Software Architecture Jobs in England

Software Architecture
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 448 411
Rank change year-on-year +4 -37 +46
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 448 552 1,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.64% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.67% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 257 319 430
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £41,326
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - +20.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £104,250 £125,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Software Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,781 82,738 134,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.16% 95.57% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 54,521 49,312 73,714
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,329 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in England

Software Architecture
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 Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London +33 109 £85,000 -5.56% 37
South West +3 107 £70,000 +27.27% 5
South East -47 86 £64,000 +6.67% 22
North of England +98 85 £70,000 +27.27% 13
North West +41 56 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Midlands -8 39 £95,000 +52.00% 6
Yorkshire +95 27 £70,000 +27.27% 5
West Midlands +16 25 £95,000 +46.15% 2
East of England -11 19 £72,250 +7.04% 11
East Midlands -25 13 £49,000 -21.60% 4
North East -7 2 £70,500 -9.03% 2
Software Architecture
UK

Software Architecture
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 5 (1.12%) Apache
2 4 (0.89%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) Appian
4 1 (0.22%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.34%) CANalyzer
2 5 (1.12%) Simulink
3 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.45%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 173 (38.62%) Azure
2 142 (31.70%) AWS
3 69 (15.40%) SaaS
4 39 (8.71%) OpenShift
5 21 (4.69%) Cloud Computing
6 18 (4.02%) GCP
7 14 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.13%) Serverless
8 13 (2.90%) PaaS
9 11 (2.46%) IaaS
10 7 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (1.56%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.12%) GitHub
12 4 (0.89%) Amazon SQS
13 3 (0.67%) AWS CodePipeline
13 3 (0.67%) Azure App Service
13 3 (0.67%) Datadog
13 3 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.67%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 60 (13.39%) TCP/IP
2 54 (12.05%) HTTP
3 47 (10.49%) DNS
4 39 (8.71%) DHCP
5 13 (2.90%) Ethernet
6 12 (2.68%) Internet
7 11 (2.46%) Wireless
8 9 (2.01%) RS-232
9 8 (1.79%) SMTP
10 4 (0.89%) Multicast
10 4 (0.89%) RS-485
10 4 (0.89%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.67%) Firewall
11 3 (0.67%) SSH
11 3 (0.67%) VPN
12 1 (0.22%) 4G
12 1 (0.22%) 5G
12 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (11.83%) Geospatial Data
2 40 (8.93%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.24%) MySQL
3 19 (4.24%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.13%) GIS
5 11 (2.46%) DynamoDB
5 11 (2.46%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.89%) Big Data
6 4 (0.89%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.22%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (9.60%) Git
2 21 (4.69%) Visual Studio
3 20 (4.46%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.57%) Subversion
5 12 (2.68%) Postman
6 7 (1.56%) GitLab
6 7 (1.56%) JUnit
7 6 (1.34%) CANoe
8 5 (1.12%) JIRA
9 4 (0.89%) Maven
10 3 (0.67%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.67%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.45%) ScalaTest
12 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.22%) JMeter
12 1 (0.22%) MLflow
12 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 132 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 37 (8.26%) Aerospace
2 37 (8.26%) Electronics
3 30 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.25%) Finance
5 23 (5.13%) Legal
6 19 (4.24%) Banking
7 17 (3.79%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.35%) Automotive
8 15 (3.35%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.56%) Games
10 7 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.34%) Aviation
11 6 (1.34%) Law
11 6 (1.34%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.12%) Military
12 5 (1.12%) Multimedia
12 5 (1.12%) Retail
13 4 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (26.34%) Architect
2 99 (22.10%) Senior
3 98 (21.88%) Developer
4 97 (21.65%) Software Engineer
5 64 (14.29%) Software Architect
6 56 (12.50%) Lead
7 39 (8.71%) Geospatial Architect
7 39 (8.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (8.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (7.37%) Senior Developer
