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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Software Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Newport 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 Newport region.

 Software Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1735-
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads870
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport4.651 %2.108 %-
As % of the Job Titles category4.734 %2.215 %-
Salaries quoted840
Average salary£47,500£45,000-
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£52,500£55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %-4.540 %
Newport IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Newport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
169316196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport98.26 %95.18 %95.15 %
Salaries quoted161283173
Average salary£35,000£31,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-16.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Software Architect South WalesSoftware Architect
South Wales

Software Architect
Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

18 (100.00 %)UML
18 (100.00 %)OO
18 (100.00 %)N-Tier
27 (87.50 %)Agile Software Development
35 (62.50 %)OOD
35 (62.50 %)OOA/OOD
43 (37.50 %)RUP
43 (37.50 %)Middleware
52 (25.00 %)Degree
61 (12.50 %)ESB
61 (12.50 %)SOA
61 (12.50 %)Oracle
61 (12.50 %)SOAP
61 (12.50 %)Web Services

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Newport IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (37.50 %)Middleware
21 (12.50 %)SOAP
21 (12.50 %)Web Services
Newport IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)ESB
Newport IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (100.00 %)N-Tier
Newport IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (100.00 %)UML
18 (100.00 %)OO
27 (87.50 %)Agile Software Development
35 (62.50 %)OOD
35 (62.50 %)OOA/OOD
43 (37.50 %)RUP
51 (12.50 %)SOA
Newport IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (25.00 %)Degree
Newport IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle