Software Architect Jobs in London

Software Architect
England > London

The median Software Architect salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 581 862
Rank change year-on-year +135 +281 -249
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 72 22 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.070% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.074% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 17 22 32
10th Percentile £53,900 £63,750 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £64,688 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £130,000 £94,875
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -20.59% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 23,340 29,809 71,349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.99% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17,175 22,417 34,826
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in London

Software Architect
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Software Architect in London

Software Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architect in London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architect in London

Software Architect
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Central London - 43 £80,000 - 2
Software Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 London region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 29 (40.28%) Validation
1 29 (40.28%) TOGAF
1 29 (40.28%) Technical Architecture
1 29 (40.28%) Requirements Management
1 29 (40.28%) VSAT
1 29 (40.28%) Network Architecture
1 29 (40.28%) Network Management
1 29 (40.28%) Model Validation
2 25 (34.72%) Actionable Insight
3 18 (25.00%) Java
4 17 (23.61%) IT Strategy
4 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
4 17 (23.61%) Strategic Roadmap
4 17 (23.61%) Technology Strategy
4 17 (23.61%) Roadmaps
5 16 (22.22%) Relational Database
5 16 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 16 (22.22%) Azure
6 15 (20.83%) Marketing
6 15 (20.83%) Swaptions
6 15 (20.83%) Sybase
6 15 (20.83%) VB
6 15 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (20.83%) Data Modelling
6 15 (20.83%) RDBMS
6 15 (20.83%) Games
6 15 (20.83%) Oracle
6 15 (20.83%) TIBCO
6 15 (20.83%) OpenLink
6 15 (20.83%) Endur

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 15 (20.83%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) Azure
2 12 (16.67%) AWS
3 3 (4.17%) GCP
4 2 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.78%) SaaS
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 29 (40.28%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (22.22%) Relational Database
1 16 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 15 (20.83%) RDBMS
3 7 (9.72%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Git
General
1 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Games
2 15 (20.83%) Marketing
3 13 (18.06%) Finance
4 8 (11.11%) Mandarin Language
5 7 (9.72%) Advertising
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) .NET
1 3 (4.17%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.78%) ATL
2 2 (2.78%) HTML
2 2 (2.78%) RESTful
3 1 (1.39%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.39%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.39%) Blazor
3 1 (1.39%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.39%) NestJS
3 1 (1.39%) Next.js
3 1 (1.39%) React
3 1 (1.39%) Web Services
3 1 (1.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Swaptions
2 7 (9.72%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (9.72%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.78%) Cyberattack
4 2 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.78%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (40.28%) Model Validation
1 29 (40.28%) Network Architecture
1 29 (40.28%) Network Management
1 29 (40.28%) Requirements Management
1 29 (40.28%) Technical Architecture
1 29 (40.28%) TOGAF
1 29 (40.28%) Validation
2 25 (34.72%) Actionable Insight
3 17 (23.61%) IT Strategy
3 17 (23.61%) Roadmaps
3 17 (23.61%) Strategic Roadmap
3 17 (23.61%) Technology Strategy
4 15 (20.83%) Business Transformation
4 15 (20.83%) Creative Thinking
4 15 (20.83%) Data Modelling
4 15 (20.83%) Data Science
4 15 (20.83%) DevOps
4 15 (20.83%) SDLC
4 15 (20.83%) Workshop Facilitation
5 13 (18.06%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.00%) Java
2 15 (20.83%) VB
3 3 (4.17%) C#
4 2 (2.78%) Python
4 2 (2.78%) X++
5 1 (1.39%) Gremlin
5 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.39%) SQL
5 1 (1.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.78%) CISSP
2 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.78%) Degree
2 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
2 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (20.83%) OpenLink
1 15 (20.83%) Oracle
1 15 (20.83%) Sybase
1 15 (20.83%) TIBCO
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft