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The table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs within the Leeds region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6032
Rank change on same period last yearDown-28
Matching permanent IT job ads108210
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.090 %
As % of the category below3.680 %5.487 %
Salaries quoted79160
Average minimum salary£47,171£49,542
Average salary£52,427£55,235
% change on same period last year-5.08 %
Average maximum salary£57,684£60,928
UK excluding London average salary£60,614£64,072
% change on same period last year-5.39 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads29353827
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.713 %1.641 %
Salaries quoted24793091
Average minimum salary£31,245£32,032
Average salary£33,689£34,863
% change on same period last year-3.36 %
Average maximum salary£36,133£37,693
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Architect West YorkshireArchitect
West Yorkshire

Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Architect across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds Architect Demand Trend

Architect
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Architect across the Leeds region.

Leeds Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Leeds Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

167 (27.92 %)Microsoft
260 (25.00 %).NET
347 (19.58 %)SQL Server
442 (17.50 %)C#
541 (17.08 %)Java
640 (16.67 %)J2EE
739 (16.25 %)Oracle
836 (15.00 %)VMware
935 (14.58 %)Finance
1034 (14.17 %)UNIX
1132 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
1229 (12.08 %)Windows
1328 (11.67 %)SQL
1328 (11.67 %)Citrix
1427 (11.25 %)SOA
1427 (11.25 %)MS Excel
1526 (10.83 %)Pensions
1624 (10.00 %)UML
1723 (9.583 %)WebLogic
1723 (9.583 %)MPLS
1822 (9.167 %)WebSphere
1822 (9.167 %)Health
1921 (8.750 %)Firewall
2020 (8.333 %)WebServices
2119 (7.917 %)XML
2119 (7.917 %)Cisco
2218 (7.500 %)Business Intelligence
2218 (7.500 %)SQL Server 2005
2317 (7.083 %)TCP/IP
2317 (7.083 %)MS Exchange

