The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 203 197 183
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -14
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 14 24 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.268% 0.383% 0.117%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.386% 0.547% 0.171%
Number of salaries quoted 10 24 5
Average salary £70,000 £50,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.61% -12.17%
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £50,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +21.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3629 4386 3517
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.49% 70.08% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2775 3701 2926
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Software Architecture Salary Histogram

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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Reading -7 10 £80,000 +100.00%
Slough +5 3 £57,500 +4.54%
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 29 (67.44%) Java
2 22 (51.16%) J2EE
3 20 (46.51%) Hibernate
3 20 (46.51%) Spring
4 14 (32.56%) SOAP
5 13 (30.23%) Web Services
5 13 (30.23%) UML
5 13 (30.23%) JMS
6 12 (27.91%) IBM
6 12 (27.91%) XML
7 11 (25.58%) OOA/OOD
7 11 (25.58%) OO
7 11 (25.58%) Degree
7 11 (25.58%) REST
8 10 (23.26%) Software Engineering
8 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
8 10 (23.26%) JBoss
8 10 (23.26%) XSLT
8 10 (23.26%) C++
9 9 (20.93%) DHTML
9 9 (20.93%) C
9 9 (20.93%) JavaScript
9 9 (20.93%) CSS
9 9 (20.93%) JDBC
9 9 (20.93%) JSP
9 9 (20.93%) Struts
9 9 (20.93%) Use Case
9 9 (20.93%) JPA
9 9 (20.93%) Retail
9 9 (20.93%) Open Source

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 22 (51.16%) J2EE
2 20 (46.51%) Hibernate
2 20 (46.51%) Spring
3 14 (32.56%) SOAP
4 13 (30.23%) Web Services
4 13 (30.23%) JMS
5 12 (27.91%) XML
6 11 (25.58%) REST
7 10 (23.26%) XSLT
8 9 (20.93%) DHTML
8 9 (20.93%) CSS
8 9 (20.93%) JDBC
8 9 (20.93%) JSP
8 9 (20.93%) Struts
8 9 (20.93%) JPA
9 7 (16.28%) Middleware
10 6 (13.95%) WebSphere
11 2 (4.651%) POSIX
12 1 (2.326%) JSON
12 1 (2.326%) OAuth
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.63%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.326%) Apache
2 1 (2.326%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.977%) Wireless
1 3 (6.977%) HTTP
2 2 (4.651%) DVB
3 1 (2.326%) 2G
3 1 (2.326%) DHCP
3 1 (2.326%) SAN
3 1 (2.326%) SSL
3 1 (2.326%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) DB2
2 1 (2.326%) DataStage
2 1 (2.326%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (20.93%) Retail
2 7 (16.28%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Architect
2 16 (37.21%) Developer
3 9 (20.93%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 9 (20.93%) Java Developer
3 9 (20.93%) J2EE Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (16.28%) Software Developer
5 6 (13.95%) Applications Architect
5 6 (13.95%) Senior Architect
6 5 (11.63%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 5 (11.63%) Software Architect
7 4 (9.302%) Graduate
7 4 (9.302%) Integration Architect
7 4 (9.302%) Software Engineer
7 4 (9.302%) Graduate Software Developer
7 4 (9.302%) Graduate Developer
8 2 (4.651%) Embedded C Software Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) OSS Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Lead Software Engineer
8 2 (4.651%) Embedded C Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
2 9 (20.93%) Open Source
3 5 (11.63%) Mathematics
3 5 (11.63%) DataPower
4 3 (6.977%) Replication
4 3 (6.977%) Mainframe
5 2 (4.651%) DTV
5 2 (4.651%) STB
6 1 (2.326%) Cryptography
6 1 (2.326%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Linux
2 2 (4.651%) UNIX
2 2 (4.651%) Windows
3 1 (2.326%) HPUX
3 1 (2.326%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) UML
2 11 (25.58%) OOA/OOD
2 11 (25.58%) OO
3 10 (23.26%) Software Engineering
4 9 (20.93%) Use Case
5 8 (18.60%) TOGAF
6 6 (13.95%) Data Analysis
7 5 (11.63%) Waterfall
7 5 (11.63%) V-Model
7 5 (11.63%) Scrum
7 5 (11.63%) RUP
7 5 (11.63%) SOA
7 5 (11.63%) ETL
8 4 (9.302%) EAI
9 3 (6.977%) Signal Processing
10 2 (4.651%) Integration Testing
10 2 (4.651%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (4.651%) Performance Management
10 2 (4.651%) Content Management
11 1 (2.326%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 29 (67.44%) Java
2 10 (23.26%) C++
3 9 (20.93%) C
3 9 (20.93%) JavaScript
4 4 (9.302%) Perl
4 4 (9.302%) C#
4 4 (9.302%) Objective-C
5 3 (6.977%) SQL
6 2 (4.651%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.326%) Haskell
7 1 (2.326%) Scala
7 1 (2.326%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.326%) VC++
7 1 (2.326%) PHP
7 1 (2.326%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) Degree
2 1 (2.326%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.326%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.326%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.326%) VMware ESX
1 1 (2.326%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.326%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 12 (27.91%) IBM
2 10 (23.26%) JBoss
3 5 (11.63%) Ab Initio
4 3 (6.977%) Cisco
5 2 (4.651%) Nokia
5 2 (4.651%) Siemens
5 2 (4.651%) Ericsson
5 2 (4.651%) Huawei
6 1 (2.326%) Brocade
6 1 (2.326%) VMware
6 1 (2.326%) HP
6 1 (2.326%) Citrix
6 1 (2.326%) Informatica
6 1 (2.326%) NetApp
6 1 (2.326%) Veritas
6 1 (2.326%) TIBCO
6 1 (2.326%) Symantec
Reading, Berkshire
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