief Executive Officer, Database Administrator and Solutions Architect as they commonly lead to Senior Architect as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Senior Architect are Architect, Data Architect and Senior Data Architect based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Architect, the most common step before Senior Architect, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Architect is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Architect that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Senior Architect career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Senior Architect so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Architect isn't from the same job family as Senior Architect, Architecture, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Data Architect also being a common career path to Senior Architect.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Senior Architect are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Computer Science, Master Degree In Computer Science, and Bachelor Degree In Engineering. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Architect being the most common role to and from Senior Architect. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Senior Architect is part of the Architecture job family which has a limited number of unique role types (8) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.