Software Architecture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 403 437 483
Rank change year-on-year +34 +46 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 414 341 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.58% 0.58% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.61% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 206 150 194
10th Percentile £46,590 £46,200 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,313 £56,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.92% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £76,313 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,375 £93,375
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +16.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,881 56,281 68,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.47% 95.60% 94.18%
Number of salaries quoted 41,267 29,021 41,386
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the UK excluding London

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in the UK excluding London

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the UK excluding London

Software Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
South West +15 105 £70,000 +27.27% 4
South East -50 88 £64,000 +6.67% 25
North of England +86 81 £70,000 +33.33% 18
Scotland -26 55 £67,500 -10.00% 5
North West +39 53 £55,000 +4.76% 9
Midlands -14 37 £95,000 +52.00% 7
Yorkshire +89 26 £70,000 +27.27% 7
West Midlands +7 24 £95,000 +46.15% 4
East of England -2 20 £72,250 +7.04% 10
Wales +24 19 £75,000 +3.45% 2
East Midlands -24 12 £49,000 -21.60% 3
Northern Ireland +36 9 £65,000 - 6
North East -8 2 £70,500 -9.03% 2
Software Architecture
UK

Software Architecture
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 7 (1.69%) Apache
2 4 (0.97%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.97%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.24%) Appian
3 1 (0.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.45%) CANalyzer
2 5 (1.21%) Simulink
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 145 (35.02%) Azure
2 133 (32.13%) AWS
3 72 (17.39%) SaaS
4 36 (8.70%) OpenShift
5 14 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (3.38%) GCP
5 14 (3.38%) Serverless
6 12 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (2.90%) PaaS
7 10 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.42%) IaaS
8 7 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (1.69%) Azure Functions
9 6 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.45%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.45%) GitHub
10 4 (0.97%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (0.97%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.72%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 57 (13.77%) TCP/IP
2 51 (12.32%) HTTP
3 44 (10.63%) DNS
4 36 (8.70%) DHCP
5 13 (3.14%) Ethernet
6 12 (2.90%) Internet
7 11 (2.66%) Wireless
8 9 (2.17%) RS-232
9 8 (1.93%) SMTP
10 4 (0.97%) RS-485
10 4 (0.97%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.24%) 4G
11 1 (0.24%) 5G
11 1 (0.24%) Firewall
11 1 (0.24%) Network Security
11 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.49%) Geospatial Data
2 45 (10.87%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.83%) GIS
4 15 (3.62%) MySQL
5 13 (3.14%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.90%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.66%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.69%) Big Data
9 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.24%) Power BI
13 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 41 (9.90%) Git
2 21 (5.07%) Visual Studio
3 16 (3.86%) Subversion
4 14 (3.38%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.66%) Postman
6 9 (2.17%) Jasmine
6 9 (2.17%) Karma Test Runner
6 9 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (1.45%) CANoe
8 5 (1.21%) GitLab
9 4 (0.97%) Maven
10 2 (0.48%) JIRA
10 2 (0.48%) JUnit
11 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.24%) GitKraken
11 1 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.24%) JetBrains Rider
11 1 (0.24%) ReSharper
11 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 112 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 55 (13.29%) Finance
3 34 (8.21%) Aerospace
3 34 (8.21%) Electronics
4 32 (7.73%) Law
5 28 (6.76%) Banking
5 28 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (4.59%) Marketing
8 17 (4.11%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.62%) Games
10 12 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.66%) Automotive
12 9 (2.17%) Private Banking
13 8 (1.93%) Legal
14 7 (1.69%) Aviation
15 6 (1.45%) Military
15 6 (1.45%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.45%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.21%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 133 (32.13%) Architect
2 87 (21.01%) Developer
2 87 (21.01%) Software Engineer
