Oxfordshire Software Architect Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Architect role in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Architect
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham City of London Crawley Dorchester Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Fife Gloucester Gloucestershire Gwent Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Maidenhead Newbury Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Surrey UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex Weymouth Wolverhampton	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	123	140
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching permanent IT job ads	4	1
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.176 %	0.035 %
Salaries quoted	4	0
Average minimum salary	£40,000	-
Average salary	£50,000	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£60,000	-
UK excluding London average salary	£50,893	£49,889
% change on same period last year	+2.01 %
Job Titles Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2275	2895
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.522 %	1.292 %
Salaries quoted	2050	2641
Average minimum salary	£33,230	£31,504
Average salary	£36,476	£34,914
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Average maximum salary	£39,722	£38,323
UK excluding London average salary	£38,498	£39,074
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Software Architect South East

Software Architect
Demand Trend

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

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Oxford	+15	4	£50,000	-

Software Architect South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 10 (71.43 %) C# 1 10 (71.43 %) Java 1 10 (71.43 %) .NET 2 8 (57.14 %) ASP.NET 3 7 (50.00 %) AJAX 4 6 (42.86 %) Microsoft 4 6 (42.86 %) .NET Framework 5 5 (35.71 %) Ruby 5 5 (35.71 %) MS Visio 5 5 (35.71 %) Ruby on Rails 5 5 (35.71 %) BizTalk Server 6 4 (28.57 %) C 6 4 (28.57 %) UNIX 6 4 (28.57 %) OO 6 4 (28.57 %) VC++

6 4 (28.57 %) PhD 6 4 (28.57 %) C++ 6 4 (28.57 %) Degree 6 4 (28.57 %) Mathematics 7 3 (21.43 %) XML 8 1 (7.143 %) WF 8 1 (7.143 %) Fat Client 8 1 (7.143 %) FpML 8 1 (7.143 %) Project Management 8 1 (7.143 %) Workflow 8 1 (7.143 %) Finance 8 1 (7.143 %) Hibernate 8 1 (7.143 %) XSLT 8 1 (7.143 %) WebServices 8 1 (7.143 %) SQL Server

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Application Development 1 10 (71.43 %) .NET 2 8 (57.14 %) ASP.NET 3 7 (50.00 %) AJAX 4 6 (42.86 %) .NET Framework 5 5 (35.71 %) Ruby on Rails 6 3 (21.43 %) XML 7 1 (7.143 %) XSLT 7 1 (7.143 %) FpML 7 1 (7.143 %) Hibernate 7 1 (7.143 %) WebServices 7 1 (7.143 %) WF	Application Platforms 1 5 (35.71 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 5 (35.71 %) MS Visio	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (7.143 %) SQL Server
General 1 1 (7.143 %) Finance	Miscellaneous 1 4 (28.57 %) Mathematics 2 1 (7.143 %) Fat Client 2 1 (7.143 %) Thin Client
Operating Systems 1 4 (28.57 %) UNIX 2 1 (7.143 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (28.57 %) OO 2 1 (7.143 %) Project Management 2 1 (7.143 %) Workflow
Programming Languages 1 10 (71.43 %) C# 1 10 (71.43 %) Java 2 5 (35.71 %) Ruby 3 4 (28.57 %) C 3 4 (28.57 %) VC++ 3 4 (28.57 %) C++	Qualifications 1 4 (28.57 %) PhD 1 4 (28.57 %) Degree
Vendors 1 6 (42.86 %) Microsoft