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Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

software architecture

154 live US technical postings name software architecture in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 154 postings naming software architecture that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer85.7%
  2. 2AI Engineer3.2%
  3. 3DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer2.6%
  4. 4Full-Stack Engineer2.6%
  5. 5Security Engineer1.9%
  6. 6Backend Engineer1.3%
  7. 7Data Scientist1.3%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where software architecture is named
n = 84
10th
$135k
25th
$159k
Median
$177k
75th
$200k
90th
$224k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA11%
  2. 2San Francisco, CA7.8%
  3. 3Remote7.1%
  4. 4New York, NY5.2%
  5. 5Washington, DC4.5%
  6. 6Boston, MA3.9%
  7. 7Seattle, WA3.9%
  8. 8Austin, TX2.6%

How we counted

668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.