The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank - 81 67
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 0 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton - 0.865% 0.977%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.093% 1.339%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 6
Average salary - £40,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +23.84%
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £50,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +21.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
633 732 448
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 74.91% 79.14% 72.96%
Number of salaries quoted 574 676 411
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
Hampshire

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Southampton Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the Southampton region.

Southampton Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 5 (71.43%) Linux
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Internet
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Embedded C
3 3 (42.86%) STB
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) POSIX
3 3 (42.86%) Middleware
3 3 (42.86%) DTV
3 3 (42.86%) DVB
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) C
3 3 (42.86%) XML
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (28.57%) Perl
4 2 (28.57%) PHP
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 2 (28.57%) ISO 9001
4 2 (28.57%) OO
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Games
4 2 (28.57%) Shell Script

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) POSIX
1 3 (42.86%) Middleware
1 3 (42.86%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Internet
2 3 (42.86%) DVB
General
1 2 (28.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Embedded C Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) C Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) STB
2 3 (42.86%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Embedded C
1 3 (42.86%) Java
1 3 (42.86%) C
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) Perl
2 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO 9001