The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 18 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 43 54 35
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -19
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 127 93 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 4.853% 4.258% 5.736%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.084% 4.372% 5.902%
Number of salaries quoted 89 76 81
Average salary £56,000 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.89% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £73,500 £70,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2498 2127 1762
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.45% 97.39% 97.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2000 1775 1486
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
West Yorkshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Leeds Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 92 (35.94%) Oracle
2 87 (33.98%) Finance
3 75 (29.30%) SQL Server
4 67 (26.17%) Microsoft
5 66 (25.78%) .NET
6 52 (20.31%) ETL
7 50 (19.53%) N-Tier
7 50 (19.53%) MS Excel
7 50 (19.53%) RDBMS
8 48 (18.75%) WebSphere
9 45 (17.58%) Agile Software Development
10 44 (17.19%) Cisco
11 41 (16.02%) Informatica
11 41 (16.02%) TOGAF
11 41 (16.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 39 (15.23%) SQL
13 38 (14.84%) VMware
14 36 (14.06%) Cisco Certification
15 35 (13.67%) Enterprise Architecture
16 34 (13.28%) Citrix
17 31 (12.11%) C#
17 31 (12.11%) UML
17 31 (12.11%) User Stories
18 27 (10.55%) Windows
18 27 (10.55%) E-Commerce
19 26 (10.16%) CRM
19 26 (10.16%) TCP/IP
20 25 (9.766%) SOA
21 24 (9.375%) Data Warehouse
22 23 (8.984%) OO

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 66 (25.78%) .NET
2 48 (18.75%) WebSphere
3 23 (8.984%) XML
4 20 (7.813%) Web Services
5 16 (6.250%) SOAP
6 10 (3.906%) HTML
7 9 (3.516%) ASP.NET
7 9 (3.516%) JMS
7 9 (3.516%) .NET Framework
7 9 (3.516%) REST
8 8 (3.125%) BAPI
9 7 (2.734%) J2EE
9 7 (2.734%) Java EE
10 6 (2.344%) ActiveMQ
10 6 (2.344%) LAMP
11 5 (1.953%) Middleware
11 5 (1.953%) NHibernate
12 4 (1.563%) jQuery
12 4 (1.563%) ASP.NET MVC
12 4 (1.563%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 17 (6.641%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.859%) BizTalk Server
2 15 (5.859%) ESB
3 8 (3.125%) Windows Azure
3 8 (3.125%) WebSphere Process Server
3 8 (3.125%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (3.125%) TeamSite
4 7 (2.734%) Lync
5 6 (2.344%) SAS
6 5 (1.953%) IIS
6 5 (1.953%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (1.172%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 50 (19.53%) MS Excel
2 7 (2.734%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 8 (3.125%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.953%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.391%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.16%) TCP/IP
2 22 (8.594%) Firewall
2 22 (8.594%) Network Security
3 16 (6.250%) VPN
4 14 (5.469%) MPLS
4 14 (5.469%) WAN
5 13 (5.078%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (5.078%) Unified Communications
6 12 (4.688%) VLAN
7 11 (4.297%) LAN
8 10 (3.906%) OSPF
8 10 (3.906%) Internet
9 9 (3.516%) BGP
10 8 (3.125%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (3.125%) Cisco PIX
11 7 (2.734%) FTP
11 7 (2.734%) HTTP
12 6 (2.344%) EIGRP
12 6 (2.344%) HSRP
12 6 (2.344%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (29.30%) SQL Server
2 50 (19.53%) RDBMS
3 41 (16.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 24 (9.375%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (4.688%) GIS
6 10 (3.906%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (3.906%) OLTP
6 10 (3.906%) OLAP
6 10 (3.906%) Informix
7 8 (3.125%) DB2
7 8 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (3.125%) Oracle OLAP
7 8 (3.125%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.953%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.563%) MySQL
10 3 (1.172%) Big Data
11 1 (0.391%) IBM InfoSphere
11 1 (0.391%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.391%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.391%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 12 (4.688%) Visual Studio
2 10 (3.906%) ERwin
3 4 (1.563%) NUnit
3 4 (1.563%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.172%) Rational Application Developer
4 3 (1.172%) Subversion
5 2 (0.781%) MSTest
6 1 (0.391%) Moq
6 1 (0.391%) Xcode
General
1 87 (33.98%) Finance
2 11 (4.297%) Banking
3 9 (3.516%) Telecoms
4 6 (2.344%) Marketing
5 4 (1.563%) Retail
5 4 (1.563%) Billing
6 2 (0.781%) Games
6 2 (0.781%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.391%) Back Office
7 1 (0.391%) Advertising
7 1 (0.391%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.53%) N-Tier
2 14 (5.469%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.078%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.297%) Reference Data
5 9 (3.516%) Data Extraction
5 9 (3.516%) SaaS
6 8 (3.125%) DataPower
6 8 (3.125%) Online Banking
7 6 (2.344%) Data Integration
7 6 (2.344%) NHS
8 3 (1.172%) Replication
9 2 (0.781%) Clustering
9 2 (0.781%) IVR
9 2 (0.781%) Informatics
9 2 (0.781%) Computer Science
