Software Architect
UK

The median Software Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 406 845 980
Rank change year-on-year +439 +135 -173
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 623 148 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 143 120 167
10th Percentile £64,000 - £69,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -14.71% +17.24%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £63,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -25.00% +25.93%

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 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 3 May 2024.

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 3 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
UK excluding London +292 487 £75,000 +17.65% 63
England +316 390 £75,000 +7.14% 51
North of England +155 115 £77,500 -3.73% 11
Work from Home +109 91 £75,000 +7.14% 27
Scotland +8 82 £65,000 -23.53% 12
North West +76 79 £80,000 -0.62% 8
South East +25 72 £75,000 +30.43% 16
London +160 70 £80,000 -11.11% 6
Midlands +63 58 £90,000 - 4
South West +23 51 £70,000 +21.21% 6
Northern Ireland +71 50 £100,000 +37.93% 6
East Midlands - 38 £90,000 - 4
Wales +43 37 £80,000 +73.12% 2
Yorkshire +114 36 £75,000 -11.76% 3
East of England +22 22 £75,000 -11.76% 6
West Midlands +28 20 £75,000 -16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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.

1 406 (65.17%) Requirements Management
2 405 (65.01%) Network Management
3 404 (64.85%) Network Architecture
3 404 (64.85%) VSAT
3 404 (64.85%) Model Validation
3 404 (64.85%) Validation
4 399 (64.04%) TOGAF
5 398 (63.88%) Technical Architecture
6 386 (61.96%) Actionable Insight
7 72 (11.56%) Agile
8 52 (8.35%) Software Engineering
9 46 (7.38%) Azure
10 43 (6.90%) Social Skills
11 42 (6.74%) Software Architecture
12 39 (6.26%) Security Cleared
12 39 (6.26%) Java
13 38 (6.10%) .NET
13 38 (6.10%) AWS
14 37 (5.94%) DevOps
14 37 (5.94%) C#
15 36 (5.78%) Roadmaps
16 34 (5.46%) Degree
17 32 (5.14%) C++
18 31 (4.98%) C
19 28 (4.49%) Python
20 25 (4.01%) Software Testing
21 24 (3.85%) SQL
22 22 (3.53%) Computer Science
23 21 (3.37%) Microsoft
24 20 (3.21%) Finance

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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.16%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.44%) Simulink
2 2 (0.32%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (2.25%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 46 (7.38%) Azure
2 38 (6.10%) AWS
3 18 (2.89%) SaaS
4 8 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (1.28%) GCP
5 4 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.32%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.16%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.16%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 404 (64.85%) VSAT
2 9 (1.44%) CTI
3 6 (0.96%) HTTP
3 6 (0.96%) MQTT
3 6 (0.96%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.64%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.89%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.41%) Relational Database
3 14 (2.25%) RDBMS
4 11 (1.77%) Geospatial Data
5 10 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.64%) Big Data
7 3 (0.48%) MySQL
8 2 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (2.89%) Visual Studio
2 10 (1.61%) Git
3 9 (1.44%) GitLab
3 9 (1.44%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.32%) CANoe
6 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) Maven
General
1 43 (6.90%) Social Skills
2 20 (3.21%) Finance
2 20 (3.21%) Games
3 18 (2.89%) Automotive
4 14 (2.25%) Marketing
5 10 (1.61%) Manufacturing
5 10 (1.61%) Telecoms
6 9 (1.44%) Police
6 9 (1.44%) Retail
7 8 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
8 7 (1.12%) Advertising
9 6 (0.96%) Law
9 6 (0.96%) Legal
10 4 (0.64%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.64%) Military
11 3 (0.48%) German Language
11 3 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.32%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.32%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.10%) .NET
2 12 (1.93%) Web Services
3 10 (1.61%) AngularJS
4 9 (1.44%) RESTful
5 7 (1.12%) Kafka
6 6 (0.96%) Node.js
6 6 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (0.96%) XML
6 6 (0.96%) YAML
7 5 (0.80%) JSON
7 5 (0.80%) REST
8 4 (0.64%) WCF
9 3 (0.48%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.32%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.32%) ATL
10 2 (0.32%) HTML
11 1 (0.16%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.16%) Java EE
11 1 (0.16%) OpenGL
11 1 (0.16%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.57%) Cloud Native
2 14 (2.25%) Product Ownership
2 14 (2.25%) Swaptions
3 13 (2.09%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (1.61%) Private Cloud
6 8 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.96%) IoT
9 3 (0.48%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.32%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.32%) Mali
11 1 (0.16%) Infotainment
11 1 (0.16%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.16%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.16%) Verilog
11 1 (0.16%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.44%) Windows
2 8 (1.28%) Android
2 8 (1.28%) Linux
3 4 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (65.17%) Requirements Management
2 405 (65.01%) Network Management
3 404 (64.85%) Model Validation
3 404 (64.85%) Network Architecture
3 404 (64.85%) Validation
4 399 (64.04%) TOGAF
5 398 (63.88%) Technical Architecture
6 386 (61.96%) Actionable Insight
7 72 (11.56%) Agile
8 52 (8.35%) Software Engineering
9 42 (6.74%) Software Architecture
10 37 (5.94%) DevOps
11 36 (5.78%) Roadmaps
12 25 (4.01%) Software Testing
13 22 (3.53%) Computer Science
14 20 (3.21%) Strategic Roadmap
15 19 (3.05%) SDLC
16 18 (2.89%) Microservices
16 18 (2.89%) Problem-Solving
16 18 (2.89%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 39 (6.26%) Java
2 37 (5.94%) C#
3 32 (5.14%) C++
4 31 (4.98%) C
5 28 (4.49%) Python
6 24 (3.85%) SQL
7 14 (2.25%) VB
8 9 (1.44%) Fortran
8 9 (1.44%) MATLAB
9 8 (1.28%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.12%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.96%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.64%) Scala
13 3 (0.48%) Bicep
13 3 (0.48%) PHP
14 2 (0.32%) Ruby
14 2 (0.32%) X++
15 1 (0.16%) Gremlin
15 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (6.26%) Security Cleared
2 34 (5.46%) Degree
3 10 (1.61%) SC Cleared
4 7 (1.12%) DV Cleared
5 6 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (0.96%) Master's Degree
5 6 (0.96%) PhD
6 2 (0.32%) CISSP
6 2 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.12%) QA
2 5 (0.80%) ISO 26262
3 2 (0.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 6 (0.96%) Docker
2 3 (0.48%) Firmware
3 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 21 (3.37%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.89%) Oracle
3 14 (2.25%) OpenLink
3 14 (2.25%) Sybase
3 14 (2.25%) TIBCO
4 7 (1.12%) Google
5 3 (0.48%) Twitter
6 1 (0.16%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.16%) MathWorks