The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 70 69 28
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -41
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 25 34 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.841% 2.729% 7.294%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.941% 2.826% 7.720%
Number of salaries quoted 24 20 74
Average salary £72,500 £63,750 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.72% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £54,350 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £75,500 £69,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
850 1203 1114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.59% 96.55% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 764 1029 970
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
South West

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester +7 15 £72,500 +11.53%
Cheltenham 0 3 £57,500 -4.16%
Cirencester - 2 £40,250 -
Architect
South West

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 17 (44.74%) VMware
2 15 (39.47%) Technical Architecture
3 14 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (36.84%) Finance
4 13 (34.21%) Windows
4 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
5 11 (28.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
6 10 (26.32%) Security Cleared
6 10 (26.32%) SQL Server
6 10 (26.32%) Citrix
7 9 (23.68%) CISSP
7 9 (23.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (23.68%) Management Information System
7 9 (23.68%) Risk Management
7 9 (23.68%) CISM
7 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (23.68%) TOGAF
8 7 (18.42%) Firewall
8 7 (18.42%) SAN
8 7 (18.42%) HP
9 6 (15.79%) ITIL
9 6 (15.79%) Oracle
9 6 (15.79%) OWASP
9 6 (15.79%) PCI DSS
9 6 (15.79%) Network Security
10 5 (13.16%) Security Architecture
10 5 (13.16%) Marketing
10 5 (13.16%) QA
10 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 4 (10.53%) Web Services
2 2 (5.263%) .NET
2 2 (5.263%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.632%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.632%) SAP ALE
3 1 (2.632%) XML
3 1 (2.632%) HTML
3 1 (2.632%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.632%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (2.632%) Lync
1 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (2.632%) CMS
1 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (2.632%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.632%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Office 365
1 1 (2.632%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (2.632%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.632%) MS Office
1 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (10.53%) Maximo
2 1 (2.632%) SAP ECC
2 1 (2.632%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.632%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.42%) Firewall
1 7 (18.42%) SAN
2 6 (15.79%) Network Security
3 4 (10.53%) NAS
3 4 (10.53%) iSCSI
4 1 (2.632%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.632%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.632%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.632%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (36.84%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Marketing
3 4 (10.53%) Military
4 2 (5.263%) Retail
5 1 (2.632%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.53%) Clustering
2 4 (10.53%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (10.53%) Visualisation
3 2 (5.263%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.632%) iPhone
4 1 (2.632%) iPad
4 1 (2.632%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.632%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 13 (34.21%) Windows
2 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (10.53%) UNIX
3 4 (10.53%) Solaris
3 4 (10.53%) Linux
3 4 (10.53%) Windows 2000
3 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.632%) Android
4 1 (2.632%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.632%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) Technical Architecture
2 9 (23.68%) Risk Management
2 9 (23.68%) TOGAF
3 6 (15.79%) ITIL
3 6 (15.79%) OWASP
4 5 (13.16%) Security Architecture
4 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
5 4 (10.53%) PRINCE2
5 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.53%) Release Management
5 4 (10.53%) Project Planning
5 4 (10.53%) Business Continuity
5 4 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (10.53%) Performance Management
6 3 (7.895%) Project Management
7 2 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (5.263%) Network Design
7 2 (5.263%) System Testing
8 1 (2.632%) Data Migration
8 1 (2.632%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) SQL
2 2 (5.263%) C#
3 1 (2.632%) Java
3 1 (2.632%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
1 10 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.68%) CISSP
2 9 (23.68%) CISM
3 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.263%) MCSE
4 1 (2.632%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.632%) MCITP
4 1 (2.632%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.632%) CCA
4 1 (2.632%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (23.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (15.79%) PCI DSS
4 5 (13.16%) QA
System Software
1 14 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.632%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Tivoli
1 4 (10.53%) Netcool
1 4 (10.53%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 1 (2.632%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (44.74%) VMware
2 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
3 10 (26.32%) Citrix
4 7 (18.42%) HP
5 6 (15.79%) Oracle
6 5 (13.16%) Cisco
7 4 (10.53%) IBM
7 4 (10.53%) Remedy
7 4 (10.53%) BMC
7 4 (10.53%) NetApp
7 4 (10.53%) Red Hat
8 2 (5.263%) SAP
9 1 (2.632%) Sitecore
9 1 (2.632%) Business Objects