Software Architecture Job Trends in Wakefield

Software Architecture
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 1 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 1.30% - 11.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% - 12.94%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £70,000
75th Percentile - - £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £81,450 £70,576
% change year-on-year -7.92% +15.41% +8.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 22 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 87.01% 100.00% 85.86%
Number of salaries quoted 39 13 69
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +17.78% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,000 £77,750 £75,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -1.85% -2.52%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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 1 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Android Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Android SDK
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin