Software Architect Jobs in England

Software Architect
UK > England

The median Software Architect salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 791 945
Rank change year-on-year +357 +154 -137
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 463 124 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 127 98 131
10th Percentile £65,000 - £67,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -20.59% +15.25%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,250 £85,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -16.18% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architect in England

Software Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
North of England +166 132 £80,000 -3.32% 10
South East +42 102 £75,000 +30.43% 16
North West +85 91 £80,000 -3.32% 6
London +149 77 £80,000 -11.11% 11
Midlands +59 67 £90,000 - 3
South West +43 56 £70,000 +21.21% 3
East Midlands - 46 £90,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 41 £75,000 - 4
East of England +9 26 £75,000 -9.09% 5
West Midlands +26 21 £75,000 -16.67%
Software Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 England region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 244 (52.70%) Requirements Management
2 243 (52.48%) TOGAF
2 243 (52.48%) Network Management
3 242 (52.27%) Model Validation
3 242 (52.27%) Technical Architecture
3 242 (52.27%) VSAT
3 242 (52.27%) Network Architecture
3 242 (52.27%) Validation
4 211 (45.57%) Actionable Insight
5 92 (19.87%) Agile
6 70 (15.12%) Social Skills
7 55 (11.88%) Software Architecture
8 53 (11.45%) Azure
8 53 (11.45%) DevOps
9 45 (9.72%) Software Testing
9 45 (9.72%) Degree
10 43 (9.29%) C#
11 42 (9.07%) Software Engineering
11 42 (9.07%) AWS
11 42 (9.07%) Security Cleared
12 40 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
12 40 (8.64%) Roadmaps
13 35 (7.56%) .NET
14 34 (7.34%) C++
15 33 (7.13%) Java
16 31 (6.70%) Mentoring
17 30 (6.48%) Migration
18 29 (6.26%) Coaching
19 28 (6.05%) Geospatial Data
19 28 (6.05%) Legacy Systems

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

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.86%) Simulink
2 2 (0.43%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (3.67%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 53 (11.45%) Azure
2 42 (9.07%) AWS
3 14 (3.02%) SaaS
4 5 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.86%) GCP
6 2 (0.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (0.43%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 242 (52.27%) VSAT
2 9 (1.94%) CTI
3 4 (0.86%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.05%) Geospatial Data
2 22 (4.75%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.10%) Relational Database
4 17 (3.67%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.65%) MySQL
6 2 (0.43%) Big Data
6 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (4.97%) Visual Studio
2 14 (3.02%) GitLab
3 11 (2.38%) Git
4 9 (1.94%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.43%) CANoe
General
1 70 (15.12%) Social Skills
2 23 (4.97%) Games
2 23 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (4.32%) Finance
4 17 (3.67%) Marketing
5 9 (1.94%) Automotive
5 9 (1.94%) Police
5 9 (1.94%) Retail
6 8 (1.73%) Mandarin Language
7 7 (1.51%) Advertising
8 6 (1.30%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.30%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.08%) Law
10 4 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.65%) German Language
12 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.43%) Electronics
13 1 (0.22%) Legal
13 1 (0.22%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.56%) .NET
2 7 (1.51%) YAML
3 6 (1.30%) Web Services
4 5 (1.08%) XML
5 4 (0.86%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.86%) JSON
5 4 (0.86%) REST
5 4 (0.86%) RESTful
5 4 (0.86%) WCF
6 3 (0.65%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.65%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.43%) ATL
7 2 (0.43%) Blazor
7 2 (0.43%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.43%) HTML
8 1 (0.22%) NestJS
8 1 (0.22%) Next.js
8 1 (0.22%) OpenCL
8 1 (0.22%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.05%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (3.67%) Swaptions
3 11 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 11 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 8 (1.73%) Private Cloud
5 7 (1.51%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.65%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.43%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.43%) Mali
10 1 (0.22%) Infotainment
10 1 (0.22%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.22%) Verilog
10 1 (0.22%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.38%) Android
1 11 (2.38%) Linux
2 9 (1.94%) Windows
3 7 (1.51%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (52.70%) Requirements Management
2 243 (52.48%) Network Management
2 243 (52.48%) TOGAF
3 242 (52.27%) Model Validation
3 242 (52.27%) Network Architecture
3 242 (52.27%) Technical Architecture
3 242 (52.27%) Validation
4 211 (45.57%) Actionable Insight
5 92 (19.87%) Agile
6 55 (11.88%) Software Architecture
7 53 (11.45%) DevOps
8 45 (9.72%) Software Testing
9 42 (9.07%) Software Engineering
10 40 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (8.64%) Roadmaps
11 31 (6.70%) Mentoring
12 30 (6.48%) Migration
13 29 (6.26%) Coaching
14 24 (5.18%) Physics
14 24 (5.18%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 43 (9.29%) C#
2 34 (7.34%) C++
3 33 (7.13%) Java
4 26 (5.62%) Python
5 22 (4.75%) C
5 22 (4.75%) SQL
6 17 (3.67%) VB
7 14 (3.02%) Fortran
8 6 (1.30%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.86%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.65%) Bicep
10 3 (0.65%) PHP
11 2 (0.43%) Gremlin
11 2 (0.43%) Ruby
11 2 (0.43%) X++
12 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (9.72%) Degree
2 42 (9.07%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.73%) SC Cleared
4 7 (1.51%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.43%) CISSP
6 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.08%) ISO 26262
2 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.22%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 3 (0.65%) Docker
1 3 (0.65%) Firmware
2 2 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.08%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.65%) Terraform
3 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 28 (6.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.67%) OpenLink
2 17 (3.67%) Oracle
2 17 (3.67%) Sybase
2 17 (3.67%) TIBCO
3 3 (0.65%) Twitter
4 1 (0.22%) Google
4 1 (0.22%) Guidewire
4 1 (0.22%) MathWorks