The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Architect
Rank 143 139 154
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Architect 2 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.075% 0.176% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.183% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 1
Average salary £62,500 £57,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% +15.00%
UK excluding London average salary £95,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year
+46.15% -13.33%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2534 2728 2880
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.41% 96.16% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2259 2299 2561
Average salary £38,000 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.29% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Architect
East of England

Principal Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Principal Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Architect
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Principal Architect Salary Trend

Principal Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Architect within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridge -5 2 £62,500 +8.69%
Principal Architect
East of England

Principal Architect
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Principal 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 Principal Architect in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) ASIC
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Verilog
1 2 (100.00%) WiMAX
1 2 (100.00%) OFDM
1 2 (100.00%) MIMO
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) SystemC

Principal Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Principal 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 Principal Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) WiMAX
1 2 (100.00%) OFDM
1 2 (100.00%) MIMO
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) ASIC
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Verilog
1 2 (100.00%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
Cambridge, East Anglia
Location: CambridgeSalary: competitive, and excellent benefitsSkills: Graphics, electronics, degree, microprocessorOur client, a world-renowned electronics company, is seeking an exceptional Principal Graphics Hardware Architect to join their Media...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013