The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Stevenage 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 17 38 29
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 18 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 12.24% 4.500% 5.500%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.14% 4.615% 6.748%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 10
Average salary - £62,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
137 195 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 93.20% 97.50% 81.50%
Number of salaries quoted 49 177 157
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £50,000 £58,300
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
Hertfordshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 12 (52.17%) C
2 11 (47.83%) Telecoms
2 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 11 (47.83%) Retail
2 11 (47.83%) Fujitsu
2 11 (47.83%) Time Management
2 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
2 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
3 10 (43.48%) QA
3 10 (43.48%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (43.48%) Degree
3 10 (43.48%) Validation
3 10 (43.48%) Aerospace
3 10 (43.48%) Sun
3 10 (43.48%) Embedded C
3 10 (43.48%) Project Management
4 7 (30.43%) Citrix
5 4 (17.39%) Internet
5 4 (17.39%) Service Management
5 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
5 4 (17.39%) C#
5 4 (17.39%) ITIL
6 2 (8.696%) VC++
6 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
6 2 (8.696%) C++
6 2 (8.696%) Java
6 2 (8.696%) VB
6 2 (8.696%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 2 (8.696%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (8.696%) HP

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Internet
2 1 (4.348%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (8.696%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 11 (47.83%) Telecoms
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
1 11 (47.83%) Retail
2 10 (43.48%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.696%) Electronics
3 2 (8.696%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Time Management
2 10 (43.48%) Validation
2 10 (43.48%) Project Management
3 4 (17.39%) Service Management
3 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
3 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 2 (8.696%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) C
2 10 (43.48%) Embedded C
3 4 (17.39%) C#
4 2 (8.696%) VC++
4 2 (8.696%) C++
4 2 (8.696%) Java
4 2 (8.696%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) Degree
3 2 (8.696%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (43.48%) QA
2 2 (8.696%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Fujitsu
2 10 (43.48%) Sun
3 7 (30.43%) Citrix
4 2 (8.696%) HP
4 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.696%) Agilent