The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 43 35 32
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 6 15 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.749% 3.937% 2.548%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.824% 4.323% 2.703%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 7
Average salary £52,500 £72,500 £64,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.58% +13.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £47,500 £46,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £83,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
329 347 296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.92% 91.08% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 231 269 247
Average salary £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.97% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £54,507 £72,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Architect
Scotland

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Architect across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Aberdeen Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Architect across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Aberdeen Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Blackberry
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) VMware ESX
5 2 (20.00%) Dell
5 2 (20.00%) Oracle
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco
5 2 (20.00%) Maximo
5 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (20.00%) EAM
5 2 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
6 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (10.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (10.00%) Backup Exec
6 1 (10.00%) Time Management
6 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (10.00%) XenApp

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (10.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Maximo
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (10.00%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SMTP
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) UNIX
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Project Management
1 3 (30.00%) Change Management
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) EAM
3 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) XenApp
3 1 (10.00%) vSphere
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Dell
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Sun
4 1 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (10.00%) EMC
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) NetApp