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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 24 - 52
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 23 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 7.348% - 2.500%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.797% - 2.612%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 7
Average salary £57,500 - £71,250
90% offered a salary of more than £46,500 - £56,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,500 - £77,100
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £61,810 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-2.92% -1.10%
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
295 163 268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 94.25% 99.39% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 161 152 255
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £23,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
Cheshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Chester Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 10 (38.46%) .NET
2 8 (30.77%) GAP Analysis
2 8 (30.77%) Java
2 8 (30.77%) IBM
3 7 (26.92%) SQL
3 7 (26.92%) Scrum
3 7 (26.92%) Kanban
4 6 (23.08%) Oracle
5 5 (19.23%) E-Commerce
6 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 4 (15.38%) HTTP
6 4 (15.38%) BMC
7 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.54%) HP
8 2 (7.692%) UNIX
8 2 (7.692%) UML
8 2 (7.692%) OO
8 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (7.692%) Remedy
8 2 (7.692%) Project Management
8 2 (7.692%) Service Management
8 2 (7.692%) Firewall
8 2 (7.692%) Open Text
8 2 (7.692%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (7.692%) Software Architecture
8 2 (7.692%) E-Discovery
8 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (7.692%) Content Management
8 2 (7.692%) Unified Communications
9 1 (3.846%) Data Governance

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 10 (38.46%) .NET
2 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) HTTP
2 2 (7.692%) Firewall
2 2 (7.692%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.846%) Internet
3 1 (3.846%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (3.846%) Electronics
1 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.846%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Firmware
1 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) GAP Analysis
2 7 (26.92%) Scrum
2 7 (26.92%) Kanban
3 5 (19.23%) E-Commerce
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.692%) Content Management
5 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (7.692%) UML
5 2 (7.692%) OO
5 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (7.692%) Project Management
5 2 (7.692%) Service Management
5 2 (7.692%) Software Architecture
5 2 (7.692%) E-Discovery
6 1 (3.846%) Data Governance
6 1 (3.846%) Master Data Management
6 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.846%) OOD
6 1 (3.846%) ETL
6 1 (3.846%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Java
2 7 (26.92%) SQL
3 1 (3.846%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) IBM
2 6 (23.08%) Oracle
3 4 (15.38%) BMC
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 3 (11.54%) HP
5 2 (7.692%) Remedy
5 2 (7.692%) Open Text
6 1 (3.846%) EMC
Chester, North West
My client are seeking a highly skilled SharePoint Solution Architect to join our fast growing, digital media agency.With offices in London (HQ), Chester and Minsk, my client...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Chester, North West
My client work in many product arena's and are investing heavily in the areas of electronics hardware / telecoms network products using analogue / digital / firmware technologies... You will...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Shares, Pension, Life, Health
Posted: 21 May 2013