Software Architecture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 432 494
Rank change year-on-year +33 +62 -32
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 430 331 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.60% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.63% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 197 158 209
10th Percentile £43,350 £47,850 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,375 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the UK excluding London

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Architecture in the UK excluding London

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in the UK excluding London

Software Architecture
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West -17 100 £70,000 +24.44% 7
North of England +71 93 £67,000 +11.67% 12
South East -77 91 £64,000 +8.47% 20
North West +21 64 £55,000 -8.33% 6
Scotland -31 51 £67,500 -10.00% 5
Midlands -27 40 £95,000 +52.00% 9
Yorkshire +83 27 £70,000 +27.27% 4
West Midlands +5 23 £95,000 +46.15% 4
Wales +30 22 £75,000 +3.45% 1
East of England -19 19 £72,250 +7.04% 8
East Midlands -35 16 £49,000 -21.60% 5
Northern Ireland +32 14 £65,000 - 2
North East -18 2 £70,500 -9.03% 2
Software Architecture
UK

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 7 (1.63%) Apache
2 4 (0.93%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.70%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.23%) Appian
4 1 (0.23%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.93%) CANalyzer
1 4 (0.93%) Simulink
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
1 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 174 (40.47%) Azure
2 159 (36.98%) AWS
3 72 (16.74%) SaaS
4 35 (8.14%) OpenShift
5 14 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (3.26%) Serverless
6 13 (3.02%) GCP
7 12 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (2.56%) PaaS
9 10 (2.33%) IaaS
10 8 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (1.63%) Azure Functions
12 6 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.40%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.16%) GitHub
14 3 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.70%) AWS CodePipeline
14 3 (0.70%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 55 (12.79%) TCP/IP
2 50 (11.63%) HTTP
3 43 (10.00%) DNS
4 35 (8.14%) DHCP
5 13 (3.02%) Wireless
6 11 (2.56%) Internet
7 10 (2.33%) Ethernet
8 9 (2.09%) RS-232
9 8 (1.86%) SMTP
10 4 (0.93%) RS-485
10 4 (0.93%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.23%) 4G
11 1 (0.23%) 5G
11 1 (0.23%) Firewall
11 1 (0.23%) Network Security
11 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (20.93%) Geospatial Data
2 31 (7.21%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.65%) GIS
4 16 (3.72%) MySQL
5 14 (3.26%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.02%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.33%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.16%) Big Data
9 4 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.23%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.23%) Redis
12 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (8.14%) Git
2 24 (5.58%) Visual Studio
3 19 (4.42%) Subversion
4 14 (3.26%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.63%) Postman
6 4 (0.93%) CANoe
7 3 (0.70%) GitLab
7 3 (0.70%) JIRA
7 3 (0.70%) Maven
8 2 (0.47%) JUnit
9 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.23%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.23%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.23%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.23%) JMeter
9 1 (0.23%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 146 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.70%) Finance
3 38 (8.84%) Aerospace
3 38 (8.84%) Electronics
4 25 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.58%) Law
6 20 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (4.42%) Banking
7 19 (4.42%) Marketing
8 18 (4.19%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.49%) Games
10 9 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.86%) Automotive
12 7 (1.63%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.40%) Legal
13 6 (1.40%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.16%) Agriculture
14 5 (1.16%) Military
15 4 (0.93%) Aviation
15 4 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 157 (36.51%) Architect
2 97 (22.56%) Software Architect
3 96 (22.33%) Software Engineer
4 84 (19.53%) Senior
5 70 (16.28%) Geospatial Architect
6 69 (16.05%) Developer
7 61 (14.19%) Lead
8 35 (8.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (8.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 29 (6.74%) Embedded Engineer
