The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Architect
Rank - 146 155
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 0 4 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - 0.160% 0.365%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.166% 0.389%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 9
Average salary - £65,000 £64,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.56%
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +22.22%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2302 2413 3085
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.81% 96.37% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1883 1964 2496
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,500 £59,000
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Systems Architect Salary Trend

Systems Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 8 (80.00%) Linux
2 7 (70.00%) Java
3 6 (60.00%) UNIX
4 5 (50.00%) HTML
4 5 (50.00%) Internet
4 5 (50.00%) MVC
4 5 (50.00%) UML
4 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (50.00%) J2EE
4 5 (50.00%) Oracle
4 5 (50.00%) DB2
4 5 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (50.00%) EJB
4 5 (50.00%) CSS
4 5 (50.00%) JSP
4 5 (50.00%) Servlets
4 5 (50.00%) Finance
4 5 (50.00%) WebSphere
4 5 (50.00%) Retail
4 5 (50.00%) Rational Application Developer
5 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) Agilent
5 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (20.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 2 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (20.00%) VB
5 2 (20.00%) C
5 2 (20.00%) C++
5 2 (20.00%) VC++

Systems Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 Development
1 5 (50.00%) HTML
1 5 (50.00%) J2EE
1 5 (50.00%) EJB
1 5 (50.00%) CSS
1 5 (50.00%) JSP
1 5 (50.00%) Servlets
1 5 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (10.00%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (10.00%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) DB2
2 1 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Rational Application Developer
2 2 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (10.00%) Statistics
2 1 (10.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
2 6 (60.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) SUSE
3 1 (10.00%) Debian
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) UML
1 5 (50.00%) MVC
2 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Parallel Computing
3 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) VB
3 2 (20.00%) VC++
3 2 (20.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) RHCE
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) HP
2 2 (20.00%) Agilent
3 1 (10.00%) Intel
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat