Software Architect Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Architect
England > Yorkshire

The median Software Architect salary in Yorkshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 157 187
Rank change year-on-year +6 +30 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 7 11 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.21% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.27% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 9
10th Percentile £68,750 £51,453 -
25th Percentile - £66,590 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% -
75th Percentile £77,813 - -
90th Percentile £81,875 - -
England median annual salary £85,700 £82,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.88% -2.94% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,867 4,124 3,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.89% 94.78% 97.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,538 2,040 2,491
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,975 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £37,817
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,825 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Software Architect job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Software Architect
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Software Architect job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Software Architect job vacancies in Yorkshire

Software Architect
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Architect in Yorkshire

Software Architect
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
West Yorkshire +4 5 £75,000 - 6
South Yorkshire +18 2 £78,750 +5.00%
Software Architect
England

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Software Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) AWS
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
3 4 (57.14%) Application Security
3 4 (57.14%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (57.14%) AWS Certification
3 4 (57.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (57.14%) Azure Certification
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) EAI
3 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Java
3 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 4 (57.14%) Microservices
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 4 (57.14%) Python
3 4 (57.14%) Serverless
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
3 4 (57.14%) TOGAF Certification
3 4 (57.14%) TypeScript
4 3 (42.86%) .NET
5 2 (28.57%) SDLC
5 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) AWS
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 4 (57.14%) Application Security
2 4 (57.14%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) EAI
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Microservices
2 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Debt
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Domain-Driven Design
4 1 (14.29%) People Management
4 1 (14.29%) Product Management
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 4 (57.14%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) AWS Certification
1 4 (57.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Azure Certification
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (57.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft