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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 14 20 19
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 37 28 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 9.920% 7.349% 7.234%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.39% 7.609% 7.589%
Number of salaries quoted 33 26 15
Average salary £55,000 £48,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.82% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £42,500 £42,700
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £68,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
356 368 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 95.44% 96.59% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 301 285 202
Average salary £45,000 £41,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.43% +18.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,875 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £48,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
Bedfordshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Luton Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 55 (46.61%) Microsoft
2 41 (34.75%) TOGAF
3 36 (30.51%) SQL Server
3 36 (30.51%) MS Excel
4 34 (28.81%) Scrum
4 34 (28.81%) Refactoring
5 31 (26.27%) PRINCE2
6 27 (22.88%) Enterprise Architecture
7 25 (21.19%) SharePoint
7 25 (21.19%) VMware
8 24 (20.34%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (18.64%) .NET
9 22 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (16.95%) XenApp
10 20 (16.95%) XenDesktop
10 20 (16.95%) Citrix
11 19 (16.10%) BizTalk Server
11 19 (16.10%) E-Commerce
11 19 (16.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (15.25%) C#
13 17 (14.41%) Web Services
14 14 (11.86%) Data Warehouse
14 14 (11.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (11.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 14 (11.86%) SharePoint Server
15 13 (11.02%) BPMN
15 13 (11.02%) N-Tier
16 12 (10.17%) XML
16 12 (10.17%) Windows
16 12 (10.17%) Oracle

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 22 (18.64%) .NET
2 17 (14.41%) Web Services
3 12 (10.17%) XML
4 9 (7.627%) .NET Framework
4 9 (7.627%) ASP.NET
5 4 (3.390%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (1.695%) WCF
6 2 (1.695%) WPF
6 2 (1.695%) Ninject
6 2 (1.695%) Node.js
6 2 (1.695%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 2 (1.695%) KnockoutJS
7 1 (0.847%) MDX
7 1 (0.847%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 25 (21.19%) SharePoint
2 19 (16.10%) BizTalk Server
3 14 (11.86%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (6.780%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (2.542%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (1.695%) ESB
7 1 (0.847%) Papyrus
7 1 (0.847%) StreamWeaver
7 1 (0.847%) Exstream Dialogue
7 1 (0.847%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.847%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (30.51%) MS Excel
2 9 (7.627%) DOC1
3 8 (6.780%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.847%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.322%) Internet
2 7 (5.932%) FTP
3 5 (4.237%) iSCSI
3 5 (4.237%) Firewall
3 5 (4.237%) DMZ
3 5 (4.237%) SAN
3 5 (4.237%) DHCP
3 5 (4.237%) TCP/IP
3 5 (4.237%) DNS
3 5 (4.237%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (3.390%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (3.390%) SSL
5 2 (1.695%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.695%) 3G
5 2 (1.695%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (30.51%) SQL Server
2 19 (16.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (11.86%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (11.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (11.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (5.085%) SQL Server 2000
4 6 (5.085%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (3.390%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (3.390%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (2.542%) GIS
7 2 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (5.085%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.847%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (8.475%) Manufacturing
2 9 (7.627%) Finance
3 2 (1.695%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.695%) Retail
3 2 (1.695%) Games
4 1 (0.847%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.02%) N-Tier
2 6 (5.085%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.085%) FMCG
3 5 (4.237%) SaaS
4 4 (3.390%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.847%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.17%) Windows
2 6 (5.085%) Linux
3 5 (4.237%) Solaris
4 4 (3.390%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (34.75%) TOGAF
2 34 (28.81%) Scrum
2 34 (28.81%) Refactoring
3 31 (26.27%) PRINCE2
4 27 (22.88%) Enterprise Architecture
5 24 (20.34%) Business Intelligence
6 22 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (16.10%) E-Commerce
8 13 (11.02%) BPMN
9 11 (9.322%) Data Modelling
9 11 (9.322%) TDD
10 9 (7.627%) Data Management
10 9 (7.627%) Change Management
10 9 (7.627%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.780%) OO
11 8 (6.780%) MVC
11 8 (6.780%) Software Engineering
12 7 (5.932%) Unit Testing
12 7 (5.932%) Continuous Integration
12 7 (5.932%) UML
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.25%) C#
2 7 (5.932%) SQL
3 2 (1.695%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (4.237%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (4.237%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (4.237%) CCNA
1 5 (4.237%) CCDA
2 4 (3.390%) CCNP
3 3 (2.542%) Degree
3 3 (2.542%) ISEB
4 2 (1.695%) MCP
4 2 (1.695%) MCAD
4 2 (1.695%) MCSD
4 2 (1.695%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.695%) MCTS
System Software
1 20 (16.95%) XenApp
1 20 (16.95%) XenDesktop
2 6 (5.085%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.237%) VMware ESX
3 5 (4.237%) vSphere
3 5 (4.237%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (4.237%) VMFS
4 1 (0.847%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.847%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 55 (46.61%) Microsoft
2 25 (21.19%) VMware
3 20 (16.95%) Citrix
4 12 (10.17%) Oracle
5 8 (6.780%) XMPie
6 6 (5.085%) Sybase
7 5 (4.237%) Dell
7 5 (4.237%) Cisco
8 4 (3.390%) F5
8 4 (3.390%) Juniper
9 2 (1.695%) Informatica
9 2 (1.695%) HP
9 2 (1.695%) TIBCO
Luton, Bedfordshire
TOGAF)... Minimum of 1 year of experience architecting software solutions for clients using the Microsoft technology stack (.Net / Sharepoint)... Working knowledge of RDBMS (SQL Server, Oracle). Knowledge of...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £60,000 to £70,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London Luton Airport, Bedfordshire, East of...
ASP.NET, C# and MS SQL Server, you will have a proven track record in software development, ideally gained in an E-commerce or high-volume Retail environment.....
easyJet
Salary: £To attract the best
Posted: 22 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Graduate calibre, with significant experience and competency across the entire Microsoft stack e.g.ASP.NET, C# and MS SQL Server, you will have a proven track record...
easyJet
Salary: To attract the best
Posted: 24 April 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
We are looking for a highly motivated Technical Architect / Infrastructure Architect with the below capabilities: * Strong experience within technical design * First-rate knowledge of VMware / Citrix - ideally both *...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum + incl - 30%bon, car, health, pens
Posted: 19 May 2013