The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 462 396 352
Rank change year-on-year
-66 -44
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 137 266 294
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.315% 0.494% 0.519%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.396% 0.641% 0.682%
Number of salaries quoted 83 231 242
Average salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £42,500 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £50,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +20.48%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34580 41471 43117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.50% 77.05% 76.07%
Number of salaries quoted 28709 35655 35902
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Trend

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

London Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London Software Architecture Salary Histogram

Software Architecture
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of London -32 21 £65,000 -3.70%
Uxbridge - 2 £57,500 -
Chiswick - 2 £80,000 -
Kingston Upon Thames +1 1 £42,500 -10.52%
Docklands, London - 1 £65,000 -
Canary Wharf - 1 £95,000 -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 180 (53.57%) Java
2 129 (38.39%) OO
3 123 (36.61%) Agile Software Development
4 103 (30.65%) Finance
5 100 (29.76%) Web Services
6 93 (27.68%) .NET
7 83 (24.70%) C++
8 81 (24.11%) XML
9 75 (22.32%) SQL
10 74 (22.02%) C#
11 67 (19.94%) E-Commerce
12 64 (19.05%) Linux
13 60 (17.86%) Middleware
14 59 (17.56%) Degree
15 57 (16.96%) SOA
16 54 (16.07%) C
16 54 (16.07%) Oracle
17 51 (15.18%) Scrum
17 51 (15.18%) Computer Science
17 51 (15.18%) Open Source
18 47 (13.99%) Spring
19 46 (13.69%) J2EE
20 45 (13.39%) CSS
20 45 (13.39%) UML
21 43 (12.80%) Python
22 42 (12.50%) SQL Server
22 42 (12.50%) JavaScript
22 42 (12.50%) JSON
23 39 (11.61%) RESTful
23 39 (11.61%) REST

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 100 (29.76%) Web Services
2 93 (27.68%) .NET
3 81 (24.11%) XML
4 60 (17.86%) Middleware
5 47 (13.99%) Spring
6 46 (13.69%) J2EE
7 45 (13.39%) CSS
8 42 (12.50%) JSON
9 39 (11.61%) RESTful
9 39 (11.61%) REST
10 36 (10.71%) jQuery
10 36 (10.71%) HTML
11 35 (10.42%) JMS
12 31 (9.226%) JDBC
13 27 (8.036%) XSLT
14 22 (6.548%) HTML5
15 19 (5.655%) Java EE
15 19 (5.655%) ASP.NET
16 18 (5.357%) Hibernate
16 18 (5.357%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 32 (9.524%) Alfresco
2 29 (8.631%) CMS
3 28 (8.333%) Apache
4 26 (7.738%) Apache Solr
5 24 (7.143%) ESB
6 17 (5.060%) Tomcat
7 15 (4.464%) ActiveMQ
8 13 (3.869%) Magento
9 12 (3.571%) Liferay
9 12 (3.571%) TeamSite
10 11 (3.274%) Oracle Workflow
10 11 (3.274%) IIS
11 5 (1.488%) WebLogic
11 5 (1.488%) SharePoint
12 4 (1.190%) MSMQ
13 3 (0.893%) Documentum
13 3 (0.893%) Drupal
14 2 (0.595%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.595%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.595%) AquaLogic
Applications
1 16 (4.762%) MS Excel
2 8 (2.381%) MS Office
3 3 (0.893%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.893%) MS Project
4 2 (0.595%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.488%) SAP SD
2 2 (0.595%) Taleo
2 2 (0.595%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.595%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.440%) Broadband
2 14 (4.167%) Internet
3 12 (3.571%) DVB
4 11 (3.274%) HTTP
5 6 (1.786%) LAN
6 4 (1.190%) SMS
6 4 (1.190%) SMPP
6 4 (1.190%) FTP
7 2 (0.595%) LDAP
7 2 (0.595%) BSS
7 2 (0.595%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.298%) IPv6
8 1 (0.298%) Intranet
8 1 (0.298%) DHCP
8 1 (0.298%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.298%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.298%) Wireless
8 1 (0.298%) Extranet
8 1 (0.298%) 802.11
8 1 (0.298%) DSLAM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 33 (9.821%) NoSQL
3 28 (8.333%) MongoDB
4 24 (7.143%) MySQL
5 13 (3.869%) RDBMS
6 12 (3.571%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (2.679%) SQLite
7 9 (2.679%) CouchDB
7 9 (2.679%) Big Data
8 7 (2.083%) Oracle 10g
8 7 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.488%) Oracle 11g
10 4 (1.190%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.893%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.595%) SQL Server 2008
12 2 (0.595%) Neo4j
12 2 (0.595%) SQL Server 2005
12 2 (0.595%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.595%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.298%) Informix
Development Applications
1 33 (9.821%) Maven
2 27 (8.036%) Git (software)
3 20 (5.952%) Subversion
4 19 (5.655%) JUnit
5 14 (4.167%) Hudson
6 12 (3.571%) Jasmine
6 12 (3.571%) JSUnit
7 11 (3.274%) JIRA
8 10 (2.976%) Jenkins
9 9 (2.679%) Trac
10 7 (2.083%) Cucumber
10 7 (2.083%) WebDriver
10 7 (2.083%) DbUnit
10 7 (2.083%) Selenium
10 7 (2.083%) EasyMock
10 7 (2.083%) TestNG
11 5 (1.488%) Checkstyle
11 5 (1.488%) PHPUnit
11 5 (1.488%) FindBugs
12 4 (1.190%) CppUnit
General
1 103 (30.65%) Finance
2 24 (7.143%) Front Office
3 22 (6.548%) Banking
4 21 (6.250%) Financial Institution
5 16 (4.762%) Retail
6 13 (3.869%) Publishing
7 12 (3.571%) Law
8 8 (2.381%) Games
9 7 (2.083%) Back Office
10 5 (1.488%) Marketing
11 4 (1.190%) French Language
11 4 (1.190%) German Language
11 4 (1.190%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.190%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.190%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.893%) Local Government
12 3 (0.893%) Music
12 3 (0.893%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.893%) Billing
12 3 (0.893%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 126 (37.50%) Developer
2 103 (30.65%) Architect
3 32 (9.524%) Software Architect
4 29 (8.631%) Software Engineer
5 23 (6.845%) Analyst
6 22 (6.548%) Senior Developer
7 20 (5.952%) Senior Architect
8 17 (5.060%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (5.060%) C# Developer
8 17 (5.060%) Team Leader
9 15 (4.464%) C# .NET Developer
10 14 (4.167%) Development Team Leader
10 14 (4.167%) Java Developer
11 13 (3.869%) Oracle Developer
12 12 (3.571%) Programmer
12 12 (3.571%) Portal Developer
12 12 (3.571%) Web Architect
13 11 (3.274%) Python Developer
14 10 (2.976%) Java Architect
14 10 (2.976%) CMS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.18%) Computer Science
1 51 (15.18%) Open Source
2 29 (8.631%) STB
3 28 (8.333%) Mathematics
4 26 (7.738%) Hedge funds
5 25 (7.440%) Semantic Web
6 23 (6.845%) DTV
6 23 (6.845%) Embedded Systems
7 19 (5.655%) Derivative
8 18 (5.357%) Device Driver
9 17 (5.060%) Client/Server
10 16 (4.762%) SaaS
11 13 (3.869%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (3.869%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (3.571%) W3C
13 10 (2.976%) Equities
13 10 (2.976%) Chemistry
13 10 (2.976%) PaaS
13 10 (2.976%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (2.679%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 64 (19.05%) Linux
2 29 (8.631%) Embedded Linux
3 28 (8.333%) UNIX
4 15 (4.464%) Windows
5 14 (4.167%) Android
6 11 (3.274%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.190%) Solaris
8 2 (0.595%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.595%) SUSE
9 1 (0.298%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.298%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.298%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.298%) CentOS
9 1 (0.298%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (38.39%) OO
2 123 (36.61%) Agile Software Development
3 67 (19.94%) E-Commerce
4 57 (16.96%) SOA
5 51 (15.18%) Scrum
6 45 (13.39%) UML
7 38 (11.31%) Project Management
8 37 (11.01%) OOP
9 33 (9.821%) TDD
10 29 (8.631%) Content Management
11 28 (8.333%) OOD
12 27 (8.036%) Web Development
13 26 (7.738%) OOA/OOD
14 24 (7.143%) ERP
14 24 (7.143%) Multithreading
14 24 (7.143%) BDD
15 23 (6.845%) SEO
16 20 (5.952%) Analytics
17 18 (5.357%) Workflow
18 16 (4.762%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 180 (53.57%) Java
2 83 (24.70%) C++
3 75 (22.32%) SQL
4 74 (22.02%) C#
5 54 (16.07%) C
6 43 (12.80%) Python
7 42 (12.50%) JavaScript
8 32 (9.524%) Ruby
9 25 (7.440%) PL/SQL
10 23 (6.845%) PHP
11 20 (5.952%) Perl
12 18 (5.357%) Scala
13 11 (3.274%) XPath
13 11 (3.274%) PHP5
13 11 (3.274%) Embedded C
14 9 (2.679%) Embedded C++
15 8 (2.381%) ActionScript
16 7 (2.083%) Objective-C
16 7 (2.083%) ActionScript 2.0
17 4 (1.190%) F#
Qualifications
1 59 (17.56%) Degree
2 6 (1.786%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.488%) PMP
4 4 (1.190%) ISEB
5 1 (0.298%) PhD
5 1 (0.298%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.298%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.298%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.357%) QA
2 3 (0.893%) SLA
3 1 (0.298%) Dublin Core
System Software
1 1 (0.298%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (2.679%) MOM
2 2 (0.595%) Tivoli
2 2 (0.595%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 54 (16.07%) Oracle
2 17 (5.060%) Microsoft
3 11 (3.274%) Facebook
4 8 (2.381%) SAP
5 7 (2.083%) Google
5 7 (2.083%) Zend
6 5 (1.488%) hybris
7 4 (1.190%) JBoss
7 4 (1.190%) Sybase
7 4 (1.190%) Sun
8 3 (0.893%) EMC
8 3 (0.893%) IBM
8 3 (0.893%) ATG
8 3 (0.893%) Demandware
8 3 (0.893%) Pega
9 2 (0.595%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.595%) Twitter
9 2 (0.595%) BEA
9 2 (0.595%) Cognizant
9 2 (0.595%) Salesforce.com
London
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