The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 117 - 117
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 6 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.334% - 0.121%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.437% - 0.177%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
Average salary £65,000 - £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £50,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +21.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1373 1545 1133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.32% 76.94% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1057 1355 965
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £61,350
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
North West

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Software Architecture Salary Trend

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Chester - 2 - -
Warrington - 2 - -
Software Architecture
North West

Software Architecture
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (50.00%) Migration
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) N-Tier
1 4 (50.00%) SMS
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (50.00%) HL7
1 4 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Kanban
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Open Source
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) OO
3 2 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) C#

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Architect
1 8 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 2 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (50.00%) Migration
1 4 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Kanban
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) OO
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) HL7
2 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft