Software Architecture Job Trends in Dorset

Software Architecture
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 1 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.25% - 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £67,500
75th Percentile £97,500 - £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £95,000 £71,991 £67,500
% change year-on-year +31.96% +6.65% +22.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Software Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 336 685 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 84.21% 84.78% 93.25%
Number of salaries quoted 192 328 314
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £41,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £59,063 £60,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,875 £82,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Dorset

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 4 October 2025. 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
Bournemouth - 1 £95,000 - 1
Software Architecture
South West

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes