The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architect
Rank 678 704 723
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 169 152 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.166% 0.134% 0.120%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.176% 0.141% 0.128%
Number of salaries quoted 126 139 130
Average salary £63,000 £65,000 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.07% -3.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £48,500 £45,250
10% offered a salary of more than £82,500 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95965 107840 108961
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 80782 93186 92537
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%
Software Architect
UK

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

England Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Software Architect Salary Histogram

Software Architect
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 21 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 +28 71 £65,000 -23.52%
London -7 41 £57,500 -20.68%
West Midlands -8 19 £52,500 +5.00%
South West +8 11 £50,000 -16.66%
East of England +4 11 £60,000 +4.34%
North West -6 10 £42,500 -12.37%
Yorkshire - 4 £67,500 -
East Midlands 0 3 £42,500 -15.00%
Midlands - 1 - -
Software Architect
UK

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 215 (57.49%) Java
2 132 (35.29%) Software Architecture
3 114 (30.48%) Spring
4 100 (26.74%) .NET
5 99 (26.47%) UML
6 97 (25.94%) C++
7 94 (25.13%) Oracle
8 84 (22.46%) C#
9 82 (21.93%) SQL Server
9 82 (21.93%) SQL
10 79 (21.12%) XML
11 76 (20.32%) J2EE
12 72 (19.25%) SOA
13 68 (18.18%) Finance
14 58 (15.51%) OO
15 52 (13.90%) C
16 51 (13.64%) Microsoft
16 51 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
17 50 (13.37%) Linux
17 50 (13.37%) Web Services
18 49 (13.10%) Use Case
19 47 (12.57%) MS Visio
19 47 (12.57%) Hibernate
20 41 (10.96%) Java EE
21 39 (10.43%) Windows
21 39 (10.43%) JavaScript
22 38 (10.16%) Degree
23 37 (9.893%) Waterfall
23 37 (9.893%) ASP.NET
23 37 (9.893%) RUP

