The first 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 20 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architect
Rank 354 393 388
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 72 43 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.328% 0.181% 0.151%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.346% 0.190% 0.160%
Number of salaries quoted 60 36 32
Average salary £65,000 £85,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% +54.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20815 22625 21200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.89% 95.21% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 17267 19553 18212
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Architect
England

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architect
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

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 20 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
West Sussex +20 31 £70,000 -
Surrey +15 21 £65,000 -27.77%
Berkshire +5 11 £82,500 +37.50%
Hampshire +8 8 £82,500 +111.53%
Buckinghamshire - 2 £43,750 -
East Sussex - 2 - -
Middlesex - 1 £50,000 -
Software Architect
England

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

1 116 (77.33%) Java
2 81 (54.00%) Spring
3 66 (44.00%) UML
4 63 (42.00%) C++
5 57 (38.00%) Software Architecture
6 48 (32.00%) Use Case
6 48 (32.00%) MS Visio
7 28 (18.67%) Oracle
8 27 (18.00%) XML
8 27 (18.00%) SOA
9 24 (16.00%) SQL
10 22 (14.67%) JavaScript
11 20 (13.33%) Hibernate
12 19 (12.67%) SQL Server
12 19 (12.67%) Web Services
13 18 (12.00%) C#
13 18 (12.00%) Linux
14 17 (11.33%) Ajax
14 17 (11.33%) Technical Architecture
15 16 (10.67%) jQuery
16 15 (10.00%) Web Development
16 15 (10.00%) OO
16 15 (10.00%) C
16 15 (10.00%) .NET
17 14 (9.333%) HTML
17 14 (9.333%) CSS
17 14 (9.333%) Windows
18 13 (8.667%) ClearCase
18 13 (8.667%) Struts
18 13 (8.667%) J2EE

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 81 (54.00%) Spring
2 27 (18.00%) XML
3 20 (13.33%) Hibernate
4 19 (12.67%) Web Services
5 17 (11.33%) Ajax
6 16 (10.67%) jQuery
7 15 (10.00%) .NET
8 14 (9.333%) HTML
8 14 (9.333%) CSS
9 13 (8.667%) Struts
9 13 (8.667%) J2EE
10 11 (7.333%) JMS
10 11 (7.333%) XSD
11 10 (6.667%) ASP.NET
11 10 (6.667%) Java EE
12 9 (6.000%) JSF
12 9 (6.000%) XSLT
12 9 (6.000%) ASP.NET MVC
13 7 (4.667%) Middleware
14 6 (4.000%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.333%) BizTalk Server
1 8 (5.333%) Windows Azure
2 6 (4.000%) ESB
2 6 (4.000%) MSMQ
3 5 (3.333%) Oracle Service Bus
3 5 (3.333%) AquaLogic
3 5 (3.333%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (2.667%) CM System
4 4 (2.667%) Documentum
4 4 (2.667%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.000%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (1.333%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.333%) IIS
6 2 (1.333%) Apache
6 2 (1.333%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.333%) GlassFish
6 2 (1.333%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 48 (32.00%) MS Visio
2 9 (6.000%) MS Excel
3 8 (5.333%) MS Office
4 7 (4.667%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (7.333%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (2.667%) AquaLogic BPM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.667%) DVB
1 4 (2.667%) Wireless
1 4 (2.667%) UPnP
1 4 (2.667%) DLNA
2 2 (1.333%) LDAP
2 2 (1.333%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (2.000%) DB2
3 3 (2.000%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.333%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.333%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.667%) DataStage
5 1 (0.667%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 13 (8.667%) ClearCase
2 8 (5.333%) Visual Studio
2 8 (5.333%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (4.667%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (4.667%) ClearQuest
4 4 (2.667%) Maven
4 4 (2.667%) PVCS
4 4 (2.667%) Ant
5 2 (1.333%) JUnit
5 2 (1.333%) Hudson
5 2 (1.333%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (8.000%) Electronics
1 12 (8.000%) Finance
2 10 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 7 (4.667%) Aerospace
3 7 (4.667%) Military
3 7 (4.667%) Avionics
4 6 (4.000%) Games
5 3 (2.000%) Advertising
6 1 (0.667%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.333%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (4.667%) Chip and PIN
2 7 (4.667%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.667%) Device Driver
3 6 (4.000%) Computer Science
4 4 (2.667%) SaaS
4 4 (2.667%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.667%) STB
4 4 (2.667%) DTV
5 3 (2.000%) DataPower
5 3 (2.000%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.000%) Open Source
6 2 (1.333%) Blog
6 2 (1.333%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.333%) Cryptography
7 1 (0.667%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.667%) EMV
7 1 (0.667%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.667%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.00%) Linux
2 14 (9.333%) Windows
3 7 (4.667%) VxWorks
4 3 (2.000%) UNIX
5 2 (1.333%) SUSE
5 2 (1.333%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (44.00%) UML
2 57 (38.00%) Software Architecture
3 48 (32.00%) Use Case
4 27 (18.00%) SOA
5 17 (11.33%) Technical Architecture
6 15 (10.00%) Web Development
6 15 (10.00%) OO
7 12 (8.000%) MVC
8 11 (7.333%) Configuration Management
8 11 (7.333%) Project Management
9 10 (6.667%) Enterprise Architecture
9 10 (6.667%) Waterfall
9 10 (6.667%) Digital Signal Processing
9 10 (6.667%) Signal Processing
10 9 (6.000%) Scrum
11 8 (5.333%) Software Engineering
11 8 (5.333%) Embedded Software Development
12 7 (4.667%) Yourdon
12 7 (4.667%) Information Management
12 7 (4.667%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (77.33%) Java
2 63 (42.00%) C++
3 24 (16.00%) SQL
4 22 (14.67%) JavaScript
5 18 (12.00%) C#
6 15 (10.00%) C
7 7 (4.667%) Ada
8 6 (4.000%) T-SQL
9 5 (3.333%) XQuery
10 4 (2.667%) Embedded C
10 4 (2.667%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.333%) PHP
12 1 (0.667%) VB
12 1 (0.667%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (8.000%) Degree
2 7 (4.667%) PhD
3 3 (2.000%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.333%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.667%) DO-178B
2 2 (1.333%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.667%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 3 (2.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.333%) WMI
Vendors
1 28 (18.67%) Oracle
2 11 (7.333%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.333%) IBM
4 5 (3.333%) BEA
5 4 (2.667%) JBoss
6 3 (2.000%) Citrix
6 3 (2.000%) VMware
7 2 (1.333%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.333%) Sun
7 2 (1.333%) EMC
8 1 (0.667%) Informatica
8 1 (0.667%) Ab Initio
Crawley, West Sussex
As a Software Architect, you will have the experience to drive implementation and standardisation across new applications and existing software base starting with Java based systems . Responsibilities include:...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £70000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
To be considered the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate in-depth awareness of Java technologies including: EE 5, SQL, Spring, Hibernate, Struts 1&2, Oracle DB,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 65K Plus benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
South East
The Solar Orbiter mission, developed by ESA in collaboration with NASA, is designed to carry an extensive complement of scientific instruments to the near-sun environment and will...
EADS
Posted: 3 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
My client is an expanding Software House based on the outskirts of Guildford who are looking for an expert in Microsoft .Net Technologies (C# and VB.Net) to...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013