The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London 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 19 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 46 25 41
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 590 956 799
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 4.913% 7.258% 5.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.285% 7.762% 5.424%
Number of salaries quoted 511 847 698
Average salary £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £92,500 £91,000 £98,250
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11163 12316 14730
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.96% 93.51% 93.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9631 11241 13261
Average salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.94% -3.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Architect
London

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 313 (27.22%) Finance
2 304 (26.43%) Java
3 214 (18.61%) Banking
4 190 (16.52%) Oracle
5 181 (15.74%) .NET
6 179 (15.57%) SQL Server
7 172 (14.96%) SQL
8 169 (14.70%) Enterprise Architecture
9 165 (14.35%) Microsoft
10 159 (13.83%) TOGAF
11 143 (12.43%) SOA
12 141 (12.26%) J2EE
13 129 (11.22%) Business Intelligence
14 124 (10.78%) Windows
15 118 (10.26%) Data Modelling
16 113 (9.826%) Technical Architecture
17 110 (9.565%) IBM
18 108 (9.391%) Retail
19 104 (9.043%) Data Warehouse
20 103 (8.957%) Web Services
20 103 (8.957%) C#
20 103 (8.957%) Data Architecture
21 94 (8.174%) OO
22 93 (8.087%) VMware
23 92 (8.000%) Cisco
24 88 (7.652%) Project Management
25 87 (7.565%) E-Commerce
26 83 (7.217%) Investment Banking
27 82 (7.130%) Agile Software Development
27 82 (7.130%) UML

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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
1 181 (15.74%) .NET
2 141 (12.26%) J2EE
3 103 (8.957%) Web Services
4 71 (6.174%) Middleware
5 70 (6.087%) WebSphere
5 70 (6.087%) XML
6 68 (5.913%) Spring
7 59 (5.130%) HTML
8 53 (4.609%) CSS
9 49 (4.261%) jQuery
10 46 (4.000%) WCF
11 45 (3.913%) ASP.NET
12 40 (3.478%) JMS
13 39 (3.391%) Hibernate
14 35 (3.043%) XSLT
14 35 (3.043%) Struts
15 31 (2.696%) Spring MVC
16 30 (2.609%) WPF
17 26 (2.261%) Java EE
17 26 (2.261%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 66 (5.739%) SharePoint
2 46 (4.000%) Apache
3 40 (3.478%) ESB
4 39 (3.391%) CMS
5 35 (3.043%) WebLogic
6 30 (2.609%) IIS
7 26 (2.261%) SAS
8 23 (2.000%) Drupal
9 22 (1.913%) MS Exchange
10 21 (1.826%) Alfresco
11 20 (1.739%) Lync
12 19 (1.652%) Liferay
12 19 (1.652%) Windows Azure
12 19 (1.652%) Tomcat
13 16 (1.391%) Exchange Server 2010
14 12 (1.043%) Force.com
15 11 (0.957%) SharePoint 2010
15 11 (0.957%) Jetty
15 11 (0.957%) Exchange Server 2007
16 10 (0.870%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 72 (6.261%) MS Excel
2 17 (1.478%) MS Office
3 5 (0.435%) Office 365
3 5 (0.435%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.261%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.174%) MS Project
6 1 (0.087%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.087%) Windchill
6 1 (0.087%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (1.739%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.870%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.783%) Oracle BPM
4 7 (0.609%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.522%) Tridion
6 4 (0.348%) Oracle CRM
6 4 (0.348%) Bond Adapt
6 4 (0.348%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.261%) SiteCatalyst
7 3 (0.261%) Optimost
7 3 (0.261%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.261%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.261%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.174%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.174%) RMDS
8 2 (0.174%) SAP CS
8 2 (0.174%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.087%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.087%) AquaLogic BPM
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.565%) Internet
2 40 (3.478%) Firewall
3 39 (3.391%) Network Security
3 39 (3.391%) WAN
4 37 (3.217%) LAN
4 37 (3.217%) SAN
5 32 (2.783%) TCP/IP
6 30 (2.609%) HTTP
7 28 (2.435%) DNS
8 26 (2.261%) Wireless
9 23 (2.000%) BSS
10 19 (1.652%) VPN
10 19 (1.652%) MPLS
11 18 (1.565%) OSPF
12 17 (1.478%) Cisco Nexus
12 17 (1.478%) BGP
13 14 (1.217%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (1.130%) NAS
15 12 (1.043%) DHCP
15 12 (1.043%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (15.57%) SQL Server
2 104 (9.043%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (4.087%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 46 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 39 (3.391%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 38 (3.304%) MySQL
7 32 (2.783%) SQL Server 2008
8 27 (2.348%) BusinessObjects
9 26 (2.261%) SQL Server 2005
