Software Architecture Jobs in London

Software Architecture
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 410 392
Rank change year-on-year +60 -18 -49
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 53 91 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.41% 0.38% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.42% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 34 77 188
10th Percentile £40,000 £56,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £129,000 £132,500
England median annual salary £67,269 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.90% -3.45% -3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,449 21,594 33,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.10% 91.31% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,453 16,091 24,053
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,555 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.30% -5.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in London

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in London

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in London

Software Architecture
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +46 15 £101,250 -11.96% 5
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (7.55%) CMS
1 4 (7.55%) Headless CMS
2 1 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (50.94%) Azure
2 24 (45.28%) AWS
3 12 (22.64%) SaaS
4 11 (20.75%) GCP
5 10 (18.87%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (11.32%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (9.43%) GitHub
8 4 (7.55%) Contentstack
9 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) NoSQL
2 5 (9.43%) MySQL
2 5 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.43%) Tableau
3 2 (3.77%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.77%) Redis
4 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Git
2 5 (9.43%) XCTest
3 2 (3.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.77%) JIRA
3 2 (3.77%) JUnit
3 2 (3.77%) Maven
3 2 (3.77%) Mockito
3 2 (3.77%) Postman
3 2 (3.77%) REST Assured
3 2 (3.77%) SoapUI
3 2 (3.77%) SonarQube
3 2 (3.77%) Subversion
3 2 (3.77%) Xcode
4 1 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 29 (54.72%) Social Skills
2 20 (37.74%) Finance
3 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.21%) Banking
4 7 (13.21%) Games
5 6 (11.32%) Advertising
6 4 (7.55%) Marketing
7 3 (5.66%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.77%) Back Office
9 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Developer
2 12 (22.64%) Lead
3 10 (18.87%) Senior
4 7 (13.21%) Software Engineer
5 6 (11.32%) Senior Architect
5 6 (11.32%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 6 (11.32%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (9.43%) Analyst
6 5 (9.43%) Head of Engineering
7 4 (7.55%) Lead Developer
7 4 (7.55%) PHP Developer
7 4 (7.55%) PHP Laravel Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Software Architect
8 3 (5.66%) .NET Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Azure Architect
8 3 (5.66%) Azure Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Lead .NET Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (30.19%) React
2 11 (20.75%) .NET
3 10 (18.87%) HTML
4 9 (16.98%) Kafka
5 8 (15.09%) CSS
6 7 (13.21%) CSS3
6 7 (13.21%) HTML5
7 6 (11.32%) OpenAPI
7 6 (11.32%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (11.32%) RESTful
7 6 (11.32%) Spring
7 6 (11.32%) Vue
8 5 (9.43%) Laravel
8 5 (9.43%) Node.js
8 5 (9.43%) Web Services
9 4 (7.55%) AngularJS
9 4 (7.55%) Express.js
9 4 (7.55%) Flask
9 4 (7.55%) Next.js
9 4 (7.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.96%) Cloud Native
2 7 (13.21%) Mobile App
3 6 (11.32%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (11.32%) Mobile Games
4 5 (9.43%) Product Ownership
5 4 (7.55%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (7.55%) Hackathon
6 3 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.89%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.89%) Life Science
8 1 (1.89%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.89%) Online Games
8 1 (1.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.77%) Unix
2 2 (3.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) Software Engineering
2 26 (49.06%) Microservices
3 23 (43.40%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (41.51%) Agile
5 19 (35.85%) Strategic Thinking
6 18 (33.96%) CI/CD
7 17 (32.08%) DevOps
8 16 (30.19%) Architectural Patterns
8 16 (30.19%) Mentoring
9 14 (26.42%) Computer Science
9 14 (26.42%) Migration
10 13 (24.53%) Architectural Design
10 13 (24.53%) Artificial Intelligence
10 13 (24.53%) MVC
11 11 (20.75%) Design Patterns
11 11 (20.75%) TDD
11 11 (20.75%) Translating Business Requirements
11 11 (20.75%) UML
12 10 (18.87%) Containerisation
12 10 (18.87%) Domain-Driven Design
Programming Languages
1 19 (35.85%) Java
1 19 (35.85%) JavaScript
2 15 (28.30%) Python
3 12 (22.64%) SQL
4 8 (15.09%) C#
5 6 (11.32%) PHP
6 4 (7.55%) Objective-C
6 4 (7.55%) Swift
7 3 (5.66%) Bicep
8 2 (3.77%) Groovy
8 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
8 2 (3.77%) Shell Script
8 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.89%) C++
9 1 (1.89%) Go
9 1 (1.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Degree
2 11 (20.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.66%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) PhD
4 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (22.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) Google
3 2 (3.77%) CA Agile Central
3 2 (3.77%) Dynatrace
3 2 (3.77%) Oracle
3 2 (3.77%) Splunk
4 1 (1.89%) Apple