Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Software Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the London 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

 Software Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank451384601
Rank change year-on-year
Down-67Up+217
Matching permanent IT job ads335755
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.085 %0.179 %0.065 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.092 %0.192 %0.069 %
Salaries quoted235237
Average salary£52,500£57,500£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.690 %-4.160 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£39,500£45,000£49,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£79,000£67,500£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£52,500£55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %-4.540 %
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
359252961179166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London92.30 %93.25 %93.89 %
Salaries quoted292862402864073
Average salary£52,500£45,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Software Architect EnglandSoftware Architect
England

Software Architect
Demand Trend

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

London Software Architect Demand Trend

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

London Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London Software Architect Salary Histogram

Software Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-555£82,500-10.81 %
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-1£50,000-
Software Architect EnglandSoftware Architect
England

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

118 (33.33 %)Java
118 (33.33 %)XML
217 (31.48 %)C++
316 (29.63 %)Web Services
415 (27.78 %)Linux
415 (27.78 %)Software Architecture
514 (25.93 %)J2EE
613 (24.07 %)Government
613 (24.07 %)Spring
712 (22.22 %)WebSphere
712 (22.22 %)Oracle
712 (22.22 %)UML
712 (22.22 %)WebLogic
811 (20.37 %).NET
811 (20.37 %)WebSphere MQ
811 (20.37 %)Hibernate
811 (20.37 %)TDD
910 (18.52 %)AJAX
910 (18.52 %)JMS
910 (18.52 %)C#
910 (18.52 %)MySQL
109 (16.67 %)Perl
109 (16.67 %)Servlets
109 (16.67 %)Struts
109 (16.67 %)WebLogic Portal
109 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
109 (16.67 %)Finance
118 (14.81 %)Manufacturing
118 (14.81 %)Unified Process
118 (14.81 %)Local Government

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
118 (33.33 %)XML
216 (29.63 %)Web Services
314 (25.93 %)J2EE
413 (24.07 %)Spring
512 (22.22 %)WebSphere
611 (20.37 %)Hibernate
611 (20.37 %).NET
710 (18.52 %)JMS
710 (18.52 %)AJAX
89 (16.67 %)Struts
89 (16.67 %)Servlets
98 (14.81 %)Middleware
98 (14.81 %)JSP
98 (14.81 %)EJB
98 (14.81 %)Oracle Fusion
98 (14.81 %)WebCenter
98 (14.81 %)JTA
106 (11.11 %)SOAP
115 (9.259 %)MFC
115 (9.259 %)ASP.NET
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
112 (22.22 %)WebLogic
211 (20.37 %)WebSphere MQ
39 (16.67 %)WebLogic Portal
48 (14.81 %)WebLogic Integration
48 (14.81 %)Apache
48 (14.81 %)WebSphere Process Server
48 (14.81 %)ESB
48 (14.81 %)WebSphere Application Server
48 (14.81 %)WebSphere Message Broker
48 (14.81 %)GlassFish
56 (11.11 %)Drupal
63 (5.556 %)AquaLogic
63 (5.556 %)Rendezvous
72 (3.704 %)Liferay
81 (1.852 %)Tomcat
81 (1.852 %)SharePoint
81 (1.852 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (1.852 %)Jetty
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (5.556 %)MS Visio
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (14.81 %)Oracle BPM
22 (3.704 %)SAP Business One
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (12.96 %)Internet
26 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
35 (9.259 %)Broadband
42 (3.704 %)SSH
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (18.52 %)MySQL
28 (14.81 %)RDBMS
35 (9.259 %)SQL Server
43 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2008
43 (5.556 %)Data Mining
51 (1.852 %)PostgreSQL
51 (1.852 %)DB2
51 (1.852 %)Oracle 8/8i
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.852 %)Subversion
11 (1.852 %)Maven
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (24.07 %)Government
29 (16.67 %)Finance
38 (14.81 %)Manufacturing
38 (14.81 %)Retail
38 (14.81 %)Local Government
47 (12.96 %)Education
54 (7.407 %)Marketing
54 (7.407 %)Telecoms
63 (5.556 %)Banking
63 (5.556 %)Electric
63 (5.556 %)Construction
63 (5.556 %)Front Office
72 (3.704 %)Financial Institution
72 (3.704 %)Games
72 (3.704 %)Investment Banking
72 (3.704 %)Online Betting
81 (1.852 %)Animation
81 (1.852 %)Online Games
81 (1.852 %)Pensions
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (14.81 %)DataPower
26 (11.11 %)Augmented Reality
26 (11.11 %)iPhone
34 (7.407 %)Client/Server
42 (3.704 %)Replication
42 (3.704 %)Dependency Injection
42 (3.704 %)Derivative
42 (3.704 %)Computer Science
51 (1.852 %)French Language
51 (1.852 %)Clustering
51 (1.852 %)Artificial Intelligence
51 (1.852 %)IPTV
51 (1.852 %)EPoS
51 (1.852 %)DTV
51 (1.852 %)Management Information System
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (27.78 %)Linux
26 (11.11 %)Android
32 (3.704 %)Solaris
41 (1.852 %)Windows
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (27.78 %)Software Architecture
212 (22.22 %)UML
311 (20.37 %)TDD
49 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
58 (14.81 %)Unified Process
58 (14.81 %)RUP
67 (12.96 %)SOA
76 (11.11 %)MVC
76 (11.11 %)Load Balancing
85 (9.259 %)Project Management
94 (7.407 %)OO
94 (7.407 %)OOD
94 (7.407 %)Use Case
103 (5.556 %)Unit Testing
103 (5.556 %)Content Management
103 (5.556 %)Rapid Prototyping
103 (5.556 %)Software Engineering
103 (5.556 %)E-Commerce
112 (3.704 %)Enterprise Architecture
112 (3.704 %)EDA
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (33.33 %)Java
217 (31.48 %)C++
310 (18.52 %)C#
49 (16.67 %)Perl
56 (11.11 %)C
56 (11.11 %)Python
56 (11.11 %)Shell Script
64 (7.407 %)VC++
64 (7.407 %)SQL
73 (5.556 %)PHP
82 (3.704 %)ActionScript
91 (1.852 %)DataFlex
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (12.96 %)Degree
24 (7.407 %)Security Cleared
33 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (22.22 %)Oracle
28 (14.81 %)IBM
36 (11.11 %)Intel
36 (11.11 %)Symbian
43 (5.556 %)BEA
43 (5.556 %)Microsoft
52 (3.704 %)SAP
52 (3.704 %)JBoss
61 (1.852 %)Sybase