The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Canary Wharf 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 24 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 Canary Wharf region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 30 23 27
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 16 25 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 5.575% 7.267% 3.125%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.015% 8.065% 3.409%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 6
Average salary £100,000 £82,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21% +26.92%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Canary Wharf
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
266 310 176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 92.68% 90.12% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 201 258 131
Average salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £42,550
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
London

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Canary Wharf Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 49 (85.96%) Banking
2 36 (63.16%) Investment Banking
3 35 (61.40%) C#
4 34 (59.65%) Back Office
5 33 (57.89%) Java
6 32 (56.14%) OO
7 31 (54.39%) ETL
8 28 (49.12%) Technical Architecture
9 23 (40.35%) Degree
9 23 (40.35%) Stress Testing
9 23 (40.35%) Basel III
10 22 (38.60%) XML
11 21 (36.84%) SQL Server
12 17 (29.82%) Data Warehouse
12 17 (29.82%) Finance
13 16 (28.07%) Data Modelling
13 16 (28.07%) FTP
14 14 (24.56%) Oracle
15 13 (22.81%) Risk Management
16 12 (21.05%) Unit Testing
16 12 (21.05%) System Testing
17 11 (19.30%) SQL
18 9 (15.79%) UNIX
18 9 (15.79%) Cisco
18 9 (15.79%) Validation
18 9 (15.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 9 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
18 9 (15.79%) Data Validation
19 8 (14.04%) 29West
19 8 (14.04%) NAS

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 22 (38.60%) XML
2 8 (14.04%) WebSphere
2 8 (14.04%) Middleware
2 8 (14.04%) XSLT
2 8 (14.04%) HTML
3 1 (1.754%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.04%) Apache
1 8 (14.04%) WebLogic
1 8 (14.04%) IIS
2 1 (1.754%) TPMS
Business Applications
1 8 (14.04%) RMDS
2 2 (3.509%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (28.07%) FTP
2 8 (14.04%) NAS
2 8 (14.04%) SAN
3 3 (5.263%) Network Security
4 1 (1.754%) Firewall
4 1 (1.754%) Wireless
4 1 (1.754%) LAN
4 1 (1.754%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (36.84%) SQL Server
2 17 (29.82%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (5.263%) GIS
4 3 (5.263%) Hadoop
4 3 (5.263%) KDB
4 3 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.509%) SAP BW
5 2 (3.509%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (3.509%) SAP CE
General
1 49 (85.96%) Banking
2 36 (63.16%) Investment Banking
3 34 (59.65%) Back Office
4 17 (29.82%) Finance
5 2 (3.509%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.754%) PKI
1 1 (1.754%) Replication
1 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.754%) Reference Data
1 1 (1.754%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.79%) UNIX
2 8 (14.04%) Windows
2 8 (14.04%) Solaris
2 8 (14.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (56.14%) OO
2 31 (54.39%) ETL
3 28 (49.12%) Technical Architecture
4 23 (40.35%) Stress Testing
5 16 (28.07%) Data Modelling
6 13 (22.81%) Risk Management
7 12 (21.05%) Unit Testing
7 12 (21.05%) System Testing
8 9 (15.79%) Validation
8 9 (15.79%) Data Validation
9 8 (14.04%) Complex Event Processing
9 8 (14.04%) Benchmarking
10 5 (8.772%) Data Architecture
11 4 (7.018%) Cash Management
12 3 (5.263%) Performance Management
13 2 (3.509%) SAP Implementation
13 2 (3.509%) Enterprise Architecture
13 2 (3.509%) Stakeholder Management
14 1 (1.754%) Information Security
14 1 (1.754%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (61.40%) C#
2 33 (57.89%) Java
3 11 (19.30%) SQL
4 8 (14.04%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (40.35%) Basel III
2 9 (15.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.754%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Oracle
2 9 (15.79%) Cisco
3 8 (14.04%) 29West
3 8 (14.04%) DataSynapse
3 8 (14.04%) EMC
3 8 (14.04%) NetApp
3 8 (14.04%) Sybase
4 3 (5.263%) Teradata
4 3 (5.263%) Informatica
5 2 (3.509%) SAP
6 1 (1.754%) Juniper
6 1 (1.754%) F5
6 1 (1.754%) Riverbed