9 2 (0.781%) Wiki
9 2 (0.781%) Open Source
9 2 (0.781%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.781%) Health Informatics
9 2 (0.781%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.55%) Windows
2 16 (6.250%) Linux
3 5 (1.953%) UNIX
4 2 (0.781%) HPUX
5 1 (0.391%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.391%) Android
5 1 (0.391%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.391%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (20.31%) ETL
2 45 (17.58%) Agile Software Development
3 41 (16.02%) TOGAF
4 35 (13.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 31 (12.11%) UML
5 31 (12.11%) User Stories
6 27 (10.55%) E-Commerce
7 26 (10.16%) CRM
8 25 (9.766%) SOA
9 23 (8.984%) OO
10 22 (8.594%) DSDM
11 21 (8.203%) Business Intelligence
11 21 (8.203%) Project Management
12 19 (7.422%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (7.031%) Scrum
14 14 (5.469%) Data Management
14 14 (5.469%) Data Modelling
15 13 (5.078%) ERP
15 13 (5.078%) ITIL
16 12 (4.688%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 39 (15.23%) SQL
2 31 (12.11%) C#
3 21 (8.203%) Java
4 12 (4.688%) C
5 10 (3.906%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.734%) Perl
6 7 (2.734%) Bash shell
7 4 (1.563%) VB.NET
7 4 (1.563%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.172%) C++
8 3 (1.172%) PHP
9 1 (0.391%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.391%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (14.06%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (7.813%) CCIE
3 17 (6.641%) CCNP
4 13 (5.078%) CISSP
5 10 (3.906%) CCSP
5 10 (3.906%) CEH
6 9 (3.516%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (3.516%) GIAC
7 8 (3.125%) Degree
8 6 (2.344%) VCDX
8 6 (2.344%) VCAP
8 6 (2.344%) CCEE
8 6 (2.344%) CCIA
8 6 (2.344%) CCDA
8 6 (2.344%) CCA
8 6 (2.344%) Citrix Certification
8 6 (2.344%) CCEA
8 6 (2.344%) CISM
9 5 (1.953%) CCNA
10 4 (1.563%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.125%) QA
2 6 (2.344%) PCI DSS
2 6 (2.344%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 6 (2.344%) SLA
2 6 (2.344%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.391%) COBIT
3 1 (0.391%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (8.594%) vSphere
2 19 (7.422%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.641%) XenServer
4 14 (5.469%) XenApp
5 10 (3.906%) Active Directory
5 10 (3.906%) Terminal Services
6 8 (3.125%) VMware ESX
6 8 (3.125%) Hyper-V
6 8 (3.125%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (3.125%) Tivoli
1 8 (3.125%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 3 (1.172%) SCCM
2 3 (1.172%) SCOM
Vendors
1 92 (35.94%) Oracle
2 67 (26.17%) Microsoft
3 44 (17.19%) Cisco
4 41 (16.02%) Informatica
5 38 (14.84%) VMware
6 34 (13.28%) Citrix
7 23 (8.984%) CheckPoint
8 21 (8.203%) HP
9 17 (6.641%) Juniper
10 12 (4.688%) NetApp
11 11 (4.297%) Avaya
12 10 (3.906%) EMC
12 10 (3.906%) F5
13 8 (3.125%) LogLogic
14 7 (2.734%) Dell
15 6 (2.344%) SAP
15 6 (2.344%) DataCore
15 6 (2.344%) FalconStor
15 6 (2.344%) Alterian
15 6 (2.344%) Blue Coat
Leeds, Yorkshire
SOA/BPM TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT One of the most prestigious, global IT consultancies is urgently seeking a high calibre, distinguished technical or solutions architect to join their reputable...
Selecture Limited
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + 15% Flex Benefits + Bonus + Pension
Posted: 31 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
ROLE INFORMATION The SSA is a key role for managing the technical & architectural contact with their key customer including: *Provide advice and guidance on architectural topics, including engagement...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Oversee all aspects of project life cycle, from initial kickoff through requirements analysis, design and implementation phases for projects within the solution area. Provide quality assurance for services...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
The successful candidate will have: 5 Years experience as a Java Architect. Experience in designing applications using service oriented architectures and web services... Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Application Architect - Leeds - £50,000 - £65,000 A Java Architect is required to join an established and well known company inLeeds... The successful candidate will have: 5 Years...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £65000.00 - £75000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £65000.00 - £75000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
OSM Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £63000 per annum + negotiable salary on offer
Posted: 15 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
OSM Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum + negotiable
Posted: 15 June 2013
Leeds
Department for Work and Pensions
Salary: £34,120 - £40,420
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £60000 - £64000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £64000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
OSM Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + negotiable
Posted: 15 June 2013