The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 78 73 57
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -16
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 6 5 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.557% 0.566% 2.457%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.733% 0.772% 2.886%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 23
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +21.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,550 £40,200
10% offered a salary of more than £43,750 £50,000 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £46,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +12.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
818 648 797
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 75.88% 73.30% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 746 576 741
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £29,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £59,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
East of England

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Bedford - 3 £42,500 - 1
Software Architecture
East of England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
3 4 (36.36%) C#
3 4 (36.36%) System Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 3 (27.27%) Agile Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) OO
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (27.27%) ISEB
4 3 (27.27%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (27.27%) Regression Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
4 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) QA
5 1 (9.091%) Information Management
5 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
5 1 (9.091%) MVC
5 1 (9.091%) Finance
5 1 (9.091%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (9.091%) Project Management
5 1 (9.091%) .NET
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 (9.091%) .NET
1 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
1 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
1 4 (36.36%) Test Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Software Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Test Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Test Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) QA Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) C# Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) C# Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (36.36%) System Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
3 3 (27.27%) Agile Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
3 3 (27.27%) OO
3 3 (27.27%) Regression Testing
4 1 (9.091%) MVC
4 1 (9.091%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Information Management
4 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) ISEB
1 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
Bedford, Bedfordshire
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