Software Architect Jobs in the North West

Software Architect
England > North West

The median Software Architect salary in the North West is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 291 320
Rank change year-on-year +76 +29 -86
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 75 10 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.78% 0.12% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.14% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 4
10th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £81,075
25th Percentile £75,000 £76,375 £81,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,500 £86,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% -6.67% +15.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,750 £94,063
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £94,625
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,159 7,156 9,071
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 89.14% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,051 4,142 5,508
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,978
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,941 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% +4.65% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,450 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in the North West

Software Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Architect in the North West

Software Architect
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Manchester +58 39 £81,250 +0.93% 2
Merseyside - 34 £75,000 - 1
Cumbria - 2 £75,000 - 1
Software Architect
England

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Software Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 66 (88.00%) TOGAF
2 65 (86.67%) Validation
2 65 (86.67%) Requirements Management
2 65 (86.67%) Technical Architecture
2 65 (86.67%) VSAT
2 65 (86.67%) Network Architecture
2 65 (86.67%) Network Management
2 65 (86.67%) Model Validation
3 63 (84.00%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (8.00%) Software Engineering
5 5 (6.67%) .NET
6 4 (5.33%) Business Strategy
6 4 (5.33%) Roadmaps
6 4 (5.33%) Design Patterns
6 4 (5.33%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (5.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (5.33%) Strategic Roadmap
6 4 (5.33%) Architecture Roadmap
7 3 (4.00%) C#
8 2 (2.67%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.67%) Scrum
8 2 (2.67%) Agile
8 2 (2.67%) Azure
8 2 (2.67%) AWS
8 2 (2.67%) Open Source
8 2 (2.67%) SaaS
8 2 (2.67%) Kanban
8 2 (2.67%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.67%) DevOps

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (2.67%) AWS
1 2 (2.67%) Azure
1 2 (2.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (86.67%) VSAT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
1 2 (2.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (88.00%) TOGAF
2 65 (86.67%) Model Validation
2 65 (86.67%) Network Architecture
2 65 (86.67%) Network Management
2 65 (86.67%) Requirements Management
2 65 (86.67%) Technical Architecture
2 65 (86.67%) Validation
3 63 (84.00%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (8.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (5.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (5.33%) Architecture Roadmap
5 4 (5.33%) Business Strategy
5 4 (5.33%) Design Patterns
5 4 (5.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (5.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (5.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (2.67%) Agile
6 2 (2.67%) DevOps
6 2 (2.67%) Kanban
6 2 (2.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) C#
2 2 (2.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (2.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared