Software Architecture Jobs

Software Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 439 471 385
Rank change year-on-year +32 -86 +85
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 574 581 1,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.61% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.64% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 291 331 464
10th Percentile £45,625 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - +20.83%
75th Percentile £82,500 £98,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £101,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,477 90,991 161,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.84% 95.49% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,023 54,512 83,003
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the UK

Software Architecture
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture.

Salary trend for Software Architecture in the UK

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the UK

Software Architecture
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +12 456 £70,000 -3.45% 93
UK excluding London +39 437 £67,500 +12.50% 58
Work from Home -27 156 £70,576 +0.82% 56
London +2 110 £85,000 -5.56% 40
South West -2 109 £70,000 +27.27% 7
North of England +91 89 £70,000 +16.67% 10
South East -49 87 £64,000 +7.56% 22
North West +35 60 £55,000 -2.22% 6
Scotland -20 58 £67,500 -10.00% 3
Midlands -8 39 £95,000 +52.00% 6
Yorkshire +88 27 £70,000 +27.27% 2
West Midlands -3 23 £95,000 +46.15% 3
Wales +24 22 £75,000 +3.45%
East of England -10 19 £72,250 +7.04% 11
East Midlands -25 15 £49,000 -21.60% 3
Northern Ireland +37 14 £65,000 - 2
North East -12 2 £70,500 -9.03% 2

Software Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (1.22%) Apache
2 4 (0.70%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.70%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.17%) Appian
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
4 1 (0.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) CANalyzer
2 3 (0.52%) Simulink
3 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.35%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 250 (43.55%) Azure
2 220 (38.33%) AWS
3 82 (14.29%) SaaS
4 41 (7.14%) OpenShift
5 34 (5.92%) GCP
6 26 (4.53%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (2.61%) Serverless
9 13 (2.26%) PaaS
10 11 (1.92%) IaaS
11 7 (1.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (1.22%) Azure Functions
12 6 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.05%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.05%) GitHub
13 4 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.52%) Datadog
14 3 (0.52%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 60 (10.45%) TCP/IP
2 54 (9.41%) HTTP
3 47 (8.19%) DNS
4 39 (6.79%) DHCP
5 13 (2.26%) Wireless
6 12 (2.09%) Internet
7 10 (1.74%) Ethernet
8 9 (1.57%) RS-232
9 8 (1.39%) SMTP
10 4 (0.70%) Multicast
10 4 (0.70%) RS-485
10 4 (0.70%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.52%) Firewall
11 3 (0.52%) SSH
11 3 (0.52%) VPN
12 1 (0.17%) 4G
12 1 (0.17%) 5G
12 1 (0.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (19.34%) Geospatial Data
2 58 (10.10%) SQL Server
3 22 (3.83%) GIS
4 20 (3.48%) MySQL
5 19 (3.31%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.09%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.92%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.22%) Big Data
9 4 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.17%) Redis
11 1 (0.17%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (9.58%) Git
2 22 (3.83%) Jenkins
2 22 (3.83%) Visual Studio
3 16 (2.79%) Subversion
4 12 (2.09%) Postman
5 8 (1.39%) Jasmine
5 8 (1.39%) Karma Test Runner
5 8 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (1.22%) JUnit
7 6 (1.05%) GitLab
8 5 (0.87%) JIRA
9 4 (0.70%) CANoe
9 4 (0.70%) Maven
10 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.52%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.35%) ScalaTest
12 1 (0.17%) GitKraken
12 1 (0.17%) JetBrains Rider
12 1 (0.17%) JMeter
12 1 (0.17%) MLflow
General
1 197 (34.32%) Social Skills
2 70 (12.20%) Finance
3 38 (6.62%) Banking
3 38 (6.62%) Electronics
4 37 (6.45%) Aerospace
4 37 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (5.40%) Law
7 25 (4.36%) Legal
8 19 (3.31%) Marketing
9 18 (3.14%) Public Sector
10 16 (2.79%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.61%) Games
11 15 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.09%) Automotive
13 8 (1.39%) Private Banking
14 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.87%) Agriculture
15 5 (0.87%) Military
15 5 (0.87%) Retail
Job Titles
1 200 (34.84%) Architect
2 124 (21.60%) Developer
3 120 (20.91%) Senior
4 119 (20.73%) Software Architect
5 105 (18.29%) Software Engineer
6 89 (15.51%) Geospatial Architect
7 73 (12.72%) Lead
8 39 (6.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 39 (6.79%) Senior Developer
9 37 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (4.53%) Technical Architect
11 25 (4.36%) Embedded Engineer
11 25 (4.36%) Full Stack Developer
12 22 (3.83%) C# Developer
12 22 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (3.66%) Software Developer
14 18 (3.14%) Azure Developer
15 17 (2.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 17 (2.96%) Senior Architect
15 17 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (21.43%) .NET
2 54 (9.41%) HTML
3 51 (8.89%) CSS
4 49 (8.54%) React
5 43 (7.49%) AngularJS
6 39 (6.79%) Spring
7 36 (6.27%) ASP.NET
8 31 (5.40%) .NET Framework
9 30 (5.23%) .NET Core
10 28 (4.88%) RESTful
11 25 (4.36%) Web Services
12 22 (3.83%) REST
13 19 (3.31%) Swagger
14 18 (3.14%) Node.js
15 16 (2.79%) SOAP
16 15 (2.61%) ASP.NET Web API
16 15 (2.61%) Entity Framework
16 15 (2.61%) Hibernate
16 15 (2.61%) jQuery
16 15 (2.61%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 90 (15.68%) Legacy Systems
2 66 (11.50%) Cloud Native
3 42 (7.32%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.70%) Algorithms
5 26 (4.53%) IoT
6 23 (4.01%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (3.31%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.96%) Robotics
8 17 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (2.61%) Embedded Systems
10 13 (2.26%) Data Structures
10 13 (2.26%) Mobile App
11 12 (2.09%) CUDA
12 8 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.39%) GNSS
12 8 (1.39%) Tandem
13 6 (1.05%) Derivative
13 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.05%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.87%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 87 (15.16%) Linux
2 86 (14.98%) Windows
3 39 (6.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (1.92%) Ubuntu
4 11 (1.92%) Unix
4 11 (1.92%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.74%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.87%) Android
7 3 (0.52%) CentOS
7 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (49.83%) Agile
2 242 (42.16%) DevOps
3 191 (33.28%) Software Engineering
4 130 (22.65%) Software Testing
5 121 (21.08%) Migration
6 104 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (15.51%) Actionable Insight
8 84 (14.63%) Computer Science
9 75 (13.07%) Roadmaps
10 69 (12.02%) Architectural Patterns
11 66 (11.50%) CI/CD
12 65 (11.32%) Design Patterns
13 61 (10.63%) Full Stack Development
14 55 (9.58%) Mentoring
15 52 (9.06%) Artificial Intelligence
15 52 (9.06%) Collaborative Working
16 51 (8.89%) Microservices
17 48 (8.36%) Test Automation
18 45 (7.84%) Machine Learning
19 44 (7.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 160 (27.87%) Python
2 132 (23.00%) C#
3 127 (22.13%) Java
4 98 (17.07%) JavaScript
5 94 (16.38%) C
6 62 (10.80%) C++
7 49 (8.54%) PowerShell
8 45 (7.84%) SQL
9 42 (7.32%) Bash
10 31 (5.40%) TypeScript
11 12 (2.09%) T-SQL
11 12 (2.09%) VB.NET
12 11 (1.92%) PHP
13 9 (1.57%) Swift
14 7 (1.22%) Go
14 7 (1.22%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.87%) Ada
15 5 (0.87%) R
16 4 (0.70%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 119 (20.73%) Security Cleared
2 113 (19.69%) Degree
3 47 (8.19%) DV Cleared
4 45 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (6.97%) Master's Degree
6 35 (6.10%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.87%) AWS Certification
7 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (0.87%) PhD
8 4 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (0.70%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.17%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.32%) QA
2 13 (2.26%) HIPAA
3 11 (1.92%) GDPR
4 9 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.57%) ISO 13485
5 8 (1.39%) WAI
6 5 (0.87%) ISO 26262
7 4 (0.70%) PMO
8 3 (0.52%) EMIR
8 3 (0.52%) MiFID
9 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.35%) SEPA
10 1 (0.17%) AUTOSAR
10 1 (0.17%) HAZOP
10 1 (0.17%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 81 (14.11%) Docker
2 39 (6.79%) Hyper-V
2 39 (6.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.31%) Firmware
4 17 (2.96%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 74 (12.89%) Kubernetes
2 43 (7.49%) Ansible
3 40 (6.97%) Puppet
4 6 (1.05%) Kibana
5 4 (0.70%) Terraform
6 3 (0.52%) Grafana
6 3 (0.52%) Graphite
6 3 (0.52%) Nagios
6 3 (0.52%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 53 (9.23%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.79%) Red Hat
2 39 (6.79%) VMware
3 23 (4.01%) Google
4 11 (1.92%) OpenAI
5 10 (1.74%) Oracle
6 8 (1.39%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.52%) Databricks
7 3 (0.52%) New Relic
7 3 (0.52%) Splunk
8 2 (0.35%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.35%) SAP
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe
9 1 (0.17%) Apple
9 1 (0.17%) Ariba
9 1 (0.17%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.17%) Citrix
9 1 (0.17%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.17%) Okta
9 1 (0.17%) Sony