The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architect
Rank 310 319 317
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 10 9 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.086% 0.069% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.074% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 10
Average salary £55,000 £85,000 £76,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.29% +11.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,750 £64,000 £59,750
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10773 12165 14632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.88% 93.10% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9280 11060 13186
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Architect
London

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Architect across the City of London region.

City of London Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Software Architect Salary Histogram

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Software 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 Software Architect in their job title.

1 16 (53.33%) Web Services
2 15 (50.00%) .NET
2 15 (50.00%) SOA
3 13 (43.33%) XML
3 13 (43.33%) XSLT
3 13 (43.33%) Java
3 13 (43.33%) ESB
3 13 (43.33%) Software Architecture
4 12 (40.00%) J2EE
4 12 (40.00%) C++
4 12 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
5 11 (36.67%) Agile Software Development
6 10 (33.33%) JFC
6 10 (33.33%) Maven
6 10 (33.33%) XPath
6 10 (33.33%) UML
6 10 (33.33%) JMS
6 10 (33.33%) SAML
6 10 (33.33%) GWT
6 10 (33.33%) Hudson
7 9 (30.00%) RUP
7 9 (30.00%) Change Management
7 9 (30.00%) Finance
7 9 (30.00%) Unified Process
8 8 (26.67%) MOM
8 8 (26.67%) OOP
8 8 (26.67%) C
9 7 (23.33%) OO
10 5 (16.67%) TDD
11 4 (13.33%) WCF

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Software 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 Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (53.33%) Web Services
2 15 (50.00%) .NET
3 13 (43.33%) XML
3 13 (43.33%) XSLT
4 12 (40.00%) J2EE
5 10 (33.33%) JFC
5 10 (33.33%) JMS
5 10 (33.33%) SAML
5 10 (33.33%) GWT
6 4 (13.33%) WCF
7 3 (10.00%) Middleware
8 2 (6.667%) WDK
9 1 (3.333%) jQuery
9 1 (3.333%) Apache Flex
9 1 (3.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (3.333%) Node.js
9 1 (3.333%) REST
9 1 (3.333%) Natural Language Processing
9 1 (3.333%) OAuth
9 1 (3.333%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 13 (43.33%) ESB
2 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.667%) WebLogic
3 2 (6.667%) Documentum
4 1 (3.333%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) LDAP
2 1 (3.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) Amazon DynamoDB
1 1 (3.333%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (33.33%) Maven
1 10 (33.33%) Hudson
2 1 (3.333%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 9 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (10.00%) Banking
3 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.333%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) Mobile App
1 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.667%) Social Media
2 1 (3.333%) PKI
2 1 (3.333%) Replication
2 1 (3.333%) Clustering
2 1 (3.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (10.00%) Android
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.667%) Solaris
2 2 (6.667%) Linux
2 2 (6.667%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) SOA
2 13 (43.33%) Software Architecture
3 12 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
4 11 (36.67%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (33.33%) UML
6 9 (30.00%) RUP
6 9 (30.00%) Change Management
6 9 (30.00%) Unified Process
7 8 (26.67%) OOP
8 7 (23.33%) OO
9 5 (16.67%) TDD
10 2 (6.667%) Content Management
10 2 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
11 1 (3.333%) Multithreading
11 1 (3.333%) Data Migration
11 1 (3.333%) Analytics
11 1 (3.333%) BDD
11 1 (3.333%) Migration
11 1 (3.333%) RDF
11 1 (3.333%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 13 (43.33%) Java
2 12 (40.00%) C++
3 10 (33.33%) XPath
4 8 (26.67%) C
5 2 (6.667%) SQL
6 1 (3.333%) C#
6 1 (3.333%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) MOM
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Guidewire
2 2 (6.667%) Oracle
2 2 (6.667%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.667%) Sun
2 2 (6.667%) EMC
3 1 (3.333%) Appcelerator
City, London
The ideal candidate will have experience with modern TDD/BDD development practices, working in an agile environment with 100% unit test coverage and continuous integration management policies... Required...
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum + work from home
Posted: 16 May 2013