The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software 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 Senior Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Architect
Rank 807 843 835
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Architect 23 20 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.023% 0.018% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.019% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 23 14 21
Average salary £65,000 £81,000 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.75% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -25.92%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Architect
UK

Senior Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Senior Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

England Senior Software Architect Salary Trend

Senior Software Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Senior Software Architect Salary Histogram

Senior Software Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
South East +18 16 £65,000 +20.93%
South West - 4 £45,000 -
London +26 3 £60,000 -25.92%
Senior Software Architect
UK

Senior Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Architect in their job title.

1 28 (75.68%) Java
2 26 (70.27%) Spring
3 18 (48.65%) UML
4 17 (45.95%) SQL
4 17 (45.95%) Software Architecture
4 17 (45.95%) Use Case
5 15 (40.54%) MS Visio
6 13 (35.14%) CSS
6 13 (35.14%) HTML
7 12 (32.43%) Oracle
8 11 (29.73%) Hibernate
9 10 (27.03%) Project Management
9 10 (27.03%) JavaScript
9 10 (27.03%) Struts
9 10 (27.03%) jQuery
9 10 (27.03%) Ajax
9 10 (27.03%) Web Development
10 8 (21.62%) .NET
10 8 (21.62%) C#
11 6 (16.22%) Finance
12 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
13 4 (10.81%) T-SQL
13 4 (10.81%) Web Services
13 4 (10.81%) Scrum
13 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
14 3 (8.108%) Epicor
14 3 (8.108%) ERP
14 3 (8.108%) MVC
14 3 (8.108%) TDD
14 3 (8.108%) Subversion

Senior Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (70.27%) Spring
2 13 (35.14%) CSS
2 13 (35.14%) HTML
3 11 (29.73%) Hibernate
4 10 (27.03%) jQuery
4 10 (27.03%) Struts
4 10 (27.03%) Ajax
5 8 (21.62%) .NET
6 4 (10.81%) Web Services
7 3 (8.108%) J2EE
7 3 (8.108%) .NET Framework
8 2 (5.405%) SOAP
8 2 (5.405%) ASP.NET
9 1 (2.703%) XML
9 1 (2.703%) XSLT
9 1 (2.703%) JMS
9 1 (2.703%) SAML
9 1 (2.703%) WebSphere
9 1 (2.703%) Java EE
9 1 (2.703%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.703%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (40.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (8.108%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (8.108%) Dynamics GP
1 3 (8.108%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.703%) DB2
2 1 (2.703%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.703%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Visual Studio
1 3 (8.108%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (8.108%) Subversion
1 3 (8.108%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (16.22%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Advertising
2 1 (2.703%) Banking
2 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.703%) DataPower
2 1 (2.703%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.703%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (2.703%) EMV
2 1 (2.703%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.703%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) UML
2 17 (45.95%) Use Case
2 17 (45.95%) Software Architecture
3 10 (27.03%) Project Management
3 10 (27.03%) Web Development
4 4 (10.81%) Scrum
5 3 (8.108%) TDD
5 3 (8.108%) MVC
5 3 (8.108%) ERP
5 3 (8.108%) OOP
5 3 (8.108%) OO
6 2 (5.405%) SOA
7 1 (2.703%) Workflow
7 1 (2.703%) RUP
7 1 (2.703%) TOGAF
7 1 (2.703%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (2.703%) Waterfall
7 1 (2.703%) Investment Management
7 1 (2.703%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 28 (75.68%) Java
2 17 (45.95%) SQL
3 10 (27.03%) JavaScript
4 8 (21.62%) C#
5 4 (10.81%) T-SQL
6 3 (8.108%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.703%) C
7 1 (2.703%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (5.405%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Oracle
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.108%) Epicor
3 3 (8.108%) Infor
3 3 (8.108%) SAP
4 1 (2.703%) JBoss
4 1 (2.703%) IBM
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To be considered the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate in-depth awareness of Java technologies including: EE 5, SQL, Spring, Hibernate, Struts 1&2, Oracle DB,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 65K Plus benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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This is varied role giving a senior java developer the opportunity to have a say in the technologies and progression moving forward along with working on the most...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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IT, SAP Business One, Epicor, .Net, develop, consultant, C#, VB.Net, SQL, architect. Our client is a global provider of financial accounting and business management solutions, due to...
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Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
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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
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My client is an expanding Software House based on the outskirts of Guildford who are looking for an expert in Microsoft .Net Technologies (C# and VB.Net) to...
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Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013