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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 42 42 37
Rank change year-on-year
0 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 22 5 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.846% 1.196% 6.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.901% 1.220% 6.272%
Number of salaries quoted 22 4 35
Average salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.04% +9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,750 £43,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £74,750 £67,800
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
564 410 558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 98.60% 98.09% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 503 385 521
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
South Wales

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cardiff Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) VMware
2 10 (34.48%) UML
3 8 (27.59%) Web Services
4 7 (24.14%) SOA
4 7 (24.14%) Network Design
5 6 (20.69%) Java
5 6 (20.69%) OO
6 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
6 5 (17.24%) SQL
6 5 (17.24%) Cisco
6 5 (17.24%) Banking
6 5 (17.24%) Spring
6 5 (17.24%) Hibernate
6 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
6 5 (17.24%) Unit Testing
6 5 (17.24%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (17.24%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (13.79%) Open Source
7 4 (13.79%) Human Factors
7 4 (13.79%) IBM
7 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
7 4 (13.79%) Oracle
7 4 (13.79%) UNIX
8 3 (10.34%) ITIL
8 3 (10.34%) LAN
8 3 (10.34%) WAN
8 3 (10.34%) VPN
8 3 (10.34%) CCIE
8 3 (10.34%) CCNP

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 8 (27.59%) Web Services
2 5 (17.24%) Hibernate
2 5 (17.24%) Spring
3 3 (10.34%) Java EE
4 2 (6.897%) J2EE
5 1 (3.448%) EJB
5 1 (3.448%) JSP
5 1 (3.448%) Servlets
5 1 (3.448%) SOAP
5 1 (3.448%) EJB 3.0
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.897%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Visio
1 2 (6.897%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (3.448%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (10.34%) Cisco PIX
2 3 (10.34%) LAN
2 3 (10.34%) WAN
2 3 (10.34%) VPN
2 3 (10.34%) MPLS
2 3 (10.34%) OSPF
2 3 (10.34%) BGP
2 3 (10.34%) EIGRP
2 3 (10.34%) Firewall
2 3 (10.34%) Wireless
3 2 (6.897%) SAN
4 1 (3.448%) Nortel Alteon
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Ant
1 1 (3.448%) Maven
1 1 (3.448%) Axure RP
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.24%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Advertising
4 2 (6.897%) Legal
5 1 (3.448%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Mobile Banking
2 4 (13.79%) Open Source
2 4 (13.79%) Human Factors
3 3 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.897%) Blackberry
4 2 (6.897%) iSeries
5 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) UNIX
2 2 (6.897%) Windows
2 2 (6.897%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) UML
2 7 (24.14%) SOA
2 7 (24.14%) Network Design
3 6 (20.69%) OO
4 5 (17.24%) PRINCE2
4 5 (17.24%) Unit Testing
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL
5 3 (10.34%) Project Planning
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (10.34%) Load Balancing
5 3 (10.34%) Network Architecture
6 2 (6.897%) Investment Management
6 2 (6.897%) TOGAF
7 1 (3.448%) Time Management
7 1 (3.448%) Software Architecture
7 1 (3.448%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.448%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.448%) Project Management
7 1 (3.448%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) Java
2 5 (17.24%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) CCIE
1 3 (10.34%) CCNP
1 3 (10.34%) CCDA
1 3 (10.34%) CCDP
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (10.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (6.897%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) VMware
2 5 (17.24%) Cisco
3 4 (13.79%) IBM
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Oracle
4 3 (10.34%) F5
5 2 (6.897%) Nortel
5 2 (6.897%) Avaya
6 1 (3.448%) Radware
6 1 (3.448%) Citrix
6 1 (3.448%) Adobe
6 1 (3.448%) Brocade
RCN, Cardiff - Gate Office
Design and development of new systems and services for the RCN.Requirements of the Infrastructure Architect:You will ideally be a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with excellent VMware...
Royal College of Nursing
Salary: £34,590 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013