The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Architect
Rank 724 716 704
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 117 151 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.116% 0.133% 0.124%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.123% 0.140% 0.131%
Number of salaries quoted 89 125 80
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £97,400 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +7.31%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
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%
Systems Architect
UK

Systems Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Systems Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Architect
Salary Trend

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

England Systems Architect Salary Trend

Systems Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Systems Architect Salary Histogram

Systems Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +17 46 £65,000 -10.34%
South East +12 33 £51,000 -7.27%
Yorkshire +13 17 £52,500 +13.51%
North West -4 8 £45,000 -18.18%
East of England +2 6 £54,000 -10.00%
South West -4 5 £60,000 -2.04%
East Midlands -3 2 £54,000 +13.68%
West Midlands -22 1 £52,500 +5.00%
Systems Architect
UK

Systems Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title.

1 60 (24.90%) Microsoft
2 51 (21.16%) .NET
3 50 (20.75%) Windows
4 49 (20.33%) Oracle
5 47 (19.50%) Finance
6 45 (18.67%) SQL
7 38 (15.77%) C#
7 38 (15.77%) SQL Server
8 37 (15.35%) Java
9 36 (14.94%) Web Services
9 36 (14.94%) Telecoms
10 35 (14.52%) MS Excel
10 35 (14.52%) SharePoint
11 34 (14.11%) ASP.NET
12 33 (13.69%) TOGAF
13 29 (12.03%) Degree
14 28 (11.62%) SOA
15 27 (11.20%) Electronics
16 26 (10.79%) Linux
17 25 (10.37%) Technical Architecture
18 24 (9.959%) HTML
18 24 (9.959%) MODAF
19 22 (9.129%) MVC
19 22 (9.129%) CRM
19 22 (9.129%) WebSphere
19 22 (9.129%) Pega
20 21 (8.714%) OO
20 21 (8.714%) BizTalk Server
21 20 (8.299%) Military
21 20 (8.299%) ITIL

