England Software Architect Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Architect role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Architect
Location Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff City of London Devon Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fife Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hull Kingswinford Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire London Maidenhead Marlow Middlesex Midlands North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South Wales South West Southampton Staffordshire Surrey Telford UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	722	808
Rank change on same period last year	+86
Matching permanent IT job ads	146	183
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.081 %	0.077 %
As % of the category below	0.094 %	0.088 %
Salaries quoted	125	160
Average minimum salary	£48,342	£48,458
Average salary	£53,130	£52,312
% change on same period last year	+1.56 %
Average maximum salary	£57,917	£56,167
UK excluding London average salary	£53,493	£49,884
% change on same period last year	+7.23 %
Job Titles England
Matching permanent IT job ads	154722	206827
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	85.91 %	87.12 %
Salaries quoted	128929	166324
Average minimum salary	£38,959	£40,590
Average salary	£42,568	£44,340
% change on same period last year	-3.99 %
Average maximum salary	£46,177	£48,090
UK excluding London average salary	£38,057	£39,434
% change on same period last year	-3.49 %
Software Architect UK

Software Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Architect across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+66	40	£60,400	-1.56 %
South East	+49	30	£57,500	+17.42 %
East of England	+11	28	£53,333	+5.31 %
South West	+16	23	£44,739	-5.94 %
West Midlands	+6	10	£46,786	-19.50 %
Yorkshire	+2	9	£43,455	-1.18 %
East Midlands	+12	5	£36,250	-14.70 %
Midlands	-	4	£50,000	-
North West	+17	1	£75,000	+7.14 %

Software Architect UK

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 160 (39.12 %) .NET 2 148 (36.19 %) C# 3 111 (27.14 %) Java 4 109 (26.65 %) C++ 5 101 (24.69 %) SQL Server 6 80 (19.56 %) Degree 7 78 (19.07 %) OO 8 70 (17.11 %) C 9 68 (16.63 %) ASP.NET 10 60 (14.67 %) Finance 11 59 (14.43 %) J2EE 12 52 (12.71 %) Computer Science 13 51 (12.47 %) UML 14 47 (11.49 %) SQL 15 46 (11.25 %) JavaScript

15 46 (11.25 %) VB.NET 15 46 (11.25 %) AJAX 16 43 (10.51 %) Oracle 16 43 (10.51 %) XML 17 42 (10.27 %) Microsoft 18 40 (9.780 %) OOD 19 39 (9.535 %) WebServices 20 38 (9.291 %) Linux 21 37 (9.046 %) VB 22 36 (8.802 %) Internet 23 35 (8.557 %) HTML 24 34 (8.313 %) SQL Server 2005 24 34 (8.313 %) .NET Framework 24 34 (8.313 %) Telecoms 25 31 (7.579 %) Windows

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

Application Development 1 160 (39.12 %) .NET 2 68 (16.63 %) ASP.NET 3 59 (14.43 %) J2EE 4 46 (11.25 %) AJAX 5 43 (10.51 %) XML 6 39 (9.535 %) WebServices 7 35 (8.557 %) HTML 8 34 (8.313 %) .NET Framework 9 26 (6.357 %) CSS 10 20 (4.890 %) STL 11 19 (4.645 %) JSP 12 18 (4.401 %) SOAP 12 18 (4.401 %) WPF 13 16 (3.912 %) Hibernate 14 15 (3.667 %) MFC 14 15 (3.667 %) Adobe Flex 14 15 (3.667 %) WebSphere 15 14 (3.423 %) Servlets 15 14 (3.423 %) Spring 16 11 (2.689 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 10 (2.445 %) BizTalk Server 2 9 (2.200 %) WebLogic 2 9 (2.200 %) IIS 3 7 (1.711 %) Apache 4 6 (1.467 %) WebSphere MQ 4 6 (1.467 %) Rendezvous 5 5 (1.222 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 5 (1.222 %) SharePoint 6 3 (0.733 %) ColdFusion 6 3 (0.733 %) Tomcat 6 3 (0.733 %) Oracle Spatial 6 3 (0.733 %) ArcGIS 6 3 (0.733 %) ArcSDE 7 2 (0.489 %) CMS 7 2 (0.489 %) WebLogic Portal 8 1 (0.244 %) JBoss 8 1 (0.244 %) WPS
Applications 1 18 (4.401 %) MS Visio 2 11 (2.689 %) MS Excel 3 3 (0.733 %) ArcView 4 2 (0.489 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 36 (8.802 %) Internet 2 17 (4.156 %) Wireless 3 9 (2.200 %) TCP/IP 3 9 (2.200 %) GPRS 3 9 (2.200 %) GSM 4 8 (1.956 %) DVB 4 8 (1.956 %) TETRA 5 7 (1.711 %) Broadband 6 6 (1.467 %) Bluetooth 6 6 (1.467 %) UMTS 6 6 (1.467 %) HTTP 7 5 (1.222 %) 3G 7 5 (1.222 %) 802.11 7 5 (1.222 %) CDMA2000 7 5 (1.222 %) CDMA 7 5 (1.222 %) WiMAX 7 5 (1.222 %) RNC 7 5 (1.222 %) 2G 7 5 (1.222 %) SS7 7 5 (1.222 %) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 101 (24.69 %) SQL Server 2 34 (8.313 %) SQL Server 2005 3 22 (5.379 %) SQL Server 2000 4 8 (1.956 %) MySQL 5 7 (1.711 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 6 (1.467 %) SQL Server 2008 7 5 (1.222 %) RDBMS 7 5 (1.222 %) DB2 8 3 (0.733 %) GIS 8 3 (0.733 %) PostgreSQL 8 3 (0.733 %) Oracle 10g 9 2 (0.489 %) Datawarehouse 10 1 (0.244 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 1 (0.244 %) SQL Server Analysis Services	Development Applications 1 21 (5.134 %) Flash 2 19 (4.645 %) Visual Studio 3 15 (3.667 %) Subversion 4 14 (3.423 %) NUnit 5 10 (2.445 %) CruiseControl 6 8 (1.956 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 4 (0.978 %) ReSharper 8 3 (0.733 %) Visual Studio Team System 8 3 (0.733 %) Ant 9 2 (0.489 %) JUnit 10 1 (0.244 %) Rational Rose 10 1 (0.244 %) Eclipse 10 1 (0.244 %) Synon 10 1 (0.244 %) Telelogic DOORS
General 1 60 (14.67 %) Finance 2 34 (8.313 %) Telecoms 3 29 (7.090 %) Electronics 4 20 (4.890 %) Banking 5 19 (4.645 %) Insurance 5 19 (4.645 %) Pensions 6 17 (4.156 %) Back Office 7 15 (3.667 %) Health 8 12 (2.934 %) Financial Institution 8 12 (2.934 %) Investment Banking 9 11 (2.689 %) Marketing 9 11 (2.689 %) Construction 10 10 (2.445 %) Front Office 10 10 (2.445 %) Pharmaceutical 11 9 (2.200 %) Chemicals 12 6 (1.467 %) Electric 13 5 (1.222 %) Automotive 14 4 (0.978 %) Government 14 4 (0.978 %) Games 14 4 (0.978 %) Music	Miscellaneous 1 52 (12.71 %) Computer Science 2 17 (4.156 %) Handset 3 10 (2.445 %) Client/Server 3 10 (2.445 %) Derivative 4 5 (1.222 %) IPTV 4 5 (1.222 %) Clustering 5 4 (0.978 %) Management Information System 5 4 (0.978 %) MPEG 5 4 (0.978 %) Thin Client 5 4 (0.978 %) Web 2.0 5 4 (0.978 %) Fat Client 6 3 (0.733 %) STB 6 3 (0.733 %) Credit Risk 7 2 (0.489 %) AS400 7 2 (0.489 %) N-Tier 7 2 (0.489 %) Multithreading 7 2 (0.489 %) Mathematics 8 1 (0.244 %) Social Network 8 1 (0.244 %) DTV
Operating Systems 1 38 (9.291 %) Linux 2 31 (7.579 %) Windows 3 14 (3.423 %) UNIX 4 6 (1.467 %) Windows CE 5 5 (1.222 %) Windows Mobile 6 3 (0.733 %) Windows Server 2003 7 1 (0.244 %) VxWorks 7 1 (0.244 %) Embedded Linux 7 1 (0.244 %) Android 7 1 (0.244 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 78 (19.07 %) OO 2 51 (12.47 %) UML 3 40 (9.780 %) OOD 4 24 (5.868 %) TDD 5 22 (5.379 %) Agile Software Development 6 20 (4.890 %) Unit Testing 7 15 (3.667 %) E-Commerce 8 14 (3.423 %) Security Cleared 9 11 (2.689 %) Continuous Integration 9 11 (2.689 %) Enterprise Architecture 9 11 (2.689 %) Project Management 9 11 (2.689 %) Workflow 10 10 (2.445 %) CRM 10 10 (2.445 %) Technical Architecture 11 9 (2.200 %) Refactoring 11 9 (2.200 %) SOA 11 9 (2.200 %) E-business 11 9 (2.200 %) Software Engineering 12 7 (1.711 %) OOA/OOD 12 7 (1.711 %) Web Development
Programming Languages 1 148 (36.19 %) C# 2 111 (27.14 %) Java 3 109 (26.65 %) C++ 4 70 (17.11 %) C 5 47 (11.49 %) SQL 6 46 (11.25 %) VB.NET 6 46 (11.25 %) JavaScript 7 37 (9.046 %) VB 8 14 (3.423 %) PHP 9 13 (3.178 %) Embedded C 10 11 (2.689 %) Ada 10 11 (2.689 %) Perl 10 11 (2.689 %) Delphi 11 9 (2.200 %) Python 11 9 (2.200 %) VB6 12 8 (1.956 %) DHTML 13 6 (1.467 %) VC++ 14 5 (1.222 %) Ruby 15 4 (0.978 %) ActionScript 16 3 (0.733 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 80 (19.56 %) Degree 2 10 (2.445 %) PhD 3 2 (0.489 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.489 %) QA 2 1 (0.244 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 1 (0.244 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.244 %) AquaLogic
Vendors 1 43 (10.51 %) Oracle 2 42 (10.27 %) Microsoft 3 11 (2.689 %) Sun 4 10 (2.445 %) Reuters 4 10 (2.445 %) Bloomberg 5 9 (2.200 %) ATG 6 4 (0.978 %) IBM 6 4 (0.978 %) Motorola 6 4 (0.978 %) Symbian 7 3 (0.733 %) Cisco 7 3 (0.733 %) Nokia 7 3 (0.733 %) ESRI 8 2 (0.489 %) CA 8 2 (0.489 %) Vignette 8 2 (0.489 %) MAPICS 9 1 (0.244 %) Intel 9 1 (0.244 %) Citrix 9 1 (0.244 %) Siemens 9 1 (0.244 %) Telelogic