3 84 (20.29%) Senior
4 69 (16.67%) Software Architect
5 58 (14.01%) Lead
6 40 (9.66%) Geospatial Architect
7 36 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 34 (8.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (5.31%) Embedded Engineer
10 19 (4.59%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (3.86%) Senior Developer
11 16 (3.86%) Technical Architect
12 15 (3.62%) Lead Developer
12 15 (3.62%) Software Developer
13 14 (3.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 13 (3.14%) .NET Developer
14 13 (3.14%) Principal Architect
14 13 (3.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 13 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (21.74%) .NET
2 34 (8.21%) CSS
2 34 (8.21%) HTML
3 32 (7.73%) AngularJS
4 28 (6.76%) React
5 27 (6.52%) .NET Framework
6 25 (6.04%) ASP.NET
7 24 (5.80%) RESTful
8 22 (5.31%) Spring
9 21 (5.07%) .NET Core
10 16 (3.86%) ASP.NET Web API
11 15 (3.62%) Node.js
11 15 (3.62%) Qt
12 14 (3.38%) REST
13 13 (3.14%) jQuery
14 12 (2.90%) SOAP
14 12 (2.90%) Web Services
15 11 (2.66%) ASP.NET MVC
15 11 (2.66%) Kafka
16 10 (2.42%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.32%) Cloud Native
2 41 (9.90%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (5.80%) Product Ownership
4 21 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (4.59%) IoT
5 19 (4.59%) Robotics
6 15 (3.62%) Algorithms
6 15 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.42%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (2.42%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.17%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.93%) CUDA
9 8 (1.93%) GNSS
9 8 (1.93%) Tandem
10 6 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.21%) Blockchain
11 5 (1.21%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.21%) Infotainment
11 5 (1.21%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 76 (18.36%) Windows
2 74 (17.87%) Linux
3 36 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.66%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.66%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.17%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.93%) Unix
7 5 (1.21%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) CentOS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (43.48%) Agile
2 153 (36.96%) DevOps
2 153 (36.96%) Software Engineering
3 81 (19.57%) Actionable Insight
4 79 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (17.15%) Migration
6 60 (14.49%) Roadmaps
7 58 (14.01%) Computer Science
8 57 (13.77%) Software Testing
9 54 (13.04%) Design Patterns
10 47 (11.35%) Mentoring
11 44 (10.63%) Test Automation
12 42 (10.14%) CI/CD
13 41 (9.90%) Architectural Patterns
13 41 (9.90%) Collaborative Working
14 36 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 33 (7.97%) SDLC
16 32 (7.73%) Technical Leadership
17 31 (7.49%) Artificial Intelligence
18 30 (7.25%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 109 (26.33%) Python
2 97 (23.43%) C#
3 90 (21.74%) Java
4 88 (21.26%) C
5 67 (16.18%) JavaScript
6 60 (14.49%) C++
7 37 (8.94%) Bash
7 37 (8.94%) PowerShell
8 34 (8.21%) SQL
9 14 (3.38%) TypeScript
10 12 (2.90%) T-SQL
10 12 (2.90%) VB.NET
11 9 (2.17%) Swift
12 8 (1.93%) MATLAB
13 5 (1.21%) Ada
14 4 (0.97%) Go
14 4 (0.97%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.97%) PHP
14 4 (0.97%) R
15 3 (0.72%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 101 (24.40%) Security Cleared
2 92 (22.22%) Degree
3 38 (9.18%) DV Cleared
4 32 (7.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (6.76%) Master's Degree
6 23 (5.56%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.97%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.48%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.49%) QA
2 11 (2.66%) GDPR
2 11 (2.66%) HIPAA
3 10 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.17%) ISO 13485
4 9 (2.17%) WAI
5 8 (1.93%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.97%) PMO
6 4 (0.97%) SEPA
7 3 (0.72%) HAZOP
8 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.24%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.24%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (15.70%) Docker
2 36 (8.70%) Hyper-V
2 36 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.59%) Firmware
4 17 (4.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 53 (12.80%) Kubernetes
2 37 (8.94%) Ansible
3 36 (8.70%) Puppet
4 3 (0.72%) Kibana
5 2 (0.48%) Terraform
6 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.24%) Graphite
6 1 (0.24%) Nagios
6 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.70%) Red Hat
2 36 (8.70%) VMware
3 8 (1.93%) Guidewire
4 7 (1.69%) Google
4 7 (1.69%) Oracle
5 1 (0.24%) Ariba
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.24%) Citrix
5 1 (0.24%) Databricks
5 1 (0.24%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.24%) New Relic
5 1 (0.24%) SAP
5 1 (0.24%) Splunk