Software Architect Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 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 363 647 703
Rank change year-on-year +284 +56 -71
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 487 115 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.69% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.21% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 115 88 104
10th Percentile £63,750 - £63,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -25.00% +25.93%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £93,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -14.71% +17.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £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 £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architect in the UK excluding London

Software Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the UK excluding London 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 of England +139 115 £77,500 -3.73% 11
Scotland +7 82 £65,000 -23.53% 12
North West +80 79 £80,000 -0.62% 8
South East +31 72 £75,000 +30.43% 15
Midlands +66 58 £90,000 - 4
South West +25 51 £70,000 +21.21% 6
Northern Ireland +68 50 £100,000 +37.93% 6
East Midlands - 38 £90,000 - 4
Wales +49 37 £80,000 +73.12% 2
Yorkshire +125 36 £75,000 -11.76% 3
East of England +28 22 £75,000 -11.76% 6
West Midlands +27 20 £75,000 -16.67%
Software Architect
UK

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 346 (71.05%) Requirements Management
2 345 (70.84%) TOGAF
2 345 (70.84%) Network Management
3 344 (70.64%) VSAT
3 344 (70.64%) Technical Architecture
3 344 (70.64%) Validation
3 344 (70.64%) Network Architecture
3 344 (70.64%) Model Validation
4 320 (65.71%) Actionable Insight
5 51 (10.47%) Agile
6 42 (8.62%) Software Engineering
7 35 (7.19%) Security Cleared
8 32 (6.57%) C++
8 32 (6.57%) .NET
9 30 (6.16%) C#
10 28 (5.75%) Degree
10 28 (5.75%) Software Architecture
11 27 (5.54%) C
12 23 (4.72%) Python
13 22 (4.52%) SQL
13 22 (4.52%) Social Skills
14 21 (4.31%) Azure
15 20 (4.11%) Computer Science
15 20 (4.11%) Roadmaps
16 19 (3.90%) AWS
17 18 (3.70%) Physics
17 18 (3.70%) Microsoft
17 18 (3.70%) Visual Studio
18 15 (3.08%) Java
19 14 (2.87%) Automotive

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.21%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.85%) Simulink
2 2 (0.41%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (4.31%) Azure
2 19 (3.90%) AWS
3 13 (2.67%) SaaS
4 6 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (0.82%) GCP
6 3 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 344 (70.64%) VSAT
2 9 (1.85%) CTI
3 6 (1.23%) HTTP
3 6 (1.23%) MQTT
3 6 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.82%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.44%) NoSQL
2 3 (0.62%) Big Data
2 3 (0.62%) MySQL
2 3 (0.62%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (3.70%) Visual Studio
2 9 (1.85%) Git
2 9 (1.85%) GitLab
2 9 (1.85%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.41%) CANoe
4 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.21%) Maven
General
1 22 (4.52%) Social Skills
2 14 (2.87%) Automotive
3 9 (1.85%) Police
4 7 (1.44%) Finance
4 7 (1.44%) Retail
5 6 (1.23%) Games
5 6 (1.23%) Law
5 6 (1.23%) Legal
5 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
6 4 (0.82%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.62%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (0.62%) German Language
8 2 (0.41%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.41%) Electronics
8 2 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.21%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.21%) Banking
9 1 (0.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.21%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.21%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (6.57%) .NET
2 11 (2.26%) Web Services
3 10 (2.05%) AngularJS
4 7 (1.44%) Kafka
4 7 (1.44%) RESTful
5 6 (1.23%) Node.js
5 6 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (1.23%) XML
6 5 (1.03%) JSON
6 5 (1.03%) REST
7 4 (0.82%) WCF
8 3 (0.62%) YAML
9 1 (0.21%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.21%) Java EE
9 1 (0.21%) OpenCL
9 1 (0.21%) OpenGL
9 1 (0.21%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.67%) Cloud Native
2 9 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (1.64%) Private Cloud
4 6 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.23%) IoT
4 6 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.41%) Mali
7 1 (0.21%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.21%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.21%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.21%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.21%) Verilog
7 1 (0.21%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.85%) Windows
2 8 (1.64%) Android
2 8 (1.64%) Linux
3 4 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (71.05%) Requirements Management
2 345 (70.84%) Network Management
2 345 (70.84%) TOGAF
3 344 (70.64%) Model Validation
3 344 (70.64%) Network Architecture
3 344 (70.64%) Technical Architecture
3 344 (70.64%) Validation
4 320 (65.71%) Actionable Insight
5 51 (10.47%) Agile
6 42 (8.62%) Software Engineering
7 28 (5.75%) Software Architecture
8 20 (4.11%) Computer Science
8 20 (4.11%) Roadmaps
9 18 (3.70%) Physics
10 14 (2.87%) Design Patterns
10 14 (2.87%) DevOps
10 14 (2.87%) Microservices
11 13 (2.67%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (2.46%) Software Testing
13 11 (2.26%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.57%) C++
2 30 (6.16%) C#
3 27 (5.54%) C
4 23 (4.72%) Python
5 22 (4.52%) SQL
6 15 (3.08%) Java
7 9 (1.85%) Fortran
7 9 (1.85%) MATLAB
8 8 (1.64%) Embedded C
9 6 (1.23%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.62%) Bicep
10 3 (0.62%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.62%) PHP
11 2 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (7.19%) Security Cleared
2 28 (5.75%) Degree
3 8 (1.64%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.23%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.23%) PhD
5 5 (1.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.44%) QA
2 5 (1.03%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.21%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 3 (0.62%) Docker
1 3 (0.62%) Firmware
2 2 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.62%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.62%) Terraform
2 1 (0.21%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 18 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.44%) Google
3 3 (0.62%) Twitter
4 1 (0.21%) Guidewire
4 1 (0.21%) MathWorks