Software Architecture Job Trends in the North of England

Software Architecture
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 252 250
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +139
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 24 29 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.22% 0.32% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.35% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17 11 27
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,361 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £43,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -25.61% +34.43%
75th Percentile £72,500 £58,750 £74,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 £79,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -9.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in the North of England

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the North of England

Software Architecture
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Yorkshire -9 12 £65,000 +53.19% 15
North West +12 11 £67,500 +20.00% 16
North East +11 1 £67,500 +28.57% 5
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (45.83%) AWS
2 9 (37.50%) Azure
2 9 (37.50%) Serverless
3 7 (29.17%) GitHub
4 5 (20.83%) Azure AKS
5 2 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) NoSQL
2 4 (16.67%) MySQL
3 1 (4.17%) Big Data
3 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) GitLab
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.17%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Developer
2 10 (41.67%) Software Engineer
3 9 (37.50%) Python Developer
4 6 (25.00%) Senior
5 5 (20.83%) .NET Software Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Lead
5 5 (20.83%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
5 5 (20.83%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Lead Software Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) .NET Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Development Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Games Developer
7 1 (4.17%) IoT Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Lead Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Principal Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Senior Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Senior Python Developer
7 1 (4.17%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (50.00%) .NET
1 12 (50.00%) CSS
1 12 (50.00%) HTML
2 9 (37.50%) .NET Framework
2 9 (37.50%) Django
2 9 (37.50%) FastAPI
2 9 (37.50%) Flask
2 9 (37.50%) React
3 8 (33.33%) Vue
4 6 (25.00%) RESTful
5 4 (16.67%) Web Services
6 2 (8.33%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (4.17%) GraphQL
7 1 (4.17%) Pyramid
7 1 (4.17%) REST
7 1 (4.17%) WinForms
7 1 (4.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 7 (29.17%) Data Structures
3 3 (12.50%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.17%) IoT
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Code
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 19 (79.17%) Agile
3 14 (58.33%) Mentoring
3 14 (58.33%) Software Engineering
4 12 (50.00%) Design Patterns
4 12 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (45.83%) Containerisation
5 11 (45.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (45.83%) Microservices
5 11 (45.83%) OOP
6 9 (37.50%) DevOps
6 9 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (33.33%) Clean Code
7 8 (33.33%) Data Analysis
8 7 (29.17%) API Testing
8 7 (29.17%) Test Automation
9 6 (25.00%) Scrum
10 5 (20.83%) Front End Development
10 5 (20.83%) Mathematics
10 5 (20.83%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (83.33%) SQL
2 13 (54.17%) JavaScript
3 11 (45.83%) C#
4 10 (41.67%) Python
5 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
6 1 (4.17%) C
6 1 (4.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Firmware
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (37.50%) Terraform
2 8 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Google