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
160 (25.00 %).NET
240 (16.67 %)J2EE
332 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
422 (9.167 %)WebSphere
520 (8.333 %)WebServices
619 (7.917 %)XML
713 (5.417 %)SOAP
87 (2.917 %)JSP
87 (2.917 %)HTML
87 (2.917 %)Oracle Fusion
96 (2.500 %)CSS
105 (2.083 %)Hibernate
105 (2.083 %)AJAX
114 (1.667 %)XSLT
114 (1.667 %)XHTML
123 (1.250 %).NET Framework
132 (0.833 %)Spring
132 (0.833 %)ADO.NET
141 (0.417 %)EJB
141 (0.417 %)XSD
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (9.583 %)WebLogic
217 (7.083 %)MS Exchange
311 (4.583 %)TeamSite
49 (3.750 %)ESB
57 (2.917 %)Exchange Server 2003
57 (2.917 %)NetWeaver
57 (2.917 %)IIS
66 (2.500 %)SharePoint
66 (2.500 %)CMS
73 (1.250 %)BizTalk Server
82 (0.833 %)Exchange Server 2007
91 (0.417 %)Office Communications Server
91 (0.417 %)Documentum
91 (0.417 %)SAS
91 (0.417 %)WebLogic Portal
91 (0.417 %)JBoss
91 (0.417 %)Apache
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (11.25 %)MS Excel
29 (3.750 %)MS Visio
33 (1.250 %)Adobe Illustrator
33 (1.250 %)Photoshop
42 (0.833 %)MS Project
42 (0.833 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (2.917 %)Oracle Applications
24 (1.667 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.417 %)Nortel Periphonics
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (9.583 %)MPLS
221 (8.750 %)Firewall
317 (7.083 %)TCP/IP
413 (5.417 %)BGP
413 (5.417 %)WAN
413 (5.417 %)RIP
511 (4.583 %)GSM
610 (4.167 %)VPN
79 (3.750 %)LAN
88 (3.333 %)SAN
96 (2.500 %)Internet
96 (2.500 %)FTP
103 (1.250 %)HTTP
103 (1.250 %)GPRS
103 (1.250 %)CTI
112 (0.833 %)VoIP
112 (0.833 %)Cisco PIX
112 (0.833 %)iSCSI
121 (0.417 %)Wireless
121 (0.417 %)Symposium
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
147 (19.58 %)SQL Server
218 (7.500 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
415 (6.250 %)Datawarehouse
58 (3.333 %)Data Mining
67 (2.917 %)ETL
67 (2.917 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
75 (2.083 %)SQL Server Integration Services
75 (2.083 %)DTS
75 (2.083 %)OLAP
82 (0.833 %)RDBMS
82 (0.833 %)GIS
91 (0.417 %)MySQL
91 (0.417 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.417 %)DB2
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.250 %)Visual Studio
22 (0.833 %)Flash
31 (0.417 %)Ant
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (14.58 %)Finance
226 (10.83 %)Pensions
322 (9.167 %)Health
413 (5.417 %)Retail
511 (4.583 %)Education
68 (3.333 %)Law
77 (2.917 %)Government
77 (2.917 %)Telecoms
84 (1.667 %)Construction
84 (1.667 %)Manufacturing
93 (1.250 %)Insurance
93 (1.250 %)Marketing
93 (1.250 %)Legal
101 (0.417 %)Electronics
101 (0.417 %)FMCG
101 (0.417 %)Local Government
101 (0.417 %)Banking
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (5.000 %)NPfIT
27 (2.917 %)Client/Server
36 (2.500 %)Management Information System
45 (2.083 %)NHS
45 (2.083 %)Web 2.0
53 (1.250 %)Mainframe
53 (1.250 %)Replication
53 (1.250 %)IVR
62 (0.833 %)Smartcard
71 (0.417 %)N-Tier
71 (0.417 %)CCTV
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (14.17 %)UNIX
229 (12.08 %)Windows
315 (6.250 %)Linux
411 (4.583 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (2.083 %)Windows Vista
62 (0.833 %)Solaris
71 (0.417 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (0.417 %)AIX
71 (0.417 %)HPUX
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (11.25 %)SOA
224 (10.00 %)UML
318 (7.500 %)Business Intelligence
416 (6.667 %)Project Management
416 (6.667 %)ITIL
416 (6.667 %)Requirements Analysis
515 (6.250 %)Technical Architecture
515 (6.250 %)OO
611 (4.583 %)RUP
611 (4.583 %)OOA/OOD
710 (4.167 %)Zachman Framework
710 (4.167 %)TOGAF
710 (4.167 %)Dimensional Modelling
89 (3.750 %)Enterprise Architecture
97 (2.917 %)E-Commerce
97 (2.917 %)EAI
106 (2.500 %)CRM
106 (2.500 %)Quality Management
106 (2.500 %)Service Delivery
115 (2.083 %)PRINCE2
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (17.50 %)C#
241 (17.08 %)Java
328 (11.67 %)SQL
46 (2.500 %)JavaScript
55 (2.083 %)C++
55 (2.083 %)Transact-SQL
64 (1.667 %)VB
64 (1.667 %)VB.NET
64 (1.667 %)PHP
73 (1.250 %)Python
73 (1.250 %)Perl
82 (0.833 %)C
91 (0.417 %)PL/SQL
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (5.833 %)Cisco Certification
213 (5.417 %)CCIE
37 (2.917 %)Degree
46 (2.500 %)MCSE
46 (2.500 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (1.250 %)CCA
53 (1.250 %)Citrix Certification
53 (1.250 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
61 (0.417 %)MCITP
61 (0.417 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.417 %)IBM Certification
61 (0.417 %)MCSA
61 (0.417 %)CCNP
61 (0.417 %)CCNA
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.833 %)PCI DSS
21 (0.417 %)QA
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (7.083 %)Active Directory
216 (6.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (2.917 %)AquaLogic
46 (2.500 %)VMware ESX
55 (2.083 %)ISA Server
63 (1.250 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
63 (1.250 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.417 %)MSMQ
71 (0.417 %)MetaFrame
71 (0.417 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.417 %)VMware Server
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.667 %)MOM
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
167 (27.92 %)Microsoft
239 (16.25 %)Oracle
336 (15.00 %)VMware
428 (11.67 %)Citrix
519 (7.917 %)Cisco
611 (4.583 %)Interwoven
710 (4.167 %)webMethods
88 (3.333 %)SAP
97 (2.917 %)Siebel
106 (2.500 %)Sun
115 (2.083 %)Cognos
123 (1.250 %)IBM
123 (1.250 %)HP
123 (1.250 %)Avaya
132 (0.833 %)Vignette
132 (0.833 %)Visualfiles
132 (0.833 %)Metastorm
141 (0.417 %)Stellent
141 (0.417 %)Adobe
141 (0.417 %)BEA