Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Shropshire region.

 Software Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1735-
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads420
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire4.301 %0.746 %-
As % of the Job Titles category5.128 %0.755 %-
Salaries quoted010
Average salary-£65,000-
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£52,500£55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %-4.540 %
Shropshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
78265234
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire83.87 %98.88 %96.69 %
Salaries quoted62168201
Average salary£25,000£32,500£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07 %+18.18 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£17,500£22,000£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£40,000£45,685
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Software Architect West MidlandsSoftware Architect
West Midlands

Software Architect
Demand Trend

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

Shropshire Software Architect Demand Trend

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

Shropshire Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
TelfordUp+84--
Software Architect West MidlandsSoftware Architect
West Midlands

Software Architect
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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.

15 (100.00 %)Microsoft
24 (80.00 %)Software Architecture
31 (20.00 %)LAMP
31 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
31 (20.00 %)Ruby
31 (20.00 %)Degree
31 (20.00 %)Open Source
31 (20.00 %)W3C
31 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Project Management
31 (20.00 %)C#
31 (20.00 %)Java
31 (20.00 %)PHP
31 (20.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)MySQL
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)Linux
31 (20.00 %)OO
31 (20.00 %)Apache
31 (20.00 %)N-Tier

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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.

Shropshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (20.00 %).NET
11 (20.00 %)LAMP
Shropshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Apache
Shropshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)MySQL
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Shropshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)N-Tier
11 (20.00 %)W3C
11 (20.00 %)Open Source
Shropshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Linux
11 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Shropshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)Software Architecture
21 (20.00 %)OO
21 (20.00 %)Project Management
21 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
Shropshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)C#
11 (20.00 %)Java
11 (20.00 %)PHP
11 (20.00 %)Ruby
Shropshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Degree
Shropshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (100.00 %)Microsoft