The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Architect
Rank 82 - 98
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 2 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.202% - 0.547%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.206% - 0.576%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
Average salary £60,000 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +15.78%
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
969 1340 1215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.88% 97.31% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 831 1098 1014
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Architect
East of England

Systems Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Systems Architect Salary Trend

Systems Architect
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) JSP 440
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Information Management
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel

Systems Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Information Management
1 1 (16.67%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle