Software Architect
UK

The median Software Architect salary in the UK is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 571 938 812
Rank change year-on-year +367 -126 -150
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 156 152 293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.12% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.13% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 73 89 204
10th Percentile £66,744 £67,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,250 £120,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +17.24% +6.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 51,419 120,484 123,121
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 95.34% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 37,696 75,234 84,392
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in the UK

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Architect in the UK

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architect over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Software Architect in the UK

Software Architect
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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
England +314 124 £85,000 - 49
UK excluding London +262 118 £85,000 - 44
Work from Home +264 71 £85,000 -1.45% 25
North of England +166 35 £85,000 - 4
London +273 28 £85,000 -5.56% 12
North West +120 22 £85,000 +9.32% 3
Midlands +105 16 £85,000 +6.25% 11
South West +76 16 £85,000 -19.05% 6
South East +157 15 £85,000 +6.25% 4
East of England - 14 £67,500 - 13
Yorkshire +89 13 £85,000 - 1
Scotland +68 12 £85,000 - 2
West Midlands +108 11 £85,000 +6.25% 10
Northern Ireland +38 6 £72,500 -27.50% 3
East Midlands +56 5 £62,500 -19.35% 1
Wales - 4 - - 1

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 November 2023, 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 featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 89 (57.05%) Technical Architecture
2 56 (35.90%) Social Skills
3 52 (33.33%) .NET
4 51 (32.69%) Actionable Insight
5 50 (32.05%) C#
5 50 (32.05%) Requirements Management
6 49 (31.41%) Network Management
6 49 (31.41%) TOGAF
6 49 (31.41%) SDLC
7 48 (30.77%) Model Validation
7 48 (30.77%) Validation
7 48 (30.77%) Network Architecture
7 48 (30.77%) VSAT
8 46 (29.49%) SQL Server
9 43 (27.56%) SaaS
10 41 (26.28%) CI/CD
11 40 (25.64%) OOP
12 38 (24.36%) TDD
12 38 (24.36%) RabbitMQ
12 38 (24.36%) Containerisation
13 36 (23.08%) Roadmaps
14 24 (15.38%) Azure
15 23 (14.74%) Software Architecture
16 22 (14.10%) AWS
16 22 (14.10%) Software Engineering
17 21 (13.46%) Marketing
18 19 (12.18%) Linux
18 19 (12.18%) Java
19 18 (11.54%) C
20 17 (10.90%) Agile

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Simulink
2 2 (1.28%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (5.13%) Endur
2 3 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (27.56%) SaaS
2 24 (15.38%) Azure
3 22 (14.10%) AWS
4 15 (9.62%) GCP
5 3 (1.92%) GitHub
6 2 (1.28%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.64%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 48 (30.77%) VSAT
2 3 (1.92%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (29.49%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.13%) RDBMS
2 8 (5.13%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.64%) Big Data
4 1 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.64%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.21%) JIRA
1 5 (3.21%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (1.28%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.28%) CANoe
2 2 (1.28%) Git
2 2 (1.28%) GitLab
2 2 (1.28%) Hudson
2 2 (1.28%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.28%) VectorCAST
General
1 56 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.46%) Marketing
3 14 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (7.05%) Finance
6 8 (5.13%) Games
7 7 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.85%) Banking
8 6 (3.85%) Law
9 4 (2.56%) Automotive
9 4 (2.56%) Electronics
9 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.92%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.28%) Avionics
12 1 (0.64%) French Language
12 1 (0.64%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.64%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.64%) Retail
12 1 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (33.33%) .NET
2 38 (24.36%) RabbitMQ
3 13 (8.33%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.56%) Node.js
5 2 (1.28%) RESTful
6 1 (0.64%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.64%) JSON
6 1 (0.64%) React
6 1 (0.64%) Web Services
6 1 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
1 13 (8.33%) Mali
2 8 (5.13%) Swaptions
3 5 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.92%) Cyberattack
4 3 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.28%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.28%) Robotics
5 2 (1.28%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.64%) Derivative
6 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.64%) Infotainment
6 1 (0.64%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.18%) Linux
2 13 (8.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (57.05%) Technical Architecture
2 51 (32.69%) Actionable Insight
3 50 (32.05%) Requirements Management
4 49 (31.41%) Network Management
4 49 (31.41%) SDLC
4 49 (31.41%) TOGAF
5 48 (30.77%) Model Validation
5 48 (30.77%) Network Architecture
5 48 (30.77%) Validation
6 41 (26.28%) CI/CD
7 40 (25.64%) OOP
8 38 (24.36%) Containerisation
8 38 (24.36%) TDD
9 36 (23.08%) Roadmaps
10 23 (14.74%) Software Architecture
11 22 (14.10%) Software Engineering
12 17 (10.90%) Agile
13 14 (8.97%) Mentoring
14 13 (8.33%) Requirements Analysis
14 13 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 50 (32.05%) C#
2 19 (12.18%) Java
3 18 (11.54%) C
4 16 (10.26%) C++
5 13 (8.33%) Python
6 8 (5.13%) VB
7 7 (4.49%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.21%) SQL
9 3 (1.92%) Go
9 3 (1.92%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.92%) Rust
10 2 (1.28%) ANSI C
11 1 (0.64%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (3.21%) Degree
1 5 (3.21%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.92%) AWS Certification
2 3 (1.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 3 (1.92%) AWS Certified Developer
2 3 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (1.92%) DV Cleared
3 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.21%) QA
2 4 (2.56%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 13 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 13 (8.33%) Firmware
2 3 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (8.33%) Oracle
2 8 (5.13%) OpenLink
2 8 (5.13%) Sybase
2 8 (5.13%) TIBCO
3 4 (2.56%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.92%) Google
4 3 (1.92%) Remedy
4 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.64%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.64%) UiPath