Software Architecture Job Trends in the Midlands

Software Architecture
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 266 214
Rank change year-on-year +57 -52 +71
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 26 20 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.46% 0.20% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.25% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 16 9 14
10th Percentile £52,500 £62,250 £42,525
25th Percentile £57,188 £69,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £79,932 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.94% +33.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £84,964 £66,563
90th Percentile £69,375 £100,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% -6.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,808 7,918 5,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.73% 78.61% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,883 4,035 3,831
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,893 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,954
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the Midlands

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the Midlands

Software Architecture
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
West Midlands +59 26 £60,000 -24.94% 2
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (3.85%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 13 (50.00%) AWS
1 13 (50.00%) Azure
2 10 (38.46%) GCP
3 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Functions
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (7.69%) Power Automate
3 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.69%) Serverless
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) GitLab
2 2 (7.69%) Moq
2 2 (7.69%) MSTest
2 2 (7.69%) NSubstitute
2 2 (7.69%) NUnit
General
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.85%) Advertising
3 1 (3.85%) Automotive
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Java Engineer
1 10 (38.46%) Software Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Developer
2 9 (34.62%) Full-Stack Developer
2 9 (34.62%) Java Software Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Senior
3 7 (26.92%) C# Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Full-Stack C# Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Senior C# Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Senior Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Senior Systems Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Integration Specialist
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) Head of Engineering
5 1 (3.85%) Head of Software Engineering
5 1 (3.85%) Software Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Software Engineering Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (46.15%) Spring
2 11 (42.31%) .NET
3 8 (30.77%) ASP.NET
3 8 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC
4 7 (26.92%) Blazor
4 7 (26.92%) HTML
5 5 (19.23%) AngularJS
6 3 (11.54%) Hibernate
6 3 (11.54%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (11.54%) React
6 3 (11.54%) REST
6 3 (11.54%) Web Services
7 2 (7.69%) .NET Framework
7 2 (7.69%) Entity Framework
7 2 (7.69%) YAML
8 1 (3.85%) .NET Core
8 1 (3.85%) ARM Templates
8 1 (3.85%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 2 (7.69%) IoT
2 2 (7.69%) Life Science
2 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Android
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) DevOps
1 15 (57.69%) Microservices
2 12 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 12 (46.15%) TDD
3 10 (38.46%) CI/CD
3 10 (38.46%) Code Quality
3 10 (38.46%) CQRS
3 10 (38.46%) Domain-Driven Design
3 10 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
4 9 (34.62%) Containerisation
4 9 (34.62%) Continuous Delivery
4 9 (34.62%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (34.62%) Deployment Automation
4 9 (34.62%) Design Patterns
4 9 (34.62%) MVC
4 9 (34.62%) Software Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Agile
6 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 4 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) Java
2 12 (46.15%) SQL
3 11 (42.31%) C#
4 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
4 3 (11.54%) PL/SQL
4 3 (11.54%) Python
4 3 (11.54%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.69%) C
5 2 (7.69%) C++
6 1 (3.85%) Go
6 1 (3.85%) Kotlin
6 1 (3.85%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (34.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (46.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) QNX