10 23 (5.13%) Full Stack Developer
10 23 (5.13%) Technical Architect
11 21 (4.69%) C# Developer
12 20 (4.46%) Software Developer
13 18 (4.02%) Embedded Engineer
14 16 (3.57%) Azure Developer
14 16 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
15 15 (3.35%) JavaScript Developer
15 15 (3.35%) Senior C# Developer
16 13 (2.90%) Senior JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (20.54%) .NET
2 46 (10.27%) React
3 35 (7.81%) HTML
4 34 (7.59%) Spring
5 33 (7.37%) CSS
6 32 (7.14%) AngularJS
7 25 (5.58%) .NET Framework
8 24 (5.36%) Web Services
9 21 (4.69%) REST
10 20 (4.46%) .NET Core
11 19 (4.24%) RESTful
12 17 (3.79%) Node.js
13 16 (3.57%) ASP.NET
13 16 (3.57%) SOAP
14 15 (3.35%) Qt
15 12 (2.68%) Hibernate
16 11 (2.46%) Blazor
16 11 (2.46%) Swagger
17 10 (2.23%) Entity Framework
17 10 (2.23%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.60%) Cloud Native
2 41 (9.15%) Product Ownership
3 40 (8.93%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (6.03%) Algorithms
5 26 (5.80%) IoT
6 22 (4.91%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (3.57%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.35%) Robotics
9 14 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
9 14 (3.13%) Mobile App
9 14 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.90%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.68%) CUDA
12 8 (1.79%) GNSS
12 8 (1.79%) Tandem
13 6 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.12%) 3D Graphics
14 5 (1.12%) Derivative
14 5 (1.12%) Infotainment
14 5 (1.12%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 85 (18.97%) Linux
1 85 (18.97%) Windows
2 39 (8.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (2.46%) Ubuntu
3 11 (2.46%) Unix
3 11 (2.46%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.12%) Android
6 3 (0.67%) CentOS
6 3 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (45.09%) Agile
2 184 (41.07%) DevOps
3 163 (36.38%) Software Engineering
4 98 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (17.86%) Computer Science
6 76 (16.96%) Software Testing
7 72 (16.07%) Actionable Insight
8 61 (13.62%) CI/CD
9 59 (13.17%) Migration
10 58 (12.95%) Full Stack Development
10 58 (12.95%) Roadmaps
11 57 (12.72%) Architectural Patterns
11 57 (12.72%) Design Patterns
12 47 (10.49%) Collaborative Working
13 39 (8.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 37 (8.26%) Microservices
15 36 (8.04%) Test Automation
16 34 (7.59%) Technical Leadership
17 33 (7.37%) Artificial Intelligence
17 33 (7.37%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 154 (34.38%) Python
2 116 (25.89%) Java
3 103 (22.99%) C#
4 91 (20.31%) C
5 74 (16.52%) JavaScript
6 63 (14.06%) C++
7 48 (10.71%) PowerShell
8 42 (9.38%) Bash
9 40 (8.93%) SQL
10 22 (4.91%) TypeScript
11 12 (2.68%) VB.NET
12 10 (2.23%) PHP
13 9 (2.01%) Swift
14 8 (1.79%) MATLAB
15 7 (1.56%) Go
16 5 (1.12%) Ada
16 5 (1.12%) R
17 4 (0.89%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 111 (24.78%) Degree
2 107 (23.88%) Security Cleared
3 45 (10.04%) DV Cleared
4 40 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (7.81%) Master's Degree
6 32 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.12%) PhD
8 4 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.89%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (0.89%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.81%) QA
2 13 (2.90%) HIPAA
3 11 (2.46%) GDPR
4 9 (2.01%) ISO 13485
5 8 (1.79%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.89%) PMO
7 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.45%) EMIR
7 2 (0.45%) HAZOP
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.45%) MiFID
8 1 (0.22%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.22%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 68 (15.18%) Docker
2 39 (8.71%) Hyper-V
2 39 (8.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.02%) Firmware
4 16 (3.57%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 62 (13.84%) Kubernetes
2 42 (9.38%) Ansible
3 39 (8.71%) Puppet
4 4 (0.89%) Kibana
5 3 (0.67%) Grafana
5 3 (0.67%) Graphite
5 3 (0.67%) Nagios
5 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.45%) Terraform
7 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 43 (9.60%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.71%) Red Hat
2 39 (8.71%) VMware
3 13 (2.90%) Google
4 11 (2.46%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.79%) Guidewire
6 4 (0.89%) Oracle
7 3 (0.67%) New Relic
7 3 (0.67%) Splunk
8 2 (0.45%) Databricks
8 2 (0.45%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.45%) SAP
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe
9 1 (0.22%) Apple
9 1 (0.22%) Ariba
9 1 (0.22%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.22%) Citrix
9 1 (0.22%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.22%) Okta
9 1 (0.22%) Sony