The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 22 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 225 181 188
Rank change year-on-year
-44 +7
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 40 94 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.482% 1.060% 0.831%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.667% 1.537% 1.141%
Number of salaries quoted 21 75 75
Average salary £41,500 £50,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.00% +21.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £64,000 £71,500
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £50,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +21.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5997 6116 6837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 72.31% 69.00% 72.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5143 5165 5814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Software Architecture Salary Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Essex +2 17 £35,000 -39.13%
Cambridgeshire -9 11 £42,000 +8.38%
Bedfordshire -10 6 £35,000 -30.00%
Hertfordshire -11 3 £75,000 +50.00%
Suffolk - 3 £75,000 -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 37 (45.12%) Degree
2 35 (42.68%) C
3 33 (40.24%) Linux
4 25 (30.49%) C++
4 25 (30.49%) Software Engineering
5 23 (28.05%) C#
6 22 (26.83%) Java
7 19 (23.17%) SQL
7 19 (23.17%) Web Services
8 18 (21.95%) POSIX
9 17 (20.73%) Computer Science
10 16 (19.51%) Finance
11 15 (18.29%) .NET
12 14 (17.07%) Broadband
12 14 (17.07%) DTV
12 14 (17.07%) DVB
12 14 (17.07%) Spring
13 13 (15.85%) Agile Software Development
13 13 (15.85%) STB
14 12 (14.63%) OO
14 12 (14.63%) XML
14 12 (14.63%) Mathematics
14 12 (14.63%) SC Cleared
14 12 (14.63%) Security Cleared
15 11 (13.41%) J2EE
15 11 (13.41%) HTML
15 11 (13.41%) Microsoft
16 10 (12.20%) SQL Server
17 9 (10.98%) TDD
17 9 (10.98%) Middleware

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 19 (23.17%) Web Services
2 18 (21.95%) POSIX
3 15 (18.29%) .NET
4 14 (17.07%) Spring
5 12 (14.63%) XML
6 11 (13.41%) J2EE
6 11 (13.41%) HTML
7 9 (10.98%) Middleware
8 8 (9.756%) ASP.NET
8 8 (9.756%) Hibernate
9 7 (8.537%) CSS
10 6 (7.317%) REST
10 6 (7.317%) RESTful
10 6 (7.317%) XSLT
11 5 (6.098%) GWT
11 5 (6.098%) Spring MVC
11 5 (6.098%) Apache Flex
12 4 (4.878%) JPA
13 3 (3.659%) JMS
13 3 (3.659%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.537%) ESB
2 6 (7.317%) WebLogic
2 6 (7.317%) Apache
3 4 (4.878%) MediaWiki
3 4 (4.878%) NServiceBus
3 4 (4.878%) MSMQ
4 2 (2.439%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (2.439%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.220%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.220%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (6.098%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.878%) Google Apps
2 4 (4.878%) MS Office
3 2 (2.439%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.220%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.220%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.07%) Broadband
1 14 (17.07%) DVB
2 4 (4.878%) LAN
3 3 (3.659%) Wireless
3 3 (3.659%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.220%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.317%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (7.317%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (7.317%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (6.098%) RDBMS
3 5 (6.098%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.878%) Data Mining
4 4 (4.878%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (4.878%) Text Mining
5 1 (1.220%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.220%) OLTP
5 1 (1.220%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (9.756%) Visual Studio
2 5 (6.098%) Bugzilla
2 5 (6.098%) Eclipse
2 5 (6.098%) ClearCase
2 5 (6.098%) JUnit
2 5 (6.098%) Maven
2 5 (6.098%) GCC
2 5 (6.098%) SCons
3 4 (4.878%) GoogleTest
3 4 (4.878%) Mercurial
4 2 (2.439%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.220%) Subversion
General
1 16 (19.51%) Finance
2 4 (4.878%) Electronics
2 4 (4.878%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (3.659%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.439%) Military
5 1 (1.220%) Publishing
5 1 (1.220%) Banking
5 1 (1.220%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 25 (30.49%) Software Engineer
2 23 (28.05%) Developer
3 21 (25.61%) Architect
4 14 (17.07%) Software Developer
4 14 (17.07%) Software Architect
4 14 (17.07%) Senior Software Engineer
5 10 (12.20%) .NET Developer
6 7 (8.537%) Senior Developer
7 6 (7.317%) .NET Software Developer
8 5 (6.098%) Senior Software Developer
8 5 (6.098%) Software Manager
9 4 (4.878%) Lead .NET Developer
9 4 (4.878%) Lead Software Developer
9 4 (4.878%) Graduate
9 4 (4.878%) Test Engineer
9 4 (4.878%) Product Manager
9 4 (4.878%) Lead Developer
10 3 (3.659%) Analyst
10 3 (3.659%) Test Analyst
10 3 (3.659%) .NET Architect
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.73%) Computer Science
2 14 (17.07%) DTV
3 13 (15.85%) STB
4 12 (14.63%) Mathematics
5 7 (8.537%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.878%) Semantic Web
6 4 (4.878%) Visualisation
6 4 (4.878%) Grid Computing
7 2 (2.439%) N-Tier
7 2 (2.439%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.220%) Firmware
8 1 (1.220%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.220%) Clustering
8 1 (1.220%) E-Learning
8 1 (1.220%) GPGPU
8 1 (1.220%) SWIFT
8 1 (1.220%) PKI
8 1 (1.220%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (1.220%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 33 (40.24%) Linux
2 9 (10.98%) Windows
3 6 (7.317%) Solaris
4 5 (6.098%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.220%) UNIX
5 1 (1.220%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.220%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.49%) Software Engineering
2 13 (15.85%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (14.63%) OO
4 9 (10.98%) TDD
5 7 (8.537%) MVC
5 7 (8.537%) Cyber Security
6 6 (7.317%) Systems Analysis
6 6 (7.317%) Scrum
7 5 (6.098%) Validation
7 5 (6.098%) UML
7 5 (6.098%) Test Automation
7 5 (6.098%) Unit Testing
8 4 (4.878%) Automated Testing
8 4 (4.878%) System Testing
8 4 (4.878%) Kanban
8 4 (4.878%) OOP
9 3 (3.659%) Project Management
9 3 (3.659%) Regression Testing
9 3 (3.659%) E-Commerce
9 3 (3.659%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (42.68%) C
2 25 (30.49%) C++
3 23 (28.05%) C#
4 22 (26.83%) Java
5 19 (23.17%) SQL
6 9 (10.98%) JavaScript
7 6 (7.317%) T-SQL
7 6 (7.317%) VB.NET
8 5 (6.098%) Python
8 5 (6.098%) Perl
9 4 (4.878%) PL/SQL
10 3 (3.659%) Objective-C
10 3 (3.659%) Groovy
11 2 (2.439%) VC++
12 1 (1.220%) Embedded C
12 1 (1.220%) PHP
12 1 (1.220%) Clojure
12 1 (1.220%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 37 (45.12%) Degree
2 12 (14.63%) SC Cleared
2 12 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.659%) ISEB
3 3 (3.659%) Postgraduate
3 3 (3.659%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.220%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.220%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.220%) PhD
4 1 (1.220%) HND
4 1 (1.220%) MCTS
4 1 (1.220%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.317%) QA
2 1 (1.220%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 1 (1.220%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) Google
3 7 (8.537%) Oracle
4 6 (7.317%) Sun
5 5 (6.098%) JBoss
5 5 (6.098%) Adobe
6 1 (1.220%) VMware
6 1 (1.220%) Sybase
6 1 (1.220%) Zend
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Java Developer DP Connect are presently looking for a Java / Clojure developer for their home entertainment client based in the centre of Cambridge.
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
C# Developer C# Developer required in Bedford... Day to day duties include, but are not limited to:-Attending development meetings-Liaise with the offshore team-gradually get involved...
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful, rapidly growing company.Key responsibilities for the Senior C++ Software Engineer:Participation the full development life cycle: Requirement...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Flexi-time, pension, health
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Software architecture modelling (e.g., UML), requirements capture, and source control. Software standards and processes for safety-critical applications (e.g., MISRA-C, DO-178B) Programming in C++,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You should have a good university degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Electronic Engineering, although other disciplines will also be considered with relevant experience... - Excellent...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum £35000 to £55000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Brentwood, South East
The Sky+ STB, and the companion Sky+ app for mobile devices, is at the heart of our customers experience and our product development efforts. Job Purpose and responsibilities...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
My client has a global presence and is widely recognised as a market leader within the development of wireless technologies... The Role: You shall be developing on chip...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Ideal Software Engineers will be able to write a linked-list in C or C++ Desirables include DSP, audio, device drivers, processors, microcontrollers, Python, Perl, BASH, Tcl, Assembly,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - shares, 15% bonus, medical
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi 802.11 experience... Python, perl, C++, Labview... Keywords: Senior, Applications, Engineer, Bluetooth, FM, Wi-Fi, C, DMM, ROM,RF, PCB, Python, Perl, Labview.
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Software Architect (Power Management) Location: CambridgeSalary: £55-65000Skills: CPU or GPU power management techniques, Graphics and GPGPU APIs, OpenGL, OpenCL, Our client, a world renowned electronics company, is...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Medical,Health&more
Posted: 8 May 2013