Systems Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 51 (21.16%) .NET
2 36 (14.94%) Web Services
3 34 (14.11%) ASP.NET
4 24 (9.959%) HTML
5 22 (9.129%) WebSphere
6 20 (8.299%) CSS
6 20 (8.299%) .NET Framework
7 14 (5.809%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 14 (5.809%) J2EE
8 13 (5.394%) XML
8 13 (5.394%) SOAP
9 12 (4.979%) WCF
9 12 (4.979%) WinForms
10 11 (4.564%) REST
11 10 (4.149%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (3.734%) JSP
13 7 (2.905%) MFC
13 7 (2.905%) Java EE
13 7 (2.905%) NHibernate
14 6 (2.490%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 35 (14.52%) SharePoint
2 21 (8.714%) BizTalk Server
3 13 (5.394%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (4.564%) Lync
5 9 (3.734%) IIS
5 9 (3.734%) ESB
6 7 (2.905%) Apache
7 5 (2.075%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (2.075%) WebLogic
7 5 (2.075%) Amazon AWS
8 4 (1.660%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (1.245%) Tomcat
9 3 (1.245%) nginx
9 3 (1.245%) Windows Azure
10 2 (0.830%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.830%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.830%) MS Exchange
11 1 (0.415%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.415%) WebSphere MQ
11 1 (0.415%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (14.52%) MS Excel
2 13 (5.394%) MS Office
3 11 (4.564%) InfoPath
4 6 (2.490%) MS Project
5 3 (1.245%) Google Apps
6 1 (0.415%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.490%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.245%) BASE24
3 2 (0.830%) Agresso
4 1 (0.415%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.415%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.639%) Internet
2 12 (4.979%) BSS
3 8 (3.320%) Firewall
4 6 (2.490%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.490%) WAN
4 6 (2.490%) SAN
5 4 (1.660%) HTTP
6 3 (1.245%) VPN
6 3 (1.245%) Wireless
7 2 (0.830%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.830%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.830%) Network Security
7 2 (0.830%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.830%) NAS
7 2 (0.830%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.830%) SNMP
7 2 (0.830%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.830%) GSM
7 2 (0.830%) LAN
7 2 (0.830%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (15.77%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.734%) MySQL
3 7 (2.905%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.490%) Hadoop
5 5 (2.075%) DB2
5 5 (2.075%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.075%) Redis
5 5 (2.075%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (1.660%) Big Data
6 4 (1.660%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.660%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.830%) CouchDB
7 2 (0.830%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.415%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.415%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.415%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.415%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.415%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.149%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.075%) Subversion
2 5 (2.075%) Rational Application Developer
3 4 (1.660%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.660%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.245%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.245%) Git (software)
4 3 (1.245%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.245%) Redmine
4 3 (1.245%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.830%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.830%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 47 (19.50%) Finance
2 36 (14.94%) Telecoms
3 27 (11.20%) Electronics
4 20 (8.299%) Military
5 13 (5.394%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.734%) Billing
6 9 (3.734%) Banking
7 6 (2.490%) Retail
8 5 (2.075%) Back Office
9 4 (1.660%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.245%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.830%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.830%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.830%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.830%) Advertising
12 1 (0.415%) Publishing
12 1 (0.415%) Legal
12 1 (0.415%) Marketing
12 1 (0.415%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.809%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.394%) Client/Server
3 12 (4.979%) N-Tier
4 7 (2.905%) PKI
5 6 (2.490%) Chip and PIN
5 6 (2.490%) NHS
6 5 (2.075%) Social Media
6 5 (2.075%) SCADA
6 5 (2.075%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.660%) Contract for Difference
7 4 (1.660%) Open Source
7 4 (1.660%) Clustering
7 4 (1.660%) PDA
7 4 (1.660%) Firmware
8 3 (1.245%) PaaS
8 3 (1.245%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.245%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.245%) Social Network
8 3 (1.245%) IaaS
9 2 (0.830%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 50 (20.75%) Windows
2 26 (10.79%) Linux
3 19 (7.884%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (6.224%) UNIX
5 13 (5.394%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (1.660%) CentOS
7 3 (1.245%) Debian
8 2 (0.830%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.830%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.415%) Solaris
9 1 (0.415%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.415%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.415%) Android
9 1 (0.415%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (13.69%) TOGAF
2 28 (11.62%) SOA
3 25 (10.37%) Technical Architecture
4 24 (9.959%) MODAF
5 22 (9.129%) MVC
5 22 (9.129%) CRM
6 21 (8.714%) OO
7 20 (8.299%) ITIL
8 19 (7.884%) UML
9 14 (5.809%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (5.809%) E-Commerce
9 14 (5.809%) Project Management
10 13 (5.394%) ERP
10 13 (5.394%) TDD
11 12 (4.979%) Requirements Management
12 11 (4.564%) Load Balancing
13 10 (4.149%) Information Assurance
13 10 (4.149%) Web Development
13 10 (4.149%) Quality Management
13 10 (4.149%) eTOM
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.67%) SQL
