Software Architecture Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Architecture
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 130 169
Rank change year-on-year -33 +39 +118
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 20 9 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.47% 0.36% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.38% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 21
10th Percentile £49,375 - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £41,361 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £43,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% -38.36% +8.58%
75th Percentile £79,375 £69,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,835 £80,000
England median annual salary £73,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% - -12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,211 2,345 3,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 76.20% 94.18% 86.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,930 1,042 3,114
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,138 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,886 £66,778
90th Percentile £83,750 £89,950 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in Yorkshire

Software Architecture
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 Architecture within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 February 2026. 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 -21 17 £75,000 +12.78% 2
North Yorkshire - 1 £47,500 -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) AWS
2 11 (55.00%) Serverless
3 7 (35.00%) GitHub
4 2 (10.00%) Amazon ECR
4 2 (10.00%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (10.00%) Amazon S3
4 2 (10.00%) Apigee
4 2 (10.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (10.00%) AWS Step Functions
4 2 (10.00%) Azure
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (10.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (10.00%) GitLab
1 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (10.00%) Maven
1 2 (10.00%) Selenium
1 2 (10.00%) SonarQube
General
1 7 (35.00%) Games
1 7 (35.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Developer
2 9 (45.00%) Python Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Android Developer
4 3 (15.00%) AWS Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Android Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Applications Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Java Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Angular Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Development Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Development Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Django Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (5.00%) React Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Python Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior React Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (45.00%) Django
1 9 (45.00%) FastAPI
1 9 (45.00%) Flask
1 9 (45.00%) React
2 8 (40.00%) CSS
2 8 (40.00%) GraphQL
2 8 (40.00%) HTML
2 8 (40.00%) Vue
3 7 (35.00%) Android SDK
4 2 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (10.00%) Drools
4 2 (10.00%) Gherkin
4 2 (10.00%) Jest
4 2 (10.00%) Node.js
4 2 (10.00%) Spring Boot
4 2 (10.00%) SQLAlchemy
4 2 (10.00%) XML
5 1 (5.00%) .NET
5 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Data Structures
1 7 (35.00%) Mobile App
1 7 (35.00%) Self-Motivation
1 7 (35.00%) Social Media
2 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Agile
1 19 (95.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (85.00%) CI/CD
2 17 (85.00%) Design Patterns
3 11 (55.00%) Mentoring
4 9 (45.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (45.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (40.00%) Data Analysis
6 7 (35.00%) AI
6 7 (35.00%) API Testing
6 7 (35.00%) Observability
6 7 (35.00%) OOP
6 7 (35.00%) SOLID
6 7 (35.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (25.00%) Android Development
7 5 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 5 (25.00%) Front End Development
7 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
7 5 (25.00%) Unit Testing
8 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 10 (50.00%) SQL
2 9 (45.00%) Java
2 9 (45.00%) Kotlin
2 9 (45.00%) Python
3 2 (10.00%) Bash
3 2 (10.00%) Groovy
3 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (10.00%) AWS Certified Developer
1 2 (10.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (55.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (55.00%) Terraform
2 2 (10.00%) HP Fortify