10 23 (2.000%) MarkLogic
10 23 (2.000%) DB2
11 20 (1.739%) Oracle 8/8i
12 18 (1.565%) OLAP
12 18 (1.565%) Big Data
13 16 (1.391%) IBM InfoSphere
14 15 (1.304%) Data Mart
14 15 (1.304%) Data Mining
15 12 (1.043%) RDBMS
15 12 (1.043%) Oracle 11g
15 12 (1.043%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (2.000%) Maven
2 19 (1.652%) ERwin
3 17 (1.478%) Subversion
3 17 (1.478%) Visual Studio
4 16 (1.391%) Team Foundation Server
5 12 (1.043%) PowerBuilder
6 6 (0.522%) Selenium
6 6 (0.522%) Hudson
7 5 (0.435%) JUnit
8 4 (0.348%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
8 4 (0.348%) MorphX
8 4 (0.348%) Rational Application Developer
8 4 (0.348%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 3 (0.261%) Axure RP
9 3 (0.261%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.261%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 3 (0.261%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.174%) QuickTest Pro
10 2 (0.174%) RequisitePro
10 2 (0.174%) Ant
General
1 313 (27.22%) Finance
2 214 (18.61%) Banking
3 108 (9.391%) Retail
4 83 (7.217%) Investment Banking
5 52 (4.522%) Telecoms
6 47 (4.087%) Advertising
7 30 (2.609%) Retail Banking
8 28 (2.435%) Publishing
9 24 (2.087%) Front Office
10 20 (1.739%) Marketing
11 14 (1.217%) Games
12 13 (1.130%) Law
12 13 (1.130%) Billing
13 12 (1.043%) Back Office
14 9 (0.783%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.696%) Legal
16 6 (0.522%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.522%) German Language
17 5 (0.435%) Italian Language
17 5 (0.435%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 74 (6.435%) Enterprise Software
2 48 (4.174%) Open Source
3 46 (4.000%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.652%) Computer Science
5 23 (2.000%) Digital Media
5 23 (2.000%) Derivative
6 21 (1.826%) Mobile App
7 19 (1.652%) Mathematics
7 19 (1.652%) Data Integration
7 19 (1.652%) Mobile Banking
8 18 (1.565%) Semantic Web
8 18 (1.565%) PKI
9 17 (1.478%) Fixed Income
9 17 (1.478%) Clustering
10 15 (1.304%) Social Media
10 15 (1.304%) Web 2.0
11 13 (1.130%) iSeries
12 12 (1.043%) N-Tier
12 12 (1.043%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.043%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 124 (10.78%) Windows
2 76 (6.609%) Linux
3 66 (5.739%) UNIX
4 35 (3.043%) Android
5 26 (2.261%) Windows Server 2008
6 25 (2.174%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.304%) Windows Server 2003
8 12 (1.043%) AIX
8 12 (1.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (0.870%) Solaris
10 9 (0.783%) Windows 7
10 9 (0.783%) HPUX
11 7 (0.609%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.435%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (0.435%) Windows 8
13 3 (0.261%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.261%) Windows Mobile
14 2 (0.174%) zOS
14 2 (0.174%) Windows XP
14 2 (0.174%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (14.70%) Enterprise Architecture
2 159 (13.83%) TOGAF
3 143 (12.43%) SOA
4 129 (11.22%) Business Intelligence
5 118 (10.26%) Data Modelling
6 113 (9.826%) Technical Architecture
7 103 (8.957%) Data Architecture
8 94 (8.174%) OO
9 88 (7.652%) Project Management
10 87 (7.565%) E-Commerce
11 82 (7.130%) Agile Software Development
11 82 (7.130%) UML
12 79 (6.870%) Stakeholder Management
13 78 (6.783%) TDD
14 76 (6.609%) ITIL
15 68 (5.913%) Migration
16 59 (5.130%) ETL
17 57 (4.957%) Zachman Framework
18 54 (4.696%) Data Management
19 51 (4.435%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 304 (26.43%) Java
2 172 (14.96%) SQL
3 103 (8.957%) C#
4 49 (4.261%) C++
5 44 (3.826%) JavaScript
6 32 (2.783%) PHP
7 29 (2.522%) T-SQL
8 25 (2.174%) Perl
9 19 (1.652%) XQuery
10 18 (1.565%) VBA
10 18 (1.565%) C
11 16 (1.391%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.217%) Python
13 13 (1.130%) Apex Code
14 12 (1.043%) Objective-C
15 10 (0.870%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.609%) XPath
17 6 (0.522%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.522%) Ruby
18 3 (0.261%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 74 (6.435%) Degree
2 50 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
3 40 (3.478%) CCIE
4 27 (2.348%) CCNP
5 26 (2.261%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (1.913%) MCSE
7 19 (1.652%) CISSP
8 13 (1.130%) Security Cleared
8 13 (1.130%) JNCIE
9 12 (1.043%) CCIP
9 12 (1.043%) CCVP
10 11 (0.957%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (0.957%) MCP
11 10 (0.870%) CCDP
11 10 (0.870%) CISA
11 10 (0.870%) MCITP
11 10 (0.870%) SC Cleared
11 10 (0.870%) VTSP
12 9 (0.783%) Microsoft Certified Master
12 9 (0.783%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.522%) QA
2 16 (1.391%) COBIT
3 14 (1.217%) SLA
4 12 (1.043%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.957%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.522%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.435%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.348%) Basel II
