Software Architect: mercado
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 575 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 Python appear most often. 64% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Software Architect market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
O mercado de Software Architect tem agora 575 vagas abertas, 548 delas observadas recentemente. Median salary $8.437/mo.
64% of Software Architect postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 31 of 575 jobs; remote share from 512 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 May 11, 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: 81
New sources connected: May 18 +2 · May 25 +1 · Jun 1 +2 · Jun 15 +2 · Jun 22 +9 · Jun 29 +7 · Jul 6 +8 · Jul 13 +8 · Jul 20 +3 · Jul 27 +4 · Aug 3 +2 · Aug 10 +2 · Aug 17 +1 · Aug 24 +1 · Aug 31 +2 · Sep 14 +1 · Sep 21 +7 · Sep 28 +1 · Oct 5 +2 · Oct 12 +6 · Oct 19 +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 Aug 10: 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.
Demanda e oferta observada: Software Architect
| Demanda aberta | 575 |
| Oferta observada | — não publicado |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Distribuição de salários: Software Architect
Um em cada dez ganha menos de $4.714, um em cada dez mais de $14.791. Metade do mercado fica entre $5.500 e $13.750. Amostra: 31.
The range histogram for Software Architect uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Geografia da demanda: Software Architect
| país | vagas |
|---|---|
| US | 79 |
| MX | 44 |
| BR | 43 |
| PL | 40 |
| DE | 37 |
| IN | 34 |
| PE | 20 |
| GB | 19 |
| CO | 16 |
| CA | 16 |
The top country for Software Architect demand is the US (79 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Usada junto com
In Software Architect requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are AWS, Node.js, Java and Python.
Demanda por nível: Software Architect
| nível | vagas |
|---|---|
| senior | 105 |
| lead | 52 |
| principal | 48 |
| middle | 7 |
| junior | 1 |
Senior-and-above is about 96% of 213 Software Architect postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Empregadores: Software Architect
A demanda está distribuída entre 237 empregadores. O maior responde por 36.7%, os dez primeiros por 47.1%; os 52.9% restantes são cauda longa.
| proporção | valor |
|---|---|
| top 1 | 36.7% |
| top 3 | 39.5% |
| top 10 | 47.1% |
| cauda longa | 52.9% |
Software Architect openings come from 237 distinct employers.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Onde o Zorky vê este mercado
Observado em 49 fontes; a maior responde por 39.8%: este mercado não depende de um único canal.
Software Architect postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Vagas recentes: Software Architect
- Embedded Software Architect (m/w/d) · DE
- Principal Software Architect - Richards Bay · ZA
- 4769-Principal Software Architect · US
- Modeling and Simulation Engineer, Software Architect
- Senior Software Architect (Technical Lead) · US · $14.792
- 4769-Principal Software Architect
- Senior Software Architect II · IN
- Senior Software Architect II · IN
Mercados adjacentes
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
Como é medido
- Vaga
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Candidato observado
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Candidato compatível
- not counted yet
- Janela
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
Sobre os dados
- Alguns detalhamentos estão ocultos: a cobertura de dados deles ainda não é suficiente.
- As estatísticas só aparecem onde a amostra passa por um controle de qualidade.
- A ausência de um bloco não significa valor zero.
Detalhamentos ocultos no momento: 8.
Dados de 2026-10-27
Perguntas frequentes
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 Python 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?
64% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 575 open positions.
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