Software Architecture Jobs in England

Software Architecture
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 470 414
Rank change year-on-year +15 -56 +90
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 416 597 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.63% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.65% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 274 345 392
10th Percentile £46,930 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £102,625 £107,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year -12.50% +8.47% +13.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,526 91,222 123,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 86.13% 95.69% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 53,873 53,659 74,247
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
South West +24 107 £70,000 +27.27% 11
South East -2 90 £64,000 +3.73% 26
London -6 90 £85,000 -2.86% 51
North of England +84 68 £70,000 +33.33% 17
North West +24 39 £55,000 +15.79% 11
Midlands -9 37 £85,000 +88.89% 5
Yorkshire +95 27 £71,538 +14.46% 5
West Midlands +39 26 £95,000 +46.15% 4
East of England +21 21 £72,250 +7.04% 11
East Midlands -32 10 £50,000 +11.11% 1
North East -6 2 £70,500 -9.03% 1
Software Architecture
UK

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.68%) Tomcat
2 4 (0.96%) Apache
3 2 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.48%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.24%) Appian
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.44%) CANalyzer
1 6 (1.44%) Simulink
2 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) SystmOne
1 2 (0.48%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 126 (30.29%) Azure
2 107 (25.72%) AWS
3 66 (15.87%) SaaS
4 36 (8.65%) OpenShift
5 21 (5.05%) GCP
6 19 (4.57%) Serverless
7 18 (4.33%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.37%) PaaS
10 11 (2.64%) GitHub
10 11 (2.64%) IaaS
11 9 (2.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (1.68%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.68%) Azure Functions
13 3 (0.72%) AWS CodePipeline
13 3 (0.72%) Azure App Service
13 3 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.72%) Firebase
13 3 (0.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 59 (14.18%) TCP/IP
2 49 (11.78%) HTTP
3 42 (10.10%) DNS
4 36 (8.65%) DHCP
5 13 (3.13%) Ethernet
5 13 (3.13%) Internet
6 9 (2.16%) Wireless
7 8 (1.92%) RS-232
8 6 (1.44%) SMTP
9 5 (1.20%) Multicast
10 3 (0.72%) RS-485
10 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.48%) Firewall
11 2 (0.48%) SSH
11 2 (0.48%) VPN
12 1 (0.24%) 4G
12 1 (0.24%) IPsec
12 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.24%) Network Security
12 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.62%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.81%) NoSQL
3 19 (4.57%) MySQL
4 14 (3.37%) DynamoDB
4 14 (3.37%) Geospatial Data
4 14 (3.37%) GIS
5 11 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.20%) Big Data
7 3 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.24%) Power BI
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 41 (9.86%) Git
2 18 (4.33%) Visual Studio
3 16 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.85%) Postman
4 15 (3.61%) Subversion
5 8 (1.92%) Maven
6 7 (1.68%) GitLab
7 6 (1.44%) CANoe
7 6 (1.44%) JUnit
8 4 (0.96%) JIRA
9 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.24%) Crashlytics
10 1 (0.24%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.24%) MLflow
10 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 90 (21.63%) Social Skills
2 37 (8.89%) Electronics
3 33 (7.93%) Finance
4 32 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.97%) Aerospace
6 26 (6.25%) Legal
7 20 (4.81%) Banking
8 16 (3.85%) Automotive
9 15 (3.61%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.13%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.68%) Games
12 7 (1.68%) Law
13 6 (1.44%) Aviation
13 6 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.44%) Military
13 6 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.20%) Multimedia
14 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 98 (23.56%) Developer
2 95 (22.84%) Software Engineer
3 92 (22.12%) Architect
3 92 (22.12%) Senior
4 50 (12.02%) Lead
5 36 (8.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (6.73%) Senior Developer
8 27 (6.49%) Software Architect
9 26 (6.25%) Technical Architect
10 22 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
11 19 (4.57%) Embedded Engineer
11 19 (4.57%) Full Stack Developer
11 19 (4.57%) Software Developer
12 18 (4.33%) C# Developer
13 17 (4.09%) .NET Developer
14 15 (3.61%) Azure Developer
