The first table below looks at the demand for the Platform Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Platform Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Platform Architect
Rank 847 863 832
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 4 1 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.004% 0.001% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.001% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 23
Average salary £46,250 £77,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.32% +19.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £77,500 £43,503
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 - £43,503
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
97387 105805 114973
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 81911 91479 98204
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Platform Architect
UK

Platform Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Platform Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Platform Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Platform Architect across the England region.

England Platform Architect Salary Trend

Platform Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Platform Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Platform Architect Salary Histogram

Platform Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
North West - 3 £42,500 -
London +18 1 £75,000 -3.22%
Platform Architect
UK

Platform Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Platform 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 Platform Architect in their job title.

1 7 (87.50%) XML
2 4 (50.00%) OO
2 4 (50.00%) Flash
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) Internet
2 4 (50.00%) CSS
2 4 (50.00%) HTML5
2 4 (50.00%) CSS3
3 3 (37.50%) ActionScript 3.0
3 3 (37.50%) ActionScript 2.0
3 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) TPMS
3 3 (37.50%) Data Architecture
3 3 (37.50%) Games
3 3 (37.50%) ActionScript
3 3 (37.50%) EDI
3 3 (37.50%) EAI
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) ETL
4 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Social Media
5 1 (12.50%) Lync
5 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
5 1 (12.50%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (12.50%) F5
5 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (12.50%) Project Planning

Platform Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Platform 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 Platform Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (87.50%) XML
2 4 (50.00%) Flash
2 4 (50.00%) CSS
2 4 (50.00%) HTML5
2 4 (50.00%) CSS3
3 3 (37.50%) EDI
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) TPMS
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
2 1 (12.50%) CMS
2 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
2 1 (12.50%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (12.50%) VPLS
2 1 (12.50%) IP Telephony
2 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (12.50%) OSPF
2 1 (12.50%) BGP
2 1 (12.50%) H.323
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) PSTN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) SNMP
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Games
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Multimedia
3 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Social Media
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) OO
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Data Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) EAI
2 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) ETL
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) WFM
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) ActionScript 3.0
2 3 (37.50%) ActionScript 2.0
2 3 (37.50%) ActionScript
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) F5
1 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 1 (12.50%) Brocade
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Avaya
1 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint