Software Architect Jobs in Reading

Software Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Software Architect salary in Reading is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 63 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.66% - 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.86% - 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 22 0 5
10th Percentile - - £68,500
25th Percentile £65,000 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 - -
90th Percentile - - £90,500
Berkshire median annual salary £75,000 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - +18.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,631 1,482 1,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 93.62% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 792 1,020
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,440 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in Reading

Software Architect
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Software Architect in Reading

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 8 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 Reading region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 35 (55.56%) Validation
1 35 (55.56%) TOGAF
1 35 (55.56%) Requirements Management
1 35 (55.56%) Technical Architecture
1 35 (55.56%) VSAT
1 35 (55.56%) Network Architecture
1 35 (55.56%) Network Management
1 35 (55.56%) Model Validation
2 33 (52.38%) Actionable Insight
3 23 (36.51%) Agile
4 20 (31.75%) Physics
5 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
6 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
7 11 (17.46%) Monte Carlo Method
7 11 (17.46%) GitLab
7 11 (17.46%) Degree
7 11 (17.46%) Fortran
7 11 (17.46%) Microsoft
7 11 (17.46%) C#
7 11 (17.46%) SQL
7 11 (17.46%) Visual Studio
8 10 (15.87%) Python
8 10 (15.87%) Computer Science
9 7 (11.11%) C++
10 3 (4.76%) Azure
10 3 (4.76%) AWS
10 3 (4.76%) DevOps
11 2 (3.17%) Software Architecture
11 2 (3.17%) Migration
11 2 (3.17%) Geospatial Data

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (4.76%) AWS
1 3 (4.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 35 (55.56%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (17.46%) GitLab
1 11 (17.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (3.17%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.59%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (55.56%) Model Validation
1 35 (55.56%) Network Architecture
1 35 (55.56%) Network Management
1 35 (55.56%) Requirements Management
1 35 (55.56%) Technical Architecture
1 35 (55.56%) TOGAF
1 35 (55.56%) Validation
2 33 (52.38%) Actionable Insight
3 23 (36.51%) Agile
4 20 (31.75%) Physics
5 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
6 11 (17.46%) Monte Carlo Method
7 10 (15.87%) Computer Science
8 3 (4.76%) DevOps
9 2 (3.17%) Migration
9 2 (3.17%) Software Architecture
10 1 (1.59%) Kanban
10 1 (1.59%) Open Source
10 1 (1.59%) Scrum
10 1 (1.59%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.46%) C#
1 11 (17.46%) Fortran
1 11 (17.46%) SQL
2 10 (15.87%) Python
3 7 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.46%) Degree
3 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft