The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Architect
Rank 129 130 121
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 6 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.278% 0.215% 0.160%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.292% 0.226% 0.171%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 1
Average salary £65,000 £60,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +15.78%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2052 2213 1753
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.91% 95.22% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1666 1903 1414
Average salary £42,000 £41,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.20% -2.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £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%
Systems Architect
Berkshire

Systems Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Systems Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Architect across the Reading region.

Reading Systems Architect Salary Trend

Systems Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Reading Systems Architect Salary Histogram

Systems Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title.

1 9 (75.00%) BSS
2 8 (66.67%) eTOM
2 8 (66.67%) Billing
2 8 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 8 (66.67%) ITIL
3 6 (50.00%) Revenue Management
3 6 (50.00%) Product Management
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle
5 2 (16.67%) Convergys
5 2 (16.67%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) Amdocs
5 2 (16.67%) ESB
5 2 (16.67%) CRM
5 2 (16.67%) Comverse
5 2 (16.67%) ZTE
5 2 (16.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (8.333%) Degree
6 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
6 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
6 1 (8.333%) Citrix
6 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (8.333%) Middleware
6 1 (8.333%) UNIX
6 1 (8.333%) SQL
6 1 (8.333%) VBScript
6 1 (8.333%) SCCM
6 1 (8.333%) SCOM

Systems Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) ESB
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) BSS
General
1 8 (66.67%) Billing
1 8 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (8.333%) UNIX
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) eTOM
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
2 6 (50.00%) Revenue Management
2 6 (50.00%) Product Management
3 2 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.333%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (8.333%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
1 1 (8.333%) VBScript
1 1 (8.333%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SCCM
1 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) Convergys
2 2 (16.67%) Amdocs
2 2 (16.67%) Comverse
2 2 (16.67%) ZTE
2 2 (16.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) Citrix