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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 407 394
Rank change year-on-year +60 -13 -47
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 53 104 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.41% 0.44% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.48% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 34 81 180
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £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 £105,313
90th Percentile £130,000 £122,500 £135,500
England median annual salary £67,037 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.23% -3.45% -

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 12,375 21,526 32,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.17% 90.97% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,226 15,906 23,132
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,257
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £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 19 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 19 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 +36 15 £101,250 -11.96% 1
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 23 (43.40%) AWS
3 11 (20.75%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (20.75%) SaaS
4 10 (18.87%) GCP
5 6 (11.32%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (9.43%) GitHub
7 4 (7.55%) Contentstack
8 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) MySQL
1 5 (9.43%) NoSQL
1 5 (9.43%) SQL Server
1 5 (9.43%) Tableau
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.77%) Redis
3 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
3 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 28 (52.83%) Social Skills
2 21 (39.62%) Finance
3 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.21%) Advertising
4 7 (13.21%) Banking
5 6 (11.32%) Games
6 4 (7.55%) Marketing
7 3 (5.66%) Back Office
7 3 (5.66%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Developer
2 12 (22.64%) Lead
3 10 (18.87%) Senior
4 8 (15.09%) Software Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Head of Engineering
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Architect
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 5 (9.43%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (7.55%) Lead Developer
6 4 (7.55%) PHP Developer
6 4 (7.55%) PHP Laravel Developer
6 4 (7.55%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Software Architect
7 3 (5.66%) .NET Developer
7 3 (5.66%) .NET Software Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (32.08%) React
2 12 (22.64%) .NET
3 11 (20.75%) HTML
4 8 (15.09%) CSS
4 8 (15.09%) Kafka
5 7 (13.21%) CSS3
5 7 (13.21%) HTML5
6 6 (11.32%) RESTful
6 6 (11.32%) Spring
6 6 (11.32%) Vue
6 6 (11.32%) Web Services
7 5 (9.43%) Laravel
7 5 (9.43%) Node.js
7 5 (9.43%) OpenAPI
7 5 (9.43%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (9.43%) REST
8 4 (7.55%) AngularJS
8 4 (7.55%) Express.js
8 4 (7.55%) Flask
8 4 (7.55%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.96%) Cloud Native
2 6 (11.32%) Mobile App
3 5 (9.43%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (9.43%) Mobile Games
3 5 (9.43%) Product Ownership
4 4 (7.55%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (7.55%) Hackathon
5 3 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.89%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.89%) Life Science
7 1 (1.89%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.89%) Online Games
7 1 (1.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Apple iOS
2 3 (5.66%) Windows
3 2 (3.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) Software Engineering
2 26 (49.06%) Microservices
3 22 (41.51%) Agile
3 22 (41.51%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (35.85%) CI/CD
5 18 (33.96%) DevOps
5 18 (33.96%) Strategic Thinking
6 16 (30.19%) Architectural Patterns
6 16 (30.19%) Mentoring
7 14 (26.42%) MVC
8 13 (24.53%) Artificial Intelligence
8 13 (24.53%) Computer Science
8 13 (24.53%) Migration
9 12 (22.64%) Architectural Design
10 11 (20.75%) Design Patterns
10 11 (20.75%) TDD
11 10 (18.87%) Containerisation
11 10 (18.87%) Decision-Making
11 10 (18.87%) Translating Business Requirements
11 10 (18.87%) UML
Programming Languages
1 20 (37.74%) JavaScript
2 19 (35.85%) Java
3 15 (28.30%) Python
4 12 (22.64%) SQL
5 9 (16.98%) C#
6 6 (11.32%) PHP
7 4 (7.55%) Objective-C
7 4 (7.55%) Swift
8 3 (5.66%) Bicep
8 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
9 2 (3.77%) Groovy
9 2 (3.77%) Shell Script
9 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.89%) C++
10 1 (1.89%) Go
10 1 (1.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (24.53%) Degree
2 10 (18.87%) 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 15 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) 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