Software Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 476 403
Rank change year-on-year +19 -73 +94
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 503 628 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.60% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.63% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 307 359 437
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,125 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £101,500 £117,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the UK

Software Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in the UK

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the UK

Software Architecture
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England +9 410 £70,000 -3.45% 122
UK excluding London +39 390 £70,000 +21.74% 69
Work from Home +19 165 £70,576 +0.82% 80
South West +34 108 £70,000 +27.27% 8
South East -5 89 £64,000 +6.67% 25
London -13 88 £85,000 -4.23% 55
North of England +80 68 £70,000 +33.33% 19
Scotland -26 53 £70,576 -5.90% 6
North West +30 42 £55,000 +4.76% 11
Midlands -15 33 £95,000 +111.11% 2
Yorkshire +106 24 £72,500 +16.00% 7
West Midlands +21 23 £95,000 +46.15% 2
East of England +7 21 £72,250 +7.04% 11
Wales +24 16 £73,750 +1.72%
East Midlands -33 9 £50,000 +11.11%
Northern Ireland +30 2 - - 1
North East -4 2 £70,500 -9.03% 1

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.39%) Apache
2 6 (1.19%) Tomcat
3 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.20%) Appian
5 1 (0.20%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.19%) CANalyzer
1 6 (1.19%) Simulink
2 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.40%) SystmOne
1 2 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 155 (30.82%) Azure
2 138 (27.44%) AWS
3 82 (16.30%) SaaS
4 38 (7.55%) OpenShift
5 31 (6.16%) GCP
6 23 (4.57%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (3.38%) Serverless
8 16 (3.18%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.78%) PaaS
11 12 (2.39%) IaaS
12 10 (1.99%) GitHub
13 8 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (1.39%) Azure Functions
15 6 (1.19%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (1.19%) Entra ID
16 4 (0.80%) Power Platform
17 3 (0.60%) PowerApps
17 3 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 61 (12.13%) TCP/IP
2 50 (9.94%) HTTP
3 43 (8.55%) DNS
4 36 (7.16%) DHCP
5 13 (2.58%) Ethernet
5 13 (2.58%) Internet
6 11 (2.19%) Wireless
7 9 (1.79%) RS-232
8 7 (1.39%) SMTP
9 4 (0.80%) Multicast
9 4 (0.80%) RS-485
9 4 (0.80%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.40%) Firewall
10 2 (0.40%) SSH
10 2 (0.40%) VPN
11 1 (0.20%) 4G
11 1 (0.20%) IPsec
11 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.20%) Network Security
11 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (11.53%) SQL Server
2 33 (6.56%) Geospatial Data
3 22 (4.37%) GIS
4 18 (3.58%) MySQL
4 18 (3.58%) NoSQL
5 13 (2.58%) DynamoDB
6 12 (2.39%) Big Data
6 12 (2.39%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.20%) Redis
11 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 53 (10.54%) Git
2 21 (4.17%) Visual Studio
3 19 (3.78%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.18%) Subversion
5 15 (2.98%) Postman
6 9 (1.79%) Jasmine
6 9 (1.79%) Karma Test Runner
6 9 (1.79%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (1.39%) GitLab
7 7 (1.39%) Maven
8 6 (1.19%) CANoe
8 6 (1.19%) JUnit
9 4 (0.80%) JIRA
10 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.20%) Crashlytics
11 1 (0.20%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.20%) MLflow
11 1 (0.20%) ReSharper
11 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 115 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 78 (15.51%) Finance
3 42 (8.35%) Banking
4 38 (7.55%) Electronics
5 37 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (6.76%) Law
7 29 (5.77%) Aerospace
7 29 (5.77%) Legal
8 19 (3.78%) Marketing
9 16 (3.18%) Automotive
9 16 (3.18%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.18%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.98%) Games
11 14 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.79%) Private Banking
13 7 (1.39%) Aviation
14 6 (1.19%) Military
14 6 (1.19%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.99%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 135 (26.84%) Architect
2 123 (24.45%) Developer
3 112 (22.27%) Senior
4 104 (20.68%) Software Engineer
5 68 (13.52%) Lead
6 41 (8.15%) Software Architect
7 36 (7.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (6.36%) Senior Developer
8 32 (6.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 29 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
9 29 (5.77%) Technical Architect
10 25 (4.97%) Embedded Engineer
11 21 (4.17%) Senior Architect
11 21 (4.17%) Software Developer
