The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading 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 17 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 25 33 26
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 167 132 124
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 7.930% 5.843% 6.660%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.358% 6.140% 7.122%
Number of salaries quoted 128 114 87
Average salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,250 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2150 1741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.87% 95.17% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1633 1856 1398
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
Berkshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 88 (30.77%) Finance
2 68 (23.78%) Telecoms
3 51 (17.83%) Microsoft
4 50 (17.48%) Java
5 46 (16.08%) Security Cleared
6 44 (15.38%) TOGAF
7 41 (14.34%) Oracle
8 39 (13.64%) VMware
9 38 (13.29%) ITIL
10 37 (12.94%) MS Excel
10 37 (12.94%) SC Cleared
11 35 (12.24%) J2EE
12 32 (11.19%) Retail
12 32 (11.19%) VMware Infrastructure
13 30 (10.49%) Enterprise Architecture
13 30 (10.49%) Cisco
14 29 (10.14%) Spring
15 28 (9.790%) Degree
15 28 (9.790%) Windows
16 27 (9.441%) Fujitsu
16 27 (9.441%) DV Cleared
16 27 (9.441%) REST
17 25 (8.741%) Data Management
18 24 (8.392%) Linux
19 23 (8.042%) SharePoint
19 23 (8.042%) SOAP
19 23 (8.042%) vSphere
19 23 (8.042%) Data Architecture
20 22 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
21 21 (7.343%) Web Services

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 35 (12.24%) J2EE
2 29 (10.14%) Spring
3 27 (9.441%) REST
4 23 (8.042%) SOAP
5 21 (7.343%) Web Services
5 21 (7.343%) .NET
6 16 (5.594%) Hibernate
7 14 (4.895%) WebSphere
8 12 (4.196%) Java EE
9 10 (3.497%) Middleware
10 9 (3.147%) HTML
10 9 (3.147%) XML
10 9 (3.147%) J2ME
10 9 (3.147%) GWT
10 9 (3.147%) jQuery
11 8 (2.797%) Ajax
12 7 (2.448%) Spring MVC
12 7 (2.448%) SAP Basis
12 7 (2.448%) HTML5
13 6 (2.098%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 23 (8.042%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.497%) SharePoint Server
3 8 (2.797%) Office Communications Server
4 7 (2.448%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (2.448%) Documentum
5 6 (2.098%) ESB
6 5 (1.748%) SAS
6 5 (1.748%) NetWeaver
7 4 (1.399%) CMS
7 4 (1.399%) IIS
7 4 (1.399%) MS Exchange
8 3 (1.049%) Apache
8 3 (1.049%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.049%) WebLogic
8 3 (1.049%) Drupal
9 2 (0.699%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.699%) Force.com
9 2 (0.699%) Windows Azure
9 2 (0.699%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.699%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 37 (12.94%) MS Excel
2 13 (4.545%) MS Office
3 5 (1.748%) SPSS
4 2 (0.699%) Office 365
5 1 (0.350%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.699%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (0.699%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.350%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.350%) Optimost
2 1 (0.350%) SiteCatalyst
2 1 (0.350%) CSG Singleview
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.643%) SAN
2 15 (5.245%) BSS
3 11 (3.846%) LAN
4 10 (3.497%) ATM
4 10 (3.497%) NAS
5 9 (3.147%) WAN
5 9 (3.147%) Wireless
6 8 (2.797%) MPLS
6 8 (2.797%) BGP
7 7 (2.448%) Firewall
7 7 (2.448%) Intranet
7 7 (2.448%) HTTP
8 6 (2.098%) Kerberos
8 6 (2.098%) Internet
8 6 (2.098%) VPN
8 6 (2.098%) SSL
8 6 (2.098%) OSPF
9 5 (1.748%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.399%) IPsec
10 4 (1.399%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.643%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.895%) EDRMS
2 14 (4.895%) MySQL
3 10 (3.497%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.448%) DB2
4 7 (2.448%) Hadoop
4 7 (2.448%) Big Data
5 6 (2.098%) SAP HANA
5 6 (2.098%) Redis
6 5 (1.748%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (1.748%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (1.399%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (1.049%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.699%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.699%) GIS
10 1 (0.350%) BODI
10 1 (0.350%) DataStage
10 1 (0.350%) SAP BI
10 1 (0.350%) SQLite
10 1 (0.350%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 6 (2.098%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.399%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.049%) Dreamweaver
3 3 (1.049%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.350%) JMeter
4 1 (0.350%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.350%) Subversion
4 1 (0.350%) JIRA
4 1 (0.350%) Selenium
4 1 (0.350%) JProfiler
4 1 (0.350%) Ant
4 1 (0.350%) IntelliJ
General
1 88 (30.77%) Finance
2 68 (23.78%) Telecoms
3 32 (11.19%) Retail
4 15 (5.245%) Billing
5 4 (1.399%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.049%) Games
6 3 (1.049%) Banking
7 2 (0.699%) Advertising
7 2 (0.699%) Music