15 13 (3.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 13 (3.13%) Senior Software Engineer
15 13 (3.13%) VB.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (21.15%) .NET
2 44 (10.58%) React
3 41 (9.86%) Spring
4 29 (6.97%) AngularJS
5 27 (6.49%) CSS
5 27 (6.49%) HTML
6 25 (6.01%) .NET Core
7 23 (5.53%) REST
8 21 (5.05%) .NET Framework
9 20 (4.81%) Node.js
10 19 (4.57%) SOAP
10 19 (4.57%) Web Services
11 16 (3.85%) RESTful
12 14 (3.37%) ASP.NET
13 13 (3.13%) Qt
13 13 (3.13%) Spring Boot
14 12 (2.88%) Blazor
15 11 (2.64%) Hibernate
15 11 (2.64%) Kafka
16 10 (2.40%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.38%) Cloud Native
2 31 (7.45%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 24 (5.77%) IoT
5 21 (5.05%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (4.57%) Management Information System
7 15 (3.61%) Data Structures
7 15 (3.61%) Embedded Systems
8 14 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (3.13%) Robotics
10 12 (2.88%) Mobile App
11 10 (2.40%) CUDA
12 7 (1.68%) Arduino
12 7 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.68%) Raspberry Pi
13 6 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.44%) GNSS
13 6 (1.44%) Tandem
14 5 (1.20%) 3D Graphics
14 5 (1.20%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 84 (20.19%) Linux
2 73 (17.55%) Windows
3 36 (8.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.40%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.40%) Ubuntu
4 10 (2.40%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.92%) Android
5 8 (1.92%) Unix
6 2 (0.48%) CentOS
6 2 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (37.74%) Software Engineering
2 152 (36.54%) Agile
3 136 (32.69%) DevOps
4 101 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (19.95%) Actionable Insight
6 81 (19.47%) Computer Science
7 63 (15.14%) Roadmaps
8 61 (14.66%) Architectural Patterns
8 61 (14.66%) Design Patterns
9 60 (14.42%) CI/CD
10 53 (12.74%) Full Stack Development
11 45 (10.82%) Microservices
12 43 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
13 40 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
14 36 (8.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 36 (8.65%) SDLC
15 34 (8.17%) Requirements Analysis
16 32 (7.69%) Mentoring
17 31 (7.45%) OOP
17 31 (7.45%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 146 (35.10%) Python
2 116 (27.88%) Java
3 101 (24.28%) C#
4 94 (22.60%) C
5 67 (16.11%) C++
6 66 (15.87%) JavaScript
7 43 (10.34%) SQL
8 42 (10.10%) PowerShell
9 38 (9.13%) Bash
10 24 (5.77%) TypeScript
11 17 (4.09%) VB.NET
12 9 (2.16%) MATLAB
13 8 (1.92%) Swift
14 6 (1.44%) Go
14 6 (1.44%) PHP
14 6 (1.44%) R
15 4 (0.96%) Ada
15 4 (0.96%) Bicep
16 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (26.44%) Degree
2 105 (25.24%) Security Cleared
3 43 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (9.38%) DV Cleared
5 38 (9.13%) Master's Degree
6 26 (6.25%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.20%) PhD
8 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.24%) MBA
9 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.21%) QA
2 12 (2.88%) HIPAA
3 11 (2.64%) GDPR
4 9 (2.16%) ISO 13485
4 9 (2.16%) ISO 26262
5 7 (1.68%) ISO 20022
5 7 (1.68%) SEPA
6 4 (0.96%) PMO
7 3 (0.72%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.72%) HAZOP
8 2 (0.48%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.48%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.24%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.24%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 77 (18.51%) Docker
2 36 (8.65%) Hyper-V
2 36 (8.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.09%) Firmware
4 14 (3.37%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.24%) RACF
Systems Management
1 66 (15.87%) Kubernetes
2 38 (9.13%) Ansible
3 36 (8.65%) Puppet
4 2 (0.48%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.48%) Graphite
4 2 (0.48%) Kibana
4 2 (0.48%) Nagios
4 2 (0.48%) Terraform
4 2 (0.48%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.24%) Grafana
5 1 (0.24%) Podman
5 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.65%) Red Hat
2 36 (8.65%) VMware
3 12 (2.88%) Google
4 8 (1.92%) Guidewire
5 7 (1.68%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.48%) Databricks
6 2 (0.48%) New Relic
6 2 (0.48%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.48%) Splunk
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe
7 1 (0.24%) Apple
7 1 (0.24%) Ariba
7 1 (0.24%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.24%) Citrix
7 1 (0.24%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.24%) Okta
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle
7 1 (0.24%) SAP