Software Architecture Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Architecture
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 239 219
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 23 25 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.31% 0.39% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.40% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 27
10th Percentile £75,000 £39,300 £35,075
25th Percentile £78,750 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +4.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £107,500 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £125,000 - £80,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,087 6,187 6,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.84% 96.76% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,555 3,195 4,738
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
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 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the West Midlands

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in the West Midlands

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the West Midlands

Software Architecture
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
Warwickshire +34 8 £100,000 - 2
Birmingham -8 7 £85,000 +30.77% 1
Staffordshire -20 2 - -
Worcestershire - 1 - - 1
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (4.35%) Appian
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) CANalyzer
2 5 (21.74%) Simulink
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) CANoe
2 1 (4.35%) GitLab
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Automotive
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Manufacturing
4 5 (21.74%) Multimedia
5 3 (13.04%) Electronics
5 3 (13.04%) Finance
6 2 (8.70%) Law
7 1 (4.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Architect
2 8 (34.78%) Lead
3 7 (30.43%) Software Architect
4 4 (17.39%) Lead Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Control Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Technical Leader
6 1 (4.35%) Full Stack Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Java Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Software Team Leader
6 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) CSS
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) Laravel
1 2 (8.70%) Symfony
2 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.35%) Kafka
2 1 (4.35%) React
2 1 (4.35%) Spring
2 1 (4.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Infotainment
1 5 (21.74%) Smartphone
2 2 (8.70%) Algorithms
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) State Machine
3 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.35%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Customer Requirements
1 8 (34.78%) Roadmaps
2 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (30.43%) Design Patterns
2 7 (30.43%) Embedded Software Development
2 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (30.43%) User Experience
2 7 (30.43%) UX Design
3 6 (26.09%) Architectural Patterns
3 6 (26.09%) Data Security
3 6 (26.09%) Design for Manufacturing
3 6 (26.09%) Software Engineering
4 4 (17.39%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Requirements Management
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (8.70%) Domain Models
6 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Debt
6 2 (8.70%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) C
1 7 (30.43%) Java
1 7 (30.43%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) MATLAB
3 3 (13.04%) C++
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.70%) PHP
5 1 (4.35%) C#
5 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) ISO 26262
2 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (4.35%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Functional Safety
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Guidewire
2 1 (4.35%) MathWorks