Software Architect Jobs in the South East

Software Architect
England > South East

The median Software Architect salary in the South East 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 299 341 467
Rank change year-on-year +42 +126 -105
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 102 56 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.60% 0.39% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.43% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 41 54 15
10th Percentile £65,000 - £67,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -28.13% +39.13%
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £85,000
90th Percentile - £99,250 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -20.59% +15.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,863 12,953 19,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.32% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,342 8,193 12,383
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in the South East

Software Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architect in the South East.

Salary trend for Software Architect in the South East

Software Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Software Architect in the South East

Software Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the South East 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
Thames Valley +97 84 £75,000 +3.45% 10
Berkshire - 70 £75,000 - 6
Hampshire -13 14 £70,000 -15.15% 2
Buckinghamshire -6 13 - - 2
West Sussex - 3 £95,000 -
Oxfordshire +9 1 £80,000 - 3
Software Architect
England

Software Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 40 (39.22%) Agile
2 36 (35.29%) TOGAF
2 36 (35.29%) Requirements Management
2 36 (35.29%) Technical Architecture
2 36 (35.29%) Validation
2 36 (35.29%) VSAT
2 36 (35.29%) Network Architecture
2 36 (35.29%) Network Management
2 36 (35.29%) Model Validation
3 32 (31.37%) Actionable Insight
4 29 (28.43%) Degree
5 26 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (24.51%) Security Cleared
6 25 (24.51%) Microsoft
6 25 (24.51%) C#
7 24 (23.53%) Physics
8 23 (22.55%) Visual Studio
9 20 (19.61%) Social Skills
10 19 (18.63%) Software Testing
11 16 (15.69%) Mentoring
11 16 (15.69%) Coaching
12 15 (14.71%) Line Management
12 15 (14.71%) Prototyping
12 15 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (14.71%) SQL
13 14 (13.73%) Monte Carlo Method
13 14 (13.73%) Fortran
13 14 (13.73%) GitLab
14 13 (12.75%) Python
14 13 (12.75%) Computer Science

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (8.82%) Azure
2 6 (5.88%) AWS
3 2 (1.96%) SaaS
4 1 (0.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (0.98%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (0.98%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (35.29%) VSAT
2 9 (8.82%) CTI
3 1 (0.98%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (22.55%) Visual Studio
2 14 (13.73%) GitLab
3 10 (9.80%) Git
4 9 (8.82%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (19.61%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (8.82%) Police
4 3 (2.94%) Law
5 2 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.96%) Finance
6 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.76%) .NET
2 2 (1.96%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.98%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.98%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.98%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.98%) Blazor
3 1 (0.98%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.98%) RESTful
3 1 (0.98%) Web Services
3 1 (0.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
2 2 (1.96%) Private Cloud
2 2 (1.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (39.22%) Agile
2 36 (35.29%) Model Validation
2 36 (35.29%) Network Architecture
2 36 (35.29%) Network Management
2 36 (35.29%) Requirements Management
2 36 (35.29%) Technical Architecture
2 36 (35.29%) TOGAF
2 36 (35.29%) Validation
3 32 (31.37%) Actionable Insight
4 26 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (23.53%) Physics
6 19 (18.63%) Software Testing
7 16 (15.69%) Coaching
7 16 (15.69%) Mentoring
8 15 (14.71%) Line Management
8 15 (14.71%) Prototyping
9 14 (13.73%) Monte Carlo Method
10 13 (12.75%) Computer Science
11 11 (10.78%) Software Engineering
12 7 (6.86%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 25 (24.51%) C#
2 15 (14.71%) SQL
3 14 (13.73%) Fortran
4 13 (12.75%) Python
5 12 (11.76%) C++
6 1 (0.98%) Gremlin
6 1 (0.98%) Java
6 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (28.43%) Degree
2 25 (24.51%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.98%) QA
Vendors
1 25 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.98%) Google