The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire 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 22 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 67 46 37
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 12 27 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.729% 3.814% 4.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.794% 4.024% 4.440%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 17
Average salary £45,000 £49,776 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.59% +4.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £32,500 £40,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £74,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
669 671 473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 96.40% 94.77% 92.20%
Number of salaries quoted 588 589 417
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,150 £24,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
East Midlands

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leicestershire Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leicester -14 12 £45,000 -9.59%
Architect
East Midlands

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 13 (65.00%) Oracle
2 11 (55.00%) .NET
3 10 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 10 (50.00%) UML
4 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (45.00%) .NET Framework
4 9 (45.00%) WPF
4 9 (45.00%) Silverlight
5 7 (35.00%) Degree
5 7 (35.00%) Logistics
6 5 (25.00%) Migration
7 4 (20.00%) SQL
7 4 (20.00%) C#
8 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (15.00%) Windows
8 3 (15.00%) MS Exchange
8 3 (15.00%) LAN
8 3 (15.00%) WAN
8 3 (15.00%) VMware
8 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
8 3 (15.00%) Citrix
8 3 (15.00%) Terminal Services
8 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (15.00%) PABX
8 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 2 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
9 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
9 2 (10.00%) Star Schema
9 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 11 (55.00%) .NET
2 10 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 9 (45.00%) .NET Framework
3 9 (45.00%) WPF
3 9 (45.00%) Silverlight
4 1 (5.000%) J2EE
4 1 (5.000%) COM
4 1 (5.000%) CSS
4 1 (5.000%) Web Services
4 1 (5.000%) XML
4 1 (5.000%) Ajax
4 1 (5.000%) Middleware
4 1 (5.000%) HTML5
4 1 (5.000%) CSS3
4 1 (5.000%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.000%) MS Office
1 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) LAN
1 3 (15.00%) WAN
1 3 (15.00%) PABX
2 2 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (10.00%) Star Schema
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.000%) OLAP
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle OLAP
General
1 1 (5.000%) Marketing
1 1 (5.000%) Finance
1 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (10.00%) SCADA
1 2 (10.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) UML
2 7 (35.00%) Logistics
3 5 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (10.00%) SOA
5 1 (5.000%) ERP
5 1 (5.000%) OO
5 1 (5.000%) CRM
5 1 (5.000%) ETL
5 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (5.000%) Web Development
5 1 (5.000%) Validation
5 1 (5.000%) Project Management
5 1 (5.000%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
1 4 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (5.000%) Java
2 1 (5.000%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.000%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.000%) T-SQL
2 1 (5.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.000%) QA
1 1 (5.000%) TickIT
1 1 (5.000%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.00%) Terminal Services
1 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Oracle
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 3 (15.00%) Citrix
4 1 (5.000%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (5.000%) Salesforce.com