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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
1 114 (30.48%) Spring
2 100 (26.74%) .NET
3 79 (21.12%) XML
4 76 (20.32%) J2EE
5 50 (13.37%) Web Services
6 47 (12.57%) Hibernate
7 41 (10.96%) Java EE
8 37 (9.893%) ASP.NET
9 33 (8.824%) CSS
10 32 (8.556%) HTML
11 30 (8.021%) JMS
12 28 (7.487%) XSLT
13 27 (7.219%) jQuery
14 25 (6.684%) WCF
15 21 (5.615%) .NET Framework
16 18 (4.813%) Ajax
16 18 (4.813%) SAML
17 14 (3.743%) SOAP
18 13 (3.476%) Struts
19 12 (3.209%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 33 (8.824%) WebLogic
2 27 (7.219%) ESB
3 20 (5.348%) IIS
4 17 (4.545%) BizTalk Server
4 17 (4.545%) Apache
5 15 (4.011%) SharePoint
6 10 (2.674%) Tomcat
7 9 (2.406%) Oracle Service Bus
8 8 (2.139%) AquaLogic
8 8 (2.139%) Windows Azure
8 8 (2.139%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 7 (1.872%) Documentum
9 7 (1.872%) WebLogic Portal
10 6 (1.604%) MSMQ
11 5 (1.337%) SharePoint 2010
11 5 (1.337%) Oracle Coherence
12 4 (1.070%) CM System
13 3 (0.802%) ArchestrA
13 3 (0.802%) WebSphere Application Server
14 2 (0.535%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 47 (12.57%) MS Visio
2 20 (5.348%) MS Excel
3 15 (4.011%) MS Office
4 7 (1.872%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (5.080%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.070%) AquaLogic BPM
3 3 (0.802%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.802%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.802%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.802%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.535%) Agresso
5 1 (0.267%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.267%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.941%) Wireless
2 8 (2.139%) FTP
3 5 (1.337%) Internet
3 5 (1.337%) LDAP
4 4 (1.070%) DVB
4 4 (1.070%) UPnP
4 4 (1.070%) DLNA
5 2 (0.535%) Intranet
5 2 (0.535%) SSL
5 2 (0.535%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (21.93%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.941%) RDBMS
2 11 (2.941%) MySQL
3 9 (2.406%) TOAD
4 8 (2.139%) Oracle 8/8i
4 8 (2.139%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.604%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.337%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (1.070%) Oracle Exadata
7 4 (1.070%) Apache Hive
8 3 (0.802%) DB2
8 3 (0.802%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.535%) SQL Server 2008
10 1 (0.267%) HBase
10 1 (0.267%) Amazon DynamoDB
10 1 (0.267%) Big Data
10 1 (0.267%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.267%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.267%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.267%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 25 (6.684%) Visual Studio
2 20 (5.348%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (5.348%) Team Foundation Server
3 19 (5.080%) Maven
4 15 (4.011%) Hudson
5 14 (3.743%) ClearCase
6 13 (3.476%) Subversion
7 7 (1.872%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.872%) ClearQuest
8 6 (1.604%) MSBuild
9 5 (1.337%) JBehave
9 5 (1.337%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.337%) Ant
9 5 (1.337%) JUnit
10 4 (1.070%) PVCS
10 4 (1.070%) NUnit
10 4 (1.070%) FishEye
10 4 (1.070%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.802%) Rational Application Developer
11 3 (0.802%) MSTest
General
1 68 (18.18%) Finance
2 25 (6.684%) Telecoms
3 17 (4.545%) Banking
3 17 (4.545%) Aerospace
4 16 (4.278%) Electronics
5 14 (3.743%) Advertising
6 13 (3.476%) Military
7 7 (1.872%) Avionics
7 7 (1.872%) Games
8 5 (1.337%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.070%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.802%) Retail
11 2 (0.535%) Law
11 2 (0.535%) Legal
11 2 (0.535%) Back Office
11 2 (0.535%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.267%) Marketing
12 1 (0.267%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.556%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (4.813%) Computer Science
3 16 (4.278%) SaaS
4 11 (2.941%) Mathematics
5 9 (2.406%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.872%) Open Source
6 7 (1.872%) Device Driver
6 7 (1.872%) Chip and PIN
7 6 (1.604%) Clustering
8 4 (1.070%) DTV
8 4 (1.070%) STB
8 4 (1.070%) Blog
8 4 (1.070%) SCADA
8 4 (1.070%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.070%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.802%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.802%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (0.802%) DataPower
9 3 (0.802%) CCTV
10 2 (0.535%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 50 (13.37%) Linux
2 39 (10.43%) Windows
3 20 (5.348%) Solaris
4 8 (2.139%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.139%) Android
5 7 (1.872%) VxWorks
5 7 (1.872%) UNIX
6 5 (1.337%) SUSE
7 1 (0.267%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.267%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (35.29%) Software Architecture
2 99 (26.47%) UML
3 72 (19.25%) SOA
4 58 (15.51%) OO
5 51 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
6 49 (13.10%) Use Case
7 37 (9.893%) Waterfall
7 37 (9.893%) RUP
8 34 (9.091%) Project Management
9 33 (8.824%) MVC
9 33 (8.824%) TDD
10 31 (8.289%) Scrum
11 28 (7.487%) OOP
12 27 (7.219%) OOA/OOD
12 27 (7.219%) Software Engineering
13 22 (5.882%) Web Development
14 18 (4.813%) Technical Architecture
15 17 (4.545%) Validation
16 16 (4.278%) Continuous Integration
16 16 (4.278%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 215 (57.49%) Java
2 97 (25.94%) C++
3 84 (22.46%) C#
4 82 (21.93%) SQL
5 52 (13.90%) C
6 39 (10.43%) JavaScript
7 18 (4.813%) VB.NET
8 14 (3.743%) Embedded C
8 14 (3.743%) PHP
8 14 (3.743%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.476%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.941%) XPath
11 7 (1.872%) Ada
12 6 (1.604%) XQuery
13 5 (1.337%) Python
14 4 (1.070%) VB
14 4 (1.070%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.802%) VB6
15 3 (0.802%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.802%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (10.16%) Degree
2 15 (4.011%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.139%) SC Cleared
4 7 (1.872%) PhD
5 2 (0.535%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.267%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.952%) QA
2 7 (1.872%) DO-178B
3 2 (0.535%) ISO 8583
3 2 (0.535%) COBIT
3 2 (0.535%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.267%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (2.139%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.337%) Shibboleth
2 5 (1.337%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (0.802%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.267%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 9 (2.406%) MOM
2 2 (0.535%) WMI
Vendors
1 94 (25.13%) Oracle
2 51 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 26 (6.952%) Sun
4 19 (5.080%) JBoss
5 15 (4.011%) Guidewire
6 12 (3.209%) IBM
7 8 (2.139%) BEA
8 5 (1.337%) EMC
8 5 (1.337%) SAP
9 4 (1.070%) Sybase
9 4 (1.070%) ATG
9 4 (1.070%) Capita
9 4 (1.070%) Red Gate
9 4 (1.070%) hybris
10 3 (0.802%) Infor
10 3 (0.802%) Wonderware
10 3 (0.802%) VMware
10 3 (0.802%) Citrix
10 3 (0.802%) Epicor
11 2 (0.535%) Cognizant
Manchester, North West
The key skills for this position are: ASP.Net with C# Agile / Scrum Experience working with TDD Strong SQL Server Experience Experience working with RESTful architecture Strong written...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
As a Software Architect, you will have the experience to drive implementation and standardisation across new applications and existing software base starting with Java based systems . Responsibilities include:...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £70000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Developers who have approx 30% design or architecture experience who are looking to establish themselves as an Architect are equally of interest.To qualify for this role you...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus Excellent Bens
Posted: 26 April 2013
Wigan, North West
Wigan based SaaS Company looking for a Software Architect - £50,000 + Benefits My client based in the Wigan area is the leading and fast growing, SaaS based company.
Computer Futures
Salary: £47000 - £50000 per annum + Share Options, Pension and Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Key responsibilities of this role include: Software Architect /Development Lead with Strong Java background and good knowledge of Spring, Hibernate, web services, Unit testing and SQL... Good understanding...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £75,000 to £80,000 per annum Holidays+ Pension + Health + Benefi
Posted: 18 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
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
London
Key responsibilities of this role include: Software Architect /Development Lead with Strong Java background and good knowledge of Spring, Hibernate, web services, Unit testing and SQL... Good understanding...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £75,000 to £80,000 per annum Holidays+ Pension + Health + Benefi
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warrington, North West
Create and manage scalable API libraries *Well-versed in, but not limited to: C#, Javascript, HTML, CSS, REST, XML, .NET, JQuery, SQL-Server, MySQL *Familiarity with native mobile...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
South East
The Solar Orbiter mission, developed by ESA in collaboration with NASA, is designed to carry an extensive complement of scientific instruments to the near-sun environment and will...
EADS
Posted: 3 May 2013
Central London / West End
Experience in J2EE Web application development (AJAX, XML, JSP, JSF, Javascript, JPA, and Web Services) and deployment practices. Experience with J2EE Middleware (BEA WebLogic and IBM WebSphere), design...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
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...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
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