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The first part of the 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 11 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

 Software Architect
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank270236328
Rank change year-on-year
Down-34Up+92
Matching permanent IT job ads517
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London0.045 %0.012 %0.038 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.048 %0.013 %0.040 %
Salaries quoted413
Average salary£82,500£92,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.81 %+105.55 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£92,500£41,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£92,500£57,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£52,500£50,000
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %+5.000 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10364769317306
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London92.48 %92.45 %94.15 %
Salaries quoted8977646213804
Average salary£52,500£50,000£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-4.760 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,500£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£77,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Software Architect LondonSoftware Architect
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Software Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Software Architect
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the City of London region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

City of London Software Architect Salary Histogram

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, 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.

15 (62.50 %)Java
24 (50.00 %)C++
24 (50.00 %)Finance
33 (37.50 %)C#
42 (25.00 %)Boost C++ Libraries
42 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
42 (25.00 %)Derivative
42 (25.00 %)STL
42 (25.00 %)XML
42 (25.00 %)SOA
42 (25.00 %)TDD
42 (25.00 %)Banking
51 (12.50 %)Financial Institution
51 (12.50 %)Management Information System
51 (12.50 %)Government
51 (12.50 %)Validation
51 (12.50 %)Games
51 (12.50 %)Spring
51 (12.50 %)Artificial Intelligence
51 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
51 (12.50 %)BEA
51 (12.50 %)Internet
51 (12.50 %)WebLogic Portal
51 (12.50 %)DTV
51 (12.50 %)OO
51 (12.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
51 (12.50 %)JMS
51 (12.50 %)Web Services
51 (12.50 %)J2EE

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (25.00 %)Boost C++ Libraries
12 (25.00 %)STL
12 (25.00 %)XML
21 (12.50 %)Spring
21 (12.50 %)JMS
21 (12.50 %)Web Services
21 (12.50 %)J2EE
21 (12.50 %)MFC
21 (12.50 %)AJAX
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)WebLogic Portal
11 (12.50 %)WebLogic
11 (12.50 %)AquaLogic
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)Internet
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (50.00 %)Finance
22 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
22 (25.00 %)Banking
31 (12.50 %)Financial Institution
31 (12.50 %)Government
31 (12.50 %)Games
31 (12.50 %)Online Games
31 (12.50 %)Online Betting
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)Derivative
21 (12.50 %)Management Information System
21 (12.50 %)Artificial Intelligence
21 (12.50 %)DTV
21 (12.50 %)French Language
21 (12.50 %)IPTV
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)SOA
12 (25.00 %)TDD
21 (12.50 %)Validation
21 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
21 (12.50 %)OO
21 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
21 (12.50 %)EDA
21 (12.50 %)Product Management
21 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)Java
24 (50.00 %)C++
33 (37.50 %)C#
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (12.50 %)BEA
11 (12.50 %)Oracle