Software Architecture Jobs in the South East

Software Architecture
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 270 384
Rank change year-on-year -32 +114 -77
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 85 130 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.92% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.97% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 59 95 68
10th Percentile £35,500 £56,100 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £87,000 £84,525
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +16.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,326 13,393 19,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.93% 94.54% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,917 7,792 11,857
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the South East

Software Architecture
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 Architecture within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Hampshire -29 28 £70,000 - 6
Kent +9 18 £65,000 +116.67% 2
Thames Valley +11 17 £53,750 -19.78% 10
Berkshire +20 8 £55,000 -31.25% 4
East Sussex +20 8 £60,000 +1.69%
West Sussex +28 7 £64,000 -1.54%
Surrey -64 6 £50,000 -13.04% 3
Oxfordshire +4 5 £51,020 +34.09% 4
Buckinghamshire -18 4 £80,000 +21.21% 2
Middlesex - 1 - -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.88%) Apache
2 4 (4.71%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.18%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.18%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.94%) Azure
2 20 (23.53%) AWS
3 14 (16.47%) AWS Lambda
3 14 (16.47%) Serverless
4 12 (14.12%) PaaS
5 10 (11.76%) IaaS
6 7 (8.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (8.24%) Azure Functions
7 6 (7.06%) SaaS
8 5 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (4.71%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (4.71%) GitHub
10 3 (3.53%) AWS CodePipeline
10 3 (3.53%) Azure App Service
11 1 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (1.18%) GCP
11 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
11 1 (1.18%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.41%) TCP/IP
2 7 (8.24%) HTTP
3 4 (4.71%) Internet
3 4 (4.71%) RS-232
3 4 (4.71%) RS-485
3 4 (4.71%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.18%) Firewall
4 1 (1.18%) Network Security
4 1 (1.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 12 (14.12%) MySQL
3 11 (12.94%) DynamoDB
3 11 (12.94%) Relational Database
4 8 (9.41%) NoSQL
5 7 (8.24%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (3.53%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.35%) GIS
7 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (1.18%) Power BI
8 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (20.00%) Git
2 16 (18.82%) Visual Studio
3 11 (12.94%) Subversion
4 8 (9.41%) Postman
5 4 (4.71%) Maven
6 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 40 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Electronics
3 6 (7.06%) Aviation
4 5 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 5 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.88%) Military
5 3 (3.53%) Finance
5 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Law
7 1 (1.18%) Games
7 1 (1.18%) Legal
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (37.65%) Software Engineer
2 24 (28.24%) Developer
3 18 (21.18%) Architect
4 11 (12.94%) Applications Engineer
5 8 (9.41%) .NET Developer
5 8 (9.41%) Azure Developer
5 8 (9.41%) VB.NET Developer
6 7 (8.24%) AWS Developer
6 7 (8.24%) Backend Developer
6 7 (8.24%) IoT Architect
6 7 (8.24%) Lead
6 7 (8.24%) Systems Architect
7 5 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Geospatial Architect
7 5 (5.88%) Senior
7 5 (5.88%) Software Architect
8 4 (4.71%) Java Developer
8 4 (4.71%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (44.71%) .NET
2 19 (22.35%) .NET Framework
3 15 (17.65%) Qt
4 12 (14.12%) React
5 10 (11.76%) RESTful
6 9 (10.59%) REST
7 8 (9.41%) .NET Core
7 8 (9.41%) Node.js
7 8 (9.41%) SOAP
8 7 (8.24%) AngularJS
8 7 (8.24%) CSS
8 7 (8.24%) gRPC
8 7 (8.24%) HTML
8 7 (8.24%) Web Services
9 5 (5.88%) Spring
10 4 (4.71%) ActiveMQ
10 4 (4.71%) Django
10 4 (4.71%) JSON
10 4 (4.71%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (4.71%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.18%) Distributed Systems
1 18 (21.18%) IoT
2 15 (17.65%) Robotics
3 10 (11.76%) Cloud Native
4 9 (10.59%) Product Ownership
5 8 (9.41%) Algorithms
5 8 (9.41%) Management Information System
6 5 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (4.71%) Arduino
7 4 (4.71%) Device Driver
7 4 (4.71%) Life Science
7 4 (4.71%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.18%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (1.18%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.18%) Low-Code
9 1 (1.18%) PMI
9 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (32.94%) Linux
1 28 (32.94%) Windows
2 11 (12.94%) Ubuntu
2 11 (12.94%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.18%) CentOS
3 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (52.94%) DevOps
2 41 (48.24%) Software Engineering
3 29 (34.12%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (31.76%) Agile
5 26 (30.59%) Computer Science
6 19 (22.35%) CI/CD
7 17 (20.00%) Design Patterns
8 16 (18.82%) Customer Requirements
9 15 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
9 15 (17.65%) Time Management
10 13 (15.29%) Software Testing
11 12 (14.12%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (12.94%) Change Management
12 11 (12.94%) Continuous Integration
12 11 (12.94%) Test Automation
12 11 (12.94%) Test Strategy
12 11 (12.94%) User Experience
13 10 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
13 10 (11.76%) Microservices
13 10 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (42.35%) C
1 36 (42.35%) C#
2 32 (37.65%) C++
3 21 (24.71%) Python
4 19 (22.35%) JavaScript
5 16 (18.82%) SQL
6 9 (10.59%) Java
7 8 (9.41%) VB.NET
8 4 (4.71%) Ada
8 4 (4.71%) Go
9 3 (3.53%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.18%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.18%) Bash
10 1 (1.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (54.12%) Degree
2 18 (21.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 18 (21.18%) Master's Degree
3 9 (10.59%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.18%) MBA
5 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.94%) GDPR
1 11 (12.94%) HIPAA
2 10 (11.76%) QA
3 8 (9.41%) ISO 13485
4 2 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.35%) HAZOP
5 1 (1.18%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 12 (14.12%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.18%) Ansible
2 1 (1.18%) Graphite
2 1 (1.18%) Kibana
2 1 (1.18%) Nagios
2 1 (1.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.18%) Ariba
2 1 (1.18%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.18%) New Relic
2 1 (1.18%) SAP
2 1 (1.18%) Splunk