10 22 (5.12%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (4.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 15 (3.49%) Lead Developer
12 15 (3.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 14 (3.26%) Senior Developer
13 14 (3.26%) Software Developer
14 13 (3.02%) Applications Engineer
15 12 (2.79%) Cloud Architect
15 12 (2.79%) Cloud Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.79%) Principal Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (18.84%) .NET
2 30 (6.98%) .NET Framework
3 28 (6.51%) React
4 27 (6.28%) CSS
4 27 (6.28%) HTML
5 23 (5.35%) AngularJS
6 19 (4.42%) Spring
7 17 (3.95%) Qt
8 15 (3.49%) .NET Core
8 15 (3.49%) ASP.NET
8 15 (3.49%) RESTful
9 14 (3.26%) Node.js
10 12 (2.79%) Web Services
11 9 (2.09%) Kafka
12 8 (1.86%) REST
13 7 (1.63%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (1.63%) gRPC
13 7 (1.63%) SOAP
14 6 (1.40%) Spring Boot
14 6 (1.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (16.51%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (8.84%) Cloud Native
3 26 (6.05%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.88%) IoT
5 19 (4.42%) Robotics
6 18 (4.19%) Algorithms
7 16 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.26%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (1.86%) CUDA
9 8 (1.86%) GNSS
9 8 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.86%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.86%) Tandem
10 6 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.16%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.93%) Device Driver
12 4 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.93%) Infotainment
12 4 (0.93%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 78 (18.14%) Windows
2 76 (17.67%) Linux
3 35 (8.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.02%) Ubuntu
4 13 (3.02%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.09%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.86%) Unix
7 4 (0.93%) Android
8 3 (0.70%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.23%) CentOS
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (49.07%) Agile
2 175 (40.70%) DevOps
3 164 (38.14%) Software Engineering
4 96 (22.33%) Migration
5 87 (20.23%) Software Testing
6 76 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (16.28%) Actionable Insight
8 60 (13.95%) Computer Science
9 56 (13.02%) Roadmaps
10 47 (10.93%) Mentoring
11 46 (10.70%) Collaborative Working
12 45 (10.47%) Design Patterns
13 39 (9.07%) CI/CD
14 36 (8.37%) Test Automation
15 35 (8.14%) Architectural Patterns
15 35 (8.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 32 (7.44%) SDLC
17 31 (7.21%) Artificial Intelligence
18 30 (6.98%) Full Stack Development
19 29 (6.74%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 110 (25.58%) Python
2 94 (21.86%) C
3 88 (20.47%) C#
4 81 (18.84%) Java
5 63 (14.65%) C++
6 62 (14.42%) JavaScript
7 36 (8.37%) Bash
7 36 (8.37%) PowerShell
8 33 (7.67%) SQL
9 9 (2.09%) MATLAB
9 9 (2.09%) Swift
10 7 (1.63%) VB.NET
11 6 (1.40%) Ada
11 6 (1.40%) Embedded C
11 6 (1.40%) PHP
12 4 (0.93%) Go
12 4 (0.93%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.93%) R
12 4 (0.93%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 105 (24.42%) Security Cleared
2 98 (22.79%) Degree
3 40 (9.30%) DV Cleared
4 36 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (6.51%) Master's Degree
6 27 (6.28%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (0.93%) HND
8 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.47%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.23%) HNC
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.91%) QA
2 11 (2.56%) GDPR
2 11 (2.56%) HIPAA
3 9 (2.09%) ISO 13485
4 5 (1.16%) ISO 26262
5 4 (0.93%) PMO
6 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.47%) SEPA
6 2 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.23%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.23%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.23%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (14.19%) Docker
2 35 (8.14%) Hyper-V
2 35 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (4.88%) Firmware
4 19 (4.42%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (11.16%) Kubernetes
2 37 (8.60%) Ansible
3 36 (8.37%) Puppet
4 3 (0.70%) Kibana
5 1 (0.23%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.23%) Graphite
5 1 (0.23%) Nagios
5 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.14%) Red Hat
2 35 (8.14%) VMware
3 8 (1.86%) Guidewire
4 7 (1.63%) Oracle
5 5 (1.16%) Google
6 1 (0.23%) Ariba
6 1 (0.23%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.23%) Citrix
6 1 (0.23%) Databricks
6 1 (0.23%) Freescale
6 1 (0.23%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.23%) New Relic
6 1 (0.23%) SAP
6 1 (0.23%) Splunk