Software Architecture Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Software Architecture
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.37% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile £67,500 - -
East of England median annual salary £80,000 - £39,800
% change year-on-year - - -41.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,588 752 1,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 73.62% 88.57% 73.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 490 704
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -9.26% -1.82%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,625 £79,625
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in Hertfordshire

Software Architecture
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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
Stevenage - 1 £46,000 - 3
Software Architecture
East of England

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
1 2 (25.00%) GitLab
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Software Architect
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) WinForms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (25.00%) Entity Framework
1 2 (25.00%) WinForms
1 2 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Software Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) MVVM
4 2 (25.00%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) System Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Ada
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) DevExpress
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Telerik