Software Architecture Job Trends in Leeds

Software Architecture
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 81 98
Rank change year-on-year -13 +17 +75
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 9 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.67% 0.59% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.67% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £43,900 £74,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £47,125 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -31.25% +28.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £63,625 -
90th Percentile £79,500 £67,300 £84,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -24.14% +11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,070 899 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 79.14% 89.01% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 705 509 946
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £55,970
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -5.31% -0.94%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Leeds

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 9 (100.00%) AWS
1 9 (100.00%) Serverless
2 7 (77.78%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
1 9 (100.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (11.11%) AWS Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Django Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Python Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Python/Django Developer
2 1 (11.11%) React Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Python Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) Django
1 9 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 9 (100.00%) Flask
1 9 (100.00%) React
2 8 (88.89%) CSS
2 8 (88.89%) HTML
2 8 (88.89%) Vue
3 2 (22.22%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
2 8 (88.89%) Data Analysis
2 8 (88.89%) Design Patterns
2 8 (88.89%) Mentoring
2 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (77.78%) API Testing
3 7 (77.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (77.78%) OOP
4 6 (66.67%) Test Automation
5 5 (55.56%) Front End Development
5 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
5 5 (55.56%) Unit Testing
6 4 (44.44%) OO
7 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (33.33%) DevOps
7 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
8 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Python
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) Terraform