The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software 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
Software Architect
Rank 86 86 79
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 1 2 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.094% 0.207% 0.886%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.212% 0.931%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 9
Average salary £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.35% -32.00%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+13.04% -11.53%
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%
Software Architect
Wales

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 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
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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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Cardiff -8 1 £45,000 -
Software Architect
Wales

Software Architect
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
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