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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Architecture
Rank 112 112 112
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 8 12 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.447% 0.623% 0.241%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.587% 0.817% 0.351%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 4
Average salary £65,000 £66,000 £70,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% -6.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,200 £45,000 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £83,000 £87,250 £86,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -4.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1364 1469 1140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.24% 76.23% 68.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1042 1291 967
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Enterprise Architecture
North West

Enterprise Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Enterprise Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Enterprise Architecture across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Enterprise Architecture Salary Trend

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire Enterprise Architecture Salary Histogram

Enterprise Architecture
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architecture within the Cheshire 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
Macclesfield - 3 £69,500 -
Chester - 2 £36,000 -
Enterprise Architecture
North West

Enterprise Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architecture.

1 7 (58.33%) Finance
1 7 (58.33%) Agile Software Development
1 7 (58.33%) Java
2 5 (41.67%) OO
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Linux
3 4 (33.33%) Web Services
3 4 (33.33%) ETL
3 4 (33.33%) SMS
3 4 (33.33%) Internet
3 4 (33.33%) Online Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) Social Media
3 4 (33.33%) Mobile Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Network Design
4 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) .NET
5 2 (16.67%) Retail
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) BPR
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (16.67%) SOA
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Open Source
5 2 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science

Enterprise Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (33.33%) Web Services
2 3 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (8.333%) Apache Flex
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) SMS
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) LAN
2 1 (8.333%) WAN
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
4 1 (8.333%) Legal
4 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Architect
2 8 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (8.333%) ICT Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Online Banking
1 4 (33.33%) Social Media
1 4 (33.33%) Mobile Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (8.333%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) OO
3 4 (33.33%) ETL
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) Network Design
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) BPR
5 2 (16.67%) SOA
5 2 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (16.67%) Software Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (8.333%) Matrix Management
6 1 (8.333%) Kanban
6 1 (8.333%) Change Control
6 1 (8.333%) Demand Management
6 1 (8.333%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA