The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire 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 24 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 12 30 25
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 23 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 10.45% 2.469% 5.128%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.45% 2.614% 5.369%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 8
Average salary £57,500 £67,500 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.81% -
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
220 153 149
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 100.00% 94.44% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 98 112 137
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £67,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
West Midlands

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Shropshire Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Telford +12 21 £65,000 +13.04%
Architect
West Midlands

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 20 (57.14%) Java
2 18 (51.43%) Waterfall
3 17 (48.57%) SQL Server
4 16 (45.71%) Oracle
4 16 (45.71%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (42.86%) RUP
6 14 (40.00%) Software Architecture
7 13 (37.14%) Spring
7 13 (37.14%) Windows
8 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
8 12 (34.29%) .NET
8 12 (34.29%) J2EE
9 11 (31.43%) XML
10 10 (28.57%) Advertising
11 9 (25.71%) MVC
11 9 (25.71%) TOAD
11 9 (25.71%) JDBC
11 9 (25.71%) JSP
11 9 (25.71%) Spring MVC
12 7 (20.00%) WebLogic
12 7 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
13 6 (17.14%) Windows 7
13 6 (17.14%) SCCM
13 6 (17.14%) SCOM
13 6 (17.14%) Exchange Server 2010
13 6 (17.14%) PowerHA
13 6 (17.14%) UNIX
13 6 (17.14%) AIX
13 6 (17.14%) Solaris

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 13 (37.14%) Spring
2 12 (34.29%) .NET
2 12 (34.29%) J2EE
3 11 (31.43%) XML
4 9 (25.71%) JDBC
4 9 (25.71%) JSP
4 9 (25.71%) Spring MVC
5 4 (11.43%) Java EE
6 2 (5.714%) .NET Framework
6 2 (5.714%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.857%) Web Services
7 1 (2.857%) COM
7 1 (2.857%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 7 (20.00%) WebLogic
2 6 (17.14%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (17.14%) MS Exchange
3 4 (11.43%) IIS
3 4 (11.43%) Apache
4 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.857%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.714%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) DHCP
1 6 (17.14%) DNS
2 5 (14.29%) Firewall
3 2 (5.714%) SAN
4 1 (2.857%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (48.57%) SQL Server
2 9 (25.71%) TOAD
3 4 (11.43%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.857%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (28.57%) Advertising
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 1 (2.857%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.714%) Clustering
2 1 (2.857%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 13 (37.14%) Windows
2 7 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (17.14%) Windows 7
3 6 (17.14%) UNIX
3 6 (17.14%) AIX
3 6 (17.14%) Solaris
3 6 (17.14%) Linux
4 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Waterfall
2 16 (45.71%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (42.86%) RUP
4 14 (40.00%) Software Architecture
5 9 (25.71%) MVC
6 5 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 5 (14.29%) Security Architecture
7 3 (8.571%) Project Management
7 3 (8.571%) Migration
8 2 (5.714%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (5.714%) Capacity Management
8 2 (5.714%) SOA
9 1 (2.857%) UML
9 1 (2.857%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 20 (57.14%) Java
2 4 (11.43%) C#
3 3 (8.571%) COBOL
4 2 (5.714%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.714%) VB
5 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.857%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.857%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.571%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.571%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.714%) Degree
3 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.857%) MCSE
3 1 (2.857%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (17.14%) PowerHA
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (8.571%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.714%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.714%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.857%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) SCCM
1 6 (17.14%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Oracle
2 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
3 6 (17.14%) VMware
4 2 (5.714%) Veritas
4 2 (5.714%) HP
4 2 (5.714%) Dell
4 2 (5.714%) EMC
4 2 (5.714%) Citrix
4 2 (5.714%) Cisco
Telford, Shropshire
This role will be broken down as follows: Technical Architecture - 40% (e.g... maintenance of documentation and processes) Knowledge & Experience: You must have good experience of providing Virtualisation...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013