Software Architect Jobs in the North of England

Software Architect
England > North of England

The median Software Architect salary in the North of England is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 420 393
Rank change year-on-year +139 -27 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 115 11 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.66% 0.063% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.070% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 38
10th Percentile £70,500 £72,000 £63,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £83,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% -5.29% +25.93%
75th Percentile £86,563 £88,750 -
90th Percentile £89,750 £95,000 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,423 15,639 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.43% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12,697 8,299 11,117
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,811
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in the North of England

Software Architect
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in the North of England.

Salary trend for Software Architect in the North of England

Software Architect
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
North West +80 79 £80,000 -0.62% 8
Yorkshire +125 36 £75,000 -11.76% 3
Software Architect
England

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Software 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 across the North of England region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 103 (89.57%) TOGAF
2 102 (88.70%) Requirements Management
2 102 (88.70%) Technical Architecture
2 102 (88.70%) Validation
2 102 (88.70%) VSAT
2 102 (88.70%) Network Architecture
2 102 (88.70%) Network Management
2 102 (88.70%) Model Validation
3 94 (81.74%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (6.09%) .NET
5 6 (5.22%) Software Engineering
6 4 (3.48%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (3.48%) Strategic Roadmap
6 4 (3.48%) Architecture Roadmap
6 4 (3.48%) SaaS
6 4 (3.48%) Business Strategy
6 4 (3.48%) Roadmaps
6 4 (3.48%) Design Patterns
6 4 (3.48%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (2.61%) AWS
8 2 (1.74%) Open Source
8 2 (1.74%) Azure
8 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.74%) DevOps
8 2 (1.74%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.74%) C#
8 2 (1.74%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.74%) Kanban
8 2 (1.74%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.74%) Security Cleared

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (0.87%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.48%) SaaS
2 3 (2.61%) AWS
3 2 (1.74%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 102 (88.70%) VSAT
General
1 1 (0.87%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
1 2 (1.74%) Private Cloud
2 1 (0.87%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (89.57%) TOGAF
2 102 (88.70%) Model Validation
2 102 (88.70%) Network Architecture
2 102 (88.70%) Network Management
2 102 (88.70%) Requirements Management
2 102 (88.70%) Technical Architecture
2 102 (88.70%) Validation
3 94 (81.74%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (5.22%) Software Engineering
5 4 (3.48%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (3.48%) Architecture Roadmap
5 4 (3.48%) Business Strategy
5 4 (3.48%) Design Patterns
5 4 (3.48%) Roadmaps
5 4 (3.48%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (3.48%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (1.74%) DevOps
6 2 (1.74%) Full Stack Development
6 2 (1.74%) Kanban
6 2 (1.74%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.74%) C#
1 2 (1.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (1.74%) SC Cleared
1 2 (1.74%) Security Cleared