Software Architect
UK

The median Software Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 808 979
Rank change year-on-year +447 +171 -144
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 741 144 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 171 119 168
10th Percentile £65,000 - £69,075
25th Percentile £68,750 £56,250 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -14.71% +17.24%
75th Percentile £85,625 £92,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -20.59% +25.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

Software Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Architect in the UK

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Architect in the UK

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architect over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architect in the UK

Software Architect
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the UK 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
UK excluding London +345 594 £75,000 +11.11% 46
England +381 474 £75,000 +11.11% 39
North of England +166 137 £75,000 -9.37% 6
Work from Home +106 112 £75,000 +11.11% 24
South East +61 106 £75,000 +30.43% 11
North West +84 94 £75,000 -9.37% 4
Scotland +22 93 £65,000 -23.53% 8
London +165 75 £80,000 -11.11% 9
Midlands +52 69 £90,000 - 4
Northern Ireland +76 63 £100,000 +37.93% 8
South West +38 57 £70,000 +21.21% 2
East Midlands - 47 £90,000 - 4
Wales +50 43 £77,500 +67.71% 1
Yorkshire - 43 £75,000 - 2
East of England +16 26 £75,000 -9.09% 6
West Midlands +22 22 £75,000 -16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 featuring Software Architect in the job title.

1 406 (54.79%) Requirements Management
2 405 (54.66%) Network Management
3 404 (54.52%) Network Architecture
3 404 (54.52%) VSAT
3 404 (54.52%) Validation
3 404 (54.52%) Model Validation
4 399 (53.85%) TOGAF
5 398 (53.71%) Technical Architecture
6 360 (48.58%) Actionable Insight
7 139 (18.76%) Agile
8 126 (17.00%) Social Skills
9 108 (14.57%) Azure
10 99 (13.36%) Software Architecture
11 97 (13.09%) AWS
12 94 (12.69%) DevOps
13 88 (11.88%) Software Testing
14 70 (9.45%) Migration
15 67 (9.04%) Geospatial Data
15 67 (9.04%) Legacy Systems
16 64 (8.64%) Degree
17 55 (7.42%) .NET
18 52 (7.02%) Software Engineering
19 45 (6.07%) Security Cleared
19 45 (6.07%) C#
20 43 (5.80%) Java
21 40 (5.40%) C++
21 40 (5.40%) Problem-Solving
22 38 (5.13%) Mentoring
22 38 (5.13%) Roadmaps
23 35 (4.72%) Python

Software Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.13%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.21%) Simulink
2 2 (0.27%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (2.16%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 108 (14.57%) Azure
2 97 (13.09%) AWS
3 31 (4.18%) SaaS
4 11 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (1.21%) GCP
6 5 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.27%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (0.27%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.27%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.13%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.13%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 404 (54.52%) VSAT
2 9 (1.21%) CTI
2 9 (1.21%) HTTP
2 9 (1.21%) MQTT
2 9 (1.21%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.54%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (9.04%) Geospatial Data
2 21 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.43%) Relational Database
4 16 (2.16%) RDBMS
5 13 (1.75%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Big Data
6 3 (0.40%) MySQL
7 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 24 (3.24%) Visual Studio
2 15 (2.02%) GitLab
3 11 (1.48%) Git
4 9 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.27%) CANoe
7 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.13%) Maven
General
1 126 (17.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (2.97%) Games
4 21 (2.83%) Finance
5 18 (2.43%) Automotive
6 16 (2.16%) Marketing
7 10 (1.35%) Manufacturing
7 10 (1.35%) Telecoms
8 9 (1.21%) Police
8 9 (1.21%) Retail
9 8 (1.08%) Mandarin Language
10 7 (0.94%) Advertising
11 6 (0.81%) Law
11 6 (0.81%) Legal
12 4 (0.54%) Agriculture
12 4 (0.54%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (0.54%) Military
13 3 (0.40%) German Language
13 3 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.27%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.42%) .NET
2 16 (2.16%) Web Services
3 13 (1.75%) AngularJS
3 13 (1.75%) RESTful
4 10 (1.35%) Kafka
5 9 (1.21%) Node.js
5 9 (1.21%) RabbitMQ
6 8 (1.08%) YAML
7 6 (0.81%) XML
8 5 (0.67%) JSON
8 5 (0.67%) REST
9 4 (0.54%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.54%) WCF
10 3 (0.40%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.27%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.27%) ATL
11 2 (0.27%) Blazor
11 2 (0.27%) Entity Framework
11 2 (0.27%) HTML
12 1 (0.13%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.04%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (2.16%) Product Ownership
2 16 (2.16%) Swaptions
3 15 (2.02%) Cloud Native
4 12 (1.62%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (1.35%) Private Cloud
6 9 (1.21%) IoT
7 8 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (0.94%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.40%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.27%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.13%) Infotainment
12 1 (0.13%) Mali
12 1 (0.13%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.13%) Smartphone
12 1 (0.13%) Verilog
12 1 (0.13%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.48%) Android
1 11 (1.48%) Linux
2 9 (1.21%) Windows
3 8 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (54.79%) Requirements Management
2 405 (54.66%) Network Management
3 404 (54.52%) Model Validation
3 404 (54.52%) Network Architecture
3 404 (54.52%) Validation
4 399 (53.85%) TOGAF
5 398 (53.71%) Technical Architecture
6 360 (48.58%) Actionable Insight
7 139 (18.76%) Agile
8 99 (13.36%) Software Architecture
9 94 (12.69%) DevOps
10 88 (11.88%) Software Testing
11 70 (9.45%) Migration
12 52 (7.02%) Software Engineering
13 40 (5.40%) Problem-Solving
14 38 (5.13%) Mentoring
14 38 (5.13%) Roadmaps
15 31 (4.18%) Computer Science
16 29 (3.91%) Coaching
17 26 (3.51%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 45 (6.07%) C#
2 43 (5.80%) Java
3 40 (5.40%) C++
4 35 (4.72%) Python
5 34 (4.59%) C
6 33 (4.45%) SQL
7 16 (2.16%) VB
8 15 (2.02%) Fortran
9 9 (1.21%) MATLAB
10 8 (1.08%) Embedded C
11 7 (0.94%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.81%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.54%) Scala
14 3 (0.40%) Bicep
14 3 (0.40%) PHP
15 2 (0.27%) Gremlin
15 2 (0.27%) Ruby
15 2 (0.27%) X++
16 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (8.64%) Degree
2 45 (6.07%) Security Cleared
3 10 (1.35%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.21%) Master's Degree
4 9 (1.21%) PhD
5 7 (0.94%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.27%) CISSP
7 2 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.35%) QA
2 5 (0.67%) ISO 26262
3 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.13%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 5 (0.67%) Docker
2 2 (0.27%) Firmware
2 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (0.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 29 (3.91%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.70%) Oracle
3 16 (2.16%) OpenLink
3 16 (2.16%) Sybase
3 16 (2.16%) TIBCO
4 10 (1.35%) Google
5 3 (0.40%) Twitter
6 1 (0.13%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.13%) MathWorks