The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton 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 19 June 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 38 46 52
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 16 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 4.082% 1.874% 1.247%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.301% 1.923% 1.268%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 5
Average salary £57,500 £68,750 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.36% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,700 £57,750 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £75,000 £80,500
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
All Job Titles
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
372 416 473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 94.90% 97.42% 98.34%
Number of salaries quoted 346 400 442
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £43,000 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Architect
Northamptonshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Northampton Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 10 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Cisco
3 7 (26.92%) Java
3 7 (26.92%) ITIL
3 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
4 6 (23.08%) CCIE
4 6 (23.08%) Banking
4 6 (23.08%) Unified Communications
5 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (19.23%) VMware
5 5 (19.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
5 5 (19.23%) J2EE
5 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
6 4 (15.38%) MCSE
6 4 (15.38%) MCSA
6 4 (15.38%) CCNA
6 4 (15.38%) HP
6 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (15.38%) Internet
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (15.38%) Wireless
6 4 (15.38%) Project Management
6 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
6 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (15.38%) HP AIS
6 4 (15.38%) HP ASE
6 4 (15.38%) Mobile Banking
7 3 (11.54%) Data Governance

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 5 (19.23%) J2EE
2 2 (7.692%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (7.692%) Middleware
2 2 (7.692%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.846%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (3.846%) Castle Windsor
3 1 (3.846%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.846%) WPF
3 1 (3.846%) LINQ
3 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.846%) Web Services
3 1 (3.846%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) CICS
1 2 (7.692%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 2 (7.692%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
2 1 (3.846%) Lync
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) Unified Communications
2 4 (15.38%) Internet
2 4 (15.38%) Wireless
3 2 (7.692%) Firewall
3 2 (7.692%) VPN
3 2 (7.692%) SSL
4 1 (3.846%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (7.692%) DB2
2 1 (3.846%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) NUnit
1 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 6 (23.08%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Retail
4 2 (7.692%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Storage
1 4 (15.38%) Mobile Banking
2 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.692%) Mainframe
3 2 (7.692%) Online Banking
3 2 (7.692%) Tandem
4 1 (3.846%) Inversion of Control
4 1 (3.846%) Blog
4 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) UNIX
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
1 2 (7.692%) AIX
1 2 (7.692%) HPUX
1 2 (7.692%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) ITIL
2 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
2 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
3 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (15.38%) Project Management
3 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 3 (11.54%) Data Governance
4 3 (11.54%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (11.54%) Data Management
4 3 (11.54%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (11.54%) UML
5 2 (7.692%) Configuration Management
5 2 (7.692%) Service Management
5 2 (7.692%) Validation
5 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (7.692%) Data Modelling
5 2 (7.692%) SOA
5 2 (7.692%) ETL
5 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Java
2 2 (7.692%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.846%) C
3 1 (3.846%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (23.08%) CCIE
3 5 (19.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (15.38%) MCSE
4 4 (15.38%) MCSA
4 4 (15.38%) CCNA
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (15.38%) HP AIS
4 4 (15.38%) HP ASE
5 3 (11.54%) Degree
6 1 (3.846%) MCTS
6 1 (3.846%) MCITP
6 1 (3.846%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
2 2 (7.692%) QA
2 2 (7.692%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.846%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) Tivoli
1 2 (7.692%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 1 (3.846%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (3.846%) SCCM
2 1 (3.846%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Cisco
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 5 (19.23%) VMware
4 4 (15.38%) HP
5 2 (7.692%) IBM
5 2 (7.692%) Oracle
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