Software Architect Jobs in Bristol

Software Architect
South West > Bristol

The median Software Architect salary in Bristol is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 - 184
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 50 0 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.50% - 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% - 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 £57,750 £87,500
% change year-on-year +21.21% -34.00% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,246 2,318 3,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.10% 92.57% 97.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,414 1,464 2,171
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,740 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,905 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +8.59% +12.26%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,600 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Software Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in Bristol

Software Architect
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in Bristol.

Salary trend for Software Architect in Bristol

Software Architect
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architect in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 across the Bristol region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 32 (64.00%) TOGAF
1 32 (64.00%) Validation
1 32 (64.00%) Requirements Management
1 32 (64.00%) Technical Architecture
1 32 (64.00%) VSAT
1 32 (64.00%) Network Management
1 32 (64.00%) Network Architecture
1 32 (64.00%) Model Validation
2 27 (54.00%) Actionable Insight
3 14 (28.00%) Agile
3 14 (28.00%) Software Architecture
4 10 (20.00%) DevOps
5 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
6 7 (14.00%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (14.00%) Geospatial Data
6 7 (14.00%) Azure
6 7 (14.00%) AWS
6 7 (14.00%) Migration
6 7 (14.00%) C
6 7 (14.00%) C++
6 7 (14.00%) Software Testing
6 7 (14.00%) Python
7 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
7 6 (12.00%) Software Delivery
7 6 (12.00%) Product Ownership
8 5 (10.00%) DV Cleared
8 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
9 4 (8.00%) SaaS
9 4 (8.00%) .NET
10 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Architecture

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) AWS
1 7 (14.00%) Azure
2 4 (8.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (64.00%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.00%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (4.00%) Big Data
General
1 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) .NET
2 1 (2.00%) RESTful
2 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (12.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Verilog
4 1 (2.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (64.00%) Model Validation
1 32 (64.00%) Network Architecture
1 32 (64.00%) Network Management
1 32 (64.00%) Requirements Management
1 32 (64.00%) Technical Architecture
1 32 (64.00%) TOGAF
1 32 (64.00%) Validation
2 27 (54.00%) Actionable Insight
3 14 (28.00%) Agile
3 14 (28.00%) Software Architecture
4 10 (20.00%) DevOps
5 7 (14.00%) Migration
5 7 (14.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (12.00%) Software Delivery
7 2 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (4.00%) Microservices
7 2 (4.00%) Roadmaps
8 1 (2.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (2.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.00%) C
1 7 (14.00%) C++
1 7 (14.00%) Python
2 2 (4.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes