Software Architecture Jobs in England

Software Architecture
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 439 408
Rank change year-on-year -7 -31 +65
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 445 571 1,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.64% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.67% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 267 331 415
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £41,796
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - +13.73%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,500 £105,000
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
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,606 84,635 130,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.09% 95.60% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 53,947 50,378 73,071
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 +17 105 £70,000 +27.27% 4
London -20 104 £85,000 -5.56% 57
South East -41 92 £64,000 +6.67% 34
North of England +93 83 £70,000 +33.33% 20
North West +34 54 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Midlands -12 37 £95,000 +52.00% 6
Yorkshire +99 27 £71,250 +29.55% 8
West Midlands +13 24 £95,000 +46.15% 4
East of England -6 21 £72,250 +7.04% 11
East Midlands -24 12 £49,000 -18.33% 2
North East -3 2 £70,500 -9.03% 2
Software Architecture
UK

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (1.12%) Apache
1 5 (1.12%) Tomcat
2 2 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.22%) Appian
3 1 (0.22%) Confluence
3 1 (0.22%) IIS
3 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.35%) CANalyzer
2 5 (1.12%) Simulink
3 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.45%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 158 (35.51%) Azure
2 129 (28.99%) AWS
3 67 (15.06%) SaaS
4 36 (8.09%) OpenShift
5 21 (4.72%) Cloud Computing
6 19 (4.27%) GCP
7 16 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.60%) Serverless
8 15 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (3.37%) PaaS
9 12 (2.70%) IaaS
10 7 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (1.57%) Azure Functions
10 7 (1.57%) GitHub
11 5 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (0.67%) AWS CodePipeline
12 3 (0.67%) Azure App Service
12 3 (0.67%) Datadog
12 3 (0.67%) Firebase
12 3 (0.67%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 59 (13.26%) TCP/IP
2 51 (11.46%) HTTP
3 44 (9.89%) DNS
4 36 (8.09%) DHCP
5 13 (2.92%) Ethernet
5 13 (2.92%) Internet
6 11 (2.47%) Wireless
7 9 (2.02%) RS-232
8 8 (1.80%) SMTP
9 4 (0.90%) Multicast
9 4 (0.90%) RS-485
9 4 (0.90%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.67%) Firewall
10 3 (0.67%) VPN
11 2 (0.45%) SSH
12 1 (0.22%) 4G
12 1 (0.22%) IPsec
12 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.22%) Network Security
12 1 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.66%) SQL Server
2 42 (9.44%) Geospatial Data
3 19 (4.27%) MySQL
3 19 (4.27%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.15%) GIS
5 12 (2.70%) DynamoDB
6 11 (2.47%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.90%) Big Data
7 4 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.22%) Power BI
10 1 (0.22%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 44 (9.89%) Git
2 20 (4.49%) Jenkins
2 20 (4.49%) Visual Studio
3 16 (3.60%) Subversion
4 15 (3.37%) Postman
5 7 (1.57%) GitLab
6 6 (1.35%) CANoe
6 6 (1.35%) JUnit
7 5 (1.12%) Maven
8 4 (0.90%) JIRA
9 3 (0.67%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.45%) ScalaTest
11 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.22%) Crashlytics
11 1 (0.22%) MLflow
11 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 121 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 37 (8.31%) Electronics
3 34 (7.64%) Aerospace
4 32 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (5.84%) Finance
6 22 (4.94%) Legal
7 17 (3.82%) Banking
7 17 (3.82%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.37%) Automotive
8 15 (3.37%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.57%) Aviation
10 7 (1.57%) Games
11 6 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.35%) Law
11 6 (1.35%) Military
11 6 (1.35%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.12%) Multimedia
12 5 (1.12%) Retail
13 4 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (25.17%) Architect
2 104 (23.37%) Developer
3 100 (22.47%) Senior
4 97 (21.80%) Software Engineer
5 55 (12.36%) Lead
5 55 (12.36%) Software Architect
6 36 (8.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (7.64%) Senior Developer
7 34 (7.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 28 (6.29%) Geospatial Architect
9 25 (5.62%) Technical Architect
10 22 (4.94%) C# Developer
11 21 (4.72%) Full Stack Developer
12 20 (4.49%) Software Developer
13 19 (4.27%) Embedded Engineer
14 16 (3.60%) .NET Developer
14 16 (3.60%) Azure Developer
14 16 (3.60%) Senior Software Engineer
15 15 (3.37%) Senior C# Developer
15 15 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (21.57%) .NET
2 46 (10.34%) React
3 34 (7.64%) HTML
4 32 (7.19%) CSS
4 32 (7.19%) Spring
5 30 (6.74%) AngularJS
6 26 (5.84%) .NET Framework
7 25 (5.62%) REST
8 24 (5.39%) .NET Core
8 24 (5.39%) Web Services
9 19 (4.27%) RESTful
9 19 (4.27%) SOAP
10 18 (4.04%) Node.js
11 17 (3.82%) ASP.NET
12 15 (3.37%) Qt
13 11 (2.47%) Blazor
13 11 (2.47%) Hibernate
13 11 (2.47%) Swagger
14 10 (2.25%) Entity Framework
15 9 (2.02%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.89%) Cloud Native
2 39 (8.76%) Product Ownership
3 29 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (5.84%) Algorithms
5 25 (5.62%) IoT
6 22 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (3.82%) Management Information System
8 16 (3.60%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (3.37%) Robotics
10 14 (3.15%) Mobile App
10 14 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (2.92%) Data Structures
12 12 (2.70%) CUDA
13 8 (1.80%) GNSS
13 8 (1.80%) Tandem
14 6 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (1.12%) 3D Graphics
15 5 (1.12%) Derivative
15 5 (1.12%) Infotainment
15 5 (1.12%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 85 (19.10%) Linux
2 81 (18.20%) Windows
3 36 (8.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.47%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.47%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.25%) Unix
6 8 (1.80%) Android
7 3 (0.67%) CentOS
7 3 (0.67%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (41.57%) Agile
2 174 (39.10%) DevOps
3 164 (36.85%) Software Engineering
4 98 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (18.20%) Computer Science
6 75 (16.85%) Actionable Insight
7 64 (14.38%) Design Patterns
7 64 (14.38%) Roadmaps
7 64 (14.38%) Software Testing
8 62 (13.93%) CI/CD
9 59 (13.26%) Architectural Patterns
10 56 (12.58%) Full Stack Development
11 50 (11.24%) Migration
12 45 (10.11%) Collaborative Working
13 39 (8.76%) Microservices
14 36 (8.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 36 (8.09%) Technical Leadership
14 36 (8.09%) Test Automation
15 33 (7.42%) Mentoring
16 32 (7.19%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 147 (33.03%) Python
2 111 (24.94%) Java
3 107 (24.04%) C#
4 95 (21.35%) C
5 72 (16.18%) JavaScript
6 67 (15.06%) C++
7 45 (10.11%) PowerShell
8 43 (9.66%) SQL
9 39 (8.76%) Bash
10 23 (5.17%) TypeScript
11 16 (3.60%) VB.NET
12 9 (2.02%) PHP
12 9 (2.02%) Swift
13 8 (1.80%) MATLAB
14 7 (1.57%) Go
15 5 (1.12%) Ada
15 5 (1.12%) R
16 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 114 (25.62%) Degree
2 104 (23.37%) Security Cleared
3 41 (9.21%) DV Cleared
4 40 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (7.87%) Master's Degree
6 29 (6.52%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.12%) PhD
8 4 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.97%) QA
2 13 (2.92%) HIPAA
3 11 (2.47%) GDPR
4 9 (2.02%) ISO 13485
5 8 (1.80%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.90%) PMO
7 3 (0.67%) HAZOP
8 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.45%) EMIR
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.45%) MiFID
9 1 (0.22%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.22%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 67 (15.06%) Docker
2 36 (8.09%) Hyper-V
2 36 (8.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.49%) Firmware
4 18 (4.04%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) RACF
Systems Management
1 59 (13.26%) Kubernetes
2 39 (8.76%) Ansible
3 36 (8.09%) Puppet
4 4 (0.90%) Kibana
5 3 (0.67%) Grafana
5 3 (0.67%) Graphite
5 3 (0.67%) Nagios
5 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.45%) Terraform
7 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (9.66%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.09%) Red Hat
2 36 (8.09%) VMware
3 14 (3.15%) Google
4 10 (2.25%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.80%) Guidewire
6 4 (0.90%) Oracle
7 3 (0.67%) New Relic
7 3 (0.67%) Splunk
8 2 (0.45%) Apple
8 2 (0.45%) Databricks
8 2 (0.45%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.45%) SAP
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe
9 1 (0.22%) Ariba
9 1 (0.22%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.22%) Citrix
9 1 (0.22%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.22%) Okta
9 1 (0.22%) Sony