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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 158 176
Rank change year-on-year -24 +18 +10
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 8 4 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.10% 0.12% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.14% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £57,500 - -
25th Percentile £68,750 £46,250 £41,361
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £58,750 £53,181
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% +10.47% -24.03%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,756
90th Percentile £81,200 - £81,118
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +3.70%

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 5,157 2,917 3,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.29% 87.07% 79.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,810 1,387 1,813
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,154 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,483 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -4.03%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 - 6 £75,000 - 8
East Yorkshire - 2 £80,000 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) ClickHouse
1 3 (37.50%) Elasticsearch
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Advertising
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Principal Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) React
3 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (25.00%) CSS
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
1 3 (37.50%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (75.00%) Technical Debt
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 4 (50.00%) Observability
2 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) AI
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Code Quality
3 3 (37.50%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Go
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GRC
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft