Software Architecture Jobs in the South East

Software Architecture
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Software Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 307 270
Rank change year-on-year +35 -37 +114
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 37 92 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.55% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.65% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 33 66 96
10th Percentile £35,500 £35,500 £56,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £72,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,037 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.23% -3.45% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,847 14,228 13,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.82% 84.33% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,328 9,873 7,877
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in the South East.

Salary trend for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Thames Valley +61 12 £60,000 +11.63% 16
Hampshire +43 10 £67,500 -3.57% 17
Kent +24 9 £48,500 -25.38% 3
Berkshire +29 6 £77,500 +40.91% 8
Surrey +50 4 £82,500 +65.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +36 4 £60,000 -25.00% 2
Oxfordshire +40 2 £62,500 +22.50% 8
East Sussex +12 1 £30,000 -50.00% 2
Middlesex -17 1 - - 1
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Productboard
1 3 (8.11%) Simulink
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (13.51%) AWS
3 5 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (13.51%) SaaS
4 2 (5.41%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (5.41%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.70%) GCP
5 1 (2.70%) GitHub
5 1 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
1 1 (2.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Big Data
2 1 (2.70%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.70%) MySQL
2 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Git
2 8 (21.62%) Subversion
3 6 (16.22%) JIRA
4 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.70%) Jasmine
4 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.70%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (2.70%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (37.84%) Electronics
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 9 (24.32%) Aerospace
4 6 (16.22%) Manufacturing
5 5 (13.51%) Military
6 4 (10.81%) Aviation
7 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (8.11%) Law
8 2 (5.41%) Finance
8 2 (5.41%) Games
8 2 (5.41%) Legal
8 2 (5.41%) Marketing
8 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.70%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Software Engineer
2 10 (27.03%) Senior
3 7 (18.92%) Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Software Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Software Manager
5 4 (10.81%) Development Manager
5 4 (10.81%) Electronics Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Software Development Manager
6 3 (8.11%) .NET Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Embedded Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Principal Software Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Scrum Master
7 2 (5.41%) .NET Architect
7 2 (5.41%) .NET Technical Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (29.73%) .NET
2 4 (10.81%) CSS
2 4 (10.81%) HTML
3 3 (8.11%) React
4 2 (5.41%) AngularJS
4 2 (5.41%) REST
4 2 (5.41%) RESTful
4 2 (5.41%) SOAP
5 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.70%) Ajax
5 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.70%) Bootstrap
5 1 (2.70%) HTML5
5 1 (2.70%) JSON
5 1 (2.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (2.70%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) CPLD
1 4 (10.81%) FPGA
1 4 (10.81%) Virtual Team
2 3 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.41%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.41%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.41%) Clustering
3 2 (5.41%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.41%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.70%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (2.70%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.70%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Android
1 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.70%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Software Engineering
2 12 (32.43%) DevOps
2 12 (32.43%) Validation
2 12 (32.43%) Verification and Validation
3 11 (29.73%) Agile
4 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (21.62%) CI/CD
5 8 (21.62%) SDLC
6 7 (18.92%) Physics
6 7 (18.92%) Product Management
6 7 (18.92%) Scrum
6 7 (18.92%) Test Automation
7 6 (16.22%) OO
8 5 (13.51%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.51%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (13.51%) Issue Tracking
8 5 (13.51%) Mathematics
8 5 (13.51%) OOD
9 4 (10.81%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 23 (62.16%) C#
2 13 (35.14%) C
2 13 (35.14%) C++
3 10 (27.03%) Python
4 7 (18.92%) MATLAB
5 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
6 3 (8.11%) Go
6 3 (8.11%) Java
6 3 (8.11%) SQL
7 2 (5.41%) Ada
8 1 (2.70%) PHP
8 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Docker
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) Agilent
3 2 (5.41%) SAP