The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 84 86 74
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 9 8 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.772% 0.605% 1.558%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.012% 0.804% 1.919%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 5
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £46,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +12.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
889 995 1303
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 76.24% 75.21% 81.18%
Number of salaries quoted 518 680 934
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
Scotland

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 12 (92.31%) C#
2 11 (84.62%) .NET
3 9 (69.23%) SQL
4 7 (53.85%) Web Services
4 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
5 6 (46.15%) Project Management
5 6 (46.15%) Java
6 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
6 5 (38.46%) Open Text
6 5 (38.46%) Document Management
7 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
7 4 (30.77%) Degree
7 4 (30.77%) jQuery
7 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
8 3 (23.08%) MCPD
8 3 (23.08%) Web Development
8 3 (23.08%) MCTS
8 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
8 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
9 2 (15.38%) Finance
9 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
9 2 (15.38%) Linux
9 2 (15.38%) OO
10 1 (7.692%) Python
10 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
10 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (7.692%) OOP
10 1 (7.692%) CSS
10 1 (7.692%) C

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 11 (84.62%) .NET
2 7 (53.85%) Web Services
3 4 (30.77%) jQuery
4 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
5 1 (7.692%) CSS
5 1 (7.692%) HTML
5 1 (7.692%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (7.692%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) GDB
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Technical Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Web Applications Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Web Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Applications Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.692%) Device Driver
2 1 (7.692%) Web 2.0
2 1 (7.692%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Document Management
3 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Web Development
5 2 (15.38%) OO
6 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (7.692%) OOP
6 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (7.692%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) C#
2 9 (69.23%) SQL
3 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
4 6 (46.15%) Java
5 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
6 1 (7.692%) Python
6 1 (7.692%) C
6 1 (7.692%) C++
6 1 (7.692%) Ruby
6 1 (7.692%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) MCPD
2 3 (23.08%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) JTAG
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Open Text
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: 23 May 2013