Software Architecture Jobs in Kent

Software Architecture
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Software Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 89 103
Rank change year-on-year +34 +14 +8
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 9 19 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.26% 1.28% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.55% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 1
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,900 -
25th Percentile £35,125 £35,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £65,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +116.67% -41.46%
75th Percentile £60,625 £67,500 £31,500
90th Percentile £62,875 - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 629 1,225 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 87.73% 82.33% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 310 899 544
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in Kent

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in Kent

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in Kent over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in Kent

Software Architecture
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Rochester -29 7 £48,500 +31.08%
Maidstone - 1 £60,000 - 1
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Git
1 3 (33.33%) Subversion
General
1 7 (77.78%) Electronics
2 5 (55.56%) Aerospace
2 5 (55.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Principal Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Graduate
3 2 (22.22%) Graduate Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Graduate Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) Validation
2 8 (88.89%) Verification and Validation
3 7 (77.78%) Physics
4 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
5 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 3 (33.33%) Power Management
5 3 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) UML
6 1 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (11.11%) CQRS
6 1 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
6 1 (11.11%) Fintech
6 1 (11.11%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C
2 6 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 5 (55.56%) C#
4 4 (44.44%) C++
5 2 (22.22%) Ada
6 1 (11.11%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance