Software Architecture Job Trends in Staffordshire

Software Architecture
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 62 87
Rank change year-on-year -11 +25 -20
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 2 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.15% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.25% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -36.84% +46.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,012 407 832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 75.19% 68.06% 82.38%
Number of salaries quoted 539 245 585
10th Percentile £27,694 £28,822 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £28,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% +1.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,385 £62,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 2 (100.00%) MISRA
1 2 (100.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Safety