The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 69 82 74
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -8
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 22 30 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 2.093% 2.338% 2.508%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.153% 2.404% 2.634%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 22
Average salary £50,000 £70,000 £63,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +9.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £76,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1022 1248 1215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.24% 97.27% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1079 1004
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Architect
East of England

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Salary Trend

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

Essex Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Essex Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 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
Chelmsford +17 1 - -
Basildon -8 1 £55,000 -24.13%
Harlow - 1 £70,000 -
Architect
East of England

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region that cited 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 Architect in their job title.

1 27 (40.30%) Citrix
1 27 (40.30%) VMware
2 25 (37.31%) DNS
3 19 (28.36%) Cisco
4 18 (26.87%) LDAP
4 18 (26.87%) XenApp
5 17 (25.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (25.37%) Microsoft
6 16 (23.88%) SaaS
6 16 (23.88%) PaaS
6 16 (23.88%) IaaS
7 15 (22.39%) Enterprise Storage
7 15 (22.39%) Document Management
7 15 (22.39%) Juniper
7 15 (22.39%) Firewall
7 15 (22.39%) Finance
7 15 (22.39%) SQL Server
8 14 (20.90%) Windows
8 14 (20.90%) TCP/IP
8 14 (20.90%) VPN
8 14 (20.90%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (20.90%) Active Directory
8 14 (20.90%) Capacity Planning
9 11 (16.42%) XenServer
9 11 (16.42%) AppSense
9 11 (16.42%) VMware ESX
9 11 (16.42%) DHCP
10 10 (14.93%) ITIL
10 10 (14.93%) Change Management
10 10 (14.93%) Management Information System

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region that cited 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (10.45%) WebSphere MQ
1 7 (10.45%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.493%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (1.493%) .NET
2 1 (1.493%) J2EE
2 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.493%) CSS
2 1 (1.493%) Web Services
2 1 (1.493%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.45%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (2.985%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.493%) IIS
3 1 (1.493%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.985%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (37.31%) DNS
2 18 (26.87%) LDAP
3 15 (22.39%) Firewall
4 14 (20.90%) TCP/IP
4 14 (20.90%) VPN
5 11 (16.42%) DHCP
6 1 (1.493%) Network Security
6 1 (1.493%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.39%) SQL Server
2 14 (20.90%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.478%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (4.478%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (4.478%) Oracle Forms
General
1 15 (22.39%) Finance
2 10 (14.93%) Publishing
3 7 (10.45%) Banking
4 2 (2.985%) Back Office
5 1 (1.493%) Advertising
5 1 (1.493%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) SaaS
1 16 (23.88%) PaaS
1 16 (23.88%) IaaS
2 15 (22.39%) Enterprise Storage
3 10 (14.93%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.478%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.985%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.493%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.493%) Windows 2000
2 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.39%) Document Management
2 14 (20.90%) Capacity Planning
3 10 (14.93%) ITIL
3 10 (14.93%) Change Management
3 10 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (13.43%) TOGAF
5 8 (11.94%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (10.45%) Identity Management
6 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (7.463%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (4.478%) Validation
9 2 (2.985%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (2.985%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.985%) OO
9 2 (2.985%) UML
9 2 (2.985%) Business Continuity
9 2 (2.985%) Network Design
10 1 (1.493%) DoDAF
10 1 (1.493%) MODAF
10 1 (1.493%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.463%) SQL
2 1 (1.493%) C
2 1 (1.493%) C#
2 1 (1.493%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (4.478%) Degree
2 3 (4.478%) CCNP
2 3 (4.478%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.985%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.985%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.493%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) JSP 440
System Software
1 18 (26.87%) XenApp
2 17 (25.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (20.90%) Active Directory
4 11 (16.42%) XenServer
4 11 (16.42%) VMware ESX
5 10 (14.93%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.493%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (1.493%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.493%) vSphere
6 1 (1.493%) MetaFrame
Vendors
1 27 (40.30%) Citrix
1 27 (40.30%) VMware
2 19 (28.36%) Cisco
3 17 (25.37%) Microsoft
4 15 (22.39%) Juniper
5 11 (16.42%) AppSense
6 9 (13.43%) Guidewire
7 8 (11.94%) JBoss
8 7 (10.45%) IBM
9 3 (4.478%) Oracle
10 2 (2.985%) Dell
10 2 (2.985%) EMC
11 1 (1.493%) NEC