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 South East 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 South East region.

 Software Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank293311448
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Up+137
Matching permanent IT job ads331845
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East0.213 %0.101 %0.105 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.226 %0.109 %0.111 %
Salaries quoted321535
Average salary£50,000£50,000£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--16.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£47,500£55,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,000£92,500£64,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£52,500£55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %-4.540 %
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
146261651740528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East94.39 %93.01 %94.54 %
Salaries quoted122001383933738
Average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,500£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Software Architect EnglandSoftware Architect
England

Software Architect
Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East Software Architect Salary Histogram

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 South East 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
BerkshireUp+38£50,000-
SurreyUp+197£62,500-51.92 %
MiddlesexNew entry-7£67,500-
East SussexNew entry-5£37,500-
HampshireUp+274£51,500+8.42 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£45,000-
Software Architect EnglandSoftware Architect
England

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

120 (37.04 %)Java
120 (37.04 %)Linux
213 (24.07 %)C++
311 (20.37 %)C
410 (18.52 %).NET
410 (18.52 %)Symbian
410 (18.52 %)Android
59 (16.67 %)BREW
59 (16.67 %)Microsoft
59 (16.67 %)C#
68 (14.81 %)SQL Server
68 (14.81 %)OO
68 (14.81 %)JBoss
68 (14.81 %)Marketing
77 (12.96 %)AquaLogic
77 (12.96 %)WebLogic
77 (12.96 %)J2EE
77 (12.96 %)Telecoms
77 (12.96 %)Middleware
77 (12.96 %)Windows
86 (11.11 %)Health
86 (11.11 %)UML
95 (9.259 %)SQL
95 (9.259 %)Publishing
95 (9.259 %)Handset
95 (9.259 %)Project Management
95 (9.259 %)Windows Mobile
95 (9.259 %)Product Management
104 (7.407 %)Open Source
104 (7.407 %)Agile Software Development

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (18.52 %).NET
29 (16.67 %)BREW
37 (12.96 %)Middleware
37 (12.96 %)J2EE
43 (5.556 %)XML
43 (5.556 %)WCF
43 (5.556 %)Silverlight
52 (3.704 %).NET Framework
52 (3.704 %)WinForms
52 (3.704 %)ASP.NET
52 (3.704 %)DirectX
61 (1.852 %)COM+
61 (1.852 %)JDBC
61 (1.852 %)ODBC
61 (1.852 %)MFC
61 (1.852 %)ADO
61 (1.852 %)Ruby on Rails
61 (1.852 %)Hibernate
61 (1.852 %)GTK+
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (12.96 %)WebLogic
17 (12.96 %)AquaLogic
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (7.407 %)MS Excel
22 (3.704 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.852 %)Oracle ERP
11 (1.852 %)Dynamics CRM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (5.556 %)Internet
21 (1.852 %)3GPP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (14.81 %)SQL Server
23 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (3.704 %)MySQL
41 (1.852 %)DB2
41 (1.852 %)Data Mining
41 (1.852 %)GIS
41 (1.852 %)PostgreSQL
41 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2008
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (14.81 %)Marketing
27 (12.96 %)Telecoms
36 (11.11 %)Health
45 (9.259 %)Publishing
53 (5.556 %)Auditing
53 (5.556 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (3.704 %)Retail
62 (3.704 %)Pensions
71 (1.852 %)Social Media
71 (1.852 %)Banking
71 (1.852 %)Finance
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (9.259 %)Handset
24 (7.407 %)Open Source
31 (1.852 %)MPEG
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
120 (37.04 %)Linux
210 (18.52 %)Android
37 (12.96 %)Windows
45 (9.259 %)Windows Mobile
54 (7.407 %)Embedded Linux
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (14.81 %)OO
26 (11.11 %)UML
35 (9.259 %)Project Management
35 (9.259 %)Product Management
44 (7.407 %)Agile Software Development
53 (5.556 %)Enterprise Architecture
53 (5.556 %)Technical Architecture
53 (5.556 %)OOA/OOD
53 (5.556 %)Six Sigma
62 (3.704 %)Software Architecture
71 (1.852 %)Asset Management
71 (1.852 %)Zachman Framework
71 (1.852 %)TOGAF
71 (1.852 %)Content Management
71 (1.852 %)Document Management
71 (1.852 %)CMMI
71 (1.852 %)CRM
71 (1.852 %)E-Commerce
71 (1.852 %)ERP
71 (1.852 %)OOD
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
120 (37.04 %)Java
213 (24.07 %)C++
311 (20.37 %)C
49 (16.67 %)C#
55 (9.259 %)SQL
63 (5.556 %)T-SQL
63 (5.556 %)Delphi
72 (3.704 %)VB
81 (1.852 %)VC++
81 (1.852 %)Objective-C
81 (1.852 %)Ruby
81 (1.852 %)Erlang
81 (1.852 %)Scala
81 (1.852 %)Perl
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (7.407 %)Degree
14 (7.407 %)Security Cleared
23 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (18.52 %)Symbian
29 (16.67 %)Microsoft
38 (14.81 %)JBoss
42 (3.704 %)Sybase
51 (1.852 %)SAP
51 (1.852 %)Oracle