The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales 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 19 June 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 34 68 28
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -40
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 54 20 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 5.051% 2.066% 7.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.182% 2.121% 7.446%
Number of salaries quoted 52 15 72
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,713 £34,000 £43,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £76,500 £67,900
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1042 943 967
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 97.47% 97.42% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 934 857 905
Average salary £35,000 £34,077 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Architect
Wales

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cardiff +10 23 £55,000 -20.00% 1
Caerphilly +8 20 £56,500 +66.17% 2
Newport +1 7 £50,000 -9.09%
Architect
Wales

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 26 (30.59%) VMware
2 24 (28.24%) Finance
3 22 (25.88%) Windows
4 18 (21.18%) Cisco
5 17 (20.00%) Linux
6 16 (18.82%) Microsoft
7 15 (17.65%) Telecoms
8 10 (11.76%) Retail
8 10 (11.76%) MS Excel
8 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
8 10 (11.76%) Security Cleared
8 10 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (11.76%) Security Architecture
9 9 (10.59%) IaaS
9 9 (10.59%) SaaS
9 9 (10.59%) PaaS
9 9 (10.59%) UML
9 9 (10.59%) Web Services
9 9 (10.59%) SLA
9 9 (10.59%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (10.59%) Fujitsu
9 9 (10.59%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (9.412%) Network Design
10 8 (9.412%) Sun
10 8 (9.412%) N-Tier
10 8 (9.412%) HP
10 8 (9.412%) Oracle
11 7 (8.235%) Java
11 7 (8.235%) ITIL
11 7 (8.235%) SOA

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 9 (10.59%) Web Services
2 4 (4.706%) ASP
2 4 (4.706%) Spring
2 4 (4.706%) Hibernate
3 3 (3.529%) Java EE
4 2 (2.353%) J2EE
5 1 (1.176%) HTML
5 1 (1.176%) .NET
5 1 (1.176%) EJB
5 1 (1.176%) JSP
5 1 (1.176%) Servlets
5 1 (1.176%) SOAP
5 1 (1.176%) EJB 3.0
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.706%) WebLogic
1 4 (4.706%) IIS
1 4 (4.706%) Apache
1 4 (4.706%) Site Server
2 3 (3.529%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.176%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.176%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.176%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.176%) Lync
3 1 (1.176%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.176%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (1.176%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.235%) Firewall
1 7 (8.235%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (4.706%) Internet
2 4 (4.706%) SAN
3 3 (3.529%) MPLS
3 3 (3.529%) OSPF
3 3 (3.529%) BGP
3 3 (3.529%) EIGRP
3 3 (3.529%) Wireless
3 3 (3.529%) LAN
3 3 (3.529%) WAN
3 3 (3.529%) VPN
3 3 (3.529%) Cisco PIX
3 3 (3.529%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (2.353%) Network Security
4 2 (2.353%) Nortel Alteon
5 1 (1.176%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.176%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.176%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.176%) SAP BI
2 1 (1.176%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.176%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.176%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.176%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (1.176%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 1 (1.176%) Maven
1 1 (1.176%) Ant
1 1 (1.176%) Axure RP
General
1 24 (28.24%) Finance
2 15 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 10 (11.76%) Retail
4 5 (5.882%) Banking
5 3 (3.529%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) IaaS
1 9 (10.59%) SaaS
1 9 (10.59%) PaaS
2 8 (9.412%) N-Tier
3 5 (5.882%) Mobile Banking
4 4 (4.706%) Open Source
4 4 (4.706%) Human Factors
5 3 (3.529%) Blackberry
5 3 (3.529%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.529%) iSeries
6 1 (1.176%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.176%) EqualLogic
6 1 (1.176%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (25.88%) Windows
2 17 (20.00%) Linux
3 5 (5.882%) UNIX
4 4 (4.706%) Windows 2000
4 4 (4.706%) Solaris
4 4 (4.706%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (3.529%) Windows NT
6 2 (2.353%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.176%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (11.76%) Security Architecture
2 9 (10.59%) UML
2 9 (10.59%) Enterprise Architecture
2 9 (10.59%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (9.412%) Network Design
4 7 (8.235%) ITIL
4 7 (8.235%) SOA
5 6 (7.059%) Technical Architecture
6 5 (5.882%) OO
7 4 (4.706%) Unit Testing
7 4 (4.706%) Network Architecture
7 4 (4.706%) Zachman Framework
7 4 (4.706%) TOGAF
7 4 (4.706%) Migration
8 3 (3.529%) Load Balancing
8 3 (3.529%) Project Planning
8 3 (3.529%) PRINCE2
8 3 (3.529%) Time Management
8 3 (3.529%) Data Migration
8 3 (3.529%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.235%) Java
2 4 (4.706%) SQL
3 2 (2.353%) C#
4 1 (1.176%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.176%) C
4 1 (1.176%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 10 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.706%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.529%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (3.529%) CCDA
3 3 (3.529%) CCDP
3 3 (3.529%) CCIE
3 3 (3.529%) CCNP
4 2 (2.353%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.176%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.176%) CCNA
5 1 (1.176%) MCSE
5 1 (1.176%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.59%) SLA
2 5 (5.882%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.176%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.706%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.176%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.176%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.176%) ARCserve
1 1 (1.176%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (1.176%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (30.59%) VMware
2 18 (21.18%) Cisco
3 16 (18.82%) Microsoft
4 9 (10.59%) Fujitsu
5 8 (9.412%) Sun
5 8 (9.412%) HP
5 8 (9.412%) Oracle
6 3 (3.529%) Avaya
6 3 (3.529%) Nortel
6 3 (3.529%) IBM
6 3 (3.529%) SAP
6 3 (3.529%) F5
7 2 (2.353%) Brocade
7 2 (2.353%) Radware
8 1 (1.176%) Genesys
8 1 (1.176%) Mercator
8 1 (1.176%) Adobe
8 1 (1.176%) Citrix
8 1 (1.176%) Dell
8 1 (1.176%) Business Objects
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Networks, Analysis, Design, n-Tier, Web, Cloud, Microsoft, Cisco, HP, SUN, ITIL... As an experienced Pre-Sales Infrastructure Architect, you should have an excellent understanding of...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £57K (incl. up to 15% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Location: Caerphilly, South Wales... up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits. Key Skills: Cloud, Infrastructure, Architect, Designer, VMWare. Our client, an IT managed services provider, is looking for an experienced...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £56.5K (incl. up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NETWORK Design ** NETWORK Architecture ** NETWORK implementation ** CCDA ** CCIE ** TDA ** Managed Service Professional ** CISCO ** Network Architect is needed by one of the UK's fastest growing Hosted Infrastructure Managed...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Health + Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013