The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.200% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.471% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £30,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £50,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +21.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
204 170 134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 81.60% 82.93% 80.24%
Number of salaries quoted 198 161 132
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,850 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
Bedfordshire

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedford Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedford Software Architecture Salary Histogram

Software Architecture
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) ISEB
1 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) QA
1 3 (75.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) QA Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISEB
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft