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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 209 254
Rank change year-on-year -39 +45 -50
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 33 23 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.21% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.47% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23 14 11
10th Percentile £30,250 £56,250 £63,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £69,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £79,932
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -24.94% +27.89%
75th Percentile £93,750 £66,250 £100,000
90th Percentile - £69,625 £110,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +3.70%

All Process & 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 11,090 4,849 7,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.71% 86.92% 80.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,806 2,818 3,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,406 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,264 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.74% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Software Architecture job vacancy trend 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 11 October 2026.

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 11 October 2026. 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 -50 22 £82,500 +37.50% 23
East Midlands - 11 £60,000 - 12
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (12.12%) GCP
4 3 (9.09%) Azure Functions
4 3 (9.09%) GitHub
4 3 (9.09%) Serverless
5 2 (6.06%) AWS IoT
5 2 (6.06%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (6.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) HTTP
1 2 (6.06%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (6.06%) MQTT
1 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (6.06%) Wireless
1 2 (6.06%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) MongoDB
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Git
2 3 (9.09%) JIRA
2 3 (9.09%) Visual Studio
3 2 (6.06%) GDB
3 2 (6.06%) GitLab
3 2 (6.06%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 3 (9.09%) Automotive
3 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (6.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Software Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Architect
2 7 (21.21%) Principal Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Software Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Developer
4 4 (12.12%) .NET Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Lead
4 4 (12.12%) Lead Software Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
5 3 (9.09%) .NET Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Graduate
5 3 (9.09%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Python Software Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) IoT Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Java Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Principal Java Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (42.42%) .NET
2 8 (24.24%) .NET Framework
2 8 (24.24%) Entity Framework
2 8 (24.24%) REST
3 7 (21.21%) Kafka
4 6 (18.18%) Terraform
5 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET
5 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET Core
5 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET Web API
5 5 (15.15%) Django
6 3 (9.09%) EDI
6 3 (9.09%) React
6 3 (9.09%) SOAP
6 3 (9.09%) Web Services
7 2 (6.06%) Spring
7 2 (6.06%) Spring Boot
7 2 (6.06%) WPF
7 2 (6.06%) Yocto
8 1 (3.03%) D3.js
8 1 (3.03%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (27.27%) Cloud Native
3 7 (21.21%) IoT
4 6 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (15.15%) Robotics
6 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (9.09%) SCADA
8 2 (6.06%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (6.06%) Device Driver
8 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
8 2 (6.06%) Online Gambling
8 2 (6.06%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Linux
2 2 (6.06%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Software Engineering
2 18 (54.55%) DevOps
3 16 (48.48%) Technical Leadership
4 15 (45.45%) CI/CD
4 15 (45.45%) Mentoring
5 14 (42.42%) Agile
6 12 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (36.36%) Microservices
7 11 (33.33%) Collaborative Engineering
8 10 (30.30%) SDLC
9 9 (27.27%) AI
10 8 (24.24%) Logistics
10 8 (24.24%) Observability
10 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (21.21%) Computer Science
11 7 (21.21%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 7 (21.21%) High Availability
11 7 (21.21%) Intelligent Automation
12 6 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
12 6 (18.18%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 17 (51.52%) C#
2 11 (33.33%) SQL
3 9 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 8 (24.24%) C++
4 8 (24.24%) Python
5 5 (15.15%) C
5 5 (15.15%) TypeScript
6 4 (12.12%) Java
7 3 (9.09%) T-SQL
8 2 (6.06%) Go
8 2 (6.06%) VB.NET
9 1 (3.03%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Docker
2 2 (6.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Google