7 2 (0.699%) Marketing
8 1 (0.350%) Back Office
8 1 (0.350%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.196%) SaaS
2 9 (3.147%) Reference Data
2 9 (3.147%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.797%) CESG
3 8 (2.797%) CESG CLAS
3 8 (2.797%) Digital Media
4 6 (2.098%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.098%) Human Factors
4 6 (2.098%) Computer Science
5 5 (1.748%) Neural Network
5 5 (1.748%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.399%) Open Source
6 4 (1.399%) DataPower
7 3 (1.049%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.049%) Web 2.0
7 3 (1.049%) PaaS
7 3 (1.049%) IaaS
7 3 (1.049%) BBC
7 3 (1.049%) Replication
8 2 (0.699%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.790%) Windows
2 24 (8.392%) Linux
3 14 (4.895%) UNIX
4 11 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (3.147%) Android
6 4 (1.399%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.049%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.699%) Solaris
8 2 (0.699%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.350%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.350%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (15.38%) TOGAF
2 38 (13.29%) ITIL
3 30 (10.49%) Enterprise Architecture
4 25 (8.741%) Data Management
5 23 (8.042%) Data Architecture
6 21 (7.343%) CRM
6 21 (7.343%) Data Modelling
6 21 (7.343%) SOA
7 20 (6.993%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (6.294%) Agile Software Development
9 17 (5.944%) UML
9 17 (5.944%) Master Data Management
10 15 (5.245%) Project Management
10 15 (5.245%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (4.895%) TDD
12 13 (4.545%) Software Architecture
13 12 (4.196%) Security Architecture
13 12 (4.196%) Network Design
13 12 (4.196%) Requirements Management
13 12 (4.196%) eTOM
Programming Languages
1 50 (17.48%) Java
2 21 (7.343%) SQL
3 14 (4.895%) C
3 14 (4.895%) JavaScript
4 13 (4.545%) C++
5 9 (3.147%) PHP
5 9 (3.147%) C#
6 7 (2.448%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.448%) Scala
7 6 (2.098%) Python
7 6 (2.098%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.699%) Ruby
8 2 (0.699%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.350%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.350%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 46 (16.08%) Security Cleared
2 37 (12.94%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.790%) Degree
4 27 (9.441%) DV Cleared
5 22 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (5.245%) CCIE
6 15 (5.245%) CCNP
7 11 (3.846%) CISSP
8 10 (3.497%) CCNA
9 9 (3.147%) CCDP
10 8 (2.797%) CCDA
11 5 (1.748%) CCIP
11 5 (1.748%) JNCIP
11 5 (1.748%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.748%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.399%) JNCIS
12 4 (1.399%) JNCIE
13 3 (1.049%) MCTS
13 3 (1.049%) MCITP
13 3 (1.049%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.147%) QA
2 7 (2.448%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.098%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.098%) SLA
4 3 (1.049%) COBIT
4 3 (1.049%) HMG Infosec
5 2 (0.699%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.699%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.350%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 32 (11.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (8.042%) vSphere
3 10 (3.497%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.497%) vCloud
4 7 (2.448%) VMware ESX
4 7 (2.448%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.098%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 4 (1.399%) XenApp
7 2 (0.699%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.350%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.350%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 9 (3.147%) SCCM
2 6 (2.098%) SCOM
Vendors
1 51 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.34%) Oracle
3 39 (13.64%) VMware
4 30 (10.49%) Cisco
5 27 (9.441%) Fujitsu
6 20 (6.993%) Juniper
7 17 (5.944%) Citrix
8 15 (5.245%) HP
8 15 (5.245%) IBM
9 14 (4.895%) SAP
10 11 (3.846%) EMC
11 9 (3.147%) Meridio
11 9 (3.147%) Google
12 7 (2.448%) JBoss
12 7 (2.448%) Business Objects
13 5 (1.748%) Dell
13 5 (1.748%) Salesforce.com
13 5 (1.748%) Ab Initio
13 5 (1.748%) Huawei
14 4 (1.399%) Brocade
Reading, Berkshire
You will be required to work on a range of Electronic Warfare related roles, supporting both project delivery & business development. Key Duties; - Conduct a wide range of solution...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40000 - 70000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Expert knowledge of Infrastructure Architecture with a strong focus on servers and o/s, databases (Oracle, DB2), Virtualisation, Cloud. Experience of SAP, Mobility / PDA's, desktop productivity and...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Leading the way in mobile payment services and offering excellent benefits such as 28 days holiday and an excellent work life balance... 5yrs+ J2EE Core Java, Spring. IBM...
