Software Architect: market
A Software Architect owns how a system is built: decomposition into services and modules, interfaces, data, non-functional requirements and the technical decisions that are expensive to change later. We currently track 569 open positions for this role, 548 of them fresh. Postings expect extensive development experience, distributed-system design, integration patterns, cloud architectures, decision documentation (ADR, C4) and leading teams to technical decisions. By co-occurrence in requirements, AWS, Node.js, Java and Azure appear most often. 65% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Software Architect market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The Software Architect market currently has 569 open roles, 548 of them freshly observed. Median salary $8,333/mo.
65% of Software Architect postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 28 of 569 jobs; remote share from 510 with a stated format; 548 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Software Architect postings appeared each week since 4 May, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 77
New sources connected: 11 May +3 · 18 May +2 · 25 May +1 · 1 Jun +2 · 15 Jun +2 · 22 Jun +9 · 29 Jun +6 · 6 Jul +8 · 13 Jul +8 · 20 Jul +3 · 27 Jul +4 · 3 Aug +2 · 10 Aug +2 · 17 Aug +1 · 24 Aug +1 · 31 Aug +3 · 14 Sept +1 · 21 Sept +6 · 28 Sept +1 · 5 Oct +2 · 12 Oct +6
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Remote work over time
Share of Software Architect postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of Software Architect postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on 10 Aug: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Software Architect postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: Software Architect
| Open demand | 569 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: Software Architect
One in ten earns under $2,241, one in ten over $15,416. Half the market falls between $4,714 and $11,867. Sample: 28.
The range histogram for Software Architect uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography: Software Architect
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 75 |
| PL | 45 |
| MX | 44 |
| BR | 42 |
| DE | 35 |
| IN | 29 |
| GB | 21 |
| PE | 20 |
| CO | 16 |
| CA | 16 |
The top country for Software Architect demand is the US (75 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Software Architect requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are AWS, Node.js, Java and Azure.
Demand by grade: Software Architect
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 106 |
| lead | 50 |
| principal | 43 |
| middle | 6 |
Senior-and-above is about 97% of 205 Software Architect postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: Software Architect
Demand is spread across 233 employers. The largest accounts for 37.1%, the top ten for 47.0%; the remaining 53.0% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 37.1% |
| top-3 | 39.8% |
| top-10 | 47.0% |
| long tail | 53.0% |
Software Architect openings come from 233 distinct employers.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 49 sources; the largest accounts for 39.9% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Software Architect postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: Software Architect
- Remote Automotive Software Architect · ZA
- Chief Software Architect – Enterprise & National Programs (El Segundo, CA) · US · $22,917
- Staff Software Architect · IN
- Software Architect · CO
- Software Architect & DevOps · PL
- Software Architect, AI Systems and Platform · US
- Software Architect, AI Systems and Platform · US
- [Job-32404] Software Architect AI SDLC, Brazil · BR
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-24
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Software Architect role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a Software Architect do?
A Software Architect owns how a system is built: decomposition into services and modules, interfaces, data, non-functional requirements and the technical decisions that are expensive to change later.
Which skills do Software Architect postings require?
Postings expect extensive development experience, distributed-system design, integration patterns, cloud architectures, decision documentation (ADR, C4) and leading teams to technical decisions. In the current slice, AWS, Node.js, Java and Azure appear in requirements most often.
Does a software architect write code?
In most postings — yes, at least partly: an architect who never touches code quickly loses touch with the system's reality. The coding share drops as the role's scope grows.
How remote-friendly are Software Architect jobs?
65% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 569 open positions.
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