The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Architect in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architect
Rank - - 117
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 0 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds - - 0.162%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.167%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2485 2033 1794
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.65% 97.46% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2014 1749 1527
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Architect
West Yorkshire

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 (88.89%) Oracle
2 14 (77.78%) SQL Server
3 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
4 11 (61.11%) .NET
5 9 (50.00%) VB.NET
5 9 (50.00%) XML
6 8 (44.44%) BizTalk Server
6 8 (44.44%) Visual Studio
7 7 (38.89%) SQL
7 7 (38.89%) FTP
7 7 (38.89%) Finance
7 7 (38.89%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (38.89%) Waterfall
8 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (33.33%) C#
8 6 (33.33%) OO
8 6 (33.33%) MS Excel
9 5 (27.78%) Data Management
9 5 (27.78%) Project Management
9 5 (27.78%) Agile Project Management
10 4 (22.22%) Software Architecture
10 4 (22.22%) RDBMS
10 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
10 4 (22.22%) OOP
10 4 (22.22%) OOA/OOD
10 4 (22.22%) IIS
11 3 (16.67%) MS Office
11 3 (16.67%) PL/SQL
11 3 (16.67%) VBScript
11 3 (16.67%) VB

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 11 (61.11%) .NET
2 9 (50.00%) XML
3 2 (11.11%) WCF
3 2 (11.11%) .NET Framework
3 2 (11.11%) NHibernate
3 2 (11.11%) jQuery
3 2 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (11.11%) Web Services
3 2 (11.11%) WinForms
3 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 2 (11.11%) CSS
3 2 (11.11%) XSLT
3 2 (11.11%) HTML
4 1 (5.556%) J2EE
4 1 (5.556%) SOAP
4 1 (5.556%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (44.44%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (22.22%) IIS
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) FTP
2 2 (11.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (22.22%) RDBMS
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (5.556%) MySQL
4 1 (5.556%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Visual Studio
2 7 (38.89%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (16.67%) Rational Application Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Spanish Language
2 2 (11.11%) Financial Institution
2 2 (11.11%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) E-Learning
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) Equities
2 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Waterfall
2 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (33.33%) OO
3 5 (27.78%) Data Management
3 5 (27.78%) Project Management
3 5 (27.78%) Agile Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) Software Architecture
4 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 4 (22.22%) OOP
4 4 (22.22%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (11.11%) Master Data Management
5 2 (11.11%) Scrum
5 2 (11.11%) ERP
6 1 (5.556%) UML
6 1 (5.556%) RUP
6 1 (5.556%) RAD
6 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
6 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.556%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.556%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) VB.NET
2 7 (38.89%) SQL
3 6 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 3 (16.67%) VBScript
4 3 (16.67%) VB
4 3 (16.67%) VB6
5 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.556%) Java
6 1 (5.556%) C++
6 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Oracle
2 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (5.556%) JBoss