2 38 (15.77%) C#
3 37 (15.35%) Java
4 16 (6.639%) C++
5 15 (6.224%) JavaScript
6 11 (4.564%) C
7 9 (3.734%) VC++
8 6 (2.490%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.075%) VB
9 5 (2.075%) Ruby
10 4 (1.660%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.245%) Python
11 3 (1.245%) VBScript
11 3 (1.245%) Perl
12 2 (0.830%) PHP
12 2 (0.830%) Tcl
13 1 (0.415%) Fortran
13 1 (0.415%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.415%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.415%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 29 (12.03%) Degree
2 15 (6.224%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.809%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.490%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.245%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.245%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.245%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.830%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.830%) MCITP
6 2 (0.830%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.830%) CCDP
6 2 (0.830%) CCNP
7 1 (0.415%) CCNA
7 1 (0.415%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.415%) MCSE
7 1 (0.415%) MCP
7 1 (0.415%) MCTS
7 1 (0.415%) CCEE
7 1 (0.415%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.075%) QA
2 2 (0.830%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.415%) BS7799
3 1 (0.415%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.415%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (6.224%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.660%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.660%) XenDesktop
2 4 (1.660%) XenApp
3 3 (1.245%) Samba
3 3 (1.245%) Varnish
4 2 (0.830%) VMware ESX
4 2 (0.830%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.415%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 9 (3.734%) Puppet
2 3 (1.245%) ZABBIX
2 3 (1.245%) SCCM
2 3 (1.245%) SCOM
Vendors
1 60 (24.90%) Microsoft
2 49 (20.33%) Oracle
3 22 (9.129%) Pega
4 10 (4.149%) VMware
4 10 (4.149%) Cisco
5 8 (3.320%) IBM
6 7 (2.905%) Citrix
7 6 (2.490%) HP
8 5 (2.075%) Dell
8 5 (2.075%) JBoss
8 5 (2.075%) Rackspace
9 4 (1.660%) Fujitsu
9 4 (1.660%) Siemens
9 4 (1.660%) Juniper
10 3 (1.245%) Google
10 3 (1.245%) Amdocs
10 3 (1.245%) Convergys
10 3 (1.245%) NetApp
10 3 (1.245%) ZTE
10 3 (1.245%) Nokia Siemens Networks
Middlesex
Systems Architect / Systems Engineer - Cryptographic / Embedded Software / Encryption A leading communications organisation operating within the Defence sector is looking for a Systems Architect / Engineer to join a busy...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Through effective project management and by applying a deep understanding of the full software lifecycle, ensure new features and/or improvements to our generic code base are completed...
eDigitalResearch plc
Salary: Competitive salary plus extensive company benefits package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Derbyshire, East Midlands
Based predominantly in the Derbyshire office with occasional client visits you will be gathering user requirements and designing system architecture solutions able to integrate the company's bespoke...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
South East London
Our client, a global leader in market research, requires a talented Senior Developer / Business Systems Architect with strong analysis skills to join them to assist on a number...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + 10% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
In this newly created, fascinating position you will take the lead in the design, implementation and support of common identity tools and practices using Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (...
Anglia Ruskin University
Salary: Up to C£44,000 + excellent benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Chester, North West
My client work in many product arena's and are investing heavily in the areas of hardware / network products using analogue / digital / firmware technologies... You will be expected...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Shares, Pension, Life, Health
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key skills required: - Develop and project manage new solutions for customers developing relationships and customer needs.- Overall management and control of master and consolidated data- Create, develop and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
I have been retained on an exclusive basis to recruit a new System Architect/ Software Architect / Technical Architect with experience of working with the Microsoft Technology Stack - C# /...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus, benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Technologies: - C#.Net 4 - ASP.Net MVC - Visual Studio 2008/2010 - SQL 2008 + - Vitalisation of Application Servers You will be working in an organised and transparent working...
Vertical IT
Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford or Suffolk, South East
They are developing a new cloud-based monitoring platform and hence seeking an experienced architect / developer with team leading experience to join their team.You will liaise with...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k plus benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Experience Required: *Good experience of Visual C# and Visual C++/MFC *Latest .NET windows client & web based technologies (including Windows Forms, MVC, ASP.NET, WCF, Web Services and...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £43000 - £52000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Midlands
Virtualisation Technologies (Hyper-V, Vmware) Windows Enterprise Domain Environments... AD, SCCM, DPM, WDS, WSUS... Experience of the following would be advantageous: EMC Clarion. Microsoft Lync. OSX server/client...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car - Home Based
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA), VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) - Linux understanding / capability - A second European language - Degree level...
EURO CONSULTING LTD
Posted: 20 May 2013