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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 206 246
Rank change year-on-year -23 +40 +32
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 11 24 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.11% 0.44% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.47% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 32
10th Percentile £32,500 £53,625 £44,125
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,688 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £95,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +34.61% +56.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £86,500 - £109,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £68,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% -1.79% -12.50%

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 7,454 5,074 7,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.62% 92.90% 84.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,230 2,493 6,116
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,800 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -10 9 £67,500 -38.64% 2
East Midlands -30 2 £35,000 -41.67% 4
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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Trello
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (27.27%) Serverless
3 2 (18.18%) Asana
3 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (27.27%) Redis
1 3 (27.27%) TimescaleDB
2 1 (9.09%) InfluxDB
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Git
2 3 (27.27%) JIRA
3 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (9.09%) GitLab
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Games
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Business Development Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Development Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Software Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Software Development Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Software Development Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) REST
2 5 (45.45%) Node.js
2 5 (45.45%) React
3 3 (27.27%) CSS
3 3 (27.27%) GraphQL
3 3 (27.27%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) Deno
4 2 (18.18%) Laravel
4 2 (18.18%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (18.18%) Vue
4 2 (18.18%) Web Services
4 2 (18.18%) Yii
5 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Structures
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) DevOps
3 5 (45.45%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
4 4 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (27.27%) API Design
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
5 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (27.27%) Kanban
5 3 (27.27%) Logistics
5 3 (27.27%) Microservices
5 3 (27.27%) Project Management
5 3 (27.27%) Scrum
5 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
5 3 (27.27%) Web Development
5 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (18.18%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) TypeScript
2 4 (36.36%) Python
3 3 (27.27%) C
3 3 (27.27%) C++
3 3 (27.27%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) PHP
4 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 1 (9.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
1 3 (27.27%) Nagios
1 3 (27.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft