Software Architecture Jobs in the South West

Software Architecture
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 180 193
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 +97
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 10 106 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 1.14% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 1.37% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 30 12
10th Percentile £70,760 £50,400 £50,200
25th Percentile £71,754 £62,813 £52,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,622 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.32% +27.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £88,805 £73,886 £61,563
90th Percentile £91,789 £75,075 £68,125
England median annual salary £67,037 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.23% -6.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,345 7,760 6,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.28% 83.57% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,940 5,572 3,564
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,163
90th Percentile £77,625 £80,000 £81,250
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 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 11 May 2025.

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 11 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
Bristol +34 6 £78,622 +12.32% 16
Devon +23 4 - - 4
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) 5G
1 4 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (40.00%) WAN
1 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Electronics
1 4 (40.00%) Marketing
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) C Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Lead
2 4 (40.00%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Real Time Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Software Team Leader
2 4 (40.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (40.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (40.00%) GNSS
1 4 (40.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (90.00%) Software Engineering
1 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (80.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (50.00%) iOS Development
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (40.00%) B2B
4 4 (40.00%) Complexity Analysis
4 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
4 4 (40.00%) Lean Software Development
4 4 (40.00%) Multithreading
4 4 (40.00%) Refactoring
4 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (40.00%) Scrum
4 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (40.00%) Test Assurance
4 4 (40.00%) UML
4 4 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) C
2 4 (40.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) PMO
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Intel