Software Architecture Jobs in the South East

Software Architecture
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 5 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 270 291
Rank change year-on-year +29 +21 +42
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 63 63 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.62% 0.51% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.59% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 37 54 93
10th Percentile - £46,930 £53,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% +18.18%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £91,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -9.68% +10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,256 10,644 14,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.72% 86.55% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,948 7,612 8,636
10th Percentile £33,750 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,440 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.23% -11.30% +4.17%

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 5 February 2025.

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 5 February 2025. 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 -10 23 £45,000 -35.71% 5
Kent +10 16 £72,500 +107.14% 9
East Sussex +9 12 - -
Thames Valley +51 7 £67,500 +22.73% 12
Buckinghamshire +9 6 £67,500 -15.63% 4
Surrey +10 4 £70,000 - 1
Oxfordshire +16 1 £70,000 +37.20% 3
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 8 (12.70%) CMS
1 8 (12.70%) Sitecore CMS
1 8 (12.70%) Umbraco
2 2 (3.17%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (22.22%) Simulink
2 3 (4.76%) Productboard
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 36 (57.14%) Azure
2 12 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (19.05%) Azure Service Bus
3 8 (12.70%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (4.76%) AWS
4 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.76%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.17%) RS-232
2 2 (3.17%) RS-485
2 2 (3.17%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.59%) Internet
3 1 (1.59%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.63%) SQL Server
2 12 (19.05%) RDBMS
2 12 (19.05%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.76%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (25.40%) Git
2 12 (19.05%) Subversion
3 9 (14.29%) Rational Rhapsody
4 5 (7.94%) JIRA
5 2 (3.17%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.59%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.59%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.59%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (1.59%) TeamCity
General
1 20 (31.75%) Legal
1 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Law
3 17 (26.98%) Electronics
4 16 (25.40%) Military
5 13 (20.63%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.76%) Automotive
7 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Aviation
8 1 (1.59%) Banking
8 1 (1.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 32 (50.79%) Developer
2 23 (36.51%) Software Engineer
3 19 (30.16%) Lead
4 16 (25.40%) Principal Engineer
5 14 (22.22%) Lead Software Engineer
6 13 (20.63%) Principal Software Engineer
7 8 (12.70%) .NET Developer
7 8 (12.70%) Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (7.94%) Lead Developer
8 5 (7.94%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (7.94%) Senior
9 4 (6.35%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (6.35%) C# Developer
9 4 (6.35%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (4.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 3 (4.76%) Scrum Master
10 3 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
11 1 (1.59%) Java Architect
11 1 (1.59%) Software Manager
11 1 (1.59%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (55.56%) .NET
2 21 (33.33%) CSS
2 21 (33.33%) HTML
3 18 (28.57%) REST
3 18 (28.57%) RESTful
3 18 (28.57%) SOAP
4 12 (19.05%) ASP.NET
4 12 (19.05%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (6.35%) AngularJS
6 3 (4.76%) .NET Framework
6 3 (4.76%) JSON
6 3 (4.76%) React
7 2 (3.17%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (3.17%) Django
7 2 (3.17%) Kafka
7 2 (3.17%) Qt
7 2 (3.17%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (3.17%) WebSockets
7 2 (3.17%) XML
7 2 (3.17%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (28.57%) Greenfield Project
2 17 (26.98%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (7.94%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.17%) Robotics
5 1 (1.59%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.59%) Clustering
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.22%) Linux
1 14 (22.22%) Windows
2 9 (14.29%) VxWorks
3 2 (3.17%) Android
3 2 (3.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (44.44%) Agile
2 23 (36.51%) Software Engineering
3 19 (30.16%) Validation
4 18 (28.57%) Data Migration
4 18 (28.57%) Migration
5 16 (25.40%) Physics
5 16 (25.40%) Verification and Validation
6 14 (22.22%) DevOps
6 14 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
6 14 (22.22%) UML
7 13 (20.63%) Architectural Patterns
7 13 (20.63%) Configuration Management
7 13 (20.63%) Full-Stack Development
7 13 (20.63%) Scrum
8 12 (19.05%) CI/CD
8 12 (19.05%) Domain-Driven Design
8 12 (19.05%) MVC
9 10 (15.87%) Coaching
9 10 (15.87%) Event-Driven
9 10 (15.87%) Power Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (58.73%) C#
2 21 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 21 (33.33%) SQL
3 19 (30.16%) C
3 19 (30.16%) MATLAB
4 18 (28.57%) Python
5 9 (14.29%) C++
6 4 (6.35%) Go
7 2 (3.17%) Ruby
8 1 (1.59%) Java
8 1 (1.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) QA
2 3 (4.76%) HAZOP
2 3 (4.76%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Functional Safety
2 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (36.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.29%) Wind River
3 8 (12.70%) Sitecore