Software Architecture Jobs in the South West

Software Architecture
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 192 273
Rank change year-on-year +7 +81 -54
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 109 74 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.18% 1.07% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.13% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 30 13 26
10th Percentile £50,400 £50,400 £37,750
25th Percentile £62,813 £52,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,886 £61,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £75,075 £67,500 £96,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Software Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,750 6,545 7,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.99% 94.49% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,549 3,649 5,030
10th Percentile £28,767 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,952 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the South West

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in the South West

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the South West

Software Architecture
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Gloucestershire -1 56 £71,250 - 4
Bristol +14 25 £70,000 +21.74% 5
Wiltshire +6 18 £55,000 - 1
Devon 0 8 - -
Somerset +8 2 £46,250 -19.57%
Software Architecture
England

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.92%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 54 (49.54%) AWS
1 54 (49.54%) Azure
2 41 (37.61%) SaaS
3 37 (33.94%) OpenShift
4 4 (3.67%) GCP
5 2 (1.83%) Cloud Functions
5 2 (1.83%) Firebase
6 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 46 (42.20%) TCP/IP
2 45 (41.28%) DNS
2 45 (41.28%) HTTP
3 37 (33.94%) DHCP
4 8 (7.34%) Internet
4 8 (7.34%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.83%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (1.83%) GIS
1 2 (1.83%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.83%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (9.17%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.75%) GitLab
3 2 (1.83%) Git
3 2 (1.83%) JUnit
4 1 (0.92%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.92%) Postman
4 1 (0.92%) Subversion
4 1 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (22.94%) Aerospace
2 9 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.34%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (5.50%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.67%) Finance
6 2 (1.83%) Banking
6 2 (1.83%) Social Skills
7 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (34.86%) Senior
2 37 (33.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (30.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (24.77%) Software Engineer
5 24 (22.02%) Architect
6 22 (20.18%) Developer
7 17 (15.60%) Technical Architect
8 9 (8.26%) Software Developer
9 8 (7.34%) Embedded Developer
9 8 (7.34%) Firmware Developer
10 7 (6.42%) Embedded Engineer
10 7 (6.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 7 (6.42%) Software Architect
11 6 (5.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 6 (5.50%) iOS Developer
11 6 (5.50%) iOS Software Engineer
11 6 (5.50%) Lead
12 5 (4.59%) Senior Developer
13 4 (3.67%) Java Developer
13 4 (3.67%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.84%) AngularJS
1 14 (12.84%) Spring
2 13 (11.93%) React
3 3 (2.75%) .NET
4 2 (1.83%) Node.js
4 2 (1.83%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.83%) SwiftUI
4 2 (1.83%) UIKit
4 2 (1.83%) Vue
4 2 (1.83%) XML
5 1 (0.92%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.92%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.92%) JSON
5 1 (0.92%) REST
5 1 (0.92%) RESTful
5 1 (0.92%) WCF
5 1 (0.92%) WPF
5 1 (0.92%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.60%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.26%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (7.34%) CUDA
3 8 (7.34%) GNSS
3 8 (7.34%) Tandem
4 6 (5.50%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.67%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.75%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.83%) IoT
7 2 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.92%) PropTech
8 1 (0.92%) Verilog
8 1 (0.92%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 46 (42.20%) Linux
2 45 (41.28%) Windows
3 37 (33.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (7.34%) Unix
5 6 (5.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (63.30%) Actionable Insight
2 55 (50.46%) DevOps
3 52 (47.71%) Agile
4 38 (34.86%) Software Engineering
5 37 (33.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (21.10%) Collaborative Working
8 21 (19.27%) Requirements Analysis
8 21 (19.27%) Roadmaps
9 17 (15.60%) Migration
9 17 (15.60%) Secure Coding
9 17 (15.60%) Validation
10 14 (12.84%) OOP
10 14 (12.84%) Project Management
10 14 (12.84%) SDLC
10 14 (12.84%) Unit Testing
11 13 (11.93%) Full Stack Development
11 13 (11.93%) Open Source
11 13 (11.93%) Test Automation
12 12 (11.01%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (62.39%) Python
2 57 (52.29%) Java
3 37 (33.94%) Bash
3 37 (33.94%) PowerShell
4 20 (18.35%) C
4 20 (18.35%) C++
5 15 (13.76%) JavaScript
6 6 (5.50%) Swift
7 3 (2.75%) C#
7 3 (2.75%) SQL
8 2 (1.83%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.92%) Bicep
9 1 (0.92%) R
9 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.92%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 72 (66.06%) Security Cleared
2 40 (36.70%) DV Cleared
3 14 (12.84%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.01%) QA
2 2 (1.83%) DO-178B
System Software
1 40 (36.70%) Docker
2 37 (33.94%) Hyper-V
2 37 (33.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.34%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (7.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (35.78%) Kubernetes
2 37 (33.94%) Ansible
2 37 (33.94%) Puppet
3 2 (1.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (33.94%) Red Hat
1 37 (33.94%) VMware
2 4 (3.67%) Google
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.92%) Citrix