Software Architect Jobs in England

Software Architect
UK > England

The median Software Architect salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 796 939
Rank change year-on-year +347 +143 -142
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 436 124 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 123 98 129
10th Percentile £65,000 - £65,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -20.59% +13.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -14.71% +17.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,017 81,732 129,546
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,430 51,948 75,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
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 Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England +146 122 £77,500 -8.82% 8
South East +46 96 £75,000 +30.43% 12
North West +80 84 £80,000 -3.32% 6
London +172 74 £80,000 -11.11% 6
Midlands +59 63 £90,000 - 3
South West +25 53 £70,000 +21.21% 2
East Midlands - 42 £90,000 - 3
Yorkshire +125 38 £75,000 -11.76% 2
East of England +13 25 £75,000 -11.76% 4
West Midlands +18 21 £75,000 -16.67%
Software Architect
UK

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Software Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 237 (54.36%) Requirements Management
2 236 (54.13%) TOGAF
2 236 (54.13%) Network Management
3 235 (53.90%) Model Validation
3 235 (53.90%) Technical Architecture
3 235 (53.90%) VSAT
3 235 (53.90%) Network Architecture
3 235 (53.90%) Validation
4 211 (48.39%) Actionable Insight
5 75 (17.20%) Agile
6 56 (12.84%) Social Skills
7 43 (9.86%) Software Engineering
7 43 (9.86%) Degree
8 41 (9.40%) Software Architecture
8 41 (9.40%) C#
9 40 (9.17%) Azure
9 40 (9.17%) Security Cleared
9 40 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (8.94%) DevOps
11 38 (8.72%) Roadmaps
12 34 (7.80%) .NET
13 32 (7.34%) Java
14 31 (7.11%) C++
14 31 (7.11%) Mentoring
15 29 (6.65%) Coaching
15 29 (6.65%) AWS
15 29 (6.65%) Software Testing
16 26 (5.96%) Microsoft
17 25 (5.73%) Python
18 23 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity

Software Architect Skill Set
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 16 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Simulink
2 2 (0.46%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (3.67%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 40 (9.17%) Azure
2 29 (6.65%) AWS
3 14 (3.21%) SaaS
4 5 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.15%) GCP
5 2 (0.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (0.46%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 235 (53.90%) VSAT
2 9 (2.06%) CTI
3 4 (0.92%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.13%) Relational Database
3 16 (3.67%) RDBMS
4 14 (3.21%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.69%) Big Data
5 3 (0.69%) MySQL
5 3 (0.69%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 21 (4.82%) Visual Studio
2 12 (2.75%) GitLab
3 11 (2.52%) Git
4 9 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.46%) CANoe
General
1 56 (12.84%) Social Skills
2 23 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (5.05%) Games
4 20 (4.59%) Finance
5 16 (3.67%) Marketing
6 9 (2.06%) Automotive
6 9 (2.06%) Police
6 9 (2.06%) Retail
7 8 (1.83%) Mandarin Language
8 7 (1.61%) Advertising
9 6 (1.38%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.15%) Law
11 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.69%) German Language
13 2 (0.46%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.46%) Electronics
14 1 (0.23%) Legal
14 1 (0.23%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.80%) .NET
2 7 (1.61%) YAML
3 6 (1.38%) Web Services
4 5 (1.15%) XML
5 4 (0.92%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.92%) JSON
5 4 (0.92%) REST
5 4 (0.92%) RESTful
5 4 (0.92%) WCF
6 3 (0.69%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.69%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.46%) ATL
7 2 (0.46%) Blazor
7 2 (0.46%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.46%) HTML
8 1 (0.23%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.23%) NestJS
8 1 (0.23%) OpenCL
8 1 (0.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.67%) Swaptions
2 14 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (2.75%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.52%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.83%) Private Cloud
6 7 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.69%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.46%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.46%) Mali
11 1 (0.23%) Infotainment
11 1 (0.23%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.23%) Verilog
11 1 (0.23%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.29%) Android
1 10 (2.29%) Linux
2 9 (2.06%) Windows
3 6 (1.38%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (54.36%) Requirements Management
2 236 (54.13%) Network Management
2 236 (54.13%) TOGAF
3 235 (53.90%) Model Validation
3 235 (53.90%) Network Architecture
3 235 (53.90%) Technical Architecture
3 235 (53.90%) Validation
4 211 (48.39%) Actionable Insight
5 75 (17.20%) Agile
6 43 (9.86%) Software Engineering
7 41 (9.40%) Software Architecture
8 40 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (8.94%) DevOps
10 38 (8.72%) Roadmaps
11 31 (7.11%) Mentoring
12 29 (6.65%) Coaching
12 29 (6.65%) Software Testing
13 22 (5.05%) Prototyping
13 22 (5.05%) Strategic Roadmap
14 21 (4.82%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (9.40%) C#
2 32 (7.34%) Java
3 31 (7.11%) C++
4 25 (5.73%) Python
5 21 (4.82%) C
5 21 (4.82%) SQL
6 16 (3.67%) VB
7 12 (2.75%) Fortran
8 6 (1.38%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.92%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.69%) Bicep
10 3 (0.69%) PHP
11 2 (0.46%) Gremlin
11 2 (0.46%) Ruby
11 2 (0.46%) X++
12 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (9.86%) Degree
2 40 (9.17%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.83%) SC Cleared
4 7 (1.61%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.46%) CISSP
6 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.15%) ISO 26262
2 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.23%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 4 (0.92%) Docker
2 3 (0.69%) Firmware
3 2 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.69%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 26 (5.96%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.67%) OpenLink
2 16 (3.67%) Oracle
2 16 (3.67%) Sybase
2 16 (3.67%) TIBCO
3 3 (0.69%) Twitter
4 1 (0.23%) Google
4 1 (0.23%) Guidewire
4 1 (0.23%) MathWorks