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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architect
Rank 136 143 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 7 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.297% 0.156% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.316% 0.163% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
Average salary £65,000 £67,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.70% -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+13.04% -11.53%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2214 2460 3401
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.81% 96.06% 93.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1747 1992 2764
Average salary £42,500 £42,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.19% +2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Architect
East of England

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Software Architect Salary Trend

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 Hertfordshire 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
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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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Vacancies
Stevenage - 5 - -
Software Architect
East of England

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 16 (94.12%) QA
2 15 (88.24%) Sun
3 10 (58.82%) Degree
3 10 (58.82%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (58.82%) Embedded C
3 10 (58.82%) C
3 10 (58.82%) Aerospace
3 10 (58.82%) Validation
3 10 (58.82%) Project Management
4 7 (41.18%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (35.29%) C#
6 5 (29.41%) Java
6 5 (29.41%) J2EE
6 5 (29.41%) Oracle
6 5 (29.41%) WebLogic
6 5 (29.41%) Solaris
6 5 (29.41%) Finance
7 4 (23.53%) Spring
7 4 (23.53%) Hibernate
7 4 (23.53%) Internet
7 4 (23.53%) Linux
7 4 (23.53%) XML
8 3 (17.65%) Software Architecture
9 2 (11.76%) NoSQL
9 2 (11.76%) REST
9 2 (11.76%) Refactoring
9 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
9 2 (11.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (11.76%) Multithreading
9 2 (11.76%) Dependency Injection

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 5 (29.41%) J2EE
2 4 (23.53%) Spring
2 4 (23.53%) Hibernate
2 4 (23.53%) XML
3 2 (11.76%) REST
3 2 (11.76%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Internet
2 1 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) NoSQL
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (5.882%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (11.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 10 (58.82%) Aerospace
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.882%) PKI
2 1 (5.882%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (5.882%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Solaris
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Validation
1 10 (58.82%) Project Management
2 3 (17.65%) Software Architecture
3 2 (11.76%) Refactoring
3 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
3 2 (11.76%) Multithreading
3 2 (11.76%) Dependency Injection
3 2 (11.76%) OOA/OOD
3 2 (11.76%) OO
3 2 (11.76%) TDD
4 1 (5.882%) TOGAF
4 1 (5.882%) Benchmarking
4 1 (5.882%) Scrum
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.882%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) Embedded C
1 10 (58.82%) C
2 6 (35.29%) C#
3 5 (29.41%) Java
4 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
4 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (94.12%) QA
2 1 (5.882%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Sun
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
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