8 4 (0.348%) MiFID
8 4 (0.348%) FATCA
9 3 (0.261%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.174%) Basel III
11 1 (0.087%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.087%) BS7799
System Software
1 71 (6.174%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (4.609%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.870%) vSphere
4 31 (2.696%) Hyper-V
5 29 (2.522%) XenApp
6 22 (1.913%) XenDesktop
7 18 (1.565%) VMware ESX
7 18 (1.565%) Squid
8 16 (1.391%) Forefront TMG
9 14 (1.217%) UAG
10 10 (0.870%) XenServer
11 4 (0.348%) Xen
11 4 (0.348%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.261%) vCloud
12 3 (0.261%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 3 (0.261%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.174%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.174%) ISA Server
13 2 (0.174%) NFS
13 2 (0.174%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 14 (1.217%) Tivoli
2 11 (0.957%) SCCM
3 10 (0.870%) OpenView
4 9 (0.783%) ARCserve
5 5 (0.435%) SCOM
6 4 (0.348%) MOM
6 4 (0.348%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.261%) Cisco UCCX
7 3 (0.261%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.261%) Puppet
7 3 (0.261%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (0.174%) Nagios
8 2 (0.174%) MIIS
8 2 (0.174%) Cacti
8 2 (0.174%) Splunk
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.087%) AppDNA
9 1 (0.087%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.087%) Ionix
9 1 (0.087%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 190 (16.52%) Oracle
2 165 (14.35%) Microsoft
3 110 (9.565%) IBM
4 93 (8.087%) VMware
5 92 (8.000%) Cisco
6 63 (5.478%) SAP
7 55 (4.783%) EMC
8 49 (4.261%) Citrix
9 33 (2.870%) Sybase
10 32 (2.783%) NetApp
10 32 (2.783%) HP
11 31 (2.696%) Business Objects
12 30 (2.609%) TIBCO
13 27 (2.348%) Juniper
14 23 (2.000%) Teradata
15 21 (1.826%) JBoss
15 21 (1.826%) ATG
16 19 (1.652%) Twitter
16 19 (1.652%) hybris
16 19 (1.652%) Salesforce.com
City, London
My client is going through a major transformation period within the organisation and putting particular focus on thier ecommerce system. They are an Oracle house Eligible candidates will:...
Careerwise UK Limited
Salary: £53000 - £90000 per annum + bonus + benefits + discounts ++
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
I have a fantastic opportunity for a Pre-Sales/Solution Architect to work for a top reseller who are a Netapp Star Partner who are working in the...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + 25% Bonus + 6k car + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
They are undertaking an extensive piece of eCommerce development work and will move quickly to make this appointment. Role The Senior Technical Architect / Solutions Architect will work directly...
Salt
Salary: £90000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
London £60k-£80k + Excellent benefits Database / Enterprise / Architecture / Application / TOGAF / SAP / Virtualisation / Cloud / Oracle / DB2 / Networking Enterprise Infrastructure Architects are urgently required by an award winning, thriving blue-...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
In-depth UNIX / LINUX / SOLARIS design along with SAN knowledge... - Solid understanding and market awareness of the main products within this environment - ( Unix / Linux / Solaris - Data Storage (SAN,...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Bonus, Pension, Life, Health
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Annapurna HR
Salary: £80000.00 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 15 June 2013
City, London
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £65000 - £72000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Annapurna
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + Fantastic Bens & Bonus
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Annapurna HR
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + Fantastic Bens & Bonus
Posted: 11 June 2013
City of London
IT Human Resources
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits, Bonus's
Posted: 10 June 2013
City of London
Mason Frank International
Salary: £60 - £100 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
City of London
Hudson IT London
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + excellent bonus & package
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Annapurna
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Annapurna HR
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
City, London
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Salt
Salary: £85000 - £86000 per annum + bonus * pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum + Car allowance
Posted: 28 May 2013