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Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

software architecture

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

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 179 postings naming software architecture that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer84.4%
  2. 2Full-Stack Engineer3.4%
  3. 3AI Engineer2.8%
  4. 4DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer2.8%
  5. 5Data Scientist1.7%
  6. 6Machine Learning Engineer1.7%
  7. 7Security Engineer1.7%

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 = 104
10th
$132k
25th
$159k
Median
$178k
75th
$200k
90th
$225k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA10.1%
  2. 2San Francisco, CA6.7%
  3. 3New York, NY6.1%
  4. 4Washington, DC6.1%
  5. 5Remote5.6%
  6. 6Seattle, WA3.9%
  7. 7Boston, MA3.4%
  8. 8Austin, TX1.7%

How we counted

967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.