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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 789 970
Rank change year-on-year +373 +181 -157
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 530 112 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 149 92 133
10th Percentile £65,000 - £64,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £56,250 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -20.59% +21.43%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -14.71% +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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £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 1 June 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 1 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
North of England +198 177 £75,000 -6.83% 3
North West +115 129 £75,000 -6.83% 2
South East +54 113 £75,000 +30.43% 2
London +164 76 £80,000 -11.11% 7
Midlands +50 68 £90,000 - 4
South West +30 60 £70,000 +21.21%
East Midlands - 50 £90,000 - 4
Yorkshire - 46 £75,000 - 1
East of England +11 30 £82,500 +10.00% 6
West Midlands -1 18 £67,500 -25.00%
North East - 2 - -
Software Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 England region featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 229 (43.21%) TOGAF
2 228 (43.02%) Requirements Management
2 228 (43.02%) Technical Architecture
2 228 (43.02%) VSAT
2 228 (43.02%) Network Architecture
2 228 (43.02%) Network Management
2 228 (43.02%) Validation
2 228 (43.02%) Model Validation
3 197 (37.17%) Actionable Insight
4 158 (29.81%) Agile
5 88 (16.60%) Social Skills
6 77 (14.53%) Software Engineering
7 76 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (14.15%) Azure
9 74 (13.96%) DevOps
10 71 (13.40%) Software Architecture
11 70 (13.21%) Mentoring
12 69 (13.02%) Software Testing
13 62 (11.70%) AWS
13 62 (11.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 55 (10.38%) Creative Thinking
15 52 (9.81%) Migration
16 49 (9.25%) Geospatial Data
16 49 (9.25%) Legacy Systems
17 46 (8.68%) C#
18 45 (8.49%) Security Cleared
18 45 (8.49%) Degree
19 43 (8.11%) .NET
20 41 (7.74%) Cyberattack
21 40 (7.55%) Machine Learning

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 16 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.19%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (3.02%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 75 (14.15%) Azure
2 62 (11.70%) AWS
3 23 (4.34%) SaaS
4 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.75%) GCP
6 2 (0.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (0.38%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 228 (43.02%) VSAT
2 9 (1.70%) CTI
3 2 (0.38%) Network Security
4 1 (0.19%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.25%) Geospatial Data
2 21 (3.96%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.40%) Relational Database
4 16 (3.02%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.57%) MySQL
5 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.38%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 26 (4.91%) Visual Studio
2 17 (3.21%) GitLab
3 11 (2.08%) Git
4 9 (1.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 88 (16.60%) Social Skills
2 62 (11.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (4.15%) Games
4 21 (3.96%) Finance
5 16 (3.02%) Marketing
6 9 (1.70%) Police
6 9 (1.70%) Retail
7 8 (1.51%) Mandarin Language
8 7 (1.32%) Advertising
9 6 (1.13%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.94%) Automotive
11 4 (0.75%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.57%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (0.57%) German Language
12 3 (0.57%) Law
13 2 (0.38%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.19%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.11%) .NET
2 8 (1.51%) YAML
3 6 (1.13%) Web Services
4 5 (0.94%) XML
5 4 (0.75%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.75%) JSON
5 4 (0.75%) REST
5 4 (0.75%) RESTful
5 4 (0.75%) WCF
6 3 (0.57%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.57%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.38%) ATL
7 2 (0.38%) Blazor
7 2 (0.38%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.38%) HTML
8 1 (0.19%) NestJS
8 1 (0.19%) Next.js
8 1 (0.19%) OpenCL
8 1 (0.19%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.25%) Legacy Systems
2 41 (7.74%) Cyberattack
3 16 (3.02%) Swaptions
4 12 (2.26%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.51%) Private Cloud
7 7 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.57%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.38%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.19%) Verilog
11 1 (0.19%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.83%) Android
1 15 (2.83%) Linux
2 13 (2.45%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (1.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (43.21%) TOGAF
2 228 (43.02%) Model Validation
2 228 (43.02%) Network Architecture
2 228 (43.02%) Network Management
2 228 (43.02%) Requirements Management
2 228 (43.02%) Technical Architecture
2 228 (43.02%) Validation
3 197 (37.17%) Actionable Insight
4 158 (29.81%) Agile
5 77 (14.53%) Software Engineering
6 76 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (13.96%) DevOps
8 71 (13.40%) Software Architecture
9 70 (13.21%) Mentoring
10 69 (13.02%) Software Testing
11 55 (10.38%) Creative Thinking
12 52 (9.81%) Migration
13 40 (7.55%) Machine Learning
14 39 (7.36%) Data Engineering
14 39 (7.36%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.68%) C#
2 38 (7.17%) C++
3 35 (6.60%) Java
4 26 (4.91%) Python
5 25 (4.72%) SQL
6 23 (4.34%) C
7 17 (3.21%) Fortran
8 16 (3.02%) VB
9 9 (1.70%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.57%) Bicep
10 3 (0.57%) PHP
11 2 (0.38%) Gremlin
11 2 (0.38%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.38%) Ruby
11 2 (0.38%) X++
12 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (8.49%) Degree
1 45 (8.49%) Security Cleared
2 8 (1.51%) SC Cleared
3 7 (1.32%) DV Cleared
4 6 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.38%) CISSP
5 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.19%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (0.19%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.19%) QA
System Software
1 3 (0.57%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.57%) Terraform
3 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 32 (6.04%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.02%) OpenLink
2 16 (3.02%) Oracle
2 16 (3.02%) Sybase
2 16 (3.02%) TIBCO
3 3 (0.57%) Twitter
4 1 (0.19%) Google
4 1 (0.19%) Guidewire
4 1 (0.19%) MathWorks