12 20 (3.98%) Full Stack Developer
13 19 (3.78%) .NET Developer
13 19 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (3.58%) C# Developer
14 18 (3.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 17 (3.38%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (22.86%) .NET
2 46 (9.15%) React
2 46 (9.15%) Spring
3 45 (8.95%) CSS
3 45 (8.95%) HTML
4 41 (8.15%) AngularJS
5 34 (6.76%) .NET Core
5 34 (6.76%) ASP.NET
6 27 (5.37%) .NET Framework
7 26 (5.17%) RESTful
8 22 (4.37%) REST
9 20 (3.98%) Node.js
10 19 (3.78%) Web Services
11 18 (3.58%) Kafka
11 18 (3.58%) SOAP
11 18 (3.58%) Swagger
12 16 (3.18%) ASP.NET Web API
12 16 (3.18%) Spring Boot
13 15 (2.98%) Entity Framework
13 15 (2.98%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 63 (12.52%) Cloud Native
2 31 (6.16%) Product Ownership
3 26 (5.17%) Algorithms
4 24 (4.77%) IoT
5 23 (4.57%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (4.37%) Management Information System
6 22 (4.37%) Robotics
7 18 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.98%) Embedded Systems
9 14 (2.78%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (2.39%) Mobile App
11 11 (2.19%) CUDA
12 10 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.59%) Blockchain
14 7 (1.39%) GNSS
14 7 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.39%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 7 (1.39%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 88 (17.50%) Linux
2 76 (15.11%) Windows
3 36 (7.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.19%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.79%) Unix
6 8 (1.59%) Android
7 2 (0.40%) CentOS
7 2 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (38.77%) Agile
2 187 (37.18%) Software Engineering
3 153 (30.42%) DevOps
4 110 (21.87%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (20.68%) Actionable Insight
6 84 (16.70%) Computer Science
7 82 (16.30%) Roadmaps
8 73 (14.51%) Architectural Patterns
9 68 (13.52%) Design Patterns
10 63 (12.52%) CI/CD
11 59 (11.73%) Microservices
12 54 (10.74%) Full Stack Development
12 54 (10.74%) Mentoring
13 53 (10.54%) Technical Leadership
14 52 (10.34%) SDLC
15 48 (9.54%) Artificial Intelligence
16 45 (8.95%) Test Automation
17 44 (8.75%) Migration
18 43 (8.55%) Machine Learning
18 43 (8.55%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 151 (30.02%) Python
2 129 (25.65%) C#
3 128 (25.45%) Java
4 102 (20.28%) C
5 86 (17.10%) JavaScript
6 70 (13.92%) C++
7 45 (8.95%) SQL
8 42 (8.35%) PowerShell
9 38 (7.55%) Bash
10 32 (6.36%) TypeScript
11 16 (3.18%) VB.NET
12 12 (2.39%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.79%) MATLAB
13 9 (1.79%) Swift
14 7 (1.39%) Go
15 6 (1.19%) PHP
15 6 (1.19%) R
16 4 (0.80%) Ada
16 4 (0.80%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.60%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 118 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 115 (22.86%) Degree
3 47 (9.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 42 (8.35%) Master's Degree
5 41 (8.15%) DV Cleared
6 29 (5.77%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.99%) PhD
8 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.20%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.55%) QA
2 12 (2.39%) HIPAA
3 11 (2.19%) GDPR
4 10 (1.99%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.99%) SEPA
5 9 (1.79%) ISO 13485
5 9 (1.79%) ISO 26262
5 9 (1.79%) WAI
6 4 (0.80%) PMO
7 3 (0.60%) HAZOP
7 3 (0.60%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.40%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.40%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.20%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.20%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 90 (17.89%) Docker
2 36 (7.16%) Hyper-V
2 36 (7.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.58%) Firmware
4 16 (3.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.20%) RACF
Systems Management
1 79 (15.71%) Kubernetes
2 38 (7.55%) Ansible
3 36 (7.16%) Puppet
4 4 (0.80%) Kibana
4 4 (0.80%) Terraform
5 2 (0.40%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.40%) Graphite
5 2 (0.40%) Nagios
5 2 (0.40%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.20%) Grafana
6 1 (0.20%) Podman
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (9.15%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.16%) Red Hat
2 36 (7.16%) VMware
3 20 (3.98%) Google
4 8 (1.59%) Guidewire
5 7 (1.39%) OpenAI
5 7 (1.39%) Oracle
6 3 (0.60%) Databricks
7 2 (0.40%) New Relic
7 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.40%) SAP
7 2 (0.40%) Splunk
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe
8 1 (0.20%) Apple
8 1 (0.20%) Ariba
8 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.20%) Citrix
8 1 (0.20%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.20%) Okta