The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 138 130 131
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 2 20 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.081% 0.794% 1.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.106% 1.089% 1.354%
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 32
Average salary £62,500 £50,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £37,500 £35,250
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £65,000 £44,550
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £50,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +21.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1885 1837 2585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.47% 72.93% 76.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1486 1476 2084
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
East of England

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Software Architecture Salary Histogram

Software Architecture
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +8 1 £50,000 -4.76%
Software Architecture
East of England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 6 (60.00%) Java
1 6 (60.00%) J2EE
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Hibernate
2 5 (50.00%) Spring
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 5 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 5 (50.00%) Solaris
2 5 (50.00%) Sun
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) XML
3 4 (40.00%) PL/SQL
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
4 3 (30.00%) REST
4 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) VC++
5 2 (20.00%) MFC
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) C++
5 2 (20.00%) HTML
5 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
5 2 (20.00%) Image Processing
5 2 (20.00%) QA
5 2 (20.00%) WPF
5 2 (20.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Management

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (60.00%) J2EE
2 5 (50.00%) Hibernate
2 5 (50.00%) Spring
3 4 (40.00%) XML
4 3 (30.00%) REST
5 2 (20.00%) MFC
5 2 (20.00%) HTML
5 2 (20.00%) WPF
6 1 (10.00%) JPA
6 1 (10.00%) Grails
6 1 (10.00%) Semantic HTML
6 1 (10.00%) CSS
6 1 (10.00%) SOAP
6 1 (10.00%) Web Services
6 1 (10.00%) XHTML
6 1 (10.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (10.00%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) BASE24
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (10.00%) MySQL
2 1 (10.00%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (20.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Software Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) PHP Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior PHP Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Solaris
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Image Processing
1 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) BDD
2 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (10.00%) TDD
2 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (10.00%) Scrum
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (10.00%) OO
2 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) PL/SQL
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) VC++
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) Groovy
4 1 (10.00%) PHP5
4 1 (10.00%) Objective-C
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
1 5 (50.00%) Sun
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Zend