IT City Solutions
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Expert knowledge of Integration Architecture with high level knowledge of at least 2 of the following: IBM - Websphere & Infosphere suite of products Oracle Fusion Middleware SAP PI/Netweaver...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Therefore designing security into application development.You will need experience in common programming languages such as Java, C++, .NET, Visual Studio etc. You will also need to be...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Development of significant aspects of their Enterprise Data Architecture. *Enterprise Data Architecture publication & communication... Master Data Management; Meta Data Management; Reference Data ManagementoGovernance of projects & programmes against the...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Car and Bens and package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Development of significant aspects of their Enterprise Data Architecture. *Enterprise Data Architecture publication & communication... Master Data Management; Meta Data Management; Reference Data ManagementoGovernance of projects & programmes against the...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + Car and Bens and package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key Accountabilities *Strategic Requirements Management... *Enterprise Data Architecture Development. Development of significant aspects of their Enterprise Data Architecture. *Enterprise Data Architecture publication & communication... Master Data Management; Meta Data...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Car and Bens and package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key skills: Development Architect - Security / Application Design / Governance / Change Management / COBIT / Java / C++ / .Net / Visual Studio - Permanent - up-to £70k - Reading - Finance A global leading financial organisation is...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Storage - EMC, NetApp, HP etc. - Wintel, Unix / Linux. - SAP Basis. - AS400... - Mainframe... - Risk analysis and assumptions and costings... - Public Sector exposure with SC clearance (advantageous) The Senior Pre...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £65,000 to £85,000 per annum Excellent Basic, Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Due to rapid growth in the team and an internal promotion they are currently looking for a Solutions Architect - Cisco - Juniper - CCNP - JNCIP to join the presales team.
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
This is a stand out opportunity to work on the cutting edge, high value and complex Microsoft Dynamics CRM projects... We deal with both Microsoft Partners & End Users...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £52000 - £69000 per annum + XRM
Posted: 26 April 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
The Architecture Team is split into two functions, one focused on delivering solution architectures for projects, the other taking a cross project, enterprise perspective, capturing the current and...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + car, bonus, bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The Enterprise Security Architect will work closely with the Head of IT Security to define the Strategic Security Architecture and technology templates for the organisation The role will...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + car, bonus, bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire or London
In depth technical experience with the following technologies: Internet Technologies: HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS, UDP, SPDY, Apache, Github Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, C++ Operating systems: Linux,...
Verizon
Salary: competitive, plus bonus and full benefits package
Posted: 19 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £60,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My Client is a highly reputable IT consulting firm focusing on designing and managing the implementation of complex IT solutions. The successful candidate will have a big consultancy...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £90,000 to £120,000 per annum plus outstanding banking bonuses an
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The role will involve providing expertise to design robust solutions and complete engineering tasks (installations, configuration, trouble shooting) as defined by the Project Manager, working within the engineering...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Competitive salary on application
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My client is looking for an experienced Architect / Managing Consultant with a background of at least five years experience working in a senior architecture or project management role.
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £90,000 per annum plus outstanding banking bonuses and
Posted: 15 May 2013